Forgotten Realms modules and sourcebooks are modules (adventures) and sourcebooks (campaign setting information) printed for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
FA—Forgotten Realms Adventures are stand-alone 2nd Ed. AD&D modules set in Forgotten Realms.
Code | Title | Levels | Author(s) | Published | Notes |
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FA1 | Halls of the High King | 6-10 | Ed Greenwood | 1990 | |
FA2 | Nightmare Keep | 18–20 | Rick Swan | 1991 |
FM—Forgotten Realms Maztica are stand-alone 2nd Ed. AD&D modules set in Maztica.
Code | Title | Levels | Author(s) | Published | Notes |
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FMA1 | Fires of Zatal | 1–3 | Jeff Grubb Tim Beach | 1991 | |
FMA2 | Endless Armies | 4–6 | Jeff Grubb | 1991 | |
FMQ1 | City of Gold | 4–6 | John Nephew Jonathan Tweet | 1992 |
FRA—Forgotten Realms Adventure, or the Empires Adventures Trilogy, is a series of modules for use with The Horde expansion campaign for 2nd Ed. AD&D Forgotten Realms.
Code | Title | Levels | Author(s) | Published | Notes |
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FRA1 | Storm Riders | 5–7 | Troy Denning | 1990 | |
FRA2 | Black Courser | 6–9 | Troy Denning | 1990 | |
FRA3 | Blood Charge | 7–10 | Troy Denning | 1990 |
FRC—Forgotten Realms Companion (or Computer) are modules related to SSI computer games and form a linked sequence.
Code | Title | Levels | Author(s) | Published | Notes |
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FRC1 | Ruins of Adventure | Any | Mike Breault David Cook Jim Ward Steve Winter | 1988 | Based on Pool of Radiance. Connected Short Adventures |
FRC2 | Curse of the Azure Bonds | 6–9 | Jeff Grubb George MacDonald | 1989 | Based on novel; tie-in to game |
FRE—Forgotten Realms Epic are modules loosely based on the Avatar Trilogy of Forgotten Realms novels.
Code | Title | Levels | Author(s) | Published | Notes |
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FRE1 | Shadowdale | 5–8 | Ed Greenwood | 1989 | |
FRE2 | Tantras | 6–9 | Ed Greenwood | 1989 | |
FRE3 | Waterdeep | 6–9 | Ed Greenwood | 1989 |
FRM—Forgotten Realms Mission
Code | Title | Levels | Author(s) | Published | Notes |
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FRM1 | Jungles of Chult | 5–8 | James Lowder Jean Rabe | 1993 |
FROA—Forgotten Realms Oriental Adventures are modules set in Forgotten Realms that require the Oriental Adventures hardcover.
Code | Title | Levels | Author(s) | Published | Notes |
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FROA1 | Ninja Wars | 6–9 | Nigel Findley | 1990 |
FRQ—Forgotten Realms Quest are stand-alone modules for 2nd Ed. AD&D set in Forgotten Realms.
Code | Title | Levels | Author(s) | Published | Notes |
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FRQ1 | Haunted Halls of Eveningstar | 1–5 | Ed Greenwood | 1992 | |
FRQ2 | Hordes of Dragonspear | 10–12 | William W. Connors | 1992 | Battlesystem options |
FRQ3 | Doom of Daggerdale | 1–3 | Wolfgang Baur | 1993 | First module for use with revised Forgotten Realms. |
H—The Bloodstone Pass Saga is a linked campaign series that focuses on using Battlesystem battles in Forgotten Realms AD&D adventures.
