Wizards: The Forgotten Realms is an enormous campaign setting with decades of development and lore and an entire massive cosmology spanning an entire multiverse. Also Wizards: let's set every single story on the Sword Coast.
Tbf, the OG setting was also the Sword Coast. All the other areas on the world were extra settings, and none sold anywhere as well as the FR setting books.
With all due respect, as a new DM it was extremely frustrating to see a video titled ‘what are the forgotten realms?’ and in the end learn very little about the setting. I expected explanation about geography, cultures and its location in comparison to the other planes. Instead I hear about career goals and personal feelings. Which are valid, but not what I wanted to see. I’ve seen fan made videos about “what is X?” and they do manage to give me information in a 5 minute video so D&D Beyond should be able to as well.
I never understood why official writers neglect to enrich the lore in Faerûn beyond Sword Coast. My guess is Bioware and Black Isle studios may have unintentionally contributed heavily to that consequence by releasing three massively acclaimed video game series that are set primarily in the Sword Coast region (i.e. Icewind Dale, Baldur’s Gate, Neverwinter, Amn, etc). From a business standpoint, this is perhaps why the ones in charge of the Forgotten Realms IP find it lucrative enough to focus mainly in places the fandom is familiar with the most.
I’m trying to write something that will start out in the Sword Coast but we will trek further inland for sure. (Especially because my character is from Tymanther, so I know a lot about it)
Weren't the Forgotten Realms, as originally conceived, a fantasy world connected to our own (real) world by magical portals? This provided players with the possibility of interaction between the ordinary world and the fantasy setting governed by the rules and genre of D&D. Has anyone else ever heard that?
It was the idea behind the name "Forgotten Realms." I've never heard tell of interactions with "our" world playing a major part in Mr. Greenwood's own games, and I wonder whether the connection was more meant to create a relationship in players' minds.
I'd really like to see more about the Forgotten Realms. I'm a new DM & after some deliberation decided to use the FR setting for the depth of lore & the storytelling possibilities (& the amount of work involved with starting with a blank slate.) My players are brand spanking new & short primers like these are excellent for introducing them. They already have great characters & I'd like to encourage them to flesh out their backstories in the context of the world around them without bombarding them with lore. Cheers!
Thank you, this is a great video! I love what you're doing here, Todd, these interviews are great and seeing all these people talking about their passion is something beautiful and heartwarming. Will we get some more info about FR, maybe an interview with Ed Greenwood?
Thank you for the incredibly nice comment! We will definitely be getting more information about FR. This is going to be a documentary series about all things D&D.
How did we get the the end of a video titled "What are The Forgotten Realms" and never hear the name Ed Greenwood? Could it be these folks have forgotten?
I always have so much fun with the forgotten parts of the realm. I am currently running the “Storm king’s thunder” and I decided to tweak it a bit so that a lot of the cities actually had to prepare once against giant attacks thousands of years ago and those giant safe infrastructure is still there, if not very weather down and useless. The players haven’t gotten far enough, but I plan for some of the nobles to realize what those structures actually are and to repair them
I remember trying to read one of these books when I was in Jr. High school, never understood what they were talking about (I was a dumb kid), I'm planning on going back to read these books. Another thing that I liked about these books was the artwork.
There is so much legend and lore in the D&D world to work with and with The movie being a big hit and now Baldurs Gate 3 being a mega hit this love franchise is growing fast. I'm really looking forward to the future of lots and lots more of D&D
I've begun reading fantasy a lot, and I have recently begun on Forgotten Realms, It's probably some of the best books I've read, I've gotten through The Dark Elf Trilogy and The Icewind Dale Trilogy. But the thing is I don't have many of these books, I also have The Clerics Quintet, but in the order I am reading these books in, The Clerics Quintet is after The Stone Tymora, and I've gotten these books from my father, and it's such a long time ago since these books were published, that it's nearly impossible to find these books on the internet.
so, after 20+ years of playing RPGs (not DnD, but DnD was always nearby...) I finally know, why are Forgotten Realms called Forgotten Realms :D Well, it certainly makes them more interesting (until now, FR were just "weird place full of too many, like TOO MANY, magic items" for me)
No shade towards Chris Perkins’ explanation but the “Forgotten Realms” - according to Ed Greenwood who created the setting - are called that because WE here in our real world came from there you see, and thus all our world cultures owe fantastical Faerun our very mundane versions of each heritage. But we no longer really remember. Kind of like a lost world alternate-dimension medieval scenario but with Mulhorand, Kara-Tur, Al-Quadim, and Maztica being the progenitors of those relatively-located peoples in our earthly reality. Cool, huh? #CanYouDiggit? #RollYourSave #CarpeDM ~❌KT❌
When you have on the ruleset the ability to play as a DemonCat mounting a Triceratops, Branding a magic sword given by a space squid while he was cooking a soup that would open a portal to another realm... Fighting a group of snake like people doen't seem like a wonderfull adventure and that is the problem with the current DnD.
