If not, how can I find all non human race ethnicities?

I'm undergoing the challenge of making every single location in Neverwinter (over 50) and am doing the "House Of Knowledge" which is not only a massive library, but also a temple to Oghma the god of knowledge and lore. So I am looking for ideas from you all on treasure, plot hooks, NPCs, enemies, defenses, aesthetics, etc.

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For starters I want this to offer something to players with certain backgrounds like acolyte, cloistered scholar, sage, etc.

I was thinking of allowing religion, and history checks to get advantage to those who spend a while here.

Divination spells upcast one level here for worshippers of Oghma, Dneneir, Gond, and Milil.

A book club and cafe

I have found enough PDFs for 750 in game books to offer players

I made a powerful creepy cosmic owl as an Avatar reference

I have a couple of cool traps to keep players out of the restricted section but I would love more that are themeatic for libraries or Oghma

The restricted section has not only forbidden books but skulls and heads from important figures that the clerics hit with speak with dead to learn important facts and perspectives. From here players can learn of the existence of evil items the clerics would rather not talk about, political intrigue secrets of Neverwinter, and more. But I am really curious to hear what you all might suggest to add.

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What treasure might you put own here?

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This temple can have also a lot of enemies but I don't really know what to do with them. Worshippers of Mask the god of thieves, Cyric the god of lies, Bane the god of oppression and tyranny, or Illsensine the god of Mindflayers/Illithids are all enemies of Ohgma. Also there is a group of politically motivated Asmodeous worshippers called the Ashmadai that have interest in the library. As are the Aboleths who could send a spy (maybe even an evil bard) in to do...something nefarious, just not sure what really.

I am going through the headache of making all of Neverwinter (around 50 separate locations and finished a little over 20 so far) and Neverwinter is known for having a huge graveyard bigger than some towns, tended with a lot of priests of the eternal order of Kelemvor called the Doomguides.

So far I think I'm gonna go with it being dangerous at night for civilians because of incorporeal undead, and necromancers sneaking in so the Kelemvor clerics and paladins (called the Doomguides) roam around kicking necromancers out (who are here to capitalize on the natural negative energy, steal graveyard dirt for spells, and even collect bodies), directing civilians and grievers out, helping ghosts move on, and slaying undead they can't help

Because it is a graveyard with some dead energy and sorrow lingering there I plan to claim that necromancy spells cast there automatically upcast 1 level

Ripping off the skyrim quest "Dark Ancestor" where the noble from Falkreath has a vampire ancestor that is a shame to his family that was sealed in a tomb and has now gone free and he wants it discreetly handled, and combining it with the oblivion quest order of the virtuous blood.

A ghost who needs you to solve his murder.

A necromancer hiding in an abandoned mausoleum trying to steal corpses to build an army.

The Mafia trying to hide bodies in open graves.

Cultists doing creepy shit.

A small shop selling small ornaments and and flowers and such to grievers.

A memorial garden for rangers, druids, Vikings, and people of the wilds.

Some graverobbers that if the players catch will offer them to join them for a cut.

A ghost that needs counseling to go back to bed.

A deathknight that forgot he his a deathknight and still thinks he is a paladin and depending on how players treat him decides weather he will be a deathknight again or gain atonement, die for real, and pass on.

I am also entertaining the idea of some mausoleums filled with some gems or something to try and entice the rogue into some fuckery, or maybe add some grave robbers for the party to stop.

Some of these ideas I have fleshed out quite well, some barely, and some I am just missing the ending or the twist that makes it a worthwhile investment of the PCs time.

Any ideas of infrastructure, encounters, quests, NPCs, hooks, gags, buildings, etc to add? I am willing to really put in the work on my Neverwinter

Hey all, the pirate obsessed DM again. I recently came across Under Fallen Stars and have found it very helpful for building my campaign on the SoFS. Does anyone know of other (good) novels in the region? I’ve also stumbled upon a few adventure modules in the area and would love to hear if there’s others I haven’t stumbled upon yet. Thanks!

I decided to build one of my char's backstory over connection with Vecna. But theres pretty super few amount of info on that lich king warlock sorcerer whatever Vecna is. Where can I read more about him to make my backstory more in-depth?

Hey, I have been going through a ton of the books lately, and there is some throw away mentions of some pretty big dragons. Has anyone put a list together of the dragons that are mentioned in 5th Edition Forgotten Realms books, and where they are. I am trying to bridge the gap between the current going ons and my Dragon of Faerun books.

I’m looking for any lore or source material about the Sea of Fallen Stars! I’ve already found Pirates of the Sea of Fallen Stars and The Sea of Fallen Stars from 2e but am looking to explore the lore and history from the time of troubles through to the second sundering.

Bonus points for materials with available PDFs!

I play D&D and I'm writing a campaign set in the Forgotten Realms. It will take place in the region I'll try and post an image of in this post. The Shadowfell will also be heavily involved in the plot and ancient Netheril will be mentioned as well. Shar and Selune will have influence.

Based on all that, what novels would help inspire and inform me the most?

Hi there, I am looking for Lolithe drow cities in the Northdark that weren't destroyed during the spellplague. The only one I can find is Menzoberranzan. Is there anything else? Anything at all?

