Questions tagged [forgotten-realms]
For questions related to the Forgotten Realms campaign setting of Dungeons & Dragons. It was created by Ed Greenwood and published by TSR in 1979. It is the setting used for most D&D 5th edition adventures. Several novels, games, and comics are also set in the Forgotten Realms.
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Forgotten Realms maps, why the changes of scale?
Recently, I went looking at various maps of The Forgotten Realms, from generally looking at Faerun, to looking specifically at The Sword Coast.
From what I can find, in 2nd edition, this map features ...
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What real-world cultures inspired the various human name examples?
If you look up example names for humans in the D&D 5th edition Player's Handbook, you see a large list of human cultures and multiple names under each category. This web page might have an ...
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What was the punishment in the City of Judgement under Jergal's rule?
In the Forgotten Realms, the souls of recently departed wait on the Fugue Plane to be picked up and taken to whatever paradise they believed in by avatars of their gods. But those that were either ...
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What's the official German translation for Revel's End?
I am currently reading through Rime of the Frostmaiden, a book only released in English. I have also acquired the free adventure Prisoner 13 from D&D Beyond, also in English. Both of these talk ...
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What gods/deities live in the Nine Hells?
In Forgotten Realms lore, what gods or deities make their home in one or more layers of the Nine Hells? (Asking for all editions of the D&D).
I get that each layer is ruled over by a "lord&...
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What year did Mount Hotenow erupt?
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide is very vague about what year this happened:
Nearly half a century ago, Mount Hotenow (the nearby volcano that perpetually heats the river flowing through the city) ...
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Is the lore in Baldur's Gate 3 canon?
Is the lore in the video game Baldur's Gate 3 canon?
The story in the game can play out differently depending on choices you make, so anything related to that obviously isn't canon. But is e.g. ...
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Are Faerûnian tieflings a people unto themselves?
When it comes to tiefling population dynamics, the only relevant things the PHB has to say are that tieflings "are derived from human bloodlines," "subsist in small minorities," ...
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Has the role of Xanathar ever been vacant?
Looking at FR Wiki's list of Known Xanathars, has there ever been a time where the title of Xanathar wasn't held?
Has it ever been held by a creature other than a beholder? Either with a catspaw/...
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What lifestyle expenses are associated with the Yawning Portal?
The party has just begun Dungeon of the Mad Mage. After their first trip down the well, they have sensibly taken Durnan up on his offer of rooms in the Yawning Portal where they can stay in between ...
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Downtime Business Plan Help?
DMs, I need your expertise.
I have a 1 year downtime between campaigns (ingame) and I'm in Waterdeep.
I want to become something between Littlefinger and Varys (from Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and ...
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What are known portals to the Hells in the Forgotten Realms?
I know that there is (or at least, used to be) one portal in the dungeons under Dragonspear Castle that linked the castle to Avernus, the first level of the Nine Hells. Are there other such fixed ...
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How does the Beast Transformation optional rule for the Beastlands work?
I'm a little confused about how to handle the Beast Transformation optional rule for the Beastlands (DMG, pg. 60).
What happens when a creature drops to 0 hp before the spell becomes permanent (i.e., ...
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Do gods in 5e still have a "portfolio"?
Having studied the sources available to me on the 5th edition, I did not find any mention of the portfolio. We only know that now all the gods except Ao and demigods are inferior gods and nothing is ...
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How to reconcile Planescape's multiversal gods with the Time of Troubles?
The Forgotten Realms setting's cosmology famously clashes with the Great Wheel cosmology, but large parts of it, for example the tree placement of their Outer Planes, can be easily dismissed as "...
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