I am a longtime FR fan (since 1987), and I am pleased that Eric Mona had been toying with the idea of some much more frequent Forgotten Realms articles. While I love the idea of the cities of the Realms articles (and hope that Ed gets a chance to pump out some more of them), I thought I would post my ideas about the types of articles I would like to see.
For starters, Eric Boyd, George Krashos, and Tom Costa are all excellent writers who know the Realms, and can produce articles that are well received by the core fanbase of the setting.
Articles detailing magic items that have ties to the setting are great, and work as dual purpose articles, as they work for non-FR types who don't care about the lore involved.
I know there has been a moratorium on PrCs for sometime, and I have no problem with this, however, Tom Costa was doing a fine job of converting old 2nd edition "specialty priests" over to PrCs, which, in my opinion, is more along the lines of what PrCs should be anyway.
Updating Realms monsters from the past that haven't made it into any 3rd/3.5 products would be great as well, and Tom's "Cormyr" article was a great example of this (and, amazingly enough, the only place we ever got stats for Veserabs, which figured fairly prominently in the ROTAW books).
I would love to see more races specifically related to the Realms, such as alternate planetouched that have to do with races other than just "part human part X." Races such as Tannarukk and Fey'ri have a history in the Realms, and I'd be interested to see more of them. I know there has been a bit of a moratorium on PC races, but races that have a history tied into the setting written by someone well versed in the setting would be a definate positive.
While I would love to see articles written by Ed, Eric, George, or Tom, I also have some requests for articles that might be written and potentially approved by new authors. Please make sure that the "lore" that is provided in such articles really does take into account the setting. Saying a magic item is LE and has a symbol of Bane on it really doesn't do much for me, and to tell the truth, if that is all that is going to show it as "Realmsian" make the magic item "core" and call it a holy symbol of Hextor and I'll convert it myself. While I do, overall, love the quality of the magazine, there have been a few articles (and adventures at Dungeon) that I feel squeaked into publication by saying they are set in the Forgotten Realms with very little Realms material in them.
You took the words right out of my mouth KEJR. Paizo listen up! While I think Mona is doing a great job, the inclusion of any of the ideas put forth by KEJR will ensure that DRAGON surpasses my every desire for gaming material. Long live the Realms! Let me also say that I too would love to see something on planetouched in the Realms.
I really miss "Faiths of Faerun". That was really great to see almost every few issues. I also would like to see stuff like:
---New spells or Epic Spells crafted by ancient Netherese wizards, or Raumathari or even the secrets of the Imaskar Empire
---An article on the psionic nation of Jhaamdath, it's lore, secrets, and some psionic material to use from the now-dead empire along with a healthy write-up and lore on the psionic deity Auppenser (you can kill two birds with one stone with that one, a psionic AND a Realms article in one)
---Faiths of Faerun prestige classes
---Detailed lore on a whole pantheon not fully detailed in the Realms before, such as an article on the Giant Pantheon, then one on Draconic Pantheon, Maztican and Kara-Turan, etc.
If Auppenser and Jamdaath would get articles, I would hope that Ed Bonny would get in on that act. He has shared some pretty neat ideas over at Candlekeep about things that either didn't make it into Lost Empires of Faerun or how the material in Complete Psionic would fit into Jamdaath.
If Auppenser and Jamdaath would get articles, I would hope that Ed Bonny would get in on that act. He has shared some pretty neat ideas over at Candlekeep about things that either didn't make it into Lost Empires of Faerun or how the material in Complete Psionic would fit into Jamdaath.
I've read that material, that'd be really awesome if they let him write it. I haven't checked on what he said for Complete Psionic material fitting in, I'll have to go to Candlekeep and check it out.
For starters, Eric Boyd, George Krashos, and Tom Costa are all excellent writers who know the Realms, and can produce articles that are well received by the core fanbase of the setting.
While I would love to see articles written by Ed, Eric, George, or Tom, I also have some requests for articles that might be written and potentially approved by new authors. Please make sure that the "lore" that is provided in such articles really does take into account the setting....
These are the two best statements I've read about Dragon content... ever! I would not care much what the article was about as long as it were penned by one of these masters of Realmslore. I feel that Mona has a great understanding of what Realms fans want; therefore, we currently get great quality, but not nearly enough quantity. Keep up the good work!
