Dungeons and Dragons Blog

Ed Greenwood has been detailing the Border Kingdoms of Faerun since March and it looks like that series is finally winding done.  As always, some great stuff and when I get a chance I’m going to print these out and file them. This collection is probably the equivalent of a modest sized hardcover and you get it all for free.

Ed Greenwood is starting what looks to be an excellent series on the Border Kingdoms.  He said he couldn’t fit it into Power of Faerun, so it looks we’ll get it in installments on the official site.  Great stuff as always from Mr. Greenwood.

This interview with Ed Greenwood on Power of Faerun was very informative.  I had some misconceptions about what this Forgotten Realms supplement was all about and this sheds a ton of light on its contents.  Before reading this, I was 50/50 as far as buying it.  Now I’m leaning towards picking it up.  I’ll say 65/35 although I’ll have to flip through at the store.

The latest installment of the Return to Undermountain series was posted on the Wizards.com website.  This is a larger section of the caves and it’s really more of a short series of battles then one encounter like most of the other rooms are.

Looks like they’re done filling up the rooms.  Wizards.com recently posted Room 22 in the Return to Undermountain series, which now takes you out of the general dungeon level and out into the caverns.

You can view the comprehensive Return to Undermountain list here.  I’m curious to hear how, or if, anyones been using these rooms in their campaign.

The official Forgotten Realms website has posted Room Four in their Return to Undermountain series. This week we have the Hall of Mirrors. Very cool concept, although I’ve seen the monster concept done before. Be sure to check it out.

Also worth checking out, the main D&D page has a new series on magic and the basics for using it in your campaign.

The Forgotten Realms page has added Room 3 - The Antimagic Room, to their website. These are well worth downloading, and even if you never really want to play Undermountain, the individual rooms make great dungeon idea.

The Forgotten Realms master, Ed Greenwood, has done a nice series on Melvos Hammerstars, a Sembian Merchant. You can check out the current four parts below:

Upcountry Sembia
Hall and House
Taxes, Fees and Avoiding Them
There’s Nothing so Useful to a Sembian as a Secret

As always, some great stuff to mix into your campaign if you’re in that neck of the wood. Ed Greenwood does a fantastic job of bringing the Realms to life.

My all time favorite campaign setting is Forgotten Realms. I remember hearing it was coming out in the early 80s only to wait and wait. At the time, all we had was Greyhawk. Then it came out and I rushed out and picked it up. I want to say it was 1985. To this day, I still have that box set and refer to it constantly. Since then I’ve also bought the 3E hardcover, but the old boxed set is one of the things that didn’t get destroyed in a flood or just plain disappeared.

And one of the coolest settings within the Realms was Undermountain. TSR turned the dungeon into two boxed sets, pretty much making it the largest dungeon ever. Both of these box sets are on my wish list to pick up over at RPGnow.com.

In the meantime, Wizards.com’s Forgotten Realms page is taking us back to Undermountain. There’s a very cool into., along with some beginning maps. You can check these out here:

Introduction
Room 1 - The Bottom of the Well
Room 2 - Down on their Luck

Very cool stuff. The Intro gives you the option of downloading the map of the first level. I don’t know if they’re going to keep putting out free stuff, or if this is going to lead to a “Return to Undermountain” setting. Either way, I’m taking advantage and downloading this stuff for future use.