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Where and how did Syluné die?
I'm reading through the Shadowdale: the Scouring of the Land adventure module for D&D 3.5e and I found some inconsistencies about Syluné's fate.
The spoilers below are integral to the events of ...
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A Fantasy novel [duplicate]
Could I base a fantasy novel on the Sword Coast, using names of urban settlements and geographical locations mentioned in introduction 5E supplements? Could I also use the names of characters ...
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Which events are referenced in the Shadow Roll?
The Shadow Roll, also known as the Black Chronology, is an alternate prophecy to the Roll of Years presented in the adventure Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave.
I have compiled a list of events I think ...
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Is there an equivalent to the Shadow Weave in Eberron?
Faerun has the Shadow Weave, an alternative source for magic created by Shar (IIRC).
Does Eberron have an equivalent? I'm trying to determine whether the Shadow Weave Magic feat chain would be valid ...
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Lore reasons for being faithless
In D&D, religion is a real, tangible thing. Gods and deities are real, their blessings/curses on mortals are known, souls/the outer planes/the afterlife are all actual things. Denying them is like ...
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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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Would The Map Of The Sword Coast In The Front Of Tyranny Of Dragons Be Considered A Province, Kingdom, Or Continent Scale?
I need an answer to this because I'm trying to figure out the distance between some of the towns for chapter 4. Now, I'm not running this chapter as it is because...well...if it's boring to read it's ...
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What portions of the Delimbiyr River are navigable by ship?
Some images of the Sword Coast show the Lizard Marshes south of the mouth of the Delimbiyr, and others show it ending at the Lizard Marshes.
The description from Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 2nd ...
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How many characters can ride a dinosaur?
Tomb of Annihilation has a price list of tame dinosaurs, and there are regular dinosaurs races in Port Nyanzaru. There are multiple pieces of artwork in Tomb of Annihilation that include people riding ...
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Which official rules books and adventures are based in the world of Toril, or have a setting accessible from Toril?
I recently started trying to look at lore of the Forgotten Realms and Toril, and it has made me curious which rule books (such as the Player's Handbook and Tasha's Cauldron of Everything), setting ...
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Can a human who has had their body stolen by an intellect devourer undergo Ceremorphosis?
As the question asks: Can a human who has had their body stolen by an intellect devourer undergo Ceremorphosis?
More importantly - would they allow such a transformation? I have taken a read through ...
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How far does the direct light of the Companion reach?
In the Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus module, the Companion is an object that has saved Elturel in the past, and is now in the process of dooming the city. I'm the DM for a BG:DiA party that has ...
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Is "Ed Greenwood Presents Elminster's Forgotten Realms" a reliable source for Forgotten Realms lore for D&D 5e campaigns?
I am researching the Forgotten Realms universe to improve my GM skill in the 5th edition and came across a fact that upset me: there is not a single source in 5e that would fully describe the state of ...
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What are Shadows, in Forgotten Realms lore?
Where do shadows and shadow magic belong to in the world of the Forgotten Realms? I mean, the first thing that comes to mind is the undead 1/4 CR creature called "Shadow".
I know that Shar ...
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Are there any published maps of Rhymanthiin and also 'The Path of Light' linking it to the Misty Forest?
I have found a fair amount of info and lore about Rhymanthiin, particularly its creation and even some descriptions of parts of it, including information about The Path of Light, but no maps or even ...
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Is Erelhei-Cinlu in Faerûn?
I have a major campaign extension looking to take characters from 1st to 20th level, starting with linking Lost Mine of Phandelver to (via various add-ons to LMoP itself) adapted versions of D1, D2, ...
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How many days travel is it from Shadowdale to Myth Drannor? [closed]
The group is headed back to Shadowdale after there little mission.
How many days travel would it be to get from Myth Drannor to Shadowdale?
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What do mailed letters look like in the Forgotten Realms?
I've got a noble NPC that will be sending an important letter to the PCs, but I can't decide how that should work. I imagine he'd be paying a courier to bring it straight to them, so size and shape ...
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How do magic items work when used by an Avatar of a God?
So unbeknownst to my group I DM for, the young child in the village they are at is an aspect of Chauntea, Goddess of the Harvest.