Since I really got hooked on role-playing games with 2nd edition and Forgotten Realms (circa 1989) I too would truly enjoy a few Realms focused articles, whether they be PrC's, unique items, new spells (epic or otherwise), new races (or should I say Faerunian specific races), or ways that existing races, classes, etc. can better "fit" within the Forgotten Realms. The "Faiths of Faerun" was really neat because it gave those of us that needed it a helping hand in figuring out how to make "speciality priests" with the new edition. That first article with the multiclass path options for clerics of Helm and Azuth were totally cool, and I for one would like to see that again. (Maybe with the spotlight on Mielikki, my favorite of Faerun's nature deities.)
I will try not to make this a FR-hate post. I have gotten really tired of FR. I think it is saturated with too much magic, powerful characters, and rehashed fluff. Also, I got really tired of Ed Greenwood's descriptions of things like fences and cutlery.
That said, there is a lot to the realms that have not been touched in a long time. Zakhara, Kara-Tur, Evermeet, Maztica, and the Endless Waste have been pretty much forgotten (especially Kara-Tur and Zakhara because they were seen as seperate campaigns).
Even though I said that I have gotten tired of rehashed fluff, I wouldn't say no to rehashed (updated) crunch. I, too, used to like "Faiths of Faerun" before I quite the realms.
If there were going to be more articles that are realms-specific, I would think that the best ones would be how to incorporate the new rules books into the campaign as the top choice. Other cool articles would give NPC stats, new rules, etc. related to the novels. I still read them (although a lot less frequently now; other than keeping up on Salvatore's books, I am on the Year of Rogue Dragons series, about 2 1/2 years behind).
There's my two cents. I hope that everybody can get something they like, which also means that not everybody will like everything.
Granted, there is not much FR content in Dragon, but IMO what is there is not anything I would use, even if I still used FR. I have not read a single short story in Dragon, ever. Not that I don't want to. I fully plan on going back through the issues and read them. Sometime. They are last on my list of things to read.
I thought the Wizards Three was a joke. They used to be alot better. Plus, being tired of Greenwood's writing style and subjects, it was a double whammy (Sorry Ed! I mean no disrespect, really).
I wouldn't even try to modify any of the cities or realms to my own campaign. It would be easier to create my own than to change everything that needed to change, not to mention that it would still seem like FR to me, but that's a personal problem.
So the only one that I can see as useful to me, whether I pick up FR again or get ideas for my own campaign, is the relics article.
I hope that helps clarify my opinion.
Actually there is a Hordelands Gazeteer coming in Dragon Magazine soon! I can't wait for that one!
As for articles on the other realms of Toril, Zhakara, Maztica, Kara-Tur, I miss them all. Even a SURPRISE article on Anchorome or one of the "Terra Incognita" lands would be great. One on Sossal, which has been barely touched by FR designers, an update on Hartsvale, and other obscure places. I do agree I am tired of seeing info on already plainly detailed areas of Faerun, like Cormyr, The Dalelands and Waterdeep.
In the September edition of the Silven Trumpeter, there will be an article about what's new at Paizo that I did. It will touch on all of this.
Y'know my best friend and I (both of us being total "gamer geeks") have said more than once that we'd really enjoy a certain NEW hardcover FR supplement that had the 'other' realms like Kara-tur, Maztica, and Zakhara updated and revised for v.3.5 D&D. Basically split the book in three parts, and each 'realm' or land beyond Faerun gets it's own part. If a 160 pg book were the format of said supplement, then each land would get roughly 50 pgs of coverage. That'd be fairly awesome.
I don't know if any of the powers that be are reading these message boards (and sometimes I shudder to think that they might) but if enough folks express an interest in a supplement like this (not just magazine content) then I think WotC should "get a wiggle on" and give us "BEYOND FAERUN" The lands of Kara-Tur, Maztica, and Zakhara. (See how I even came up with a suggested title?) :-)
Y'know my best friend and I (both of us being total "gamer geeks") have said more than once that we'd really enjoy a certain NEW hardcover FR supplement that had the 'other' realms like Kara-tur, Maztica, and Zakhara updated and revised for v.3.5 D&D. Basically split the book in three parts, and each 'realm' or land beyond Faerun gets it's own part. If a 160 pg book were the format of said supplement, then each land would get roughly 50 pgs of coverage. That'd be fairly awesome.
