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Azar
Master of Realmslore
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 Posted - 22 Sep 2025 : 05:46:36
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Hello.
A little while ago, I managed to pick up an original copy of Empires of the Shining Sea to round out my collection (and to cover the realms south of Tethyr, of course); I found myself impressed with the sheer amount of detail jam-packed into a book clocking in at under two-hundred pages. There are enough hooks in Schend and Donovan's work to rival the largest fishing emporium.
That said, I became (pleasantly) overwhelmed by the options presented. Here is a question for those of you who either own/used that supplement or are simply familiar with the region no matter your preferred edition of The Forgotten Realms: apart from the main attraction (i.e., Calimshan proper and the Calim Desert), what other locales do you consider intriguing and/or underutilized?
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Demzer
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 22 Sep 2025 : 17:36:39
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Originally posted by Azar
Hello.
A little while ago, I managed to pick up an original copy of Empires of the Shining Sea to round out my collection (and to cover the realms south of Tethyr, of course); I found myself impressed with the sheer amount of detail jam-packed into a book clocking in at under two-hundred pages. There are enough hooks in Schend and Donovan's work to rival the largest fishing emporium.
That said, I became (pleasantly) overwhelmed by the options presented. Here is a question for those of you who either own/used that supplement or are simply familiar with the region no matter your preferred edition of The Forgotten Realms: apart from the main attraction (i.e., Calimshan proper and the Calim Desert), what other locales do you consider intriguing and/or underutilized?
Empires of the Shining Sea is an extremely good sourcebook, then again Steven Schend is a guarantee of quality. I have extensively used the Arnaden / Lake of Steam region in my campaigns. It is well fleshed out but has lots of plot hooks and open problems, it got cities but has a frontier vibe and it is literally at the crossroad of a few very interesting regions of Faerun. |
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Empires of the Shining Sea: Beyond Calimshan?
