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I've run Mad Mage. It is far from a bad adventure. Regardless, people do not go out of their way to buy higher-level books.

High-level adventures do not sell well. https://www.enworld.org/threads/5e-lifetime-sales-in-north-american-big-box-stores-revealed.698946/ This 2023 post broke down sales for 5e books. When listing out what adventures sold, Curse of Strahd (one of the lowest-level range adventures) sold the...

Putting down a new guess: Q1: Adventure Anthology set in the Domains of Dread (Ravenloft) Q2: Ravenloft: Heroes of Dread (Smaller, think Forge of the Artificer, as a companion to Van Richten's) Q3: Tasha's Heroes of the Multiverse (Xanathar's and Tasha's reprint book) Q4: Dark Sun Duology...

It doesn’t need to scale though? You’re still using Moonbeam, throwing around free healing, and can still use BA spells to throw more healing if needed. Scaling features don’t matter nearly as much on a full caster as they do on Martial characters. They already scale great by being a full caster.

This! In addition to pointing fans to the D&D movie, Baldur’s Gate games, Drizzt Novels, and older Faerun adventure paths, there’s a section in the books that specifically tells people to go to the Wiki page for even more lore that they couldn’t fit here.

The Icewind Dale section covers a bit about the Underdark, which plays a big role in the meta plot of the region. But there isn’t like a “Underdark Gazette,” no.

In some cases yes. But there’s also content for those books that never got carried over to the setting agnostic books, like the Warforged or Leonin species. Gladiator Fighter I could see coming over to an Everything book, but stuff like the Sorcerer King Warlock Patron likely wouldn’t be...

Still very confident the new class (Psion) is for Dark Sun still, as are the “Apocolyptic Subclasses.” Everything else definitely feels “Everything” like.

A new Unearthed Arcana just dropped, updating a number of martial classes. Subclasses: Path of the Spiritual Guardian (Barbarian) Path of the Storm Herald (Barbarian) Cavalier (Fighter) Warrior of Intoxication (Monk) Oathbreaker (Paladin) Seems they took the Barbarian complaints seriously...

I’ve read through about 90% of Heroes and 75% of Adventures, and I have to say these new books are now my personal favorite Realms products.

I hope we get these types of book pairs for all the big D&D settings. Loving both books.

A good breakdown, though I disagree about not getting Adventures on Beyond. I would add that, if you use the Maps VTT or you project digital maps to your table via a projector or a screen on your table, then the Adventure book is a must buy because it gives you a huge number of maps, including...

You can buy sled dog services or Axe Beaks in Icewind Dale as mounts, they also have a magical couch service in Baldur’s Gate and covered wagons for The Dalelands. Mechanical Wonders are basically purchasable Niblewrights/robots that can do minor household tasks, or they have others you can...

Yes. The Heroes book iirc. It’s a foldout of Faerun.

Some are very specific. Especially the BG Avernus one. Others have specific moments canonized but not a specific ending, like Frostmaiden.

It should be noted, the Purple Dragon Knight faction stuff makes it very clear that if you’re a PDK, you’re partnered with a Dragon. Membership even gives you an exotic saddle. The background is titled Squire. So seems clear that if you are trying to play a PDK, you’re playing a squire that is...

As in PCs? From what I’ve read they don’t really go out of their way to frame PCs as working for or against the cult. They simply say “this is what it means to be part of the Cult” and talk member benefits.

In some cases. In others, especially in the case of the 2014 books, they make it clear there are canon endings. Icewind Dale has some of that, as does Baldur’s Gate with Descent Into Avernus and Waterdeep Dragon Heist.

I get people are saying “they could be resurrected” and while that’s true, it’s incredibly unlikely that Stelmane would be resurrected and still be in the position she’s in, so it’s more likely that her BG3 story just… isn’t canon.

The honest answer is simple that BG3 isn’t canon. At least, not fully. Much like the original two Baldur’s Gate games, the overall events have happened in the world but not in any specific way. So they pick and choose which parts are official, and clearly the Stelmane stuff is not official canon.