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A Brief Overview of Monstrous Deities in the Forgotten Realms (part 2)

Blog PostMorgan Carpenter
The Forgotten Realms have a lot of gods. Not only do each of the major races/species have their own pantheons, but even the monster species often h...
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A Brief Overview of Monstrous Deities in the Forgotten Realms (part 1)

Blog PostMorgan Carpenter
Dungeons and Dragons is full to the brim of fantastical species and creatures, each with their own behavior, traits, and sometimes even culture. Ev...
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Creature Feature: Hags

Blog PostMorgan Carpenter
Dungeons and Dragons has no dearth of powerful and vicious villains, various factions who wish to promote both themselves and evil in the same brea...
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A Brief Overview of the Draconic Pantheon in the Forgotten Realms (part 3)

Blog PostMorgan Carpenter
Over our past couple of articles, we’ve spent time talking about the Draconic Pantheon – those gods of the Forgotten Realms who are worshipped by d...
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A Brief Overview of the Draconic Pantheon in the Forgotten Realms (part 2)

Blog PostMorgan Carpenter
An oddly enigmatic and forgotten pantheon, the Draconic gods are hugely powerful, but rarely worshiped in the Forgotten Realms. While they were onc...
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A Brief Overview of the Draconic Pantheon in the Forgotten Realms (part 1)

Blog PostMorgan Carpenter
As a world filled with divine magic, it isn’t a surprise that Dungeons and Dragons has gods for every occasion – especially for one of its nominati...
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Winter Holidays in the Forgotten Realms

Blog PostMorgan Carpenter
When looking to write a oneshot or a module for the holiday season, it’s only natural that you might pose this question first: Does the Forgotten R...
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A Brief Overview of Each of Icewind Dale’s Ten-Towns

Blog PostMorgan Carpenter
If you’re looking to run a holiday session (or a holiday campaign) in the Forgotten Realms, there are few locales so perfectly suited as Icewind Da...
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Darling Desserts in the the Forgotten Realms

Blog PostMorgan Carpenter
Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been taking a look at some of the foods, dishes, and drinks to be found in the Forgotten Realms. (You can read...
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Delicious Drinks in the Forgotten Realms

5e dndMorgan Carpenter
Last week, we discussed the amazing foods that one might find in the Forgotten Realms: Fantastic Foods in the Forgotten Realms. And if you’re going...
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Fantastic Foods in the Forgotten Realms

Blog PostMorgan Carpenter
The stereotypical Dungeons and Dragons campaign starts like this, “Our heroes meet in a tavern”. But what kind of tavern? Is it a dwarven one, an e...
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A Brief Overview of the Orcish Pantheon in the Forgotten Realms

Blog PostMorgan Carpenter
First created by Tolkein in Lord of the Rings (but inspired by various folkloric and mythological creatures), orcs are the traditional enemies of t...

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