Relative to "read all the books" , which books are being discussed here? Are they actually fictional books you can buy to read about the adventures just like an ordinary novels? Or more along the line of the Curse of Strahd and Tales of the Yawning Portal campaign books you buy to run?
Oh, there were many novels set in the FR setting, which are considered canon now. Every book about Drizzt Do'Urden or Elminster the Sage, the whole "War of the Spider Queen" series, most recent "Brimstone Angels" and "The Sundering" series. There are just too many books and series to list, so I just encourage you to try these terms, as well as "The Forgotten Realms Books", in Google. You'll get plenty of info. Hope that helped at least a bit!
www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Forgotten+Realms+novels Here's a list of Forgotten Realms novels available on Amazon. Honestly I'd start with a book set in a region that interests you, or an era that interests you, or is about a religion or organization you know. Really I'd just look for reference points you recognize and build out from there until you find authors or characters you really love. If all else fails, start with R.A. Salvatore's Drizzt books. I'm not a fan myself, but people just love these books...I mean nutso levels of love them. www.amazon.com/Icewind-Dale-Trilogy-Collectors-Forgotten/dp/078691811X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504339873&sr=8-1&keywords=ra+salvatore+icewind+dale+trilogy
I worry that Chris Perkins doesn't really get the Forgotten Realms or what makes them so beloved of so many people. Could we at some point get some of the people who really know Faerun best get more of a voice in these new modules? Folks like Ed Greenwood, Brian Cortijo, Richard Lee Byers, or Sean K. Reynolds? I mean since we've been trying to pull in the folks responsible for the classic source material--it just would be awesome to see some of the original creators and folks who seem to get the setting best. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure he would be a lot of fun designing a setting that worked better with his flamboyant tastes--seeing him do Planescape would be a blast.
I literally thought Forgotten Realms was this culmination of fantasy RPG elements and monsters simply shoved in random places just so they could sell books. Now I’ve learned they built a never-ending revival of in game history just so they could sell books. I like it.
I really wish D&D did a better job at separating the core ruleset from the lore. It makes playing a homebrew campaign so difficult when players show up assuming it's forgotten realms.
I don't understand what's this forgotten realms and dungeons and dragons and stuff.. they're interesting but I don't what the hell iss this.. is this a novel, an mmorpg game or a board game?
Wizards: The Forgotten Realms is an enormous campaign setting with decades of development and lore and an entire massive cosmology spanning an entire multiverse.
Also Wizards: let's set every single story on the Sword Coast.
Tbf, the OG setting was also the Sword Coast. All the other areas on the world were extra settings, and none sold anywhere as well as the FR setting books.
@@PaulGuy if I had more money I'd love to buy every story available to me tbh
@@PaulGuy alot of the old stuff takes place in the Sea of Fallen Stars. Which is barely even touch now days.
I need more! Would love to hear more about Waterdeep, Baldurs Gate, Neverwinter and all the important cities from Chris and all of you guys!
I guess I'm kinda randomly asking but does anyone know a good site to stream new series online ?
@Payton Clyde Flixportal =)
@Keenan Aden thank you, I went there and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :) I really appreciate it!
@Payton Clyde no problem :D
With all due respect, as a new DM it was extremely frustrating to see a video titled ‘what are the forgotten realms?’ and in the end learn very little about the setting. I expected explanation about geography, cultures and its location in comparison to the other planes. Instead I hear about career goals and personal feelings. Which are valid, but not what I wanted to see. I’ve seen fan made videos about “what is X?” and they do manage to give me information in a 5 minute video so D&D Beyond should be able to as well.
I think forgotten realms has forgotten about pretty much all of the places outside of the sword of the coast! Lol
I never understood why official writers neglect to enrich the lore in Faerûn beyond Sword Coast. My guess is Bioware and Black Isle studios may have unintentionally contributed heavily to that consequence by releasing three massively acclaimed video game series that are set primarily in the Sword Coast region (i.e. Icewind Dale, Baldur’s Gate, Neverwinter, Amn, etc). From a business standpoint, this is perhaps why the ones in charge of the Forgotten Realms IP find it lucrative enough to focus mainly in places the fandom is familiar with the most.
