Hello everyone

First of all, I am aware, that there already exist some threads about custom NPC portraits but I found them all to be rather confusing, so here is my attempt to make a proper masterthread where everyone can easily find whatever portrait(s) they want to use for their game.

This thread is under constant construction!
That's why I highly encourage you to post your own works and finds here (don't forget to source), so that I can add them to the startpost. So check back once in a while, in case there may be the perfect portrait you have always been looking for

Here are a few highly subjective* "quality ensurance" guidelines:
1. The portraits shouldn't clash too much with the in-game art styles (i.e. too cartoony, cell-shading, b/w, etc.)
--- Exception: Complete packs with portraits for most/all NPC companions
2. No simple "facelifts" (meaning that they are only mildly photoshopped versions of the official ones; it would be nice though if someone else could make a different masterthread for these)
3. No obvious "facesteals" (i.e. popular actors, characters from other media, etc.) and joke portraits
4. They should resemble the original designs to at least some degree (i.e. don't just suggest any random drow portrait for Viconia)
5. They need to fit size wise. If half the face would be cut off or there would be too much negative space for the in-game version, it's out.
*that means that there are almost certainly going to be folks who will disagree with my decisions on wether an image goes into the gallery or not

Depending on how this thread goes, I might sharpen or lighten the guidelines on the go.

- Portrait Packs -

PaintBG by Artastrophe

- Underdark Portraits -

These are all from 2013's fanart contest.
By @Isandir‌; Pack download


By @Syntia13‌


By @artastrophe‌

- Aerie -

Artists: NixxiCal aka @Nixxi | Sky-Byte-Haiku | welume | Anzahar

- Anomen Delryn -

Artist: Artstrophe

- Baeloth Barrtyl -

Artist: @lolien

- Cernd -

Artist: monsteroverdose

- Coran -

Artist: Ilnere


Artists: nattzvart | Zoyah | Smailika

- Dorn Il'Khan -

Artists: Hellstern | Bloodrawen | Gellinjer


Artist: IcedWingsArt

- Edwin Odesseiron -

Artist: Artastrophe
(She has so many great ones, so I decided to reduce the picks for this thread to a more reasonable number ^^')


Artists: Rabain | Mike Sass (from the beta) | Elistraie

- Eldoth Kron -

Artist: Artastrophe

- Faldorn -

Artist: friedlish

- Haer'Dalis -

Artists: Artastrophe | Sabalmirss

- Hexxat -

Artist: IsandirBG

- Imoen -

Artists: CG-Zander | skin-dancer | NixxiCal aka @Nixxi

- Jaheira -

Artists: NixxiCal aka @Nixxi | KiraraDesign | Sky-Byte-Haiku | SQWID


Artists: @randName | Anathlyst

- Keldon Firecam -

Artists: Ilnere | Artastrophe

- Kivan -

Artist: Smailika


Artists: Lei-Feiyang | DancinFox | Artastrophe | Sabalmirss

- Minsc & Boo -

Artists: maxpaynt | NixxiCal aka @Nixxi | Sarah Stone | FyrstGrok

- Nalia -

Artist: Elistraie De'Liss

- Neera -

Artists: @vierrae | n00body1 | NixxiCal aka @Nixxi | skindancer

- Safana -

Artist: friedlish

- Sarevok Anchev -

Artists: CG-Zander | Artastrophe | NixxiCal aka @Nixxi


Artists: uncannyknack

- Viconia DeVir -

Artists: NixxiCal aka @Nixxi | CG-Zander | Sabalmirss | Artastrophe


Artist: Anzahar

- Yoshimo -

Artists: Amalthea | @AfroShero

- Xan -

Artists: DancinFox | Peachplums | Zoyah | vierrae


Artists: Artastrophe | veusovon | Smilika


Artists: EllirhShaan | Naddaya


Artist: Anzahar


Artist: MournfulWizard

I think it's apparent which characters got the most dedicated fans

I used to have all the BG portraits in IWD. Sorcerer's Place has such a pack. However, one portrait is missing: the blond elf girl with the green cap. I can't find it as a downloadable portraits for the life of me.
Could anyone help me out, please?

New Forum game!

Tell a story about The Baldur's Gate Trilogy, Ice Wind Dale, Planescape: Torment or Neverwinter Nights by only using 7 words - no more, no less.

For example:

Jaheira slew the bear then cried silently.

or

The knives brought out, Khalid's stuttering stopped.

seem easy? Ok... go!

I would like to show you early version portrait of Cernd, Anomen, Viconia and Mazzy.
I dug them out from BG2 Demo files.
The most interesting are Anomen and Cernd. Especially Cernd, he looks like an indian shaman. What a interesting concept! And what do you think about that?

I've decided to make a chronological list of all the FR novels, comics and games and list what year they take place in the Forgotten Realms universe, since I am collecting the audiobooks of the novels and playing the games, and I also want to educate you all on the chronology of the Forgotten Realms, which novel, comic or game takes place in what year, who wrote that novel/comic/game and who developed them and whatnot. Some stories extend on for years, decades or centuries before they end. I hope you guys enjoy looking this over, piecing together the time frame of almost every FR novel, comic and game is not easy. There are some that are very difficult to determine.

