When possible, the cults transforms powerful, willing evil dragons into dracoliches. This book lays bare the secrets of sammaster and the secret society he created over 400 years ago. I have read more than 30 novels on the forgotten realms universe, i browse the forgotten realms wiki and i feel fucking lost. Direct link tsr 2104 mc3 forgotten realms appendix i. Draconomicon focused on living dragons, while cult of the dragon is about fanatics who worship undead dragons. Gods and goddesses of the forgotten realms the following chart lists the more wellknown deities of the forgotten realms, at the time at which the baldurs gate games take place. The magister of mystra is one of the most mysterious beings in all of t. Its fantastic and written by ed greenwood, the guy who created the forgotten realms so many years ago.
D rag o n m asks the new leader of the cult is a calishite named severin silrajin, who believes that real draconic knowledge and power belongs to living dragons, not undead ones. Forgotten realms compendium 3rd edition page 6 chapter 1 locations and lore dieties and the time of troubles many references have been made in various modules and refererence materials reguarding various gods in the forgotten realms. The cult of the dragon is one of the longerrunning and more interesting villain organizations in the forgotten realms, and i was. Herein is written the story of the cult of the dragon, beginning with its foundation. If you are interested in learning more about this program, or would like to check out their library of symbols and maps, click on the button above. A week in the forgotten realms is a tenday 10 days, not 7, so that each month has an even 3 weeks. However other organizations originating from novels were less well known. The cult of the dragon is a semireligious evil organization. The official timeline for the forgotten realms and its.
Cult of the dragon 1998, by dale donovan, is a prestige sourcebook for the forgotten realms. Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page. Cult of the dragon sourcebook forgotten realms wiki. I have included the new dragons frommonsters of faerun and 3ee versions of the dragons from the draconomicon. Sammaster, a mage of considerable prowess, founded the cult. This book focuses on the cult surrounding evil dragons and the history of that cult. Cult of the dragon 2e wizards of the coast forgotten. At the moment, only the human or universal pantheon is listed, but future updates to this site will include the elven, dark elven, dwarven, gnomish, halfling, and. Dungeon masters guild forgotten realms adventures 5th. I did my best to translate the e dragons correlating them to similar statistics. The setting is the moonsea in forgotten realms fr and the story focuses on the evil plot of the cult of the dragon and the insanity that is afflicting the dragon species.
They made their novel debut in ed greenwoods spellfire 1987 and received a full sourcebook a decade later. Cult campaigns and adventures, epilogue, appendix 1. My intention was to introduce the party to the cult of the dragon as i am intending on running a modified version of hoard of the dragon queen and then rise of tiamat. Defiance in phlan the cult of the dragon has come to phlan, a lawless. This adventure is the third and final part of the treacherous waters trilogy, which includes drag202 this gathering storm h1 and drag203 of wild and darkened waters h2. The cult of the dragon, the drow of menzoberranzan, the red wizards of thay, and the zhentarim were all very wellknown groups that had each already featured in their own sourcebook. Available under the forgotten realms category above.
Read about the many magical variant and hybrid creatures that the cult uses to exercise its will across the face of faerun. Forgotten tales is a supplement that expands the replayability of waterdeep. Tiamat, chromatic dragon and the creator of all dragon kind mother tiamat. Today we look into the cult of the dragon and its plans to give the world over to evil dragons. The cult of tiamat on complete divine for wizards of the coast. Tsr 9488 forgotten realms the return of randal morn. The forgotten realms timeline5642 elves found the city of evereska. Realms of the dragons edited by philip athans this anthology was released in october 2004 and was published by wizards of the coast, inc. This article is about the semireligious organization. This pdf file contains the sixth pregenerated character sheet you need to run. Dungeon masters guild forgotten realms tyranny of dragons. The primarily human membership seeks to elevate evil dragonkind to rule all of toril as its dominion. Cult of the dragon 2e no longer can the members of one of the most infamous clandestine organizations in all the realms lurk in their conforta. To accomplish its goal, the cult needs five ancient dragon masks and the support of.
We are taking queries for pdf releases, short playerfocused materials. Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as the realms, it was created by game designer ed greenwood around 1967 as a setting for his childhood stories. Severins ambition amused tiamat, so she revealed the existence of five dragon masks to himone. The cult worships dragons, believing they will rule the world in the future and will keep them as monarchs next in line. The cults main activities include serving as an intelli. Salvatores series forgotten realms, including several subseries the baenre family is the family which has reigned in the. The cult of the dragon, also known as keepers of the secret hoard or, more recently, wearers of purple, was a semireligious evil organization venerating undead dragons, or dracoliches, founded by sammaster, a powerful wizard. Cult of the dragon, and they have the chance to destroy. Most dieties have been mentioned in them during the years of the time of troubles. Fr is more about random and interesting adventures while dragonlance is more about one big epic legend. Hoard of the dragon queen maps and images on march 5, 2018, posted by d20 game master, in resources, with no comments it was difficult to find good, high resolution images of the maps, images and graphics from the hoard of the dragon queen adventure module so here are the ones ive found. Forgotten realms campaign setting series librarything.
