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The Twin Scimitars
Seeker
USA
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 Posted - 31 Aug 2005 : 16:34:04
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Im new to the Forgotten Realms RPGs. What books should I get to start out?
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
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Posted - 31 Aug 2005 : 17:22:49
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| Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting and Player's Guide to Faerūn. Races of Faerūn is plenty useful too. |
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Crennen FaerieBane
Master of Realmslore
USA
1378 Posts |
Posted - 01 Sep 2005 : 02:39:50
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Yeah, you might want to pick up Player's Guide to Faerun as well, if you are playing 3.5E. Every else just will add to your knowledge and you should pick them up as you need them.
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Kes_Alanadel
Learned Scribe
USA
326 Posts |
Posted - 01 Sep 2005 : 07:02:54
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If you are playing, FRCS and PGtF are good ones definately. If you are DM'ing, you might want to pick up the Monster Compendum:Monsters of Faerun, and one of the region books if you are running in a specific area.
PS....Please forgive any mispellings, I should have gone to bed 2 hours ago  |
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warlockco
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Faraer
Great Reader
3308 Posts |
Posted - 01 Sep 2005 : 09:08:48
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Player's Guide to Faerūn is mostly rules updates, and it's only a good buy if you're playing 3.5E strictly and rigidly, otherwise it's one of the weakest of the new sourcebooks.
Getting the FRCS first will let you find out what you're interested in looking into further. |
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The Twin Scimitars
Seeker
USA
96 Posts |
Posted - 01 Sep 2005 : 18:16:11
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| Thats alot of books lol. Ill pick those up probably when I have the money. Thank yall. |
Endure, in enduring we grow strong.
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Mazrak Stonefist
Acolyte
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Posted - 17 Oct 2005 : 08:36:56
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| this will sound very stupid, but are these RPG's actually games or are they like Role Play thing where you act as someone else. (i feel like such a fool) |
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Arivia
Great Reader
Canada
2965 Posts |
Posted - 17 Oct 2005 : 11:05:43
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Originally posted by Mazrak Stonefist
this will sound very stupid, but are these RPG's actually games or are they like Role Play thing where you act as someone else. (i feel like such a fool)
No; it's a fair question.
And the answer is --- both. The players act out characters participating in a storyline(role-playing), and there are rules used to determine the success of various actions(game). This is a really, really simplistic explanation of it-the game part is a lot more complex in implementation than what I've outlined.
If you've played Baldur's Gate or another of the D&D computer games, you'll have a fair idea of what it's like.
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Crennen FaerieBane
Master of Realmslore
USA
1378 Posts |
Posted - 17 Oct 2005 : 15:22:41
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And to otherwise clear some issues up - it is generally not live action, meaning you are not physically running around as your character. You are in control and describe what your character is doing as your dungeon master describes everything in the world around you that you can interact with.
C-Fb |
Still rockin' the Fey'ri style. |
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Kianna
Learned Scribe
USA
155 Posts |
Posted - 18 Oct 2005 : 02:27:15
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| And you would know all about live action ;) |
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warlockco
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Crennen FaerieBane
Master of Realmslore
USA
1378 Posts |
Posted - 18 Oct 2005 : 14:51:37
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Yeah, she is just picking on me since I used to run LARP games for White Wolf studios when I worked for them as a convention rep. And, Warlockco, you're right - they are definitely overrated.
C-Fb |
Still rockin' the Fey'ri style. |
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New to FR RPGs
