D&D General Forgotten Realms Books Tables of Contents

The Table of Contents for both Heroes of Faerun and Adventures in Faerun.

Picked the books up this morning and love what I’ve seen so far. I’ll answer whatever questions I can here.

 

[Ferrousbones]

@TravDoc42 @Parmandur

Perhaps tying into the backstory for the movie Honor Among Thieves?

Maybe the rise of Szass Tam was violent enough to require reconstruction?

 

[TravDoc42]

@TravDoc42 @Parmandur

Perhaps tying into the backstory for the movie Honor Among Thieves?

Maybe the rise of Szass Tam was violent enough to require reconstruction?

That could be it, potentially! Szass Tam is mentioned often, although I assumed he would be anyways. Good idea!!

 

[MonsterEnvy]

I remember Szass rendered a good chunk of Thay into wasteland as a part of a plan in 4e.

 

[Parmandur]

@TravDoc42 @Parmandur

Perhaps tying into the backstory for the movie Honor Among Thieves?

Maybe the rise of Szass Tam was violent enough to require reconstruction?

That was a long, long time ago in the Setting.

 

[Necropolitan]

I remember Szass rendered a good chunk of Thay into wasteland as a part of a plan in 4e.

No, the plan was to rewrite all of existence into a new one where he ruled as the sole god.

His first attempt at that plan turned a good chunk of Thay into a wasteland when someone else hijacked the ritual, got killed, and the resulting ritual failure caused the Dread Rings he'd raised across Thay to facilitate it exploded.

Which provides a great plot hook since he now needs to build Dread Rings in new places since Thay no longer has the potential for the ritual.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Yeah couldn’t remember the exact details but Thay is still repairing from that I think.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I think there was a brief reference to events in Thay somewhere in SCAG, but I’m not in position to look it up at the moment.

 

[Necropolitan]

Yeah couldn’t remember the exact details but Thay is still repairing from that I think.

It resulted in an increased use of undead workers to deal with the sudden labor shortage and a massive decrease in food production.

 

[Ferrousbones]

I think there was a brief reference to events in Thay somewhere in SCAG, but I’m not in position to look it up at the moment.

From SCAG:

"For a time, living mages couldn't hope to advance to prominence in Thay: Szass Tam promoted undeath as a means of existence with boundless possibilities, and held back those who didn't agree with this philosophy. The recent battles with the demon Eltab, however, have prompted Szass Tam to loosen this stricture"

Perhaps the mentioned battles tie in?

 

[Ferrousbones]

No, the plan was to rewrite all of existence into a new one where he ruled as the sole god.

His first attempt at that plan turned a good chunk of Thay into a wasteland when someone else hijacked the ritual, got killed, and the resulting ritual failure caused the Dread Rings he'd raised across Thay to facilitate it exploded.

Which provides a great plot hook since he now needs to build Dread Rings in new places since Thay no longer has the potential for the ritual.

How much of Thay died in those things? The Forgotten Realms wiki doesn't give enough details.