Code | Title | Levels | Author(s) | Published | Notes |
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H1 | Bloodstone Pass | 13–17 | Douglas Niles Michael Dobson | 1985 | Battlesystem required |
H2 | The Mines of Bloodstone | 16–18 | Michael Dobson Douglas Niles | 1986 | |
H3 | The Bloodstone Wars | 17–20 | Michael Dobson Douglas Niles | 1987 | Battlesystem recommended |
H4 | The Throne of Bloodstone | 18–100 | Douglas Niles Michael Dobson | 1988 |
LC—Living City
Code | Title | Levels | Author(s) | Published | Notes |
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LC1 | Gateway to Ravens Bluff | 1-3 | Role Playing Game Association | 1989 | sourcebook |
LC2 | Inside Ravens Bluff | N/A | 1990 | sourcebook | |
LC3 | Nightwatch in the Living City | 1 | Walter Baas Kira Glass | 1991 | |
LC4 | Port of Ravens Bluff | N/A | Role Playing Game Association | 1991 | sourcebook, includes 3-D fold-up ship |
N—Novice
Code | Title | Levels | Author(s) | Published | Notes |
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N4 | Treasure Hunt | 0–1 | Aaron Allston | 1986 | FR module (retroactive) |
N5 | Under Illefarn | 0–3 | Steve Perrin | 1987 | First labelled FR module |
OA—Oriental Adventures was originally its own campaign setting (see FROA series above), but from OA5 was incorporated into Forgotten Realms.
Code | Title | Levels | Author(s) | Published | Notes |
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OA5 | Mad Monkey vs. the Dragon Claw | 6–9 | Jeff Grubb | 1988 | |
OA6 | Ronin Challenge | 5–8 | Curtis Smith Rick Swan | 1989 | |
OA7 | Test of the Samurai | 6–9 | Rick Swan | 1989 | Sequel to OA6. |
Number | Title | Levels | Author(s) | Published | Notes |
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11337 | The Accursed Tower | 1–3 | R.A. Salvatore | 1999 | Reviewed in Envoyer magazine #32. |
9544 | Castle Spulzeer | 8–12 | Doug Stewart | 1997 | Set in the Forgotten Realms and concludes in the Ravenloft adventure The Forgotten Terror. |
11622 | The Dungeon of Death | 7–9 | Jason Carl | 2000 | Part of the Dungeon Crawl series of stand-alone modules. |
9574 | For Duty and Deity | 10–12 | Dale Donovan | 1998 | |
9537 | The Forgotten Terror | 10–12 | William W. Connors | 1997 | Uses the Ravenloft setting and may be played as a stand-alone or as the sequel to the Forgotten Realms adventure Castle Spulzeer. |
9531 | Four from Cormyr | 9–12 | John Terra | 1997 | Four adventures that can be played individually or as a series. |
9562 | Hellgate Keep | 9–12 | Steven Schend | 1998 | Part of the Dungeon Crawl series of stand-alone modules. |
9540 | How the Mighty Are Fallen | 11–14 | "Slade" Henson | 1996 | For use with the Netheril: Empire of Magic campaign setting. |
9590 | Kidnapped | Variable | Tom Prusa | 1998 | For use with the City of Ravens Bluff sourcebook. Adaptable for any low to high level campaign. |
9455 | Marco Volo: Arrival | 6–8 | Anthony Pryor | 1994 | Third part of the Marco Volo trilogy. |
9444 | Marco Volo: Departure | 6–8 | Anthony Pryor | 1994 | First part of the Marco Volo trilogy. |
9450 | Marco Volo: Journey | 6–8 | Anthony Pryor | 1994 | Second part of the Marco Volo trilogy. |
9488 | The Return of Randal Morn | 1-4 | Jim Butler | 1995 | Part 3 of the Sword of the Dales Trilogy |
9485 | The Secret of Spiderhaunt | 1-4 | Jim Butler | 1995 | Part 2 of the Sword of the Dales Trilogy |
9484 | The Sword of the Dales | 1-4 | Jim Butler | 1995 | Part 1 of the Sword of the Dales Trilogy |
9519 | Undermountain: The Lost Level | 7–9 | Steven Schend | 1996 | Part of the Dungeon Crawl series of stand-alone modules. |
