Does anyone have a full chronology of the 5E adventures? I assume they all take place in the forgotten realms. I want to see how to stitch the adventures together if it is possible.
Yeah. Officially, I don't think they have a timeline released. You can either go off of the order they were released or do whatever order you like. It won't impact any of the storylines within, unlike some of the Pathfinder campaign modules mentioning events in previously released ones.
Out of the Abyss - 1485/1486 DR is when the Demon incursion starts (from the novel Archmage) - It's been mentioned by Chris Perkins that RoD overlaps with ToD and PotA storylines. However Demons like to plot a lot, so they can have been building up strength for a couple of years.
Curse of Strahd (Ravenloft setting) - This can be slotted in whenever as Ravenloft is it's own Demiplane.
Storm King's Thunder - Takes place after the ToD storyline (as there are references). Personally I'd go with 1492 DR.
Tales from the Yawning Portal (Collection of 7 previous editions adventures, rewritten for 5th edition) - As technically only Dead in Thay takes place in the FR, there isn't any timelines on these - they are just dungeon/adventures, with no over-arching storyline. Dead in Thay takes place directly after Scourge of the Sword coast (which starts in 1485 DR), so would most likely be 1486 DR.
Here is a timeline I keep handy from various official sources:
1357 DR - First Grey Box FR setting 1358 DR - Time of Troubles 1367 DR - Second Edition's FR boxed set 1370 DR - Living City campaign events take place around this time. 1372 DR - Start of 3rd Edition 1376 DR - roughly the end of 3E 1385 DR - Year of Blue Fire, when Spellplague begins. 1479 DR - Year of the Ageless one, main year covered by 4E play. Mystra returns at the end, causing the end of the Spellplague. 1484 DR - The Sundering then takes place. The first novel starts in 1484 DR. 1485 DR - According to Chris Perkins, if using the Archmage novel then Out of the Abyss adventure takes place in 1485 or later. 1489 DR - Adventurers League campaign begins. 1491 DR - Princes of the Apocalypse adventure takes place
Chris Perkins tweet: Question asked: "Is Out of the Abyss set in a specific FR year (e.g. PotA says it is set in 1491 DR)?". His answere: "No, but if the novel Archmage is canonical in your campaign, the adventure would take place in 1485 DR or later."
Since that time, I think they have been deliberate in not stating when hardback adventures take place. I suspect they want to avoid advancing the timeline unnecessarily and then have to deal with NPCs dying and the like.
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Out of the Abyss - 1485/1486 DR is when the Demon incursion starts (from the novel Archmage)
Chronology is a bit messy. For example, Archmage mentions the failure of Tiamat's plan in the preface, meaning OotA should be after HotDQ/RoT. But that does not match the chronology in FR Wiki.
SKT references failure of the PotA plan and specifically mentions that HotDQ/RoT lead to the breaking of the Ordning.
There are also minor inconsistencies among NPCs that died in "Canon" during this period.
My advice is the order above makes sense and then just set it in the years that best for your campaign. With no announced books, and new adventures like ToA being intentionally vague on timelines, it should not matter.
Here is another link. It points out some problems but still has others...
The goal of these adventures is first and foremost to give you something to do with your players. that means that usually they dont give a date and time so you can put that into your own campaigns. normally the release dates are pretty much the order they came out and should follow up as such. so what i suggest is that you dont try and follow the timelines they had in mind and just go for your own and place those adventures in your own timeline. that way you will avoid all the hassles.
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Adding an entry to this thread. I read somewhere else that the ring in SKT has an entry about the Ring of Winter:
The entry stated that in SKT, the ring is given to a kid by his father, Artus Cimber, Points out that in ToA, there is a man named Artus Cimber who holds the ring. This puts ToA events before SKT.
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To note, Out of the Abyss isn't about demons coming to invade our world... it is about...
