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An in-depth look at the pantheon of the Forgotten Realms from 3rd Edition. As newer versions of the game have come out and Realmslore has been updated to match you may find a few discrepancies between the content featured in this book and what is known about the gods as of the 1490s DR, but that's not to say the content within is entirely useless. Indeed, it provides a window into how these gods and deities were a mere hundred or so years prior to the current Forgotten Realms timeline that can provide not only a springboard for a campaign revolving around a specific deity or set of deities but also an opportunity to explore how exactly these gods have changed over the decades and why. A good example of this is Auril, the Frostmaiden. I have been running an Icewind Dale campaign based loosely off of the Rime of the Frostmaiden adventure and one of my players is a Warforged that was built by the cult in the old visage of the goddess. That visage was directly inspired by the image of Auril that's within this book, and the information about her followers allowed that player to have knowledge about the immense changes that have happened since she claimed the region as her domain. Without having read the section about her in this book, we wouldn't have been privvy to how drastically different her entire operation is post-Spellplague, and it even opened up some new questions and roleplaying opportunities that we get to answer in the coming months. The broad strokes of many of the gods contained within remain the same as they've been for many decades, but the finer details for nearly all of them differ from their modern interpretations. For 3rd Edition players there are also some additional Prestige Classes and info about temples for encounters complete with grid maps, new magic items and weapons for players to use, and plenty of reading material to keep anyone interested in the holy situation of Faerun occupied for many nights. Recommended for: Dungeon Masters, faith-based player characters (Clerics, Paladins, etc.), lore-focused backstories particularly revolving around religion, faith, and gods.Read full review
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Awesome book deities still fit 5e campaigns. I love Forgotten Realms lore. I had this book when I was a kid
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