Henadic Theologian
Legend
Does anyone know who these two designers are? Why did the video give names to go with the faces.
D&D 5E Forgotten Realms Adventure Guide
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Parmandur
Book-Friend, he/him
Do not recognize the first designer.
The second one is Jason Tondro, who was the Project Lead for the Deck of Many Things and editor of the OD&D reprint history book. He worked at Paizo, did a bunch of Pathfineer and Starfinder stuff.
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Parmandur
Book-Friend, he/him
Wee but of a necro here, but now that we have thw DMG, I think we are in a better position to talk about what might be up with this specifically.
The way that the DMG uses the Free Citt of Greyhawk as an example hub, with Flannaes themed "Conflicts" to build campaigns around" and some broader regional detail....it feels like these choices are well set-up to provide some variety to that, with 5 very different huns on offer
- Caer Callidyrr as a sort of Arthurian castle town
- Ten Towns as a dispersed rural community on the Frontier
- Shadowdale as a classic Small Fantasy Town with Secrets
- Baldur's Gate as a more...rough town than Greyhawk, with different issues
- Calimport as a "1001 Nights" fabulous Arabesque desert metropolis.
Each of these hubs is central or at leaat ties to a large region (The Moonshaes, the Savage Frontier, the Eastern Heartlands, the Western Heartlands, and the Empires of Sand, respectively) that were the original grey box set and first 5 FR modules covered, so I could see each region getting multiple campaign concepts similar to Greyhawk in the DMG, with big connections conflicts like...the Red Wizards.
Epic Meepo
Hero
Sounds like a reasonable guess. I would add Bryn Shander as the hub for Iceland Dale.
Parmandur
Book-Friend, he/him
Maybe, based on what they supplied in Greyhawk (an NPC contact and home-based for every PHB Background), I figured that the whole "Ten tpwns" could act as a combined hub, but that could be.
mamba
Legend
are these five set? I thought Waterdeep would be in here somehow
Parmandur
Book-Friend, he/him
So, in the DM-focused Forgotten Realms Adventure Guide, we are getting those 5 specifically. But the Forgotten Realms Player's Guide will also have a Faerûn-wide fluff Gazateer, so Waterdeep will no doubt be covered to some extent in the two books. Might be too similar to the Free City of Greyhawk, honestly, and it ties into the same region as Icewind Dale (and has a detailed Gazateer in one of the best selling Advebtfor the Edition).
mamba
Legend
so does Ten Towns (and Baldur’s Gate?), I assume WotC considers that a plus (they can recycle what they have, much like Shattered Obelisk did)
Parmandur
Book-Friend, he/him
Right, but on the other hand they are different from Greyhawk in key ways. Waterdeep Nad Greyhawk are both pretty much just Lankhmar, with similar circumstances. Icewind Dale has the rural Frontier angle going for it, amd Baldur's Gate has a different constitutional make-up (and is a tie-in to the hit video game series). Waterdeep is probably also less impacted by any events if they want to "advance thw timeline" at all.
