Much as i like forgotten realms, sometimes it feels like watching an overbloated child being fed even more food when his three brothers, bonethin and starving, watch hungrily. Mad monkey vs the dragon claw was released for the karatur setting as a forgotten realms product. In 1989 a printing of trail maps for karatur appeared. According to jim bambra, while primarily drawing on japan for inspiration, karatur also contains elements of medieval china and. I started reimagining karatur for 5e within certain stipulations and well, the typing went on and on so posting here for your enjoyment and feedback. I saw that the border kingdoms book was released recently. In 1989 a printing of trail maps for kara tur appeared. Some, like the legendary forgotten realms, are rich with storied history. All geographical and political features of note are included on a 36 by 57 sheet suitable for use in gaming as as a wall poster.
Forgotten realms karatur volume ii a complete guide to the jungle lands, the island kingdoms, koryo, kozakura, and wa. Kara tur, the eastern lands of the forgotten realms. The border kingdoms, 2020 setting book by ed greenwood. The trek from the western part of the realms can take months or years. The surrounding settings could all have used a great deal more fleshing out karatur the most of them, in my opinon. That and i dont think they would allow for a clericpaladin sort to be from karatur. Karatur inhabitants locations organizations settlements roads mountains forests bodies of water items food and drink events maps images pantheon sourcebooks. The 1987 forgotten realms campaign set left the eastern half of its continent reserved for the future publication of karatur. Karatur fantasy map, imaginary maps, forgotten realms. The eastern realms for sale on trade me, new dragons forgotten realms box set. The 1985 oriental adventures book by dave zeb cook had detailed an asialike land called karatur. The kara tur trail map complies information from all past kara tur products into one comprehensive and authoritative map of the eastern realms. The eastern realms campaign setting is a boxed set in the oriental adventures style. In 1987, karatur was placed on the same fictional world as the forgotten realms campaign setting.
It is part of the oriental adventures campaign setting and set in karatur. Salvatore and numerous computer roleplaying games such as pool of. There is no official cannon source material in regards to karatur in forgotten realms. However, in 1988 it merged with forgotten realms and in the boxed set karatur was introduced as the eastern realms. Mc6 monstrous compendium karatur appendix 2e wizards of.
Spells of karatur forgotten realms here is a list of spells converted from oriental adventures to 5th edition. Any sources if i wanted to learn more about the central part of faerun. The realms was a land filled with demihumans, dragons, and monsters. All geographical and political features of note are included on a 36 by 57 sheet suitable for use in gaming or as a wall poster. This was one of my favorite settings, but if every spelljammer culture or character originated on the planet toril, then it would loose its. In that year tsr released a boxed set with two books detailing the campaign setting and maps. The closest is the oriental adventures sourcebook that says you can use the book to base karatur on, but doesnt say that it is. From my point of view, this worked out well, but it did have draw backs. She says she duped some rubes into creating a prison riot and then escaped. The eastern realms players and dms need to establish an exciting oriental adventures campaign. The forgotten realms campaign setting is a roleplaying game sourcebook, first published in 1987. Karatur was an original setting at first, just like dragonlance and greyhawk. Karatur volume i booklet plus front and rear covers, total 98 pp.
A hires digital map of the north sword coast region of the forgotten realms. The karatur trail map complies information from all past karatur products into one comprehensive and authoritative map of the eastern realms. Trade, characters and artifacts occasionally arrive from karatur via the. The shaman spell list can be used to add to cleric andor druid spell lists, while the wu jen spells can be used by wizards and sorcerers. In 1990 the maps were again included in the forgotten realms atlas. It was later placed on the planet toril, the planet of the forgotten realms campaign setting, and lies east of faerun. This is the official campaign setting for the oriental adventures rulebook. Mc6 monstrous compendium karatur appendix 2e wizards. At the far south east of it lies the mysterious continent of osse. Apr 14, 2019 in 1989 a printing of trail maps for kara tur appeared. Does anyone know of any prisons besides wheloon that are in faerun or possibly kara tur that she could have escaped from. Each issue contained twentysix pages, illustrated primarily by rags morales and dave simons. The forgotten realms atlas is a softcover manual detailing maps, locations, cutaway diagrams, backgrounds and more.
