Which FR regional suppliment would you like to see most? (Take two)

[Khaalis]

It's a pretty weird thought that since AD&D had some books detailing those regions, that D&D3E doesn't need to do so. How many players will actually have that stuff? 1%? 5%?

Heh - dont go counting out us old timers! There are more of us than you think.

Some people have darn close to every sourcebook that was published. For those that dont, most are available as downloads now so the material is still available. It takes a lot of work and a lot of passion to put one of these region books together. They will come out as they get decent manuscripts (which is why we are getting Serpent Lands before a more "tradtional" area).

/shrug

I'll take any of them as they come, unless its one all about them pointy eared folk - dont need no more books bout them!

 

[diaglo]

I'll take any of them as they come, unless its one all about them pointy eared folk - dont need no more books bout them!

visit the downloads section on the www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/downloads site.

 

[Psion]

Been done. It's called Ruins of Undermountain as well as the Lost Level adventures. [/facetious]

If you look at it that way, most of FR has been done. Thread over. Thanks everyone. Would the last one out shut off the light?

I would love to see the lower levels of Undermountain detailed (Levels 4-9). Not 1-3 again, though.

I, on the other hand, would like full 3.5 stats for levels 1-3. And, for that matter, all of ROUII except for that silly "test by the god Tyr" thing.

It won't happen, but that doesn't stop me from wanting it.

 

[Mystery Man]

The poll says 'what do you want', not what are they going to do. I want Zakhara.

Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't be adverse to having them publish such a thing. As long as they publish them like they should have been published, without the Forgotten Realms logo slapped on them to help them sell! FEH!

Oh yes and I'll Ditto on Undermountain as well...with just a slightest bit of drool.

 

[Psion]

but for the topic of this thread... a detailed Undermountain would be more on par.

Did diaglo and I just agree on something?

*faints*

 

[Staffan]

Sword Coast, with the last one detailing the area from Baldur's Gate and Candlekeep to Iriaebor - roughly the same region as detailed in the old Volo's Guide to Sword Coast.

Technically, that's what's usually called the Western Heartlands. The Sword Coast is a bit of a weird animal - it usually refers to the coastal area between Icewind Dale and Amn, which means it overlaps with both The North and the Western Heartlands.

As long as they publish them like they should have been published, without the Forgotten Realms logo slapped on them to help them sell! FEH!

For the record, Al-Qadim never had a Forgotten Realms logo. It was set on the same planet, and had a few references here and there to Faerûn (like the ajami wizard Elminster of Shadowdale, who moved to Huzuz in order to avoid being confused with the other Elminster of Shadowdale and gets mad if someone mentions it), but pretty much had its own identity.

Sadly, with the current climate in the US I find it extremely unlikely that they'll release Al-Qadim again. A generic Arabian Adventures is slightly more possible, but there's no way they'll release Al-Qadim without at least a name change.

 

[Arnwyn]

But the basics have to be done first.

And they have been. Cool, huh?

It's a pretty weird thought that since AD&D had some books detailing those regions, that D&D3E doesn't need to do so.

I had no idea flavor text needed to be updated to 3e. You learn something new every day.

How many players will actually have that stuff? 1%? 5%?

I don't recommend guessing percentages. However, if we want to go in that direction, it's my opinion that there is much more of an established crowd than 3eFR noobs. And "that stuff" is fully available, for cheap, as ESDs. (Oh, not everyone has the internet? So, now we're looking at a target market that's entirely new to FR and doesn't have an internet connection - compared to those who've been playing in the Realms for years. Hmmm... one must be careful to not cater to tinier and tinier markets... IMO, of course.)

If you look at it that way, most of FR has been done. Thread over. Thanks everyone. Would the last one out shut off the light?

Obviously, that's not even close to being correct.

Hey, I have no problem with regurgitation - I just (personally) hope WotC completes the untouched areas first before using their limited resources to re-hash what's been done many (many) times before. And it certainly looks like they got their act together this year.

If the Serpent Kingdoms and The Shining South are done adequately, we'll only need to see Lantan, Nimbral, and Sossal detailed before WotC can regurgitate to their heart's content. Woo! Other than PGtF, I'm very pleased with the direction WotC is going with FR this year.

 

[Storminator]

I don't recommend guessing percentages. However, if we want to go in that direction, it's my opinion that there is much more of an established crowd than 3eFR noobs. And "that stuff" is fully available, for cheap, as ESDs. (Oh, not everyone has the internet? So, now we're looking at a target market that's entirely new to FR and doesn't have an internet connection - compared to those who've been playing in the Realms for years. Hmmm... one must be careful to not cater to tinier and tinier markets... IMO, of course.)

Of course TSRs problem was that only a couple thousand of each source book sold. So it's probably safe to say that any one title hits a small fraction of the current market. I have a bunch of the ESDs (having never played in FR before 3e), but I'd much rather have a nice book like Unapproachable East than a pile of pdfs.

PS

 

[Michael Tree]

I definitely want to see a book about the island kingdoms, including the Moonshaes and northmen, sword coast pirates, Lantan, and most of all, Nimbral. I couldn't care less about Evermeet though, since it's not a place where you have adventures unless you have an all-elves party, and even then it's so secure that the only adventures you could reasonably have there would be political in nature, or big ones solved by all the epic uber-elves.

Nimbral and Lantan have never been described more than a couple paragraphs each, and the Moonshaes havn't been covered since 1e.

 

[Dark Jezter]

As I stated earlier in the thread, I picked the Cold Lands, mostly because the Bloodstone Lands part of that region (Damara and Vaasa) has had a very interesting recent history, and is now an area ripe with adventuring opportunities. About 15 years ago from the current FR timeline, Damara was being invaded by an army of humans, non-humans, and undead from Vaasa, which was ruled by the Witch-King Zhengyi (an epic-level lich) who was working in cooperation with Orcus and a figure known as the Grandfather of Assassins.

Although the Witch-King was eventually destroyed by a party of adventurers (which included Gareth Dragonsbane, who is now the king of Damara) and Vaasa's armies were defeated, the Bloodstone Lands remain an area ripe for adventuring. Rich with natural resources but dangerous due to monsters and a harsh climate, a DM will find it easy to find adventuring hooks for his PCs in this region. Possible adventuring opportunities in the Bloodstone Lands could include looting ancient ruins that were recently uncovered near the Great Glacier, exploring the ruins of the Witch-King's fortress, hunting down gobinoids, orcs, and giants, defending the Bloodstone mines from drow and duergar raiders from the underdark, etc. Also, if your players aspire to rule realms of their own, this is the place to do it: The king of Damara has been known to reward adventurers who impress him with lands and titles.