Lolth sending the demon lords to the material plane so she can take over while they are gone.
basically, the demons didn't have time to prepare for anything, they were just sent to our world out of nowhere, which is why the book is called "Out of the Abyss" because the demon lords were literally sent out of the abyss by a big giant boot to their ass. this is also why they fought between themselves and didn't care for the players in that adventure. all demon lords at the same place, it was bound to bring disaster.
from the forgotten realm timeline... the 5th edition starts in toril at the year 1489. pretty much all adventures from the next playtest were during that year. after that its unclear. but it is guaranteed that all other adventures after that are after 1489. there may be moments in adventures which relates events from the past, but the current years of the adventures is all after 1489.
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Adding an entry to this thread. I read somewhere else that the ring in SKT has an entry about the Ring of Winter:
The entry stated that in SKT, the ring is given to a kid by his father, Artus Cimber, Points out that in ToA, there is a man named Artus Cimber who holds the ring. This puts ToA events before SKT.
Ring of Winter and Artus date back to the 2012 book Ring of Winter by James Lowder. That book explains how Artus got the ring (in Chult) long before the Sundering. The ring stops the wearer from aging, and ToA says Artus has had the ring for at least a century at the time of adventure.
SKT, in the Bryn Shadar section, has a side quest involving Artus' son, Sirac. The frost giants are looking for him to find the Ring of Winter to help them in the ordning. They don't find it and it is widely believed that Perkins put it in to hint that a return to Chult was in the near future.
Perkins (and WotC) have indicated that ToA is after SKT and that is how it was DM'ed in Dice, Camera, Action.
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1357 DR - First Grey Box FR setting
1358 DR - Time of Troubles
1367 DR - Second Edition's FR boxed set
1370 DR - Living City campaign events take place around this time.
1372 DR - Start of 3rd Edition
1376 DR - roughly the end of 3E
1385 DR - Year of Blue Fire, when Spellplague begins.
1479 DR - Year of the Ageless one, main year covered by 4E play. Mystra returns at the end, causing the end of the Spellplague.
1481 DR - Lost Mines of Phandelver
1482 DR - Murder in Baldur's Gate - Bhaal returns signaling the start of the Sundering.
1484 DR
The Sundering then takes place. The first novel starts in 1484 DR.
The Companions - Bruenor, Cattie-Brie, Regis, and Wulfgar are reincarnated.
The Godborn - Mask returns.
Night of the Hunter - Q'Xorlarrin is established in Gauntlgrym
Rise of the King - The War of the Silver Marches happens. Cities fall, people die, alliances shatter.
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide - Natural disasters begin to happen all over Faerun as Abeir and Toril begin to split apart. The Returning Gods pick "Chosen" mortals and gift them with divine powers.
1485 DR
According to Chris Perkins, if using the Archmage novel then Out of the Abyss adventure takes place in 1485 or later.
Vengence of the Iron Dwarf - Bruenor rallies the dwarven kingdoms under his banner and defeats the orcs, ending the War of the Silver Marches.
Legacy of the Crystal Shard - A remnant of Crenshinibon is discovered in Icewind Dale.
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide - The Great Rain falls over the Sea of Fallen Stars, which begins to swell to its original pre-spellplague size.
1486 DR
The Adversary - Harper Agents free captured "chosen" from Netherse prisons where they were being experimented on.
The Reaver - A chosen of Lathander (a returned god) revitalizes the Emerald Enclave and prevents Umberlee from taking advantage of the Great Rain.
Fire in the Blood - Netherese forces push into Cormyr and the Dales as King Foril and his son King Irvil die, leaving the throne to young Raedra Obarskyr, who defends Suzail against invaders.
The Sentinel - Grumbar is persuaded not to leave toril as abeir splits away, the underchasm closes up.
Archmage (Novel) - Quenthel Baenre summons demons in Menzoberranzan as a distraction. Gromph is tricked by Lolth into summoning Demogorgon.
1487 DR
Out of the Abyss - Adventurers defeat demons in the Underdark and drive Demogorgon into Menzoberrazan.
Maestro - Yvonnel II channels the Ilithid hivemind into Drizzt Do'Urden creating a superweapon that defeats Demogorgon as it emerges into Menzoberranzan.