I don't know if any of the powers that be are reading these message boards (and sometimes I shudder to think that they might) but if enough folks express an interest in a supplement like this (not just magazine content) then I think WotC should "get a wiggle on" and give us "BEYOND FAERUN" The lands of Kara-Tur, Maztica, and Zakhara. (See how I even came up with a suggested title?) :-)
You've got my vote. There's a helluva lotta "terra incognita" lands out there that need a 3.5 revamp. Maztica, Kara-Tur and Zakhara? Yee-haw!
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I too would love to see some more Realm Articles and i think that the idea of killing two birds with one stone is a good one. I love Jhaamdath, and psionics. I would love to see some more stuff on Auppenser. If Ed Bonny was allowed to to an article it would kill three birds actually, it would provide a faith article, something on Jhaamdath, and some new psionic stuff. Psionics doesn't get nearly enough attention, and i can understand why but it would be nice to have at least an article once and a while. But according to Ed via the Candlekeep website he will be approaching or has as it has been a while since he posted there, them for an article on some stuff, hopefully it involves the realms!
Oh yeah they should do some updates, maybe an article per each region would work! that's a great idea !!!
Y'know my best friend and I (both of us being total "gamer geeks") have said more than once that we'd really enjoy a certain NEW hardcover FR supplement that had the 'other' realms like Kara-tur, Maztica, and Zakhara updated and revised for v.3.5 D&D. Basically split the book in three parts, and each 'realm' or land beyond Faerun gets it's own part. If a 160 pg book were the format of said supplement, then each land would get roughly 50 pgs of coverage. That'd be fairly awesome.
No no no...50 pages each will not do those realms any justice at all. It'd have to be as big as the FRCS book, with the same size font and everything. 160 pages dedicated to each realm is still an injustice. WotC would need to do a FRCS for each one or take the size of the FRCS and split it for the three of them.
Ahhh, bringing back these campaigns would be great. I might even jump back to FR now and then if they did revamp those lands. I remember fondely when they came out. I guess even back then I was getting tired of Faerun. When the 3rd edition Oriental Adventures came out and the campaign it supported was Rokugan (spelling?) and not Kara-Tur, it hurt. Adventures for these realms were great also. The OA one with the monkey god was great and the trilogy for the Hordelands was one of my favorite FR adventures. The chance to play an eagle or jaguar knight from Maztica definitely excited me (I know that Dragon mag had an article for these PrC in their first Campaign Classics, but more needs to be done). So, here's hoping that something interesting happens to bring me back to FR.
I got really tired of Ed Greenwood's descriptions of things like fences and cutlery.
lol fof
speaking of lack crunch was MOtM talk about rehashing stuff those guys just copied from that 2nd edition box set. Oh yeah they made up so modules off the tops of other peoples heads.!
labeled as a sourcebook. Even the book is out of character with the dates.
FR sourcebooks bring em' back like silvermarches and hey put the damn maps in those books. Good maps. UE &SS were good but no map!
speaking of lack crunch was MOtM talk about rehashing stuff those guys just copied from that 2nd edition box set. Oh yeah they made up so modules off the tops of other peoples heads.!
labeled as a sourcebook. Even the book is out of character with the dates.FR sourcebooks bring em' back like silvermarches and hey put the damn maps in those books. Good maps. UE &SS were good but no map!
Oh don't remind me of that piece of trash of an FR book. MotM was so blatantly "We're lazy and such and we're just going to state this is something 'new' we're trying just to see how people respond to it" that my respect for the FR designers dropped considerably low. I feared for the future of FR after seeing MotM. Dragons of Faerun brought my respect for them up some, but the hurt is still there.
Now we're stuck seeing hardcover adventures, with THREE super hardcover adventures books from Apil 07' onwards. The FR designers are really looking to shut down FR in a tiny hole, it seems.
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Well i think we all agree about MofM but back on subject what would you like to see Forgotten Realm wise concerning Dragon Magazine. I would love to see some stuff on Calmiport, or the Reach or well anywhere. They could do Moonsea, as that would kinda ammuse me if they gave us new material from the realms in Dragon instead of oh say the book you payed for lol.
Oh don't remind me of that piece of trash of an FR book. MotM was so blatantly "We're lazy and such and we're just going to state this is something 'new' we're trying just to see how people respond to it" that my respect for the FR designers dropped considerably low.
As one of said authors who was just following what the outline from WotC told us to do (you do understand that freelance designers have little to no involvement in the concepting of a book, and are handed a finished outline when they begin the project?) I would like some clarifications to your points.
How is MOTM a piece of trash? How are the designers lazy, especially if they are following the outline they are given? What do you mean by "we are going to state this is something new"?
