I want to start a new campaing for a group of Realms’ fans, and we want to explore some place less traveled. May I ask what is your favorite overlooked, not-enough-visited place in Realms? I honestly don't have a favorite. Truly.
Ask yourself what SORT of setting (city, town, wilderness, subterranean, or marine [surface? under?] and clime, cold to hot) you want for your campaign, settle on your preferred, tell me, and I'll suggest some neglected sites that "fit."— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 15, 2020
Thanks for answering! I am thinking wilderness with interesting places to explore – I am fond of expeditions searching for places long forgotten. And probably hot climates, we haven't travelled southern parts of the Realms enough.
— Dzhuro (@Dzhuro) November 15, 2020
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Okay, here we go…
* The Bandit Wastes/Bandit Kingdoms E of Lapaliiya.
* The Rathgaunt Hills.
* The W flank of The West Wall mountain range, where the Mhair jungles meet the rising foothills of the range, and there are old, overgrown ruins infested by monsters.2)
* Veldorn, Realm of Monsters (and the Curna Mountains, that hold a deepspawn, portal, or some other source of far too many monsters, plus the Toadsquat mountain range to the west, where many monsters dwell and even a few dragons lair).
* Ulgarth and the Utter East.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 15, 2020
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* Raurin, the Dust Desert (that hides many ruins of ancient Imaskar, that legends insist are rich in books and scrolls of long-lost spells, powerful enchanted artifacts, and underground temples to Set and other fell deities). 4)
References: Little official lore, but I’ve talked about all of these places here on Twitter, in various Wizards website articles, and on Candlekeep (which is the site best suited to searching for discussions of them).#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 15, 2020
5)
Take a look at the relevant-clime Amarune’s Almanacs (on DM’s Guild), and at official sourcebooks like the 3e Shining South and Serpent Kingdoms.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 15, 2020
