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Faerûn (/ f eɪ ˈ r uː n /) 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 (first published in 1987 by TSR, Inc.) with the most recent being the 5th edition from Wizards of the Coast, [1] [2] and various locales and aspects are described in more depth ...
Forgotten Realms partial map. The Forgotten Realms is part of the fictional world of Abeir-Toril (usually just called Toril [23]: 91 ), an Earth-like planet with many real-world influences and consists of several large continents. [57] It was first detailed in the original Forgotten Realms Campaign Set, published in 1987 by TSR. [58]
The Forgotten Realms Atlas. The Forgotten Realms Atlas is a book produced by Karen Wynn Fonstad and provides detailed maps of the Forgotten Realms, a fictional setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game . The atlas also includes timelines of various novels set in the world. The book is 210 pages, and was published in August 1990.
Abeir-Toril. Abeir-Toril is the fictional planet that makes up the Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting, as well as the Al-Qadim and Maztica campaign settings, and the 1st edition version of the Oriental Adventures campaign setting. The name means "cradle of life" in an archaic fictional language of the setting.
The Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas, published by TSR, Inc. in September 1999, was constructed using Campaign Cartographer. [1] [2] The developers created vector version of the published maps for the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting and included many new maps, including a globe of the entire Forgotten Realms world, Abeir-Toril.
The 1987 Forgotten Realms Campaign Set was sold as a box set containing two 96-page books, four maps, and two clear plastic overlays marked with hex grids. [1] The maps were four full-color, 34" x 22" maps, two of which combine to form a large-scale (1" = 90 miles) map of the western half of the vast Realms continent, while the other two provide a more detailed (1" = 30 miles) map of the ...
University of Oklahoma. Occupation (s) Cartographer, academic. Known for. Atlases of fictional worlds. Karen Lea Wynn Fonstad (April 18, 1945 – March 11, 2005) was an American cartographer and academic who designed several atlases of fictional worlds, including her 1981 The Atlas of Middle-earth about J. R. R. Tolkien 's creations. [ 2][ 3]
In May 2003 Races of Faerûn landed on the Amazon.ca bestseller list at number 42. [2]In June 2021 D&D Beyond criticized the book's approach to diversity in a blog post, writing, "Books such as third edition's Races of Faerun went through great pains to detail the myriad of human ethnicities.