D&D General Favorite Forgotten Realms products of all time?

aco175

Legend

• Thursday at 4:46 PM

• #11

I think Under Illefarn was the one I got the most milage out of back in 1e days. They mostly remade it with Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle for the 5e next playtest. I have not played that one and always wanted to play the updated version since I'm guessing my father will not recall much from the original.

 

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Maxperson

Morkus from Orkus

• Thursday at 4:49 PM

• #12

SlyFlourish said:

What are your favorite Forgotten Realms products you think hold up regardless of the edition one might be playing? Which ones last the ages?

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1) Forgotten Realms Adventures - 2e hardcover book.
2) Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting - 3e hardcover book.
3) Old Empires - 2e supplement.
4) The Ruins of Myth Drannor - 2e boxed set.
5) The Ruins of Undermountain - 2e boxed set.
6) Magic of Faerun - 3e hardcover book.
7) The Shining South - 3e hardcover book.

 

el-remmen

Moderator Emeritus

• Thursday at 4:50 PM

• #13

Aurora's Whole Realms Catalog.

The catalog idea itself is not to my taste for a fantasy campaign, but a lot of the stuff in there is cool.

 

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ShinHakkaider

Hero

• Thursday at 5:27 PM

• #14

I'm not a fan of the REALMS. Like, at all.

BUT...

That 3e Forgotten Realms Campaign Hardcover Book is one of the best campaign books ever. It's one of the FEW 3e era Hardcovers (both WOTC and 3rd party) that I kept and still have on my shelf.

 

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Legend

Supporter

• Thursday at 7:33 PM

• #15

Silver Marches (softcover sourcebook)

 

Shades of Eternity

Legend

• Thursday at 8:37 PM

• #16

Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (3e)
only rpg book that ever felt like a $60 book and really is a great contrast for what they think is a $60 book is now.

It has the Dwarvern Baby Boom and that almost justifies the cost in itself.

 

Voadam

Legend

• Thursday at 8:50 PM

• #17

The three 2e FR god books. Faiths & Avatars, Powers & Pantheons, and Demihuman Deities.

The high point in lore on gods in D&D for me. Myth stories of the gods and mortal religious organizations and practices. Lore I have used in my homebrew setting in 3e, Pathfinder, and 5e. And for 2e it had unique specialty priests and magics for each deity’s followers.

 

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Lazybones

Hero

• Thursday at 9:02 PM

• #18

Another vote for the 3e setting book. That volume pretty much turned me into a Realms fan (that and some of the novels). I downloaded a bunch of the 2e stuff that was posted for free on the WotC web site but I didn't like the design, art, I don't know, none of it really grabbed me. I can't imagine having paid for all of that stuff back in the day.

I think that the 5e Phandelver-region stuff (the starter set w/Lost Mines, Icepsire Peak, etc.) is top notch, and it inspired me to set one of my earlier 5e Realms campaigns on the Sword Coast. Though like many here I didn't particularly like the hardcover expansion of Lost Mines.

 

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Shiroiken

Legend

• Thursday at 9:11 PM

• #19

Not a huge fan of the Realms, but I did enjoy Faiths and Pantheons. It helped me figure out how to create my own.

 

Chaltab

Legend

• Thursday at 9:35 PM

• #20

Do the Baldur's Gate games count? Because I can take or leave the Realms as setting for tabletop, but it's the most prolific setting for D&D in other Media...

...even if the world of Nerath got a movie before the Realms did.