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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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 Posted - 18 May 2006 : 13:00:56
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Originally posted by mavericace
Would it be worth it to pick up a Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting book? I am not planing on playing D&D but from what i understand it has a good map a list of the gods and other stuff that help me understand what the heck is going on. just wondering if it would be worth the 25 bucks.
I'd say so. The FRCS gives a great overview of the setting. It doesn't get into a huge amount of detail, because of how much it covers, but it does give enough info to answer a lot of questions about the setting, particularly those arising from reading the novels.
I'd also add the Player's Guide to Faerun to Wooly's suggestion... as it adds a few more tidbits to the general status of the campaign and brings the FR setting into 3.5e (the FRCS was 3.0e). As well, the "Campaign Journal" section of the tome notes events of those novels published after the FRCS was released up to the point the PGtF was published.
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Dremvek
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Posted - 18 May 2006 : 15:54:56
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| I would buy them - if you can find them used. There's a lot of information in there that will be of little use to you, and might not justify a $40 hardcover. However, if you can find it for around $20 or so, it's certainly a worthwhile pickup. |
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mavericace
Seeker
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Posted - 18 May 2006 : 21:01:04
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| Other than Ebay and Amazon is there any good place to pick up this stuff used? i dont exactly live in a area with tons of used bookstores so just wondering if there is like a D&D/Forgotten realms used online store or something like that. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
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Posted - 18 May 2006 : 21:07:53
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Originally posted by mavericace
Other than Ebay and Amazon is there any good place to pick up this stuff used? i dont exactly live in a area with tons of used bookstores so just wondering if there is like a D&D/Forgotten realms used online store or something like that.
Nobleknight.com or dragonstrove. Aaron at Nobleknight has gotten way to much of my money over the years but he's never screwed me. :) |
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mavericace
Seeker
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Posted - 18 May 2006 : 21:22:49
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| Since im not going to be using the Campaign setting to play D&D is it important to get the latest edition? i have no idea what is diffrent between the editions and if a older one has the same type of info i could most likly get it for less money. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
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Posted - 18 May 2006 : 21:26:04
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Originally posted by mavericace
Since im not going to be using the Campaign setting to play D&D is it important to get the latest edition? i have no idea what is diffrent between the editions and if a older one has the same type of info i could most likly get it for less money.
This is hard to answer but my answer would be to get the 1e campaign box set, the 2e campaign box set, and the FRCS for 3e since each of them contains different lore and you can get some ideas on what has changed in the last 20 in game years ever since the setting was first published in 1987... |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Dremvek
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Posted - 18 May 2006 : 21:40:23
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Originally posted by mavericace
Since im not going to be using the Campaign setting to play D&D is it important to get the latest edition? i have no idea what is diffrent between the editions and if a older one has the same type of info i could most likly get it for less money.
The Forgotten Realms timeline is always moving forward. Most books published today deal with how the FR are in the current FR year. Books published 20 years ago deal with how the FR was at that time. Like our world, lots of stuff happens in the Realms over a period of 20, 50, or hundreds of years as the case may be.
So, the most recent editions will be most in tune with the novels that are coming out right now, where as a 1st Ed or 2nd Ed book will be more closely in line with the novels published at the same time as those. Granted, much of it, like maps and history, isn't going to change much, but the contemporary NPCs, the rulers of realms, high priests, etc. might have some more change associated with them. Plus there's that much more history to add to the newer books that has happened since the older books were published. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 19 May 2006 : 01:21:12
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Originally posted by Kuje
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Originally posted by mavericace
Since im not going to be using the Campaign setting to play D&D is it important to get the latest edition? i have no idea what is diffrent between the editions and if a older one has the same type of info i could most likly get it for less money.
This is hard to answer but my answer would be to get the 1e campaign box set, the 2e campaign box set, and the FRCS for 3e since each of them contains different lore and you can get some ideas on what has changed in the last 20 in game years ever since the setting was first published in 1987...
Agreed.
Alternatively, you could try picking up just the 1e boxed set first... finding out about what parts of the Realms you're really interested in and then deciding on whether you'd like to learn more about future developments for those parts. Then, you'll likely want to pick up both the 2e FR boxed set and the 3e FRCS to see how the regions you like have developed over the last 19 years.
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mavericace
Seeker
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Posted - 19 May 2006 : 06:03:04
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| Maybe i should get a 2nd job to pay for my new habbit lol. Thanks for the help guys its good to know that people are so helpfull to someone like myself who is 20 years behind. im sure i will have plenty more questions lol maybe after i read a few more books i will be able to have some of the nice discusion that seams to take place on this forum. |
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scererar
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 19 May 2006 : 06:06:12
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Originally posted by mavericace
Maybe i should get a 2nd job to pay for my new habbit lol. Thanks for the help guys its good to know that people are so helpfull to someone like myself who is 20 years behind. im sure i will have plenty more questions lol maybe after i read a few more books i will be able to have some of the nice discusion that seams to take place on this forum.
2nd jobs do come in handy for this sort of thing  check out the WoTC site for all of the free downloads first, then chack out places like piazzo and rpgnow for inexpensive pdf's. this should cut down some of those costs for you and keep you from working yourself to the bone, just to catch up with forgotten realms material  |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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mavericace
Seeker
USA
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Posted - 20 May 2006 : 00:41:40
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| Well I managed to find the 1st edition campaign setting on Ebay for 8 bucks (including shipping) so I placed the order, I also purchased a set of 14 other Forgotten Realms books for about 18 bucks the only bad thing is they are mostly like book 2 and 3 out of a bunch of diffrent series lol so I will have to pick up the first book before I read them. |
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mavericace
Seeker
USA
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Posted - 26 May 2006 : 07:30:03
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Can someone tell me what books I may have a hard time finding (or finding at a decent price)? I have picked up Thornhold, a book that I have noticed sells for like 25 bucks for only 12 so if anyone would be so kind as to tell me what books i could have trouble finding then I may be able look for a while untill I find them at a good price.
By the way I know that Black Wolf is a tough one I cant find it for less than 18 dollars from amazon in canada. |
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scererar
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 26 May 2006 : 14:43:30
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| I have never purchased a realms novel or source book for more than it's asking price (I still do not have black wolf though) My advise would be to hold out and keep checking out local used stores and the internet. You will find them my friend, just takes awhile. An example is the finders stone trilogy, took me forever, but eventually I found book 2 while on vacation at the beach. |
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mavericace
Seeker
USA
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Posted - 27 May 2006 : 23:07:39
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| well if you dont have black wolf i will suggest waldens books. i walked right in and was able to order it for 6.99. |
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Varl
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 31 May 2006 : 03:54:13
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| As a side question to this topic, anyone know if a chronological listing of Realms novels exists? Thanks. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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