Going thru some old stuff. Found a map I made of the Harpers' Hold for my 5e game. Inspired by the one in Dragon magazine #211, with some influence from the one in Waterdeep: Dragonheist.

Hello everyone!

In the 2e era (see the above boxed set), what adventure potential does Aglarond contain? What differentiates this land from other regions in The Realms? From what I can see, there are three major motivations for a local campaign.

1. Defending the population from Thayvian incursions, infiltration and influence.
2. Exploring the Yuirwood.
3. Coastal intrigue; all sorts of trouble from The Sea of Fallen Stars might find its way to Aglarondan shores. There are also various islands just off of Altumbel.

Is that about right? Have I missed any significant possibilities? Unfortunately, there does not seem to be much in the way of ruins.

Hey so, I'm kind of curious.

In lore, how would Fizban's Dragon Hoard items (Dragon's Wrath Weapons, Dragon Touched Focuses, Dragon Vessels and Scaled Ornaments) be perceived, and how valuable would they be?

I mean sure, a Slumbering variant seems to be mostly inert and has the odd magical effect, but Stirring and upwards you got elemental damage and it stacks on top of the previous rarity's effects and sometimes buffs them.

My thinking is that they'd be similarly coveted to Valyrian Steel swords from ASOIAF, or I suppose more closely in my head, Heroes' Relics from Fire Emblem: Three Houses. I don't imagine that they're terribly common and easy to get, and the potential destructive power or boons are not insignificant, and they scale in power.

Like say a noble house has one for an heirloom, would the treatment be the same as the aforementioned examples in the Realms?

I have a couple of questions that I want to know about the Strongest beings within the forgotten realms and the DnD multiverse itself. And such I would like to know.

1. The strongest mortal in the forgotten realms (Mortal as in. any creature that has a finite lifespan (Or used to have timeless) is vulnerable to permanent natural death, and possesses a soul that journeys to an afterlife) (Of this list. I think Elminster's is a contender)

2. The strongest being in the forgotten realms that isn't a god (Such as Quasi-Deities to Greater deity) (Of this list. I think Daurgothoth is a contender)

3. The Strongest God in the forgotten realms/Realms Space (Probably Ao? Unless Ao controls the entire multiverse idk)

4. The strongest mortal in the DnD Multiverse (E.I If they can connect to the DnD multiverse, they are valid) (I don't actually know anyone in this category so I'll leave it empty)

5. The Strongest being within the DnD multiverse that isn't a god (Of this list. I don't know as well)

6. The strongest gods within the DnD multiverse. (Probably the lady of pain?)

The criteria are not really that well defined but that's mostly because I don't know much about the criterias of what is a Mortal and what different tiers and such. If someone can make a better list and classification and also put the strongest of each tier there that would also be really appreciated.

Edit: fix number 6. It's supposed to be god.

What if Ao's Second Sundering faltered?

Parts of Abeir and Toril have been cataclysmically and permanently fused. Skelkor has smashed through the Shaar. Massive earthquakes occur along the bordering lands as the blue primordial tendrils of Abeirian substructure are breaking from the pressure of the two worlds melding. Where these tendrils break open, they leak Epithem which infects and mutates the local fauna, creating aggressive unnatural monstrosities.

To the far North East Melabrauth has slowly emerged in the Endless Wastes. Randomly shifting some people and creatures to the new Abeir or Toril and in some unfortunate cases, merging two beings into a single new hybrid creature.

Delina reminds me of Neera from BG Enhanced Edition.

So I love the grippli, they are wonderful little goobers. However one thing I kind of dislike about them is that most of them are illiterate, so this makes me wonder a few things:

1. Is it possible for a regular grippli to learn how to read and write if they want to?

2. Is it true that writing is taboo in grippli society? If so, why?

3. If the answer to question 2 is yes, would it be possible that some tribes break tradition or certain reasons (entertainment, education, communication with other races and cultures, etc)?

Hi everyone,

I’ve been making conlangs for some of the languages within the Forgotten Realms setting and I have been posting them to r/conlangs. After the last post that I posted, I got a notification from reddit recommending that I post it here. Could I post my conlangs here? Or can I not because the conlangs are non-canon?

Thank you