And oji says it's labeled as a sourcebook ... IIRC the back clearly states that it's an adventure book. (I say "IIRC" because most of my books are still boxed up in storage and I can't check a copy on-hand, and while someone made a similar comment on the Candlekeep boards I remember quoting from the back of the book where it says it's an adventure book and then in an oh-by-the-way it mentions there is _some_ sourcebook-like material in it, but Candlekeep seems to be down so I can't re-quote myself ... I think this quote on Amazon.com is actually from the back of the book: The Mysteries of the Moonsea accessory contains 37 loosely connected adventures that can be run individually or linked to form the basis of an entire Forgotten Realms® campaign. In addition to the adventures, this book presents maps and descriptions of the major Moonsea cities of Melvaunt, Hillsfar, Mulmaster, and Zhentil Keep, as well as statistics and descriptions for 15 important campaign villains.)
Oh don't remind me of that piece of trash of an FR book. MotM was so blatantly "We're lazy and such and we're just going to state this is something 'new' we're trying just to see how people respond to it" that my respect for the FR designers dropped considerably low.As one of said authors who was just following what the outline from WotC told us to do (you do understand that freelance designers have little to no involvement in the concepting of a book, and are handed a finished outline when they begin the project?) I would like some clarifications to your points.
How is MOTM a piece of trash? How are the designers lazy, especially if they are following the outline they are given? What do you mean by "we are going to state this is something new"?
And oji says it's labeled as a sourcebook ... IIRC the back clearly states that it's an adventure book. (I say "IIRC" because most of my books are still boxed up in storage and I can't check a copy on-hand, and while someone made a similar comment on the Candlekeep boards I remember quoting from the back of the book where it says it's an adventure book and then in an oh-by-the-way it mentions there is _some_ sourcebook-like material in it, but Candlekeep seems to be down so I can't re-quote myself ... I think this quote on Amazon.com is actually from the back of the book: The Mysteries of the Moonsea accessory contains 37 loosely connected adventures that can be run individually or linked to form the basis of an entire Forgotten Realms® campaign. In addition to the adventures, this book presents maps and descriptions of the major Moonsea cities of Melvaunt, Hillsfar, Mulmaster, and Zhentil Keep, as well as statistics and descriptions for 15 important campaign villains.)
The trash of the book is that it was originally presented as a Regional sourcebook and was finally revealed as just an adventure book at the last minute. People were expecting a regional sourcebook on the Moonsea and what they got was a book with a bunch of adventures my former 12-year old player could come up with in an hour.
It just brought high hopes to people and then slammed them down like those were garbage. The book didn't even give much of any feeling to the Moonsea region. Reading it through, I expected better. Books like Silver Marches, Serpent Kingdoms, and Underdark were awesome, why the heck would WotC stray from those?
And, the book means it'll be that many more months, if not years, before a REAL Moonsea regional book comes along.
As for the statement on "this is something new we're trying", Richard Baker or Eric Boyd (can't remember which, sure it was Baker) had stated this on the Forgotten Realms message boards. That brought only a little relief, however, to the crowds that stated "FR isn't doing anymore regional books".
In which case I have noticed that we haven't had one in a long time. Twilight Tomb is out this month, and it's only a 32-page adventure. Then we have to wait all the way until April for the next FR book and it's a super-adventure, not a regional book or something more unique, and it even has TWO more books coming that connect to it. Faerun will never be done at this rate, and it'll be long into 6th Edition before a Kara-Tur/Zhakara/Maztica supplement comes along.
Well, that's my rant on my beliefs of the sky falling on FR. I hope sometime in 2007 they'll whoop out like 3 regional books to make up for such losses.
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I hate to disappoint you, but I attended the future of the Forgotten Realms seminar at Gen Con, and there are no dedicated regional supplements for the next year.
I applaud WOTC for trying something new. I have to be honest, MotM was great for tidbits here and there (small isolated adventures), but I preferr a dedicated campaign book (like Shackled City).
To play devils advocate here, why would you expect the Forgotten Realms to ever be complete? How many regions do you really need in a campaign? Do all these regional supplements intimidate any new gamers coming into the FR campaign setting?
My group has been playing in the Unapproachable East and Ancient Empires for *four years*. And we're not even close to being done exploring that area. How much source material do you need to run a game?
Oddly enough, I'm having a hard time seeing how all of this sniping and complaining about sourcebooks and what is or isn't in them has to do with FR Fans discussing what types of articles show up in Dragon relating to the setting.
