LANDS OF INTRIGUE (Campaign Expansion: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms) [Paperback]

Steven E. Schend (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (September 23, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786906979
• ISBN-13: 978-0786906970
• Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 9.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #965,804 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth it for the map of Shoonach alone!, April 12, 2000

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Mr. R. E. Langford "Brakkart" (Taunton, Somerset, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LANDS OF INTRIGUE (Campaign Expansion: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms) (Paperback)

this is a great box set, which brings a lot of badly needed detail to the southern Sword Coast region, while still leaving plenty of room for DM's to play around in (a whole country of minimum details to be developed by DM's, THANK YOU! ).

My favourite part of this set has to be the brillaiant poster map of the runed city of Shoonach (the Undermountain of the south), which is HUGE (several miles across, and thats just above ground, with whole farms, and several towns/cities within its ruined walls). You could easily base a whole campaign in this setting, and I would love to see it developed further in a sourcebook (Ruins of Shoonach anyone?).

It is nice to see thet Tethyr has been sorted out, and the setting deals with the aftermath of the novel War in Tethyr, and just as it is getting itself together, its northern neighbor amn is in real trouble, cities deserting to Tethyr, and a massive invasion that decimates half the country, and leaves the other halfs fate uncertain.

Well worth the cost of admission for any DM.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great product, made better with a little bit of DM magic, July 30, 1999

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Gregg Galante - See all my reviews

This review is from: LANDS OF INTRIGUE (Campaign Expansion: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms) (Paperback)

It's true: Tethyr is pretty much a "good-guy" kind of place. Just read the book on Tethyr, and you'll see what some of us reviewers mean.

But add a little DM magic, some fire in the politicians, a few young upstarts who slowly grow powerful and hunger for more power, and voila -- instant corruption, civil war, and powermongers.

The book on Amn contains great source material and can lead to many adventures. Amn just seems a bit "average."

The book on Erlkazar is skimpy, but leaves the DM an entire REGION to play with, create, shape, and call his or her own. There can't be anything wrong with that.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great expansion, December 31, 1999

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"estrolof" - See all my reviews

This review is from: LANDS OF INTRIGUE (Campaign Expansion: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms) (Paperback)

Lands of Intrigue is packed with info, and lore. The source on Amn and the struggles therein was wonderful, as was the whole country left for DM development (Erlkazar). Tethyr, a land which was (up until this product I believe)at civil war has recovered and now tries to rebuild. It would seem this limits it to another Cormyr, but the people are of a different mindset, and the lands are ripe for raids by other nations and powergroups trying to stiffle the fledgling government. Well done, and worth every penny.