The eastern realms 1988, which linked ed greenwoods forgotten realms to zeb cooks empires of kara tur. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. The fall of myth drannor 8442 the forgotten realms atlas 9410 cormyr 9465 book of lairs 9474 the moonsea 9520 the vilhon reach 9545 prayers from the faithful 9575 the city of ravens bluff 9589 calimport 148 skullport 193 sea of fallen stars. The karatur trail map compiles information from all past products into one comprehensive and authoritative map of the eastern realms. Karatur, the official setting for oriental adventures, was published as part of the sprawling forgotten realms campaign. We have zoom, distance calculator, display of arearegions, marks selection, and more. Kara tur, world of eastern mystery, is on the far side of the planet from the forgotten realms campaign setting, but the two cultures interact only if you want them to. Nov 05, 2019 other writers and editors soon expanded the setting. Forgotten realms is an official dungeons and dragons campaign setting created by ed greenwood circa 1967 for his little stories, but was not part of the official tsr gameswizards of the coast lineup until 1987 and has since been supported by tsrwotc through all five editions of the game. However, the biggest such expansion of the realms probably came in 1988 when zeb cook coordinated the production of karatur. It is suitable for use with the karatur boxed set, but the boxed set is not necessary for would fail and be forgotten. Other writers and editors soon expanded the setting.
Mc6 monstrous compendium karatur appendix 2e not just more monsters mysterious, sinister creatures of the orient. However, the biggest such expansion of the realms probably came in 1988 when zeb cook coordinated the production of kara tur. Kara tur is much larger geographically that the typical sword coast region. Mad monkey vs the dragon claw was released for the kara tur setting as a forgotten realms product. Karatur is described in the province book from the 1986 swords of the daimyo module. The eastern realms was released in 1988, giving details of the lands of karatur which had previously appeared in the 1986 book oriental adventures, and were now officially placed in the forgotten realms world. Mar 22, 2018 kara tur was an original setting at first, just like dragonlance and greyhawk.
A map of the forgotten realms atlas of ice and fire. Asia, was later the focus of its own source book karatur. Even the last few modules released using the rules introduced in oriental adventures were released under the forgotten realms logo, not the oriental. However, in 1988 it merged with forgotten realms and in the boxed set kara tur was introduced as the eastern realms. Karaturs cultures and peoples are fantasy analogues of medieval china, korea, japan, the ryukyu islands, tibet, and other regions of east asia. It includes some history of karatur as impacted in the ue region of the realms. This is a list of fantasy fiction novels based in the roleplaying game setting of the forgotten realms they are published by wizards of the coast wotc, with some originally published by tsr before it was incorporated into wotc. The eastern realms details a forgotten realms campaign setting for.
From the bitter, windswept steppes of the endless waste to the stormlashed cliffs of the sword coast stretches a wide, wild land of shining kingdoms and primal wilderness. The eastern realms 1988, which linked ed greenwoods forgotten realms to zeb cooks empires of karatur. A supplement designed to play dungeons and dragons campaigns set in the far east rather than medieval european fantasy. D game players and dms need to establish an exciting oriental adventures campaign. A good example is that a cleric is looking for a book on dragons. It describes the eastern land of karatur and its geography, population, society, government, history, languages, and opportunities for adventure. Karatur, world of eastern mystery, is on the far side of the planet from the forgotten realms campaign setting, but the two cultures interact only if you want them to. It is the third major boxed set for the forgotten realms. Contains two 96page books volume i and volume ii, covering different geographic regions.
I want some of the people she duped and left behind to show up eventually in my campaign. The eastern realms details a forgotten realms campaign setting for use with oriental adventures, which describes the eastern land of karatur and its geography, population, society, government, history, languages, and opportunities for adventure. Between karatur and faerun stretches the hordelands for hundreds of miles. Inhabitants locations organizations settlements roads mountains forests bodies of water items food and drink events maps images pantheon sourcebooks. Mc6 monstrous compendium kara tur appendix 2e not just more monsters mysterious, sinister creatures of the orient.
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