Lfr premiered at gen con 2008 and had its finale at winter fantasy 2014. Long the odd man out of all the mad power groups of the realms, this wonderful game supplement by dale donovan lays bare the lore surrounding not only the cult of the dragon as it is today, but as it was. During its run, lfr released hundreds of adventures supporting the entirety of 4th edition play from 1st to 30th level. Sammaster possessed great power, in a manner similar to elminster and khelben blackstaff arunsun. With the advent of the cult of the dragon many chromatic dragons were tempted to become dracoliches. The cult schemes to create undead dragons, mainly the dracolich. Elven tower presents stock maps of the forgotten realms sold at the dms. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn. That was then expanded to two pages in forgotten realms adventures 1990. View user profile defiance in phlan is an introductory adventure originally created for adventurers league events. Each video we will dive into an area, character, event or object and discuss. Auril is most powerful in those regions that are affected by deep winters or crouch at the edges of the great glacier.
An additional 5 days fall in between months, bringing the yearly total to 365 days per year. And finally, decide the best way to incorporate the cult into a forgotten realms campaign by. It was originally released by tsr in october 1990, then rereleased by wizards of the coast in 1999 with a new dragon on the cover. The term true dragon referred to dragons that became more powerful as they aged. Faerun history is a channel dedicated to covering the lore of forgotten realms. I think they are trying to focus on the sword coast, where most of the more popular content take place, on the 5th. Defiance in phlan the cult of the dragon has come to phlan, a lawless refuge on the moonsea. Dragon heist by providing new content for the adventure. Each year of dale reckoning follows the calendar of harptos, created by the wizard harptos. Lords of darkness 3e wizards of the coast dungeons. Mar 05, 2018 hoard of the dragon queen maps and images on march 5, 2018, posted by d20 game master, in resources, with no comments it was difficult to find good, high resolution images of the maps, images and graphics from the hoard of the dragon queen adventure module so here are the ones ive found. Umm, im just reading off of the forgotten realms wiki. A dangerous swathe of land in the north of faerun where soldiers and swindlers alike seek adventure. This new cult is less about creating dracoliches and more about seizing.
Cult of the dragon was actually the second draconic book in the for series. Fortunately, the forgotten realms has just such a group of heroes. The dragon can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Now, with no significant authority to stop the cult, other power groups in the realms the harpers, order of the gauntlet, emerald enclave, lords alliance, and even the zhentarimmust untite to stop the cult from fulfilling its dark purpose in the city. All maps on this web site were drawn using campaign cartographer 2. The secret society known as the cult of the dragon has existed in the realms for over 400 years. Magic is prevalent in the world and so are magic items. Herein is written the story of the cult of the dragon, beginning with its foundation based on an obscure line in a tome of ancient prophecy. A living forgotten realms adventure set in the dragon coast for characters levels 710.
Cult of the dragon is a forgotten realms 2nd edition supplement about its namesake, the cult of the dragon. Forgotten realms campaign setting, 2nd edition by jeff grubb. If you want draconic traps and treasure, new monsters, and new dragon spells, youve come to the right book. Thus, its no surprise that all of the seven sisters were first mentioned in dragon mostly before the forgotten realms campaign setting 1987 was ever published. Finally, villains lorebook also features organizations. Villains lorebook 2e wizards of the coast forgotten. Written by dale donovan, it was published by tsr, inc. If you are for example, the realm known as the underdark had familiar with the setting, these will summarize the its beginnings in earlier forgotten realms products. This anthology is based in the forgotten realms setting of dungeons and dragons. Cult of the dragon by dale donovanand naught will be left save shuttered thrones with no rulers.
In this article, i am going to do my best to run down what is known about tiamat, the fiveheaded dragon. This anthology ties into richard lee byers the year of rogue dragons trilogy. Forgotten realms is better is some ways, and dragonlance is better in others. It was first mapped, alongside with information on the city and the night mask power group, in forgotten realms campaign set 1987.
Cult of the dragon 2e wizards of the coast forgotten realms. Something i dislike about fr is how they make their characters super epic. And finally, decide the best way to incorporate the cult into a forgotten realms campaign by browsing the numerous adventure hooks for just the right scenario to tempt and terrify players of any gaming style. The cult believes that the time of her return is at hand. The cult of the dragon, also known as keepers of the secret hoard or, as of around 70 dr, wearers of purple, was a semireligious evil organization venerating undead dragons, or dracoliches, founded by sammaster, a powerful wizard.
Epub lost lands forgotten realms sunken continents. In the forgotten realms, a goodaligned red dragon is involved against his will in the fall of the elven city of myth drannor. Cult of the dragon 2e no longer can the members of one of the most. The cult of the dragon originated in ed greenwoods own forgotten realms campaign. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creatures turn. A dragon s personality varies by individual, but dragons of the same subrace tend to have similar mindsets. From these six lands, the great empire of cormanthyr was faeru. It seeks to free tiamat from the nine hells and bring her into the forgotten realms. And at the end, the queen of dragons will rule all.