Favorite Forgotten Realms region book?

[ruleslawyer]

Wow; the answers certainly show that there's an audience out there for all of the sourcebooks; no clear winner suggests that they appeal to a wide range of tastes. That gives me the (perhaps false) hope that WotC will churn out more.

I like Serpent Kingdoms the best so far (thanks Darrin!), mainly because it's written by Ed Greenwood (who continues to be my favorite FR writer... perhaps for a reason? ) and because it covers LOTS of new ground that's previously untouched. One of the reasons why LEoF or City of Splendors, while good, don't make it to the top of my list is because so much of that material has already been covered in previous editions.

FYI, Nyaricus: The calendar has advanced only 16-18 years since 1e "gray box" FR(depending on whether you assume that play "starts" in the Year of the Worm [1356 DR] or the Year of Shadows [1358 DR]).

 

[Nyaricus]

FYI, Nyaricus: The calendar has advanced only 16-18 years since 1e "gray box" FR(depending on whether you assume that play "starts" in the Year of the Worm [1356 DR] or the Year of Shadows [1358 DR]).

Hmmm, I was off by a long shot there (well, in human rather then elven terms... oh well). I honestly thoguht it was more though.

Thanks for that FYI, and Whisperfoot, thansk for the input I don't have MotM yet, but I think I might check it out

 

[diaglo]

1edADnD Grey Boxed set.

but since that isn't an option i'll go with the softcover supplement. the others should have been softcover also.

 

[genshou]

Well, there is a big black hole where Tilverton (in Cormyr, on the border of the Dalelands) was. That was a change in 3.0 to 3.5, for one example

That change was actually in the 2nd Ed-3.0 conversion. It's detailed as one of the major events of 1372 DR in the 3.0 Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting sourcebook, and occurs prior to the recommended date for starting a game (see pgs. 113, 271).

 

[Nightfall]

So far I'd say Waterdeep has a good mark towards it, but eh...

 

[Sejs]

Of those listed, definitely Unapproachable East.

 

[Imruphel]

How did Mysteries of the Moonsea get eight votes when there are only four authors?

 

[Nightfall]

Some one must have voted twice some how. All I can say is I didn't vote for it.

 

[Nyaricus]

That change was actually in the 2nd Ed-3.0 conversion. It's detailed as one of the major events of 1372 DR in the 3.0 Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting sourcebook, and occurs prior to the recommended date for starting a game (see pgs. 113, 271).

Good catch - the first I heard of it was when it was detailed in PGtF, a 3.5 book (and thus I assumed it was a 3.0 bit stuck in with 3.5)

 

[qstor]

That's fine--I still voted for it.

Same here. I liked the new material on Zhentil Keep and the Citadel of the Raven.

Mike