D&D General Forgotten Realms Book preview from NYCC

Nerd Initiative on YouTube previewed the new Forgotten Realms books with Mackenzie De Armas in this short video, including a quick flip-through of the Adventures in Faerun book.



During the quick flip-through, he shows off blurry but mostly readable pages from the Dalelands section of the book, including a few of the DMG-style adventures, including a level 13 adventure called Heart of Fire, where the party is asked to recover a magic item in an Adult Red Dragon's hoard.

Notably, none of the adventures you can see in the video seem to have any new monsters from the book included. Also, not all of the adventures are confined to a single page. Some seem to be at least a page and a half, while others are even smaller to just a half page.

 

[Yaarel]

Back in 2014, Forgotten Realms was the defacto core setting.

But now from 2024, there is a more setting-agnostic core. The things that bothered me in 2014 core, I dont mind as part of an opt-in dedicated setting.

Because Forgotten Realms is a kitchen sink setting, its central emphasis on a peculiar kind of polytheism is perhaps its only distinctive identity. To elaborate this theme across this unique setting is ok.

I am liking the wisdom of the 2024 core approach. There are effectively "four" core books.
• Players Handbook
• Monster Manual
• Dungeon Masters Guide
• . . . choice of setting

For many players, this Forgotten Realms Book will be the fourth core book.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Back in 2014, Forgotten Realms was the defacto core setting.

But now from 2024, there is a more setting-agnostic core. The things that bothered me in 2014 core, I dont mind as part of an opt-in dedicated setting.

Because Forgotten Realms is a kitchen sink setting, its central emphasis on a peculiar kind of polytheism is perhaps its only distinctive identity. To elaborate this theme across this unique setting is ok.

I am liking the wisdom of the 2024 core approach. There are effectively "four" core books.
• Players Handbook
• Monster Manual
• Dungeon Masters Guide
• . . . choice of setting

For many players, this Forgotten Realms Book will be the fourth core book.

I agree, for me the 5 FR Core books is 2024 PHB, MM, DMG, FR: HoF and FR: AiF.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

The Sundering changed the landmass to more like 1e, so don't read too much into that. One of the Dragonborn cities was on the Alamber Sea. The other might still be on a river.

Really we know Unther, Mulhorand, and Chessenta are ruled by living (incarnated) Gods, that's it, but a lot could have changed, but I don't see them getting rid of the Dragonborn cities just because a couple of lakes are gone. They are probably one of the most popular parts of 4e changes at this point thanks to Erin M. Evans novels.

Actually it occurs to me that because of changes to coastlines both cities might be on the coast of the sea.

 

[Yaarel]

I like the title of the book, Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerun.

There can be future books, Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Kara-Tur, and so on.

These regional settings make sense for planet Toril.

 

[Selas]

And with that mini module that's JP only (Oni's Right Hand), maybe it pushes WotC to revisit Kara-Tur in the future as a setting. One can only hope

 

[zakael19]

Found the alternate covers that join together she was talking about. Cool enough.

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This looks a lot like the daggerheart collector's edition style, love that sort of big bold color contrast and stylized tapestry-like / in-world mosaic type shapes.

I don't even play in the Realms and I'm probably getting these.

I have enough weird nostalgic fondness for the realms of my childhood I'll probably grab em to use with some other system, haha.

 

[Zardnaar]

Dagger Dale has got a real Sherwood Forest theme going on. With the Zhentarim backed constable in the town of Dagger Falls and Randal Morn’s freedom fighters out in the forests. There is a great little trilogy set during the conflict.

That and fantasy English vibes.