I’m trying to write something that will start out in the Sword Coast but we will trek further inland for sure. (Especially because my character is from Tymanther, so I know a lot about it)
Weren't the Forgotten Realms, as originally conceived, a fantasy world connected to our own (real) world by magical portals? This provided players with the possibility of interaction between the ordinary world and the fantasy setting governed by the rules and genre of D&D. Has anyone else ever heard that?
Jesse Sierke I believe that was what Ed Greenwood originally intended the Forgotten Realms to be
It was the idea behind the name "Forgotten Realms." I've never heard tell of interactions with "our" world playing a major part in Mr. Greenwood's own games, and I wonder whether the connection was more meant to create a relationship in players' minds.
@@mr.flibble3190 The "Gods" of our world are available in Forgotten Realms gaming. I figure that's a part of it.
Ed Greenwood’s kitchen is canonically the portal from our world to that of the Forgotten Realms!
I'd really like to see more about the Forgotten Realms. I'm a new DM & after some deliberation decided to use the FR setting for the depth of lore & the storytelling possibilities (& the amount of work involved with starting with a blank slate.) My players are brand spanking new & short primers like these are excellent for introducing them. They already have great characters & I'd like to encourage them to flesh out their backstories in the context of the world around them without bombarding them with lore. Cheers!
Thank you, this is a great video! I love what you're doing here, Todd, these interviews are great and seeing all these people talking about their passion is something beautiful and heartwarming.
Will we get some more info about FR, maybe an interview with Ed Greenwood?
Thank you for the incredibly nice comment! We will definitely be getting more information about FR. This is going to be a documentary series about all things D&D.
How did we get the the end of a video titled "What are The Forgotten Realms" and never hear the name Ed Greenwood? Could it be these folks have forgotten?
I guess they've forgotten about him
This is very interesting to learn about. It and the DM's Guide are definitely helping me build my campaign.
I always have so much fun with the forgotten parts of the realm. I am currently running the “Storm king’s thunder” and I decided to tweak it a bit so that a lot of the cities actually had to prepare once against giant attacks thousands of years ago and those giant safe infrastructure is still there, if not very weather down and useless. The players haven’t gotten far enough, but I plan for some of the nobles to realize what those structures actually are and to repair them
I remember trying to read one of these books when I was in Jr. High school, never understood what they were talking about (I was a dumb kid), I'm planning on going back to read these books. Another thing that I liked about these books was the artwork.
There is so much legend and lore in the D&D world to work with and with The movie being a big hit and now Baldurs Gate 3 being a mega hit this love franchise is growing fast.
I'm really looking forward to the future of lots and lots more of D&D
I wish we could see some more of the forgotten realms. Like why can’t we have campaigns that take place in mount celestia or the abyss.
I've begun reading fantasy a lot, and I have recently begun on Forgotten Realms, It's probably some of the best books I've read, I've gotten through The Dark Elf Trilogy and The Icewind Dale Trilogy.
But the thing is I don't have many of these books, I also have The Clerics Quintet, but in the order I am reading these books in, The Clerics Quintet is after The Stone Tymora, and I've gotten these books from my father, and it's such a long time ago since these books were published, that it's nearly impossible to find these books on the internet.
Good primer Todd. If your ever interested in delving more in depth about Forgotten Realms history, I literally wrote the book on the subject.
I’m here from the Crusader Kings 2 mod. Seems like a cool world
same tired the mod and the world seemed so vast and complex
so, after 20+ years of playing RPGs (not DnD, but DnD was always nearby...) I finally know, why are Forgotten Realms called Forgotten Realms :D Well, it certainly makes them more interesting (until now, FR were just "weird place full of too many, like TOO MANY, magic items" for me)
Forgotten Realms has a lot of great storylines to tap into for DMs. There's something for everyone.
No shade towards Chris Perkins’ explanation but the “Forgotten Realms” - according to Ed Greenwood who created the setting - are called that because WE here in our real world came from there you see, and thus all our world cultures owe fantastical Faerun our very mundane versions of each heritage.
But we no longer really remember.