9528 | Undermountain: Maddgoth's Castle | 7–10 | Steven Schend | 1996 | Part of the Dungeon Crawl series of stand-alone modules. |
9538 | Undermountain: Stardock | 10–14 | Steven Schend | 1996 | Part of the Dungeon Crawl series of stand-alone modules. |
11405 | Wyrmskull Throne | 4–7 | Steven Schend and Thomas M. Reid | 1999 |
Number | Title | Levels | Author(s) | Published | Notes |
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957327200 | Expedition to Undermountain | 01–10 | Eric L. Boyd, Ed Greenwood, Christopher Lindsay, & Sean K. Reynolds | 2007 | |
953947400 | The Twilight Tomb | 03-04 | Greg A. Vaughan | 2006 | |
884467400 | Sons of Gruumsh | 04–06 | Christopher Perkins | 2005 | |
Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave | 04-08 | Richard Baker, Bruce R. Cordell, David Noonan, Matthew Sernett, and James Wyatt | 2007 | First volume of a trilogy of hardcover adventures (followed by Shadowdale: The Scouring of the Land and Anauroch: The Empire of Shade). | |
11710 | Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor | 06 | Sean K. Reynolds | 2001 | |
Shadowdale: The Scouring of the Land | 08-13 | Richard Baker, Eric L. Boyd, & Thomas M. Reid | 2007 | Second volume of a trilogy of hardcover adventures (preceded by Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave, and followed by Anauroch: The Empire of Shade) | |
Anauroch: The Empire of Shade | 13-17 | Greg A. Vaughan, Thomas M. Reid, & Sean K. Reynolds | 2007 | Final volume of a trilogy of hardcover adventures (preceded by Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave and Shadowdale: The Scouring of the Land). | |
11634 | Into the Dragon's Lair | 10 | Sean K. Reynolds & Steve Miller | 2000 | First 3rd edition Forgotten Realms adventure published. |
88574 | City of the Spider Queen | 10–18 | James Wyatt | 2002 | Ranked 24th greatest adventure of all time. [1] |
FR—Forgotten Realms adventures were designed for use with 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.
Code | Title | Levels | Author(s) | Published | Notes |
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FR1 | Scepter Tower of Spellgard | 2–5 | David Noonan, Greg A. Vaughan | September 16, 2008 | |
? | Halls of Undermountain | 1-5 | Shawn Merwin, Matt Sernett | April 17, 2012 |
Storyline | Title | Levels | Published |
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Starter Set | Lost Mine of Phandelver | 01-05 | July 15, 2014 |
Tyranny of Dragons | Hoard of the Dragon Queen | 01-07 | August 19, 2014 |
The Rise of Tiamat | 08-15 | November 4, 2014 | |
Elemental Evil | Princes of the Apocalypse | 01-15 | April 7, 2015 |
Rage of Demons | Out of the Abyss | 01-15 [2] | September 15, 2015 |
Curse of Strahd | Curse of Strahd | 01-10 | March 15, 2016 |
Storm King's Thunder | Storm King's Thunder | 01-11 | September 6, 2016 |
Tales from the Yawning Portal | Tales from the Yawning Portal | Varies | March 24, 2017 |
Tomb of Annihilation | Tomb of Annihilation | 01-11 | September 19, 2017 |
Waterdeep | Dragon Heist | 01-05 | September 18, 2018 |
Dungeon of the Mad Mage | 05-20 | November 13, 2018 | |
Ghosts of Saltmarsh | Ghosts of Saltmarsh | 01-12 | May 21, 2019 [3] |
Essentials Kit | Dragon of Icespire Peak | 01-05 | June 24, 2019 [4] |
Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus | Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus | 01-13 | September 17, 2019 [5] |
Icewind Dale | Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden | 01-11 | September 15, 2020 [6] |
FR—Forgotten Realms are sourcebooks describing aspects of Forgotten Realms, rather than traditional modules. FR1–6 are for 1st Ed. AD&D, FR7–16 for 2nd Ed.