Thanks for your contributions all . . .
I agree with KEJR. In ALL above posts (but then again, we've argued points before...)
Ahem... back on topic.
Far lands of Zakkhara, Maztica, and Kara-Tur would make my day brighter (although I've been hollering for this for awhile). A guide to some of the "unexplored" or "regionless" areas of Faerun would be nice, so characters might have a chance to be from those areas without fear of losing that all-important regional feat (mayhaps a *gasp* new region?).
Some of my favorite crunch articles included the million prestige classes of cormyrean wizards (can't remember article name or Dragon #), as well as the various priestly prestige classes. I liked these. Along with those Priestly prestige classes, something to expand on the faiths, such as what's being done with greyhawk now. Internal orders of some faiths would be most excellent, so a hierarchy can be built for the Lawful/Neutral churches and anarchy can be shown for the chaotic ones that deserve it. Specific faiths: Helm, Tyr, Torm, Lathander (having a write-up on Pelor doesn't count, wrong god, wrong setting, and Greyhawk/Eberron/Dragonlance, Etc. gods are NOT Forgotten Realms gods, period end.).
A "where is he/she now?" for some of the lesser known, but iconic, FR characters. Jode the rebel bard has always been one of my favorites. Maybe something on the current wyvernspur line.
Thank you for your time.
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Far lands of Zakkhara, Maztica, and Kara-Tur would make my day brighter (although I've been hollering for this for awhile). A guide to some of the "unexplored" or "regionless" areas of Faerun would be nice, so characters might have a chance to be from those areas without fear of losing that all-important regional feat (mayhaps a *gasp* new region?).
I wouldn't mind some issues dedicated to Mesoamerica and Arabian Knights style adventuring. I'm not sure Dragon would want to devote these issues specifically to Maztica or Zakhara, but certain elements from those settings could definitely be updated and used in a more generic context.
I would also vote for Kara-Tur. I don't like Rokugan as the default setting for D&D OA.
Sticking to the thread title. I'd like to see some articles on some of the more obscure characters of the Realms, and their goings-on. For example "What's going on with Atad Yelloweyes?"
As far the sourcebook discussion, I was both extremely pleased and severely dissappointed with "Serpent Kingdoms". The writing and material was very, very well executed, except for that idiotic "reptiles are evil" approach that was taken, and stating pumans as a creator-race. Where was the hinted-at and semi-promised hard-cover update of Saurials?!?! Though I monstrously appreciate Sean's very excellent Dragon Mag artcile on them;;D. Some DMs don't allow Dragon Magazine arcitles for usable source material for making characters.::( It can be so odd and mentally stressiing when one such as myself both hates and loves a book so much. As far as MotM goes, I had no hopes in any way for the book as that region is so nazi-ishly humanocentric. I have no judgement on it.
Now that I look back, I should've changed paragraphs a time or 2. D'oh!
FYI my saurials article was updated and is now the official web enhancement for Serpent Kingdoms, so perhaps your DM will accept it as "official enough" for the purpose of creating PCs. :p
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/we/20040717a
First off I'll start off topic.I kind of liked MofM for what it was.It had some intresting material that I could use to teach my kids how to play DnD.
Second someone mentioned that because of this book we may not see a sourcebook for this region for many years to come.This brings me back to the original topic.Rather than complain about what we got why not put that energy into writting a good crunch artical specific to the Moonsea region.
And finally I wholeheatedly agree we need min. six articals a year for the Forgotten Realms,as well as good old Greyhawk and the newest member of DnD Ebberron.
As far as new sourcebooks I would greatly enjoy a larger Forgotten Realms library and before the complainers start in on me that it cost to much to keep up with all these books,believe me I know having a family of five and our combined income this year will be seven thousand Canadian.Thats why I just buy the books I want to use and use as much relevent material from Dragon and Dungeon magazines. Also don't be so hard on the writers as they are only writting what they are told to and they then have to make it as creative as they possibely can.
Thats all I have to say which ended up being a lot more than I usually do.
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(...) Updating Realms monsters from the past that haven't made it into any 3rd/3.5 products would be great as well, and Tom's "Cormyr" article was a great example of this (and, amazingly enough, the only place we ever got stats for Veserabs, which figured fairly prominently in the ROTAW books).
Hello KnightErrantJR,
coincidentially I found a nice source online you might approve:
Eric L. Boyd and Thomas M. Costa published two FR monster documents in a combined effort, each containing more than 100 converted FR monsters of previous editions and some new ones.
