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Summary: lots of depth
Review: All the amazing cultures, realms, and people are practically as numerous and varied as the real world during the Middle Ages. A "shared world", it has at least a little of everything found in high fantasy, myths, and AD&D sourcebooks. There's lots of adventure here;imagine bloodthirsty sauhaugin legions coming out of the sea on a warm night to murder among the great cities of god-kings and strange wizardry in the moonlight, the coolest subterranean world ever thought up, and overall very open ended. If there is any thing to complain about, it's that there isn't any main plot line for the world. Most of the conflicts are local. One little thing that bothers me is the overuse of the letter "u" in plural nouns.
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Summary: lots of depth
Review: All the amazing cultures, realms, and people are practically as numerous and varied as the real world during the Middle Ages. A "shared world", it has at least a little of everything found in high fantasy, myths, and AD&D sourcebooks. There's lots of adventure here;imagine bloodthirsty sauhaugin legions coming out of the sea on a warm night to murder among the great cities of god-kings and strange wizardry in the moonlight, the coolest subterranean world ever thought up, and overall very open ended. If there is any thing to complain about, it's that there isn't any main plot line for the world. Most of the conflicts are local. One little thing that bothers me is the overuse of the letter "u" in plural nouns.
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Summary: Forgotten Realms FOREVER!
Review: Ed Greenwood and Jeff Grubb-Need I say more?
This is the second Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting following in the tradition of providing vital information concerning the magical world of Toril. Ranging from background history, to city and social descriptions, to important people and characters, to the respective gods and pantheons, to adventure hooks and encounter tables, to magical items and artifacts, to new spells and monsters, to maps and specialty classes, this accessory has it all and more!
For the FR enthusiast, like myself, I also strongly recommend the previous edition, which by the way is also in boxed set form (it will take a bit of searching, but it's well worth it), as well as the Third Edition Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, which even though is quite expensive, is still very useful to all FR fans, in providing an update of events. In short, if you don't have it, GET IT! It is so worth it!
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Summary: Forgotten Realms FOREVER!
Review: Ed Greenwood and Jeff Grubb-Need I say more?
This is the second Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting following in the tradition of providing vital information concerning the magical world of Toril. Ranging from background history, to city and social descriptions, to important people and characters, to the respective gods and pantheons, to adventure hooks and encounter tables, to magical items and artifacts, to new spells and monsters, to maps and specialty classes, this accessory has it all and more!
For the FR enthusiast, like myself, I also strongly recommend the previous edition, which by the way is also in boxed set form (it will take a bit of searching, but it's well worth it), as well as the Third Edition Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, which even though is quite expensive, is still very useful to all FR fans, in providing an update of events. In short, if you don't have it, GET IT! It is so worth it!
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Summary: Wow! This is an awesome setting
Review: I have always played in my own world, but it was slightly vague, and lacked what this boxed set has. I canabolized this into my campaign, but this can also be great by itself. Anyone looking to get into the Forgotten Realms setting or looking for good book should get this.
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Summary: A very detailed and helpful resource
Review: I was very pleased with this product as it be one of the most informing sources I have found in my traveling. Ye would do good to by it for yerself, 26gp is not that high a price. (And my picture is even on the front of it)
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Summary: In a word, AWESOME
Review: I've like some of the FR stuff in the past, but this is the best it's ever been. A TRUE powergamer at heart, this book blew me away because I read it past the character changes and new game material. This book has all the characters you've read about, and they're no longer munchkins. A fairly complete history (finally!). It has all the geography instead of little bits and pieces. Complete maps. An explanation for most obscure things. Adventure hooks for almost every geographical area. God descriptions, organizations, etc... Some spells, character classes, prestidge classes (the new kits). It truly feels alive! It's like having all the old boxed sets, the F&A series, and the FR Adventures book all rolled into one! The best D&D product that I have bought in a loooooong time (12+ years) -- ranks up there with the 3e PHB, but without the typos (and ranger!). I only wish they would have detailed Karatur, Maztica, and Al-Qadim in enough detail to adventure there once in a while (if they only gave as much as they did to each of the Dalelands to each of those I'd be happy: an NPC or two, a couple cities, and a couple adventure hooks as to why the PCs would go there...)
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Summary: It doesn't get any better than this folks.
Review: Immerse yourselves in the Forgotten Realms and you will have the most vivid game of your life. It's that simple. Read the books, learn of the history, the legends, the heros... the greatest challenge is keeping the characters at low enough levels long enough to really adventure all over this world. It's huge. It's well detailed, but not so much that a DM has no room for creativity. I recommend this for ANY group and particularly a DM who takes the game seriously. The deeper you get into it, the more fun it becomes.
Say hello to Elminster for me if you find yourselves in shadowdale. ~Zazztam of Evermeet
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Summary: 2nd Ed Forgotten Realms Boxed Set-Better left in the Box
Review: Just FYI: This review is for the 2nd Edition boxed set, not the D&D3 hardcover. There is much to the old axiom of 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it', and as cliche as it might be, it holds very true to the 2nd Edition Forgotten Realms boxed set. Oversized text and space wasting boarder art notwithstanding, the 2nd Ed boxed set incorporates all of the nonsense of the 'Time of Troubles' trilogy of novels. It also adjusts the Dale Reckoning time line by almost a hundred years for no reason. It gives scant overviews of too large of an area, and almost nothing on the things that really matter, like characters, noble houses, and rivalries between states. It also brings out the worst of the Realms, like munchkin characters such as Drizzt Du'Urden and Elminster. Stick with the grey 1st Edition Boxed Set, it's a much superior version.
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Summary: Serves as a starting point, but you'll need to buy more.
Review: The Forgotten Realms boxed set is OK, though it only gives an overview of the realms, you would have to buy the City of Splendors, The Shining South, The Unaproachable East, Maztica, The Hordelands, and Oriental Adventures to make full use of it, it does give a relatively detailed description of Shadowdale and the dales so it is a good starting point. (If you have read any of the FR books it would be quite helpful in running a Campaign.)
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