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Cormyrean NPCs that are unusual/playing against type 1. A heavily muscled War Wizard, shorn of all body hair, his or her skin oiled and smooth. 2. A noble bent over and digging in the dirt by hand, wearing old worn out clothes, indistinguishable from the laborers on either side of him. 3. A...

By all means! One of my most successful campaigns revolved around the events that took place across three Realms novels set in Cormyr (Cormyr; Beyond the High Road; Death of the Dragon). None of the players had read those particular novels, which was to my advantage, though one player picked...

Post 666! }:> A change from one edition of the D&D game to another is a good example of this. At such points in time a lot of game rules change, and so the Realms changes to fit the new edition of the D&D game.

I was thinking about this thread some more after my last post. During the long era of 2nd Edition D&D, I used to get stuck on the wider body of Realmslore (aka Canon) when running D&D campaigns. I knew where I wanted to set my campaigns and what I wanted to do with them, but I also felt like I...

Troll variants, ghostly animal companions, spell ideas. 1. Can a ghost be an animal companion? Something that lingers near a PC, and grants the PC abilities whenever the PC calls upon the ghost to possess him/her? 2. Spell Idea: Weight of the Mountain A spell that compliments Heal Metal in...

Multimedia: Ideas for sounds to be used in a D&D game set in Cormyr If WotC ever expanded their offerings to include sound files a DM could call up from a laptop or tablet, here's what I'd like to see included. Not all of these are exactly PG-13, but hey, I'm sure you have your own list of...

Things I want to see in future Cormyr sourcebooks/DMs Guild products 1. A map of the Wolf Woods, when Iliphar and the elves were at the peak of their power, that's on par with the Mike Schley map found in the free Backdrop: Cormyr download (article by Brian R. James) available from the WotC...

Cormyrean themed toys I wish Hasbro would produce and sell. 1. Azoun IV action figure. Comes with bed. 2. Queen Fee action figure. Comes with throne. 3. Steel Regent in full armor action figure. Comes with horse. 4. Vangerdahast action figure. Comes with "invisible" chair for Vangey to sit...

No time to write this evening so here's a free thing. I ran out of time this evening to generate ideas. This is because I spent all my time experimenting with the Homebrewery website. Here's what I came up with (for a future section on adapting PHB Backgrounds to Cormyr): I hope you find...

Realmslore for Magic Item Sets: Where do sets come from? And who was good as or better than Drizzt? So, Realmslore. Need it for the three magic item sets being devised on this here thread. Let's start by asking: 1. Who was as good a fighter, or better, than Drizzt Do'Urden? This is a moving...

Magic Item Sets For the Battlemaster: Adding Two Maneuvers; Dividing Up Maneuvers Into Three Groups First off, lets create two new Battlemaster Maneuvers so we can bring the total to 18 maneuvers available. 1. Limb-Lock Attack. When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend one...

The Canon of a published setting matters to me as a DM inasmuch as it requires me to ask two questions: 1. On average, how much of the setting Canon do the players at my table actually know? 2. How much do I plan to deviate from my chosen setting's Canon for my campaign? The answer to the...

What Is The Aftermath When A Deity Is Split In Two? For all the deity drama in the Forgotten Realms (of which there has been far, faaaaaaaar too much of, in my not so humble opinion), and given the fact that I like to think I know a thing or two about the Realms as a published setting, you'd...

For D&D, How Many Magic Item Slots Are Required To Make A "Set" ala World of Warcraft? And What Are The Benefits? Hey you. Yeah you, the one with the big brain. If you haven't reached out to Morrus in a while, then please stop reading this post and take a second to send him a private message...

Dreaming Up Magic Item Ideas. Working On The Wand Mage Archetype 1. Bag of Sharing Concept: A wondrous item, probably of uncommon rarity, that consists of a pair of bags that are magically linked to the same extradimensional space. When one bag is open, the other remains closed. Anyone can...

Wizard Archetypes Focusing on Wands First off, thank you very much to the person that purchased a copy of my Cormyr sourcebook yesterday. Because of you I worked hard to publish the first ever update to the sourcebook. The update includes the new sub-map of Cormyr, which you will receive for...

A Wand-Wielding Class? Maybe A Precursor To A True Bladesinger? Firstly, a slice of the finished map that I had commissioned for my Cormyr sourcebook, along with a hex overlay. The map covers a good portion of the King's Forest, and includes Suzail to the south and Eveningstar to the north...

Spell Baldrics; Magic Item Ideas A new job working swing shift means I spend my favorite time of the day for writing by driving a company vehicle in the night, so I am glad to have a chance to get back to this thread on my day off. Updates will come once a week at most. Your patience Dear...