D&D 5E (2024) Next issue of Game Informer will have details on the two upcoming Forgotten Realms books

[Henadic Theologian]

Thinking more about the restricted map of Faerûn we are getting, aside from it being a nostalgiac throwback to the 1E/2E maps...going back on the 3E geographic changes probably makes a full map of Faerûn again impractical, and the Shaar more than doubling in size creates a massive geopolitical barrier that doesn't exist so much on the 3E map. In 3E, the Shaar is a barrier, it in the 1E/2E and now 5E maps kt is really an astonishingly huge Steppe that creates a solid divide, as mu h as the Tuigan Wastes are a barrier to Kara Tur.

I don't think The Shaar will be an issue for the Faerun. Atlas at least.

 

[Parmandur]

I don't think The Shaar will be an issue for the Faerun. Atlas at least.

Not sure! If the Atlas is based on the material in the book, then it might not get much attention.

It would. be wild, though, if the Atlas on Beyond...actually covers the Beyond areas in detail.

 

[Parmandur]

I don't think The Shaar will be an issue for the Faerun. Atlas at least.

Going back to the previews we have of the Behond Atlas, and the Border Kingdoms and Shaar are looking fairly detailed"

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[Henadic Theologian]

Going back to the previews we have of the Behond Atlas, and the Border Kingdoms and Shaar are looking fairly detailed"

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Also when they referred to The Atlas of Faerun bundle it says the ENTIRE Faerun.

I think they will put a compass or legend in the corner of the map that would expose Zakhara, but I hope they don't and instead give us a taste of Zakhara. And I hope the map goes far enough west to show Evermeet and the Island of Achea and east enough to show the Kingdoms of the Utter East and Langdarma.

 

[Marandahir]

Also when they referred to The Atlas of Faerun bundle it says the ENTIRE Faerun.

I think they will put a compass or legend in the corner of the map that would expose Zakhara, but I hope they don't and instead give us a taste of Zakhara. And I hope the map goes far enough west to show Evermeet and the Island of Achea and east enough to show the Kingdoms of the Utter East and Langdarma.

I have the book and the map (both FR volumes were released by my FLGS on Tuesday earlier this week).

It lacks Zakhara, Evermeet. etc. There's a compass in the SW corner so as not to cover up any landmassesl There are arrows on the west and south edges of the map that point to Evermeet, Nimbral, Helruaa, and Luiren, but no arrows pointing to other lands on the east or north sides.

 

[Marandahir]

Edit – accidental double-post.

 

[Parmandur]

I have the book and the map (both FR volumes were released by my FLGS on Tuesday earlier this week).

It lacks Zakhara, Evermeet. etc. There's a compass in the SW corner so as not to cover up any landmassesl There are arrows on the west and south edges of the map that point to Evermeet, Nimbral, Helruaa, and Luiren, but no arrows pointing to other lands on the east or north sides.

So it matches the 1E/2E boxset maps pretty much exactly.

Any mentions of Kara-Tur or Zakhara in the text anywhere?

 

[Demetrios1453]

So it matches the 1E/2E boxset maps pretty much exactly.

Any mentions of Kara-Tur or Zakhara in the text anywhere?

The only mentions of anything outside of Faerun proper by name that I've found so far is a mention of the Hordelands. Granted, there's a lot of reading to be done.