D&D General Forgotten Realms Books Tables of Contents

I like to consider how many pages are spent on what sorts of things. There's a lot more lore in the player's book than I would have expected, which is great for me.

Campaign Book

Running the Realms, 6 pages
Adventures, 32 pages!
Dalelands, 45 pages!
Icewind Dale, 38 wasted pages
Calimshan, 32 pages
Moonshae, 29 pages
Baldur's Gate, 35 pages of Karlach goodness
Lost Library of Lethchauntos (an adventure?), 15 pages
magic items, 5 pages
monsters, 38 pages

I definitely would have preferred 80 pages on other locations than Icewind Dale and Baldur's Gate. Thay would have been great. Maybe some other area relatively untouched in the past 30 years.

Player's Guide:

Character Options, 32 pages
Guide to the Realms, 48 pages
Gods of Faerun, 33 pages
Whole Realms Catalog, 7 pages
Magic, 11 pages
Factions, 39 pages

A lot more lore in the player's guide than I expected. The guide and gods sections look plenty useful for GMs.

Maxperson said:

I saw that, but relatively few pages cover the whole thing. It's pretty much a high level overview of those areas.

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It's about as much as the Grey Box Cyclopedia was, and probavly more detailed when you consider the sections on gods, factions, and the equipments.

CM said:

In the paragraph about Phandalin it talks about what's going on below the town, specifically the Shattered Obelisk and who's collecting it.

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I mean, thst is not a significantly bigger spoiler than the cover of my special edition...

It actually seems more like a tease than a big spoiler of specific details.

In the Favtions section, what exactly is under "Criminal Syndicates" and "Other Orgabizations"??

Parmandur said:

In the Favtions section, what exactly is under "Criminal Syndicates" and "Other Orgabizations"??

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Talks about:

Fire Knives
Nine Golden Swords
Shadow Thieves
Xanathar Guild
Arcane Brotherhood
Aurora's Emporium
Elemental Cults
Flaming Fist
Kraken Society
Order of Delvers
Spellguard
Waterclock Guild

Corinnguard said:

Okay. As a Dragonborn fan, does their lore cover their time on Abeir and then their time in Tymanther?

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You won't like what they did....

GarrettKP said:

Talks about:

Fire Knives
Nine Golden Swords
Shadow Thieves
Xanathar Guild
Arcane Brotherhood
Aurora's Emporium
Elemental Cults
Flaming Fist
Kraken Society
Order of Delvers
Spellguard
Waterclock Guild

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Hm nothing about the Bregan D'Aerthe and Jarlaxle? Interesting...

Parmandur said:

I mean, thst is not a significantly bigger spoiler than the cover of my special edition...

It actually seems more like a tease than a big spoiler of specific details.

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It spoils the involvement of mind flayers, which could otherwise be a great twist.

I'm using the Order of Delvers in my current campaign, surprised they (and maybe Earthheart?) get a mention since they're pretty obscure.

I do wonder exactly how BG3 oriented the Baldur's Gate section will be.