I'm looking for official or unofficial content I can use or adapt to start a Forgotten Realms campaign in the Dalelands. I need to find ready or low prep material for up to six level 3-10 characters. I'm going to start out with Heroes of the Borderlands and re-home it in Faerun so level 1-3 is covered. Good sources for Dalelands lore would also be useful. Recommendations?
Use the newest Forgotten Realms Campaign materials and, specifically, Adventures in Faerun. It has adventures (in summary form) for scores of games, all of various levels, most linking to particular areas of the Forgotten Realms. It has multiple adventures in the Dalelands that act as a path if you wish to use them all. Take a look!
Im running a Dalelands campaign at the moment, and its been going for almost 3 years now. I would tell you there is a MASSIVE amount of information on the Dalelands from 2nd edition and 3ed edition forgotten realms source books, my favorite book being titled The Dalelands, and was released for the second edition of the game. You can find the pdf on DMsGuild. The only thing you need to keep in mind, is the year your running your campaign in. The current 5e DR is late 1400's, and the books from previous editions go back to the 1300's for the Lore timeline, so you may need to adjust a few things, depending on your needs. There is a TON of great content for DM's in the older books if your looking for inspiration, and most of it can be found in PDF and Print on Demand on the DMsGuild website.
Ed Greenwood is slated to release four Dalelands supplements this year through RealmsBound, with the first due in the March or April. Guide to the Dalelands is set for Q1 and is supposed to be a comprehensive deep-dive on the region with a few low levelled adventures. Inn Sites of the Dales is Q2 with a focus on key NPCs, inns, regional festivals and local flavor. Delves of the Dalelands is the Q3 release which looks to deal with dungeons and the Underdark regions beneath the Twisted Tower and the Dalelands. Adventures in the Dalelands, for Q4, is an adventure anthology aimed to support up to level 12.
Use the newest Forgotten Realms Campaign materials and, specifically, Adventures in Faerun. It has adventures (in summary form) for scores of games, all of various levels, most linking to particular areas of the Forgotten Realms. It has multiple adventures in the Dalelands that act as a path if you wish to use them all. Take a look!
Seconding this. I just started a Forgotten Realms campaign last month and am using the new Forgotten Realms bundle. Heroes of Faerun is a good general resource on the realms with high-level info on the Dalelands. Adventures in Faerun has an entire Chapter dedicated to a deep dive into the current lore of the region. There's a bunch of plug-and-play adventures set in the region. The last chapter of the book is a level 1-3 adventure set in the Dalelands as well. The only thing to note, is the Forgotten Realms bundle is set in 1501, so it's 9 years after the 2014 books and BG3. It looks like WotC may be using 2024 as an opportunity to move the realms forward in time a bit.
The forgotten realms wiki usually has more lore than you’ll know what to do with. And the articles usually do a good job of listing their sources if you want more context for what it says there.
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I'm looking for official or unofficial content I can use or adapt to start a Forgotten Realms campaign in the Dalelands. I need to find ready or low prep material for up to six level 3-10 characters. I'm going to start out with Heroes of the Borderlands and re-home it in Faerun so level 1-3 is covered. Good sources for Dalelands lore would also be useful. Recommendations?
Use the newest Forgotten Realms Campaign materials and, specifically, Adventures in Faerun. It has adventures (in summary form) for scores of games, all of various levels, most linking to particular areas of the Forgotten Realms. It has multiple adventures in the Dalelands that act as a path if you wish to use them all. Take a look!
Im running a Dalelands campaign at the moment, and its been going for almost 3 years now. I would tell you there is a MASSIVE amount of information on the Dalelands from 2nd edition and 3ed edition forgotten realms source books, my favorite book being titled The Dalelands, and was released for the second edition of the game. You can find the pdf on DMsGuild. The only thing you need to keep in mind, is the year your running your campaign in. The current 5e DR is late 1400's, and the books from previous editions go back to the 1300's for the Lore timeline, so you may need to adjust a few things, depending on your needs. There is a TON of great content for DM's in the older books if your looking for inspiration, and most of it can be found in PDF and Print on Demand on the DMsGuild website.
Good Luck!
Ed Greenwood is slated to release four Dalelands supplements this year through RealmsBound, with the first due in the March or April.
Guide to the Dalelands is set for Q1 and is supposed to be a comprehensive deep-dive on the region with a few low levelled adventures.
Inn Sites of the Dales is Q2 with a focus on key NPCs, inns, regional festivals and local flavor.
Delves of the Dalelands is the Q3 release which looks to deal with dungeons and the Underdark regions beneath the Twisted Tower and the Dalelands.
Adventures in the Dalelands, for Q4, is an adventure anthology aimed to support up to level 12.
Seconding this. I just started a Forgotten Realms campaign last month and am using the new Forgotten Realms bundle. Heroes of Faerun is a good general resource on the realms with high-level info on the Dalelands. Adventures in Faerun has an entire Chapter dedicated to a deep dive into the current lore of the region. There's a bunch of plug-and-play adventures set in the region. The last chapter of the book is a level 1-3 adventure set in the Dalelands as well. The only thing to note, is the Forgotten Realms bundle is set in 1501, so it's 9 years after the 2014 books and BG3. It looks like WotC may be using 2024 as an opportunity to move the realms forward in time a bit.
The forgotten realms wiki usually has more lore than you’ll know what to do with.
And the articles usually do a good job of listing their sources if you want more context for what it says there.