D&D (2024) Forgotten Realms Player Guide

[Parmandur]

One point of comparison we can make now is that the Baldur's Gate guide in Descent to Avernus was 50 pages long. Assuming similar sizes for all 5 mentioned areas

Well, that's the question: will thise 5 areas get that much space (Avernus is still in print)?

 

[aco175]

And here I was hoping for an updated release of the 2013 playtest modules centered on Daggerford.

 

[GreyLord]

Late to the party, but in the original post...I think it's supposed to be Icewind Dale...not Iceland Dale.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Baldur's Gate is not a "gritty medieval city". Nothing in current D&D is medieval (nor even gritty), and even less so the Sword Coast of Færûn.

It's gritty, but your other point is right.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Well, that's the question: will thise 5 areas get that much space (Avernus is still in print)?

My guess BG will get an update, but they won't want to reprint the whole 50 pages, instead updating the city from BG3 and other events.

 

[TiQuinn]

It's gritty, but your other point is right.

It’s Lankhmar. You can argue they’re all vaguely Lankhmar.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Thinking about it they will likely want at least 100 pages or more for the General Overview of Faerun and Beyond chapter, perferably 150+ which they have to have otherwise why call it Forgotten Realms Setting Guide if you plan on ignoring 95% of Faerun, in favour of just doing 5 regions.

 

[Maxperson]

The D&D Beyond write-up specifically says the book will focus on "five in-depth setting guides for iconic locations in the Forgotten Realms" and then mentions:

• Baldur’s Gate
• Calimshan
• The Dalelands
• Moonshae Isles
• Icewind Dale

Those are the areas it will cover in-depth, they made that clear.

Well, that's more than a little disappointing. Cormyr, Sembia and the Moonsea are important areas of the Realms and deserve attention. It has taken them 10 years to do anything more with the Realms, waiting another 10 years for them to get to those areas(if they even do) is kinda sucky.

 

[Maxperson]

So, Calimshan, Dalelands, and Moonshae Isles - NICE.
Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale - do we really need to do these?

However I hope these are the start of more and more books further exploring FR, and not a one and done release like SCAG

Yes we do. Since a lot of us don't buy adventures, the material printed in them doesn't count towards being part of a campaign guide. This will be the first time getting that information for a lot of people.

 

[Bayushi_seikuro]

Well, that's more than a little disappointing. Cormyr, Sembia and the Moonsea are important areas of the Realms and deserve attention. It has taken them 10 years to do anything more with the Realms, waiting another 10 years for them to get to those areas(if they even do) is kinda sucky.

I'm reminded of the Old Grey Box, and I'm pretty sure Ed's intention was to never develop Sembia officially. I know things change, but just a random historical fact that areas were carved out specifically for DMs to develop on their own.

Okay - went and grabbed my book. DM's sourcebook to the Realms, pg 6.:
"Certain areas of each of the enlarged maps of the Forgotten Realms will contain areas that will not have future adventures, modules, or sourcebooks set in them, and are left solely for use by the DM for development without fear of some later product invalidating that portion of his campaign.

"In the initial boxed set, those areas are:
The Serpent Hills (east of the High Moor)
The Wood of Sharp Teeth
The Desertedge Mountains (outside the Dales), and
The Nation of Sembia."