Code | Title | Levels | Author(s) | Published | Notes |
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FR1 | Waterdeep and the North | N/A | Ed Greenwood | 1987 | |
FR2 | Moonshae | N/A | Douglas Niles | 1987 | |
FR3 | Empires of the Sands | N/A | Scott Haring | 1988 | |
FR4 | The Magister | N/A | Ed Greenwood Steve Perrin | 1988 | |
FR5 | The Savage Frontier | N/A | Jennell Jaquays [lower-alpha 1] | 1988 | |
FR6 | Dreams of the Red Wizards | N/A | Steve Perrin | 1988 | |
FR7 | Hall of Heroes | N/A | various | 1989 | |
FR8 | Cities of Mystery | N/A | Jean Rabe | 1989 | |
FR9 | The Bloodstone Lands | N/A | R.A. Salvatore | 1989 | |
FR10 | Old Empires | N/A | Scott Bennie | 1990 | |
FR11 | Dwarves Deep | N/A | Ed Greenwood | 1990 | accessory for the fictional Forgotten Realms campaign setting using the second edition rules of the fantasy role-playing game Advanced Dungeons & Dragons . The booklet details the various types of dwarves found in the Forgotten Realms. The book itself is printed on parchment-colored paper, [7] and is wrapped in a three-panel removable gatefold cover. The contents include the current situation concerning dwarves in the campaign world. [8] It was published by TSR as product 9300 in 1990. |
FR12 | Horde Campaign | N/A | Curtis M. Scott | 1991 | |
FR13 | Anauroch | N/A | Ed Greenwood | 1991 | The 96 page booklet includes an introduction and detailed descriptions of places and races in the great desert Anauroch. It includes a fold-out poster with a map of the region. Cover art is by Brom and interior art is by Valerie Valusek. |
FR14 | The Great Glacier | N/A | Rick Swan | 1992 | |
FR15 | Gold & Glory | N/A | Tim Beach | 1992 | |
FR16 | The Shining South | N/A | Tom Prusa | 1993 |
FOR-Forgotten Realms Accessories are designed for the Realms universe.
Code | Title | Levels | Author(s) | Published | Notes |
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FOR1 | Draconomicon | NA | Nigel Findley | 1990 | |
FOR2 | The Drow of the Underdark | NA | Ed Greenwood | 1990 | |
FOR3 | Pirates of the Fallen Stars | NA | Curtis Scott | 1992 | |
FOR4 | The Code of the Harpers | NA | Ed Greenwood | 1993 | Translated into German and reviewed in Envoyer magazine #40. |
FOR5 | Elves of the Evermeet | NA | Various | 1994 | |
FOR6 | The Seven Sisters | NA | Ed Greenwood | 1995 | |
FOR7 | Giantcraft | NA | Ray Winninger | 1995 | |
FOR8 | Pages from the Mages | NA | Ed Greenwood, Tim Beach | 1995 | |
FOR9 | Wizards and Rogues of the Realms | NA | William W. Conners | 1995 | |
FOR10 | Warriors and Priests of the Realms | NA | 1996 | ||
FOR11 | Cult of the Dragon | NA | Dale Donovan | 1998 | Translated into German and reviewed in Envoyer magazine #26. |
FOR12 | Demihumans of the Realms | NA | Roger E. Moore | 1998 | |
FOR13 | Secrets of the Magister | NA | Ed Greenwood | 2000 | Reviewed in Envoyer magazine #44. |
FRS—Forgotten Realms Sourcebook are 2nd Ed. AD&D sourcebooks for use with Forgotten Realms.
Code | Title | Levels | Author(s) | Published | Notes |
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FRS1 | The Dalelands | N/A | L. Richard Baker III | 1993 | Translated into German and reviewed in Envoyer magazine #39. |
Wizards of the Coast released the Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide in August 2008, and the Forgotten Realms Player's Guide in September 2008.
Ed Greenwood Presents Elminster's Forgotten Realms , published in October 2012 as an edition neutral sourcebook, as Wizards of the Coast transitioned Dungeons and Dragons for 4th edition to 5th edition.
Forgotten Realms is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as a setting for his childhood stories. Several years later, it was published for the D&D game as a series of magazine articles, and the first Realms game products were released in 1987. Role-playing game products have been produced for the setting ever since, in addition to novels, role-playing video game adaptations, comic books, and the film Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.
The drow or dark elves are a dark-skinned and white-haired subrace of elves connected to the subterranean Underdark in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game. The drow have traditionally been portrayed as generally evil and connected to the evil spider goddess Lolth. However, later editions of Dungeons & Dragons have moved away from this portrayal and preassigned alignment. More recent publications have explored drow societies unconnected to Lolth.
