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They're less precise about such things than they used to be in previous editions, but roughly 1495-ish DR.

Wait—what??? The Spellplague happened in 1385 DR. Add 150 years to that and you get 1535 DR—fully 40 years in the future from any of the 5e WotC modules. Is this new Thay book actually set 150 years after the Spellplague, or are they majorly rounding up with that figure?

The meteor is: (actual spoiler, revealed in the latest Vanity Fair article, whose writers, remember, have had the first three episodes screened for them. No really, this is probably a big spoiler for the first episode, maybe even the episode’s final scene. Frankly I wish I hadn’t read it. Don’t...

It’s almost all from D&D and MtG. WotC used to produce games outside those two areas until quite recently (for example the Transformers CCG), but now the few products in their catalog that aren’t actually D&D or MtG are small games based on those two IPs, such as Dungeon Mayhem and the new...

You’re right. What’s more, apparently at some point along the way Tolkien Enterprises changed its name to Middle-earth Enterprises. Thanks for prompting me to reinvestigate the whole Saul Zaentz Company licensing situation.

While this is true, there's also a very great deal of pre-Hobbit lore they are not permitted even to mention: anything that is not mentioned between the covers of The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings, the licensing of which is controlled by Tolkien Enterprises (now called Middle-earth...

2e: Haunted Halls of Eveningstar (northern Cormyr; Ed Greenwood) Doom of Daggerdale (Wolfgang Baur) Four from Cormyr (the definitive Cormyr adventure book IMHO) "Elminster's Back Door" (Shadowdale; Ed Greenwood) "Beneath the Twisted Tower" (Shadowdale; Ed Greenwood) 3/3.5e: "The Raiders of...

Most definitely yes. Including (though he wasn't born there) one of FR's most celebrated NPCs, Erevis Cale. Check out the seven-book Sembia: Gateway to the Realms novel series.

Auril 25 Chauntea 34 Ilmater 30 Kelemvor 7 + 1 = 8 Lathander 22 Malar 9 Mielikki 33 Oghma 21 Selune 31 Silvanus 21 Sune 13 Talos 16 Tempus 31 − 2 = 29 Tymora 31 Tyr 28

The Forgotten Realms novels I consider to be the best of the best—from the first fifteen years or so of the setting's novel line (I've been reading most of them in chronological order for a few years now): Azure Bonds, The Wyvern's Spur. Elfshadow, Elfsong, Silver Shadows. Daughter of the...

Whether 5e is big enough for it, I don't know. Whether WotC will do it, I strongly doubt. But what I want for 5e more than anything is a WotC book entitled Advanced Dungeon Master's Guide. It would be nice to have some expanded combat options in such a book—the new "weapon actions" added to...

I have a different guess: WotC is going to do a total reboot of the setting (this part is a near-certainty) The new series was designed to provide a link from old lore to new, with an in-world explanation for the reboot along the lines of the Star Trek Kelvin timeline's link to that franchise's...

Auril 22 Azuth 16 Chauntea 29 Deneir 14 Eldath 8 + 1 = 9 Helm 15 Ilmater 29 Kelemvor 19 Lathander 20 + 1 = 21 Leira 11 - 2 = 9 Loviatar 16 Malar 19 Mielikki 30 Milil 17 Myrkul 10 Oghma 24 Savras 12 Selune 30 Silvanus 30 Sune 17 Talos 20 Tempus 30 - 2 = 28 Tymora 28 Tyr 25 (Edited because...

Yes, I asked the same question a few pages back. I think they must have mixed up the files. It's not too surprising—earlier this year they released one of those Magic: The Gathering free PDF adventures downloadable from the WotC site where the map is missing a whole section of labeled areas...

Sorry to interrupt everyone's fun, but has anyone figured out what is supposed to have been changed about the Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan map? I have a first printing of TftYP and my map looks precisely identical to the "new, more readable" map in the errata—unless I'm overlooking something.

Wow, that’s fantastic. Complete list of donors (this is legit): 1. Justin W Lavasa 2. Justin W Lanasa 3. Justin Lanasa 4. (someone who has a real or realish name) 5. Justin Lanaga I do give the man props for staying loyal to his D&D hobby when crafting aliases. The next evil serpent creature...

Auril 18 Azuth 18 Bane 11 Beshaba 18 Bhaal 10 Chauntea 24 Cyric 17 Deneir 19 Eldath 16 Gond 17 Helm 16 Ilmater 28 Kelemvor 18 Lathander 17 Leira 14 Llira 16 Loviatar 20 Malar 21 Mask 16 Mielikki 25 Milil 18 Myrkul 16 Mystra 7 Oghma 24 Savras 16 Selune 25 Shar 13 Silvanus 22 Sune 20 Talona 18...

There's a world of difference between passive appreciation of an artwork, or even actively "singing along," on one hand, and on the other hand the sort of deeply individual, creative appropriation that happens when a game group plays an RPG. So a better analogy might be "I spent decades doing...

I doubt that. The thing has 7 backers at the moment and has "raised" $675. But only 5 backers have selected "perks," and those perks add up to only $70. My suspicion is there are two remaining backers: one rube who pitched in $5 without selecting a perk, and a $600 "contribution" that's...

Is there some info I’ve missed that indicates WotC is adopting trigger warnings? (Have they done so already, maybe? I didn’t read Van Richten’s.)