Ashs of the Tyrant - The Dragonborn of Tymanther refuse to go back to Abeir as Gilgeam arrives to reclaim Unther. Enlil sides with the Dragonborn. Asmodeus releases Azuth in exchange for the Divine Essence of Nanna-Sin.
The Herald - Mystra returns. Larloch, Shar, and Mystra battle it out using their chosen as pawns. In the ensuing carnage, Elminster kills Telamont Tanthul, drops Thultanthar onto Myth Drannor, ending the threat of the Netherese.
1488 DR - Timeless - Open Lord of Waterdeep Dagult Neverember does some shady business dealings.
1489 DR
5e begins, Adventurers League campaign begins.
Hoard of the Dragon Queen, Rise of Tiamat, DDAL Season 1 - Cult of the Dragon attempts to summon Tiamat.
1490 DR - Eerily quiet. Nothing happens?
1491 DR
Princes of the Apocalypse, DDAL Season 2
DDAL Season 3
Curse of Strahd, DDAL Season 4
1492 DR
Storm King's Thunder, DDAL Season 5
Tomb of Annihilation, DDAL Season 7
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist DDAL Season 8
(Yawning Portal/DDAL Season 6 is a collection of 7 previous editions adventures, rewritten for 5th edition) - As technically only Dead in Thay takes place in the FR, there isn't any timelines on these - they are just dungeon/adventures, with no over-arching storyline. Dead in Thay takes place directly after Scourge of the Sword coast (which starts in 1485 DR), so would most likely be 1486 DR.)
So is this different from the Wiki timeline? Because on the time line Lord Nevermember does his deals in 1467 I think. I've been researching timelines so I could incorporate more quests and stuff in the starter set for me and my friends but I didn't know how much actually went into this lol. But I dont think it necessarily matters
usually adventures modules comes out int he actual time the edition is in. the only thing that screw that up, is usually books which likes to toy in other times. while there might be certain things said in ToA... the timeline of ToA is still after the events of the previous adventures...
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Does anyone have a full chronology of the 5E adventures? I assume they all take place in the forgotten realms. I want to see how to stitch the adventures together if it is possible.
Mines of Phiandalin (Starter set)
Tyranny of Dragons (2 books, Hoard of the Dragon Queen and The Rise of Tiamat)
Prince of Apocalypse
Out of the Abyss
Curse Of strahd (Ravenloft setting)
Storm King's Thunder
Tales from the Yawning Portal (Collection of 7 previous editions adventures, rewritten for 5th edition)
Actually my friend you may consider switching Curse of Strahd with Out of the Abyss. Out of the Abyss came out before CoS.
Sorry I was unclear. What I meant was in the D&D chronology order (not release order). Thanks :)
roughly is the same. The released adventures are not necessarily tied one another.
Yeah. Officially, I don't think they have a timeline released. You can either go off of the order they were released or do whatever order you like. It won't impact any of the storylines within, unlike some of the Pathfinder campaign modules mentioning events in previously released ones.
Off memory and going from the FR Wiki, and then also notes from different designers and the like:
Lost Mines of Phandalin - 1481 DR (Whilst technically not 5e yet, it takes place a number of years after Mt Hotenow erupted)
Hoard of the Dragon Queen - 1489 DR
Rise of Tiamat - 1489 DR and potentially 1490 DR
Prince of the Apocalypse - 1491 DR
Out of the Abyss - 1485/1486 DR is when the Demon incursion starts (from the novel Archmage) - It's been mentioned by Chris Perkins that RoD overlaps with ToD and PotA storylines. However Demons like to plot a lot, so they can have been building up strength for a couple of years.
Curse of Strahd (Ravenloft setting) - This can be slotted in whenever as Ravenloft is it's own Demiplane.
Storm King's Thunder - Takes place after the ToD storyline (as there are references). Personally I'd go with 1492 DR.
Tales from the Yawning Portal (Collection of 7 previous editions adventures, rewritten for 5th edition) - As technically only Dead in Thay takes place in the FR, there isn't any timelines on these - they are just dungeon/adventures, with no over-arching storyline. Dead in Thay takes place directly after Scourge of the Sword coast (which starts in 1485 DR), so would most likely be 1486 DR.
