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Forgotten Realms

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…

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Designers
Ed Greenwood
Genres
Fantasy
Languages
English
Media type
Game accessories, novels, role-playing video games, comic books
Publication
1987–current

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Forgotten Realms

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Edges243
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related to Characters · 134
Forgotten Realms → After, Aidan-Paul Canavan, Alustriel Silverhand, Anglistics, Another Name For Dawn, Arcane, Archmage, Artemis Entreri, Arunsun, As, Bilbo-style, Blackstaff, Blackstaff Tower, Bregan D'aerthe, Bricken, Bruenor, Bruenor Battlehammer, Caroline, Catti-Brie, CBR
related to 2014–2024 · 41
Forgotten Realms → Abyss, Annihilation, Apocalypse, Baldur's Gate, Candlekeep Mysteries, Chult, Coast, Demons, Descent Into Avernus, Digital Extremes, Dragon Heist, Dragon Queen, Dragons, Dungeons, Elemental Evil, Faerûn, Hoard, Icewind Dale, It, Neverwinter
related to Reception · 41
Forgotten Realms → African, Arcana, Aubrey Sitterson, Baldur's Gate, Best Dungeons, Bible, Brian Silliman, Clements, Coast, Currently, Dragons, Dragons Art, Dragons Campaign Settings, Dungeons, European, Genre Fiction, Greenwood, He, In, It
related to 2024–present · 39
Forgotten Realms → Additionally, Adventures, April, Astarion's Book, Baldur's Gate, Beyond, Broadway, Calimshan, Circle, Coast, Dalelands, Dragons, Dungeons, Edition, Faerûn, Following, Game Rant, Heroes, Hungers, Icewind Dale
related to 2000–2008 · 38
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related to 1990–2000 · 31
Forgotten Realms → AD, Avatar, DR, Forgotten Realms Adventures, Greenwood, Grubb, Hall, Heroes, Hordelands, In, In July, Jeff Grubb, Kara-Tur, Living City, Maztica, Official RPGA, Ravens Bluff, Realms, RPGA Network's Polyhedron Newszine, The Al-Qadim
related to Creative origins · 27
Forgotten Realms → AD, Advanced Dungeons, Dragon, Dragons, Dungeons, Earth, Ed Greenwood, Greenwood, Greyhawk, He, In, In August, In Greenwood's, Jeff Grubb, Knights, Myth Drannor, Realms, Roleplaying, September, Shadowdale
related to 2008–2014 · 25
Forgotten Realms → Abeir, DR, Dragons, Dungeons, Elves, Faerûn, Feywild, Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide, Forgotten Realms Player's Guide, In, Light, Mystra, Points, Scepter Tower, Spellgard, Spellplague, Thay, The, The Spellplague, The Underdark
related to Geography · 22
Forgotten Realms → Abeir-Toril, Dragons, Dungeons, Earth-like, East Asia, Forgotten Realms Campaign Set, Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, Great Wheel, In, It, Kara-Tur, Maztica, The, The Eastern Realms, The Forgotten Realms, The Realms, There, Toril, TSR, Underdark
related to 1985–1990 · 21
Forgotten Realms → AD, Bloodstone Pass, Celtic, Cyclopedia, Darkwalker, DM's Sourcebook, Douglas Niles, Forgotten Realms Campaign Set, Greenwood, Grubb, In, It, Moonshae, Realms, Set, SSI's Gold Box, The, The Bloodstone Wars, The Forgotten Realms Campaign, The Moonshae Trilogy

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realms forgotten setting campaign game released edition first set novels world also greenwood dragons fantasy new one dungeons tsr drizzt

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Forgotten RealmsDesignersEd Greenwood1.00infobox
Forgotten RealmsGenresFantasy1.00infobox
Forgotten RealmsLanguagesEnglish1.00infobox
Forgotten RealmsMedia typeGame accessories, novels, role-playing video games, comic books1.00infobox
Forgotten RealmsPublication1987–current1.00infobox
Forgotten Realmsis acampaign setting for the Dungeons0.90text
Forgotten Realmsis afantasy world setting0.90text
Forgotten Realmsis afamiliar0.90text
Forgotten Realmspart ofthe fictional world of Abeir-Toril0.85text
Drizzt Do'Urdeninstance ofSeveral popular Forgotten Realms characters0.80text
Elminster made minor appearances in these games.2000instance ofSeveral popular Forgotten Realms characters0.80text
Waterdeepinstance ofIt adapted adventure modules0.80text

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