Getting back into Forgotten Realms

[Nightfall]

was a woman I thought...

 

[KaosDevice]

Also, Elminster is now a woman.

You gave up everything. Why is anyone going to want to play when you keep giving out those sorts of spoilers?

 

[Etressa]

The 2nd edition boxed set explained the races fine. The feats in the new FR hardback are not anything to write home about. You can easily run an FR campaign without them. Not a single player in our game has one feat from the 3e FR hardback and we've been playing in our FR game for over a year and our characters have gone from 1st to 10th-11th..

The only thing I found important to a 3.5e game between the two setting versions was the FR deity-domain list found in the new 3e hardback, AND the new domains. Thats nice to have. Tell you what guy, if you really want them then let me know and I'll email them to you

Thats really about it.

Thanks for the offer but I think you missed where I said i do not have my 2nd edition stuff anymore, so I have to start new.

From what I am reading the setting book and the Player's guide are the two essential books to have then. Now I plan on picking up most of the stuff at some point and even going back and trying to find the old 1st and 2nd edition modules and stuff but that is going to take some time. I figure i would start with the stuff in print as it is easier to find. The game group I have is also going to be a group of newbies so I am trying to figure out where to start them.
So that is why I am trying to figure out which order i want to go get the books in. Cashflow is a little tight but I have enough that I can get started and maybe pick up a supplement or two.
Waterdeep is a place I am considering.

 

[Mystery Man]

Also, Elminster is now a woman.

He was a woman, that was like 2 editions ago. :\

 

[Mystery Man]

Thanks for the offer but I think you missed where I said i do not have my 2nd edition stuff anymore, so I have to start new.

From what I am reading the setting book and the Player's guide are the two essential books to have then. Now I plan on picking up most of the stuff at some point and even going back and trying to find the old 1st and 2nd edition modules and stuff but that is going to take some time. I figure i would start with the stuff in print as it is easier to find. The game group I have is also going to be a group of newbies so I am trying to figure out where to start them.
So that is why I am trying to figure out which order i want to go get the books in. Cashflow is a little tight but I have enough that I can get started and maybe pick up a supplement or two.
Waterdeep is a place I am considering.

Waterdeep sounds like an awesome place to kick off a campaign, even with noobs. I think I just might do the same, in a year or so.

 

[twofalls]

Waterdeep sounds like an awesome place to kick off a campaign, even with noobs. I think I just might do the same, in a year or so.

I don’t ever intentionally get rid of a RPG product, so I still have all my OD&D, 1st and 2nd Ed books, as well as hundreds of 3.x products. I love the realms. At times I get tired of the magic rich environment, however deep in my heart I must enjoy it as I have yet to tone it down in my games. Since I've played in the realms for so long and never dump a product, I still have both the old Waterdeep blue bound region book from 2nd ed, as well as the huge boxed set map that shows every building of the city. I hope they prove to still be useful after the new Waterdeep book is released.

I've purchased every book for the FR as they come out (purchased Champions of Ruin yesterday, and have mixed feelings about the product) and so more out of habit than need I have them all. There is plenty of information in the main Forgotten Realms 3.0 campaign setting book to run the game for a long time... and it’s not necessary to pick up the Players Guide in order to do it. The Guide upgrades it to 3.5, but the 3.0 stuff plays with the 3.5 books just fine. I encourage you to buy all the books, just to support the line, but all you need is the campaign guide.

 

[ssampier]

You can easily use your old 1994 FR Boxed set. It will work fine!
....
We use the 94' boxed set, and our 3.5e game has been running fine for a year+. Our situation was the DM wanted to tone down the cheese factor of the realms a bit, didn't want to use the myriad of books that are out for it now, nor have players try and dictate to him how things are in the realms simply because they bought a $30 book at the gamestore. LOL. Its not Ed Greenwoods Realm's anymore once you sit in our game, its our DM's realms now
...

Is the '94 boxed set similar to the hard bound FR Adventures book (2nd edition update)? I used that book and the 1ed boxed set for years. I'm getting a bit nostagic and thinking about a running a realms game pre-Avatar, cheese factor.

I always loved Bane, but Cyric was fun to read, but not to play with his weird godly machinations.

 

[Von Ether]

Thanks for the offer but I think you missed where I said i do not have my 2nd edition stuff anymore, so I have to start new.

From what I am reading the setting book and the Player's guide are the two essential books to have then. Now I plan on picking up most of the stuff at some point and even going back and trying to find the old 1st and 2nd edition modules and stuff but that is going to take some time. I figure i would start with the stuff in print as it is easier to find. The game group I have is also going to be a group of newbies so I am trying to figure out where to start them.
So that is why I am trying to figure out which order i want to go get the books in. Cashflow is a little tight but I have enough that I can get started and maybe pick up a supplement or two.
Waterdeep is a place I am considering.

One word
eBay

Get the old stuff cheap and just use your basic books.

 

[Nightfall]

He was a woman, that was like 2 editions ago. :\

Thought it was a novel or three ago...

Etressa,

I'd definately go with Waterdeep for three basic reasons:

1) Undermountain.

Especially since now they have the first level of it online, using Undermountain in a campaign EVEN if it's just a "side quest" has a lot of potential fun for newbies.

2) The new book

Updates and I also think condenses a lot of the old 2nd edition material, so now you don't have to mess around as much finding a tavern or three

3) It's Waterdeep!!

I mean next to maybe Baldur's Gate or the North, it's the other place people that have played D&D FR RPG games from the early SSI days know of. (Course I'm old. )

Two falls,

The only thing I think the Player's Guide does is a) fixes a few Pr-classes and b) updates the cosmology and time lines. But you are right, the FRCS is pretty much the entire world in a thumbnail.

As for the new Waterdeep book, from what I'm hearing it won't render your older stuff "inadequate" merely update it and give a new spin. (And yes I'm SO with you on the mixed/bad reviews for Champs of Ruin. God...what the hell where they THINKING?!!)

 

[The_Gunslinger658]

As for the new Waterdeep book, from what I'm hearing it won't render your older stuff "inadequate" merely update it and give a new spin. (And yes I'm SO with you on the mixed/bad reviews for Champs of Ruin. God...what the hell where they THINKING?!!)

Um uh Money?

I have lords of Darkness, so thats good enough for me.


Scott