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Here is a timeline I keep handy from various official sources:
1357 DR - First Grey Box FR setting
1358 DR - Time of Troubles
1367 DR - Second Edition's FR boxed set
1370 DR - Living City campaign events take place around this time.
1372 DR - Start of 3rd Edition
1376 DR - roughly the end of 3E
1385 DR - Year of Blue Fire, when Spellplague begins.
1479 DR - Year of the Ageless one, main year covered by 4E play. Mystra returns at the end, causing the end of the Spellplague.
1484 DR - The Sundering then takes place. The first novel starts in 1484 DR.
1485 DR - According to Chris Perkins, if using the Archmage novel then Out of the Abyss adventure takes place in 1485 or later.
1489 DR - Adventurers League campaign begins.
1491 DR - Princes of the Apocalypse adventure takes place
Chris Perkins tweet: Question asked: "Is Out of the Abyss set in a specific FR year (e.g. PotA says it is set in 1491 DR)?".
His answere: "No, but if the novel Archmage is canonical in your campaign, the adventure would take place in 1485 DR or later."
Since that time, I think they have been deliberate in not stating when hardback adventures take place. I suspect they want to avoid advancing the timeline unnecessarily and then have to deal with NPCs dying and the like.
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The goal of these adventures is first and foremost to give you something to do with your players. that means that usually they dont give a date and time so you can put that into your own campaigns. normally the release dates are pretty much the order they came out and should follow up as such. so what i suggest is that you dont try and follow the timelines they had in mind and just go for your own and place those adventures in your own timeline. that way you will avoid all the hassles.
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Adding an entry to this thread. I read somewhere else that the ring in SKT has an entry about the Ring of Winter:
The entry stated that in SKT, the ring is given to a kid by his father, Artus Cimber, Points out that in ToA, there is a man named Artus Cimber who holds the ring. This puts ToA events before SKT.
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Or maybe artus got the ring when he was young and still has it in ToA. which puts ToA after SKT
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To note, Out of the Abyss isn't about demons coming to invade our world... it is about...
Lolth sending the demon lords to the material plane so she can take over while they are gone.
basically, the demons didn't have time to prepare for anything, they were just sent to our world out of nowhere, which is why the book is called "Out of the Abyss" because the demon lords were literally sent out of the abyss by a big giant boot to their ass. this is also why they fought between themselves and didn't care for the players in that adventure. all demon lords at the same place, it was bound to bring disaster.
from the forgotten realm timeline...
the 5th edition starts in toril at the year 1489. pretty much all adventures from the next playtest were during that year.
after that its unclear. but it is guaranteed that all other adventures after that are after 1489. there may be moments in adventures which relates events from the past, but the current years of the adventures is all after 1489.
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Ring of Winter and Artus date back to the 2012 book Ring of Winter by James Lowder. That book explains how Artus got the ring (in Chult) long before the Sundering. The ring stops the wearer from aging, and ToA says Artus has had the ring for at least a century at the time of adventure.
SKT, in the Bryn Shadar section, has a side quest involving Artus' son, Sirac. The frost giants are looking for him to find the Ring of Winter to help them in the ordning. They don't find it and it is widely believed that Perkins put it in to hint that a return to Chult was in the near future.
Perkins (and WotC) have indicated that ToA is after SKT and that is how it was DM'ed in Dice, Camera, Action.
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Pulled from multiple sources, mostly reddit and fandom threads:
1357 DR - First Grey Box FR setting
So is this different from the Wiki timeline? Because on the time line Lord Nevermember does his deals in 1467 I think. I've been researching timelines so I could incorporate more quests and stuff in the starter set for me and my friends but I didn't know how much actually went into this lol. But I dont think it necessarily matters
usually adventures modules comes out int he actual time the edition is in. the only thing that screw that up, is usually books which likes to toy in other times.
while there might be certain things said in ToA... the timeline of ToA is still after the events of the previous adventures...
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What would come after Waterdeep: Dragon Heist then? Is there a campaign after that?