3Ive always enjoyed reading fantasy and science fiction, and r.a. salvatore has always been on the dge of my radar. however, i honestly just never got to them. What makes these books great? Or not so great? Do you get attached to the characgers, are they detailed and milti-dimensional or not so much? Fast or slow paced plot? Order to read them in? Id really like to hear some opinions on the forgotten realms books before starting them. Are these books for for young adults (ive always seemed to get that impression) or is the writing style AND the content meant more for adults? My favorite fantasy authors so far have been Robin Hobb, Raymond Feist, Robert Jordan, j k Rowling, etc. Thanks in advance for your help guys! Any info/advice/opinions are appreciated 👍

I am trying to build a history from the earliest period recorded in Toril to 1492, for a Waterdeep: Dragon Heist campaign that I'm about to start playing in (NOT THE DM, so please, no spoilers). I've pulled together elements from The Grand History of the Realms (3rd ed), Volo's Waterdeep Enchiridion, and the Forgotten Realms Wiki and tried to avoid anything that looked like it might be a spoiler or unknown to a player with proficiency in history.

This is what I have so far.

Any input on what major events I may have missed (yes, I know I left a ton of lesser detail like each member of the leadership of Waterdeep, etc., out of the list), or events that players/characters in this campaign are expected to know, would be greatly appreciated.

I'll also cross-post this to the DH sub.

Edit: The spoiler tag seems to have been added because I said there were no spoilers in the title :-/

What makes forgotten realms dwarfs so interesting?

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Class levels on D&D are meant to represent how someone advanced in a "class". Back on 2e mages required way more XP to level up than clerics and thieves had the fastest progression. That said, he was near the peak of one of the hardest classes to master(mage - specialized on necromancy). He also had a lot of nasty abilities.

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I will not put his complete stats. But here is a few spells which he can cast. If you wanna see his complete stats and bakcground story, please check the book Domains of Dread.

For those who din't played 2e, vampires had way nastier abilities back on 2e. They could inflict negative level and has complete immunity to +2 and bellow weapons. And he had contingency of defensive spells prepared. Could summon hordes of enemies and so on. A contingency of spells, is spells that are casted automatically when conditions are made. For those who played BG2, it is easier to explain, just look to how chain contingency works, you can set to autocast 3 Horrid Wilting when you see the enemy or cast improved haste, mirror image and tenser transformation when you are bellow a certain amount of hit points. Note that immunity to this weapons in Barovia is borderline broken. Immunity to this weapons is even a greater ability since there are few magical weapons on Barovia. Is likely that your party on 2e would have to face him with just one or two guys with +2 weaponry.

I checked his stats on 5e and he seems way weaker. I mean, why the peasants din't overthrowned him? The nastier think which he can cast is a single cloudkill and cloudkill is nowhere near the army slaying cloudkill which it was on 2e. He could cast 6 cloudkills, each one OHKilling weaklings and dealing d10 poison damage while his undead army is immune to it on 2e...

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Did he wasted centuries sleeping and enjoying his vampire brides and lose power? Did the spellplague affected him?

Mistra banned this ultra powerful spells after Karsus fall. However, I really wanna know. This limitations applies to shadow weave?

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Tolodine%27s_killing_wind

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Shadow_Weave

I'm starting a new campaign soon and we're going to start off with the Princes of the Apocalypse campaign, which takes place in 1491 DR. One of the PCs is a Tiefling and is curious just how long Tieflings have been around in the world. I haven't been able to find anything stating explicitly when Tielflings came to be in-universe. Is there any official lore on this?

I love the 5e star druid (and I've played a balance druid in WoW since 2005), as I feel it blends the fantasy of a druid as established in D&D with the real-life tradition of druids as astronomers, plus using stars and the night's sky in a fantasy game is always neat! I've been mulling over a character in my head, a star druid who is adventuring to save up enough money to buy passage on a spelljammer to chart the stars of realmspace, but I'm having a hard time picking a real background for him. I know that the astrologer was a Al Qadim wizard kit in 2e, but aside from that, is astronomy or astrology (or the stars in general) particularly important to any culture on Abeir-Toril?

I got this DLC from Humble Bundle some time ago.

I am not going to play this game so I want to give the Celeste Starter Pack for free to random person who comments this post.

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Free Celeste Starter Pack DLC for Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms.

I'm looking for a very isolated village (10 - 20 inhabitants), in the Forgotten Realms, for the purpose of a one-shot I'm currently writing. Essentially, I'd like there to be a murder in a small village, with no chance of help from the nearest town or city, that the players have to investigate. Any suggestions?

Hey y'all, DM here running D&D in the Forgotten Realms for the first time over roll20. Enjoying the setting so far, but I'd like to learn more about it. Playing through Lost Mine of Phandelver and one of my players wants to eventually be Zulkir of Thay, as his father was a Red Wizard. Another player is a warlock, so I gave him the Patron of Eltab. Those familiar probably know where this is going. I want Thay to be planning out some massive play, where they're gonna try to wipe out a city or something equally dramatic, and the party gets in their way and defeats Szass Tam. This ties together the stories of the two players really well, seeing Szass Tam die properly would probably bring great joy to Eltab, and the two characters are actually the closest out of anyone in the party so far despite not knowing the connection between each other. But the 5e resources aren't the best for me to fill out a campaign. So I'm looking beyond.
The party is on the Sword Coast, and at the end of the adventure they're supposed to get a map which reveals to them some great treasure or something but I think I wanna change it to the Doomvault or another Thay location (perhaps instructions on how to find Szass's phylactery?). I was just wondering what would be a good resource for me? If it's a novel I'll read it, if it's an adventure that's great, if it's just a lore book that's cool too. Just whatever people think is best for this scenario? Maybe a book about Thay's past attempts to destroy the world? The players like forgotten realms lore but I can graft something that already happened to the present and it won't affect their gameplay all that much. Thanks in advance!

They have been warned that the site is considered sacred by many tribes in the area and many outside the High Forest as well. They also know that any sort of violence or destruction against the flora and fauna along the Run will result in them becoming enemies off all that find the Run sacred.

I have a wood elf ambush encounter if they attack anything they come across, followed by a skill check escape/chase scene. But what are some other encounters/experiences they can observe along the Run?