D&D: Forgotten Realms Creator Ed Greenwood Releases A WotC Approved New Book
Explore the Border Kingdoms with the author that invented them in a brand new, WotC approved sourcebook from the Forgotten Realms’ creator Ed Greenwood.
Looks like we have a release date for that new Forgotten Realms book. The Border Kingdoms is out now on the DM’s Gold. This sourcebook, which covers a little-seen area of the Forgotten Realms famous for warring bandits, kingdoms that rise and fall with the changing of the seasons, and starting quests of all stripes, is penned by none other than Ed Greenwood, with official approval from WotC.
What does that mean, exactly? For starters, this book is legal for Adventurers League play, which lends credence to the belief that this is intended to help flesh out the setting for a number of convention-play campaigns in the works. It also means that everything in the book is official Forgotten Realms canon, whatever that means to you.
Let’s take a look.
The Border Kingdoms – $14.99
According to the sage Meriadas of Westgate: “The Border Kingdoms are the most favored destination for adventurers who want to proudly and boldly conquer a realm or establish their own new kingdom. Lords, counts, dukes, kings and emperors rise, proclaim themselves, and are swept away with the speed and regularity of waves crashing upon a shore.”
A legendary “frontier” corner of the Forgotten Realms, the Border Kingdoms are where adventurers come to carve out their own kingdom, flee retribution, hide treasure — or find someone else’s treasure.
It is a hodgepodge of tiny realms ruled by kings, grand viziers, imperial overdukes, and all manner of cabals, councils, and self-titled nobles. It’s full of ruins, folk who want to stay hidden, long-slumbering secrets, and adventures waiting to happen.
The Border Kingdoms is a valuable resource for Dungeon Masters and players alike. In addition to describing the people and places of the Border Kingdoms, this book contains enough adventure hooks and lore to keep adventuring parties busy for years.
The Border Kingdoms includes:
- Over 100 pages of lore about the Border KingdomsA
- beautiful new map of the Border Kingdoms by Mike Schley
- 11 new and fully Adventures League legal character backgrounds
- Dozens of brand new illustrations
- Brand new campaign hooks
Happy Adventuring!
