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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 (north of the Evermoors and under the River Surbin [1]).
Faerûn (/ f eɪ ˈ r uː n / fay-ROON) 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 ...
TSR awarded Interplay Productions, Inc. a license to use the Forgotten Realms and Planescape trademarks and associated properties for use in computer and video game products. [5] Within Interplay, a division named Black Isle Studios used this license arrangement to develop a series of successful games based upon the two D&D settings.
Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms: Metouro Lyon Sprague de Camp: Novarian series A Novarian city-state Michel Delving: J. R. R. Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings: Middlemarch, England George Eliot: Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life: Middlemarch is a town in Midland England. Middleton, South Wessex Thomas Hardy: Thomas Hardy's Wessex
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. FOR-Forgotten Realms Accessories are designed for the Realms universe. FRS—Forgotten Realms Sourcebook are 2nd Ed. AD&D sourcebooks for use with Forgotten Realms.
It was featured in the popular Menzoberranzan PC game from SSI/DreamForge, part of their Forgotten Realms product line, in 1994, and very prominently in the six-volume War of the Spider Queen novels, but it’s been far too long since my favorite underdark city-state appeared in a new edition. The wait is finally over.
Player's Guide to Faerûn is a collection of lore and arcana from the Forgotten Realms setting, to allow players to create and equip characters. The book includes races, feats, spells, prestige classes, and magic items for the 3.5 edition update to the setting, and includes material from 1st and 2nd edition.
Jim Bambra reviewed Waterdeep and the North for Dragon magazine #140 (December 1988). [2] Bambra wrote that the "physical quality of this product is high, and color is used to good effect to show contour levels and sea depths", and that the book's descriptions of Waterdeep give an idea of what life is like within its boundaries "in an evocative manner which brings Waterdeep to life and makes ...