D&D 4E Nentir Vale lore pdfs for the uninitiated DM?

[not-so-newguy]

Hi!
I want to mash up my current DCC campaign region with another region. Looking at the Nentir Vale map, the group would enter from the east through the Dawnforge Mountains. The PCs would be from cultures completely separate from the Nentir Vale and worship different gods.

I have zero interest in 4E rules because I'm using a completely different system, but I'm interested in pdf titles that provide setting info. Your opinions and insights on any of these products are welcomed

 

[Alzrius]

As I'm given to understand, there's no actual gazetteer or "campaign setting" proper for the Nentir Vale (one was scheduled to be released in 2011, but was subsequently cancelled). To my knowledge, one of the best repositories of information about the setting is probably Monster Vault: Threats to the Nentir Vale (affiliate link), for reasons that Shannon Appelcline explains in the product history on the linked sales page:

For the roleplaying line, the best spotlight on the Nentir Vale was actually Threats to Nentir Vale itself. Though there are just a couple of pages of actual background, the monster and faction write-ups are all filled with information on how they fit into the history and ecology of the Nentir Vale. Just as Greyhawk was once primarily defined by D&D's oldest adventures, now the Nentir Vale was largely described through these monster encounters (and the core 4e adventures).

 

[Undrave]

Hm… that’ll be kinda hard because a lot of the lore of the Nentir Vale lore is spread all over the 4e Core Products, and some of it contradicts each other on purpose. You can start with the first DMG to get the proper introduction at least. Then you gotta learn about Bael-Turath, Arkhosia and Nerath.



A lot of the expanded lore depends on how much you want to use the Cosmology of that world.

 

[not-so-newguy]

Oh well, i'll take a look at those books. It still might work. Thanks!

 

[RoughCoronet0]

This is the closest thing I know of to a comprehensive lore dump for the Nentir Vale I have come across, which is a fan made compilations of many of the little lore snippets from throughout various sourcebooks, novels, and Dragon Magazine articles. I hope this helps.

 

[Zaukrie]

I have a gazetteer I got somewhere online...dm me and I'll send it to you. No idea who wrote it, oddly....

 

[Zaukrie]

I guess I could just put it on my website.....I've thought about doing some writeups of the Vale there anyway.....

 

[darjr]

The last page of this unearthed arcana has a tiny bit.

https://media.wizards.com/2018/dnd/downloads/UA_IntoTheWild.pdf

 

[darjr]

The online 4e Dungeon had bits of it too.

 

[not-so-newguy]

I have a gazetteer I got somewhere online...dm me and I'll send it to you. No idea who wrote it, oddly....

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