D&D 5E (2014) Forgotten Realms Gazetter?

[Agamon]

Are you setting it in 1373 DR?

It started in spring, 1372. When the players created the party, they had a definite anti-drow agenda, so I made a few changes to the adventure to fit that and the current setting.

The disappearance of Lolth has caused a faction of drow to leave Menzoberranzan to set up shop in their old Elder Elemental Eye temple. I've changed the prophets to drow, added a lead priestess of the EEE as well as some drow cultists to the adventure.

 

[Zaran]

What about Ed Greenwood's Guide to the Realms that came out after 4e was cancelled? Does that have any useful info or is it more "This is a picture of the sandwich I was eating when I came up with Cormyr."?

 

[Staffan]

What about Ed Greenwood's Guide to the Realms that came out after 4e was cancelled? Does that have any useful info or is it more "This is a picture of the sandwich I was eating when I came up with Cormyr."?

I haven't finished reading it, but it has a LOT of Realms flavor. It's not so good as an introduction to the setting however - it's more about details that help bring the setting to life (food, laws, customs, language) than an overview. Plus occasional bits of real-world Realms history ("Here's the original organization chart of the Zhentarim I used for my campaign, but it kept changing on account of players killing off functionaries.")

 

[Queer Venger]

What about Ed Greenwood's Guide to the Realms that came out after 4e was cancelled? Does that have any useful info or is it more "This is a picture of the sandwich I was eating when I came up with Cormyr."?

Excellent, lots of useful in character info that is plug-n-play.