Having recently acquired a Bag of Beans, one party member gave 2 beans ...
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How old is Lathander?
I know some gods are rather young – mortals from hundreds of years ago that ascended - but I assume Lathander is much older. Have Lathander's origins ever been officially stated?
How old is Lathander?
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In the "Princes of the Apocalypse" adventure, why is Wyvern Tor marked on the Dessarin Valley map?
I am preparing to DM the Princes of the Apocalypse published adventure. In the map of the Dessarin Valley region, Wyvern Tor is marked as a site.
However, I skimmed over the whole tome but I couldn't ...
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Is there a true-neutral Great Old One patron in Forgotten Realms?
Is there any true-neutral Great Old One, or at least a passive-evil entity, for my chaotic-stupid character? I am playing a Warlock in the Forgotten Realms.
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What information is there on the latitude of different countries/cities in the Forgotten Realms setting?
My party has relocated our 'base' to the island of Lantan, and I'm wondering what latitude it's at in the Forgotten Realms setting.
According to the Forgotten Realms Wiki, in 3e Waterdeep was at about ...
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Open/Masked Lords of Waterdeep: council voting, term limits, impeachment, election
I've been trying to get to the bottom of how the system of government in Waterdeep works and while there are many resources available I've struggled to find specific answers to these questions:
Are ...
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How large is the city of Elturel?
The question is how long is the perimeter of Elturel's city limits, defined by the city walls and the river Chiontar.
I currently have one player who got himself a mount with a 120' flight speed and I'...
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Is a moon considered to be on the same Material Plane as the planet it orbits?
I was thinking about an adventure where my player characters have to travel to Selûne and come back with a creature found on the moon. However, the creature would be too large for travel by ship (at ...
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Is there a God of the Sea other than Umberlee in the Forgotten Realms?
In the near future I'll be taking part in the campaign of Waterdeep: Dragon heist. I'm currently working on my character for it, which will most likely be a human Tempest Cleric with the Sailor ...
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Is there any lore explanation in Forgotten Realms for the change from Infravision to Darkvision?
A long time ago, some races and monsters had the Infravision trait, which allowed them to see in the dark the heat traces of living creatures.
This had very interesting aspects. The drow's sign ...
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Can spells stolen from a Shadow Weave user be cast by a Knight of the Weave/Spellthief character?
The Knight of the Weave prestige class has an entry requirement that the character cannot be a Shadow Weave user.
I am assuming that this means you cannot have the Shadow Weave Magic feat.
If you also ...
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Where do the souls that worshiped Kelemvor go?
If the souls of the faithless go to the Wall, the souls of the false get punished or put to work, and the souls of the faithful go to their god's realm (and true atheists go to Nessus for Asmodeus to ...
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What is the source of the powers of an oathbreaker?
As I understand, in the Forgotten Realms, when a paladin breaks their oath (assuming the optional class option from the DMG is used) they can change their subclass to an oathbreaker.
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Elf from a previous multiverse (D&D Lore)
A few years back I remember reading on a Dungeons and Dragons related wiki about an elf who was a survivor for the previous multiverse/universe, but couldn't find it when I looked for it recently.
I ...
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Is it possible to cast spells above 9th level in a crystal sphere that is not under the influence of Mystra?
Mystra's Ban was a decree that the goddess Mystra made about the mortal use of powerful magic.
In -339 DR Karsus seizes Mystryl's powers through the casting of
Karsus's Avatar, but they are too great ...
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Where is the isle of Axard located?
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons puts the lair of Raulothim, an ancient Emerald Dragon, in the Pits of Stars:
Raulothim is an ancient emerald dragon who dwells in an extinct volcano known as the Pit of ...
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What magics do high level spellcasters strive for after the Spellplague?
Once a spellcaster has reached 17th level and can cast 9th level spells, what more power can they try to obtain?
Before Mystra’s ban, there were 10th and higher level spells. Back in D&D3.5 there ...
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Is the pure lake part of Darklake the same as Evermoors lake?
In the "Out of the Abyss" adventure module, there's a map with the Darklake in the Underdark, and in the middle of the "lake" there's what appears to be a lake. It looks to be the ...
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