

The focus of the Forgotten Realms setting is the continent of Faerûn, part of the fictional world of Abeir-Toril, an Earth-like planet with many real-world influences.

2.2 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition.On the original Forgotten Realms logo, which was used until 2000, little runic letters read "Herein lie the lost lands", an allusion to the connection between the two worlds. As time passed, the inhabitants of planet Earth, have mostly forgotten about the existence of that other world-hence the term "Forgotten Realms". The premise is that, long ago, the Earth and the world of the Forgotten Realms were more closely connected. The setting is described as a world of strange lands, dangerous creatures, and mighty deities, where magic and seemingly supernatural phenomena are quite real. Salvatore and numerous computer role-playing games, including Pool of Radiance (1988), Baldur's Gate (1998), and Neverwinter Nights (2002).Īccording to the setting's creators, the "Forgotten Realms" is the name of a fantasy world that exists somewhere beyond the real world. The Forgotten Realms is one of the most popular D&D settings, largely due to the success of novels by authors such as R. Role-playing game products have been produced for the setting ever since, as well as various licensed products including novels, computer role-playing game adaptations (among them the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game to use graphics), and comic books.
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Greenwood brought the setting to the D&D game initially as a series of magazine articles several years later, and the first Realms game products were released in 1987. The Forgotten Realms (commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as simply "The Realms") is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons ( D&D) fantasy role-playing game, created by game designer Ed Greenwood, around 1967 as a setting for his childhood stories.
