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Yes. Looks like there's about 3 pages on Anauroch in FR: Heroes of Faerun. Here's the section on Shade: Empire of Shadows Anauroch is littered with the ruins of the ancient empire of Netheril, which fell in a magical cataclysm almost 3,000 years ago. Some of these ruins lie frozen in ice, their...

This.

Sounds cool. I like it. Basically, it fits nicely with the info in the new FR campaign setting about Anauroch and Shade. I think you would also want a Zhentarim presence since they control the Black Road and would take a dim view of anyone trying to establish an independent power base. The...

No piety system. It's mostly just lore about the major gods and their organizations.

It's clear that these books assume the 5E adventures happened in the recent past (within the last 10 years in-world). But there's no reason you can't still run them. You could use the default setting assumptions in those adventures or mix them with elements from these new setting books. The...

To the OP, you are doing God's work. I have a 6 year old and 9 year old who I am introducing to D&D. First, Shadowdark is a great intro to roleplaying games. It's the new Basic D&D. Second, there's a great campaign specifically designed for introducing kids to D&D called Hidden Halls of...

Not to be pedantic but it first started to appear in late 3.5E.

The interest and even obsession with Forgotten Realms canon is almost incomprehensible to me. What I like about FR is that it's a lot. A lot of a lot. Just so much stuff. I take the things that are useful and resonant and I discard the rest. I have virtually no investment in what's "official".

Oath of the Noble Genies also doubles nicely for a dragon-themed paladin.

The version of Icewind Dale presented here is different than Rime of the Frost Maiden. Canonically it's a decade after the events in RotFM but practically you could mix and match elements to make the version of Icewind Dale you prefer. The "new" version continues the survival horror theme.

There's some comments here about lore being changed or even retconned. It's more accurate to say the timeline has advanced. Here are approximate years for recent editions... 1E: 1357 2E: 1368 3E: 1380s 4E: 1480s 5E: 1490s 1501 is the year for this new FR campaign setting.

I've been browsing Adventures in Faerun for the last 10 minutes and my kneejerk, utterly non-scientific reaction is: Totally Awesome.

ALL THE DAMN TIME

Rings of Power should have been great. Instead it's lackluster. Huge missed opportunity. I think it's only on the air because of sunk costs. Amazon has invested too much $$$ in the property to cut bait.

I think DDB and direct-to-consumer sales will be a game changer for WotC as they finally own their own distribution platform. It puts D&D on a path toward longterm sustainability. With few exceptions, I'm now ordering all my books directly from DDB.

My 2026 campaign will be set in the Dales and centered around Myth Drannor, so definitely interested in quality supplements for this location.

These statements are all from the same post: "Well looks like a few more people seem to be aware of how comparatively weak spellcasters are and how strong martials are in 5E" "Sorcerer is a good contender for most powerful class in the game" "On the plus side class balance between the classes...

I'm really torn on this topic. I feel that spells should scale better. Heck, most class features should scale better. However, I don't believe that making spells MORE powerful is the fix that spellcasters need. It's limiting the power of a few gamebreaking spells. In the panel, Hypnotic...

I think Mike and I have a similar play style. Although his players seem to make decisions and get through combat much faster than mine!

But how did it feel in comparison to the other players? Overpowered? Or just really good?