Both pdf documents can be found at Eric L. Boyd's web site.
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Ironically i don't really care about the moonsea that we already know about which is where the book they made if you want to call it that focused on i wanted to have them update some of the more unknown regions of the area and give us some updated information, but be that as it may they could still salvage it a bit if they created a dragon series that focuses on various parts of the realms. Maybe not a overview but more indepth of regions would be cool, but its just and idea.
I'd like to see more articles like Crimmor, the Hordelands and Impultur.
For instance:
- Tashluta and the Shining Sea would fit the Savage Tide nicely
- Icewind Dale. Classic tales about orcs in the snow never goes out of style.
- Mulholrand and its vassal states. It been, what, 15 years since the Old Empires?
- The sea lanes to Zakhara
- The lands south of the Hordelands
- Kara-Tur!
- Thentia. An important city that somehow as left out of Mysteries of the Moonsea.
- Mere of Dead Men revisited.
I would like to see an update of the history of the Forgotten Realms characters from the DC comic books of the late 80's-early 90's. While Kyriani Agrivar is well detailed in the Waterdeep sourcebook, finding information about the other characters of the two series is hard to come by. An article giving a short history of the two adventuring parties (and possibly thier 3e stats) would be wonderful, as my FR campaign's history is built around their adventures.
Of course, if their stats have already been published, please let me know where to find 'em....Thanks!
Well, they were published, but it was back in 2nd edition, so they would likely need a bit of polishing up. I beleive there was also a short story published in Dragon that dealt with the crew of the Realmsmaster as well.
That having been said, yeah, it would be great to see what is currently going on with them. Dwalimor Omen is mentioned breifly in the Shining South sourcebook, which leads me to beleive that he is alive and still artifact hunting, but as to weather all of the crew are still on board?
Most of the "Advanced Dungeons and Dragons" characters were mentioned to have gone to Tethyr to help out in the reclamation wars in the Lands of Intruige accessory, so I would assume they are still there as well, but a bit of an update on exactly what they are doing in Tethyr would be cool.
I have always enjoyed those articles in which Volo has praised the "tourist" attractions of one locale or another, but with an acerbic comment from Elminster detailing some of the dangers that Volo has glossed over (these articles I will photocopy and refer to for local knowledge tidbits); if Wizards of the Coast, Ed Greenwood and Paizo wished to collaborate on a compilation of past articles of this type, I would be willing to purchase such a thing.....there was one such effort in which Volo listed the wise sayings of various people with Elminster contributing his own comments on the wisdom given.
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I have always enjoyed those articles in which Volo has praised the "tourist" attractions of one locale or another, but with an acerbic comment from Elminster detailing some of the dangers that Volo has glossed over (these articles I will photocopy and refer to for local knowledge tidbits); if Wizards of the Coast, Ed Greenwood and Paizo wished to collaborate on a compilation of past articles of this type, I would be willing to purchase such a thing.....there was one such effort in which Volo listed the wise sayings of various people with Elminster contributing his own comments on the wisdom given.
Actually you already find quite some of these - the Volo Guides. They are 2nd edition but are still more detailled than most regional descriptions of now (just tried to find information on the city of Sundabar...).
You can find them online for free on the WotC site:
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads
Greetings,
Günther
Y'know my best friend and I (both of us being total "gamer geeks") have said more than once that we'd really enjoy a certain NEW hardcover FR supplement that had the 'other' realms like Kara-tur, Maztica, and Zakhara updated and revised for v.3.5 D&D. Basically split the book in three parts, and each 'realm' or land beyond Faerun gets it's own part. If a 160 pg book were the format of said supplement, then each land would get roughly 50 pgs of coverage. That'd be fairly awesome.No no no...50 pages each will not do those realms any justice at all. It'd have to be as big as the FRCS book, with the same size font and everything. 160 pages dedicated to each realm is still an injustice. WotC would need to do a FRCS for each one or take the size of the FRCS and split it for the three of them.
Yes, I'd have to agree with Razz whole-heartedly on this one. Your idea Wyrm is great, and even the title is nice, but there's just so much rich material for all 3 regions, that it WOTC could only do it justice by putting out 3 seperate books for each region, and each book be the size of the FRCS book. I have another post in the Kara-Tur article that Razz started stating my feelings of the pro's and con's on this topic.
3 seperate sourcebooks for each region would be a must!!!