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Current Clack: Neverwinter is a DMs Guild resource for Dungeon Masters looking to provide characters with news, rumors and gossip for Neverwinter, the Sword Coast and the Savage North. This booklet includes one year's worth of entries divided by month. The entries cover a range of topics...

Other Worlds that Touch the Realms Countless other worlds touch the Realms, or have been connected to the Realms in the past. Some ideas about one of these worlds follow. 1. A world where the continents float; they bob along like boats in the water, save the water that laps against their...

This book was a great alternative to D&D whenever our group grew tired of playing. It was also one of those rare gaming sourcebooks that was pure fun to read.

Some more ideas for spells and other things. 1. Spell Idea: Avenging Anvil Cleric 5 This spell briefly summons the anvil a foe's metallic weapon was forged on. The anvil appears overhead or some distance in front of the spell's target, then proceeds to fly at the target at top speed...

I get the same feeling, believe it or not. I try to avoid participating in these kinds of discussions when it comes to the Forgotten Realms because, more often than not, people do one or both of the following: 1) They get the history wrong--both for the Realms as a fictional setting, and for...

You can learn something of Stewart's work and influence on the RPG industry by reading the following Designers and Dragons article: link.

No, I believe it is correct. Faiths & Avatars, published in 1996 and thus post-Time of Troubles, formalized for the Realms the rules for how deities gain and lose power, what is and is not precisely known about that process, how mortals view the concept of worship, and a host of other issues...

Got me there. I've always tended to think of 1E as "D&D" and 2E as "AD&D", the better to keep the two editions separate in my mind.

A better word than "ganked" is "borrowed." Even so, when it comes to the Realms it's wiser to not assume a trait shared between the Realms and an older setting like Greyhawk means the Realms borrowed from Greyhawk wholesale, much less in part. Dark Elves, for example. The Dark Elves of the...

That's correct. The ToT was the in-world explanation for all the rules changes going on in the transition from D&D to AD&D.

It is with sadness that I report that yesterday the tabletop gaming industry lost one of its giants: Stewart Wieck, who co-founded White Wolf Game Studio and co-created the World of Darkness, and who more recently helmed Nocturnal Publishing. His brother, Steve Wieck (owner of DTRPG) announced...

True. I'd not realized he was a board member at CCP. I've always enjoyed their flagship MMO (EVE Online).

No, it is not a myth. Not. At. All. The Realms really is a kitchen sink setting. It's certainly gone through phases where elements from other worlds have been deemphasized, but the concept of the Realms being connected to other worlds predates its publication as an official D&D setting. Not...

During 2nd Edition, the rule at TSR was "If it's in D&D, it's in the Realms." And of course every setting was linked to the Realms, and the Realms featured lots of game information and lore about how elements from other worlds influenced it and were present. ...but let's not get ahead of...

Yup. The Forgotten realms But/Sell/Trade group on Facebook is a busy place

Dangers of the King's Forest: Tenday Mold 1. Tenday Mold is a little bit of everything: mold, rot and fungus. 2. Should your character ask about it, he or she is likely to be informed that the dead god Moander bequeathed Tenday Mold unto Cormyr as a parting gift; something meant to trouble...

It's tough when this sort of thing happens. Even tougher is what you have to do next: find the opportunities hidden amongst the detritus of the unanticipated setback dealt to you by a group of players. Which is why every GM should experience this at least once. It's one of the biggest...

A Friendly Warning Dear Reader, As Springtime progresses into Summer here in the States, I will be culling entries from this thread in order to place them into my Cormyr sourcebook. Thus, if there is anything here you find useful or if you like returning to specific entries in order to read...

Still working on my Cormyr sourcebook on the DMs Guild. Between my work schedule and family life, the pace of work on my sourcebook has slowed to a crawl. The good news is that I've managed to contact a couple of artists who've agreed to allow me to license their artwork for use in my...