D&D General Forgotten Realms Book preview from NYCC

Nerd Initiative on YouTube previewed the new Forgotten Realms books with Mackenzie De Armas in this short video, including a quick flip-through of the Adventures in Faerun book.



During the quick flip-through, he shows off blurry but mostly readable pages from the Dalelands section of the book, including a few of the DMG-style adventures, including a level 13 adventure called Heart of Fire, where the party is asked to recover a magic item in an Adult Red Dragon's hoard.

Notably, none of the adventures you can see in the video seem to have any new monsters from the book included. Also, not all of the adventures are confined to a single page. Some seem to be at least a page and a half, while others are even smaller to just a half page.

 

[Zardnaar]

Yeah, Cormyr is definitely Hollywood medieval Europe, whilst Dales is Tolkien Edwardian rural England. But really, the city of Baldur’s Gate is closer to what England is really like.

My ancestors bailed 1880 lol. Not from not BG. Ermm

 

[Henadic Theologian]

My ancestors bailed 1880 lol. Not from not BG. Ermm

So they were from Waterdeep instead?

 

[Bae'zel]

I remember from the initial promotional articles that the setting book would give us some juicy details on some major cities. My players are eagerly anticipating their next campaign set in Baldur's Gate. While I have some stuff from 2014 books, I'm hoping that we get something substantial in this new release.

 

[Parmandur]

Yeah, Cormyr is definitely Hollywood medieval Europe, whilst Dales is Tolkien Edwardian rural England. But really, the city of Baldur’s Gate is closer to what England is really like.

Dalelands feel more like 19th century Canada Duane frontier land with more Owlbears. Very Wild West.

 

[zakael19]

I remember from the initial promotional articles that the setting book would give us some juicy details on some major cities. My players are eagerly anticipating their next campaign set in Baldur's Gate. While I have some stuff from 2014 books, I'm hoping that we get something substantial in this new release.

The Murder in Baldur’s Gate module has a lot of excellent city stuff for the 5e historical transition.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

My RL family might be from "the Dales" if you go back far enough, but we've been in "Neverwinter" for six generations!

 

[Zardnaar]

My RL family might be from "the Dales" if you go back far enough, but we've been in "Neverwinter" for six generations!

5 or 6 generations near Osse. What is Waterdeep?

 

[FitzTheRuke]

5 or 6 generations bear Osse. What is Waterdeep?

Probably Seattle. Why wouldn't WotC want to be in Waterdeep?

Baldur's Gate is San Francisco. It's even got a big bridge and a rock in the bay.

 

[Zardnaar]

Probably Seattle. Why wouldn't WotC want to be in Waterdeep?

Baldur's Gate is San Francisco. It's even got a big bridge and a rock in the bay.

Should probably learn more about San Francisco. We will end up ruling it one day.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Probably Seattle. Why wouldn't WotC want to be in Waterdeep?

Baldur's Gate is San Francisco. It's even got a big bridge and a rock in the bay.

Ed is Canadian. Waterdeep is more like Toronto. Baldur's Gate Calgary. Neverwinter Vancouver. Longsaddle Barrie. Silverymoon Montreal.