Forgotten Realms Collaboration

[manikus]

I'm busy working away at adding NPCs of the Realms and spells specific to the Realms. I've got to get back to work on the monsters, but I have a lot more that I just need to upload.

I've got access to some mapping resources. What maps do we want to include? I was thinking regional maps would probably be best, which leads me to ask which regions to include? What should the scope be? I was thinking of maps that are about as detailed/large as the ones that Ziroc has done...

[Uatu]

I found another old thing I worked on before... an attempt to "merge" various resources out there on the Sword Coast and Cormyr areas. (Obviously not finished - ignore the far right side ) Might help with locations for stuff, I guess...

http://www.geocities.com/echaecha/adnd/SuperMapEdit.gif

Typical places where Realms folk adventure would seem to include the Sword Coast, the Dales, Cormyr, and maybe around Zhentil Keep? But Icewind Dale, Halruaa, Anauroch, and other places are very nice as well

[manikus]

I just updated the spells page. I've got a lot more to do. It's kinda boring and monotonous... (the cutting and pasting and adding of html), but it is fun to read as I'm doing it.

[Uatu]

Looking good But was do the abbreviations DRW, Sp, D, etc. mean? Oops, I think I may have guessed a few - D = Drow of the Underdark, M = Menzoberranzan, Sp = Spellbound...

Actually, one thing you might want to consider is that sometimes, a later supplement replaces an earlier supplement; for example, a lot of the priestly spells (granted by drow deities, for example) were reprinted in later sources (like Demihuman Deities), and often editted in the process... It can get messy

Yes, working on it can be monotonous, but it is the thrill we get when these things are done that drives us on! (Art is very similar...)

[manikus]

Originally Posted by Uatu Looking good But was do the abbreviations DRW, Sp, D, etc. mean? Oops, I think I may have guessed a few - D = Drow of the Underdark, M = Menzoberranzan, Sp = Spellbound...

D'oh! I meant to mention this in the above post - the abbreviations and the books they go with are on the main/index page.
My plan is to use the most recent version of spells, unless they seem really different, and then I'll list both. (I am thinking difference in the description area...)

[Uatu]

Doh! I see them now

I think that a lot of the spells in Dreams of the Red Wizards reappeared in Pages From the Mages; but there is a lot of reprinting here and there. A few spells even had their names changed... And some spells either entered generic AD&D from the FR or vice versa... (i.e. Strength of Stone, a 1st level priest spell, in FR is restricted to certain priesthoods only)

Nice long list so far One thing about the Realms, is that there are LOTS of extra spells and such - a lot of them somewhat unbalancing (in terms of game balance), but...

[manikus]

OK, here are some maps (well one map several different ways) in the style of the AD&D big maps included with FR boxed sets.

The map with the names is the default, the others take me a while longer, as my source has the names, which I get to edit out. I am working on a third one that does not have names, and has city and town icons instead of map dots. (just added)

Click on the the thumbnails to see full-sized.

[SilentThief]

is that autorealm, campaign cartographer, or freehand drawn?

-ST

[manikus]

It's kinda CC2 (campaign cartographer) with a lot of editing in PSP for the two without writing.

The map is actually form the Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas but viewed in CC2 b/c I thought I could edit it there (remove the text).

[Uatu]

Looking good!

Nice place to start a campaign...