Ed Greenwood is a Canadian fantasy writer and the original creator of the Forgotten Realms game world. He began writing articles about the Forgotten Realms for Dragon magazine beginning in 1979, and subsequently sold the rights to the setting to TSR, the creators of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, in 1986. He has written many Forgotten Realms novels, as well as numerous articles and D&D game supplement books.
Drizzt Do'Urden is a fictional character appearing in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Drizzt was created by author R. A. Salvatore as a supporting character in the Icewind Dale Trilogy. Salvatore created him on a whim when his publisher needed him to replace one of the characters in an early version of the first book, The Crystal Shard. Drizzt has since become a popular heroic character of the Forgotten Realms setting, and has been featured as the main character of a long series of books, starting chronologically with The Dark Elf Trilogy. As an atypical drow, Drizzt has forsaken both the evil ways of his people and their home in the Underdark, in the drow city of Menzoberranzan.
Menzoberranzan, the "City of Spiders", is a fictional city-state in the world of the Forgotten Realms, a Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. The city is located in the Upper Northdark, about two miles below the Surbrin Vale, between the Moonwood and the Frost Hills. It is famed as the birthplace of Drizzt Do'Urden, the protagonist of several series of best-selling novels by noted fantasy author R. A. Salvatore. Menzoberranzan has been developed into a video game and a tabletop RPG setting.
Faerûn is a fictional continent and the primary setting of the Dungeons & Dragons world of Forgotten Realms. It is described in detail in several editions of the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting with the most recent being the 5th edition from Wizards of the Coast, and various locales and aspects are described in more depth in separate campaign setting books. Around a hundred novels, several computer and video games and a film use Faerûn as the setting.
The Underdark is a fictional setting which has appeared in Dungeons & Dragons role-playing campaigns and Dungeons & Dragons-based fiction books, including the Legend of Drizzt series by R. A. Salvatore. It is described as a vast subterranean network of interconnected caverns and tunnels, stretching beneath entire continents and forming an underworld for surface settings. Polygon called it "one of D&D's most well-known realms".
Volothamp "Volo" Geddarm, created by Jeff Grubb, is a fictional character of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
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Neverwinter is a fictional city-state in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Neverwinter was founded by Lord Halueth Never. It sits on the northwestern coast of the subcontinent of Faerûn.
The Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting is a role-playing game sourcebook first published by TSR in 1987 for the first edition of the fantasy role-playing game Advanced Dungeons & Dragons that describes the campaign setting of the Forgotten Realms. It contains information on characters, locations and history. Various revised and updated editions have been produced over the years.
The flexibility of the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) game rules means that Dungeon Masters (DM) are free to create their own fantasy campaign settings. For those who wanted a pre-packaged setting in which to play, TSR, Wizards of the Coast (WotC), and other publishers have created many settings in which D&D games can be based; of these, the Forgotten Realms, an epic fantasy world, has been one of the most successful and critically acclaimed settings. Many campaign settings include standard sword and sorcery environments, while others borrow Asian, Central American, swashbuckling, horror and even space-travel themes.
Homeland is a fantasy novel by American writer R. A. Salvatore, the first book in The Dark Elf Trilogy, a prequel to The Icewind Dale Trilogy. It follows the story of Drizzt Do'Urden from the time and circumstances of his birth and his upbringing amongst the drow.
The Underdark sourcebook for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting of the 3.5 edition of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.
Heroes' Lorebook is an accessory for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
Menzoberranzan is a 1994 role-playing video game created by Strategic Simulations (SSI) and DreamForge Intertainment. Menzoberranzan uses the same game engine as SSI's previous game, Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession (1994), and is set in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms campaign setting.
Brian R. James is a game designer and software engineer. As a writer, Brian is best known for his online and print works for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game published by Wizards of the Coast. In game design circles, Brian is highly regarded for his deep knowledge of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting and its extensive history. In 2012 Brian won a Silver ENnie Award for Monster Vault: Threats to the Nentir Vale and he has been nominated for other ENnie Awards and Origins Awards.
Ed Greenwood Presents Elminster's Forgotten Realms is an edition-neutral sourcebook for the Forgotten Realms published during the 4th edition of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.
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