Kind of like a lost world alternate-dimension medieval scenario but with Mulhorand, Kara-Tur, Al-Quadim, and Maztica being the progenitors of those relatively-located peoples in our earthly reality. Cool, huh? #CanYouDiggit? #RollYourSave #CarpeDM
~❌KT❌
It's Al-Qadim, not Al-Quadim
When you have on the ruleset the ability to play as a DemonCat mounting a Triceratops, Branding a magic sword given by a space squid while he was cooking a soup that would open a portal to another realm... Fighting a group of snake like people doen't seem like a wonderfull adventure and that is the problem with the current DnD.
Relative to "read all the books" , which books are being discussed here? Are they actually fictional books you can buy to read about the adventures just like an ordinary novels? Or more along the line of the Curse of Strahd and Tales of the Yawning Portal campaign books you buy to run?
Oh, there were many novels set in the FR setting, which are considered canon now. Every book about Drizzt Do'Urden or Elminster the Sage, the whole "War of the Spider Queen" series, most recent "Brimstone Angels" and "The Sundering" series. There are just too many books and series to list, so I just encourage you to try these terms, as well as "The Forgotten Realms Books", in Google. You'll get plenty of info. Hope that helped at least a bit!
Thanks a lot , yes it did help I appreciate the reply.
www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Forgotten+Realms+novels
Here's a list of Forgotten Realms novels available on Amazon. Honestly I'd start with a book set in a region that interests you, or an era that interests you, or is about a religion or organization you know. Really I'd just look for reference points you recognize and build out from there until you find authors or characters you really love.
If all else fails, start with R.A. Salvatore's Drizzt books. I'm not a fan myself, but people just love these books...I mean nutso levels of love them.
www.amazon.com/Icewind-Dale-Trilogy-Collectors-Forgotten/dp/078691811X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504339873&sr=8-1&keywords=ra+salvatore+icewind+dale+trilogy
Make a curse that Spacey of fire kind of curse well it based on your emotions it finds people around you when you're angry
BRING BACK THE NOVELS!
Ck2 has a mod in this world and I've been playing it for a week before I realized the map is based of actual dnd set up
I worry that Chris Perkins doesn't really get the Forgotten Realms or what makes them so beloved of so many people. Could we at some point get some of the people who really know Faerun best get more of a voice in these new modules? Folks like Ed Greenwood, Brian Cortijo, Richard Lee Byers, or Sean K. Reynolds? I mean since we've been trying to pull in the folks responsible for the classic source material--it just would be awesome to see some of the original creators and folks who seem to get the setting best.
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure he would be a lot of fun designing a setting that worked better with his flamboyant tastes--seeing him do Planescape would be a blast.
I'm just starting on this. What book/books should I read first? Any help appreciated
It's also a forgotten backwater of the D&D multiverse.
I started to read the books when I was in junior high school..
Chris Perkins is the only dm I'd ever want ❤
Damn, just think, that the people we see in this video are some of the people affected by Hasbro's recent 1,100 lay-offs.
I literally thought Forgotten Realms was this culmination of fantasy RPG elements and monsters simply shoved in random places just so they could sell books. Now I’ve learned they built a never-ending revival of in game history just so they could sell books. I like it.
Forgotten Realms is the planet where Sword Coast is?
I really wish D&D did a better job at separating the core ruleset from the lore. It makes playing a homebrew campaign so difficult when players show up assuming it's forgotten realms.
Take a drink whenever someone in this video says ‘forgotten’.
Huh. Interesting.
Guy with the beanie looks like tommy Lee
I've always thought the it was Australia.
I like to jokingly refer to them as the Misbegotten Realms.
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guys are so nerdy :D but i love it
OH MY GOD...... IS THIS DARK SOULS?!?!?!?
Acererak did nothing wrong.
WotC would never let anyone forget these realms, the company shoves the setting down the throats of D&D players at every opportunity.
I don't understand what's this forgotten realms and dungeons and dragons and stuff.. they're interesting but I don't what the hell iss this.. is this a novel, an mmorpg game or a board game?
Its all three. Forgotten Realms is a set world of novels. Baldur's Gate is set in the Forgotten Realms setting. And its all for D&D.
@@WeApOnPrImE ahh I see.. I get it now.. thank you very much
@@WeApOnPrImE so it has a novel then! I would like to read it though
@@vulpritprooze it has dozens.
@@vulpritprooze Its actually like... 306 novels. By different authors following different characters. I hear good things though. :D
Modern d&d is too magical. 3rd level in 5th edition would be like level 10 in earlier editions.