Part 1 of the Forgotten Realms novel, comic, tabletop game and video game timeline


"Evermeet: Island of Elves" (By Elaine Cunningham) Realm Year: -30000 DR to 1371 DR
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Realms of the Elves (Written by various authors) Realm year of story #1 "Traitors" (By Richerd Lee Byers): -25090 DR to -2509 DR
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Realms of the Elves Realm year of story #2 "The Staff of Valmaxian" (By Philip Athans): -7628 DR to -763 DR
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"Sandstorm" (By Cristopher Rowe) (story chronologically begins in -6500 DR in Calimshan during the First Era of Skyfire)
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"Star of Cursrah" (By Clayton Emery) Realm year: -6048 DR to 1369 DR
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"The Shield of Weeping Ghosts" of The Citadels series (By James P. Davis) (begins in -946 DR)
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"Sword Play", "Dangerous Games" and "Mortal Consequences" of The Netheril Trilogy (Written by Clayton Emery) (Realm Year: (-700 DR for Sword Play and Mortal Consequences) I recommend reading "Sword Play" first, then "Dangerous Games", and then "Mortal Consequences" even though they aren't all in the same time period. Time travel is involved here.
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Realms of the Dragons Story #1 "Soulbound" (By Paul S. Kemp) (Realm year: -646 DR)
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Realms of Shadow story #1 "Trial by Ordeal" (By Lisa Smedman) (Realm year: -470 DR), and story #2 "Assassin's Shadow" (By Jess Lebow) (Realm year: -467 DR)
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Realm of the Dragons story #2 "First Flight" (Written by Edward Bolme) (-461 DR)
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"Neversfall" of The Citadels series (By Ed Gentry) (-452 DR)
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"Cormyr: A Novel" (Written by Ed Greenwood and Jeff Grubb) (Prologue takes place in -400 DR)
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Realms of the Arcane story #11 "The Lady and the Shadow" (-390 DR)
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Realms of War story #1 "Continuum" (Paul S. Kemp) (-365 DR)
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"How the Mighty Are Fallen" (a tabletop adventure game) (By Dave "Slade" Henson) (-339 DR, weeks or months before the main character of the Netheril Trilogy arrives in this time period)

"Dangerous Games" novel of the Netheril Trilogy begins and ends in -339 DR (the fall of the ancient city Netheril happens in this novel at this time)

Realms of the Arcane story #5 "Even When Sky Cities Fall" (By J. Robert King) and Realm of Shadow story #3 "Too Long in the Dark" (By Paul S. Kemp) both in -339 DR
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Chapter 2 of "Cormyr: A Novel" (-205 DR)
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Chapter 4 of "Cormyr: A Novel" (-75 DR)
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Realms of War story #2 "Weasel's Run" (By Lisa Smedman) (-65 DR)
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Chapter 6 of "Cormyr: A Novel" (6 DR)
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Chapter 8 of "Cormyr: A Novel" (16 DR)
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Chapter 10 of "Cormyr: A Novel" (26 DR)
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"Bones of the Beast" webstory for Son of Thunder (107 DR)
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"Elminster: Making of a Mage" (By Ed Greenwood) (212 DR to 241 DR) Elminster's origin story
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Best Of The Realms Book 2 story #1 "Not The Most Successful of Feasts" (224 DR)
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"Elminster in Myth Drannor" (by Ed Greenwood) (241 DR to 261 DR)
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Chapter 12 of "Cormyr: A Novel" (245 DR)
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Realms of Magic story #2 "Guenhwyvar" (253 DR)
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Chapter 16 of "Cormyr: A Novel" (432 DR)
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Realms of The Dragons book story #2 "First Flight" (By Edward Bolme) ((Netheril year: 3398) 461 DR)
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"Blackstaff" (By Steven E. Schend) (Chapter 1 is set in 464 DR, the rest of the chapters are in 1374 DR)
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Chapter 18 of "Cormyr: A Novel" (629 DR)
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Realms of The Dragons book story #1 "Soulbound" (By Paul S. Kemp) (646 DR)
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"Final Gate" (third book of The Last Mythal trilogy) (By Richard Baker) (begins in 666 DR and continues on)
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"Forsaken House" (first book of The Last Mythal trilogy) Realm year: begins in 714 DR, ends in 1374 DR
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"Farthest Reach" (second book of The Last Mythal trilogy) Realm year: begins and ends in the same years as the first book
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"The Lost Library of Cormanthyr" (By Mel Odom) (Realm year: begins in 720 DR)
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"The Temptation of Elminster" (By Ed Greenwood) (Realm year: begins in 759 DR, ends in 767 DR)
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The Best Of The Realms Book 2 story #2 "Dark Talons Forbear Thee" (By Ed Greenwood) (16 Flamerule 780 DR)
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Realms of Valor story #3 "One Last Drink" (By Christie Golden) (892 DR)
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"Timeless" (By R.A. Salvatore)

Chapter 20 of "Cormyr: A Novel" (900 DR)
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Realms of the Arcane story #8 "The Whispering Crown" (By Ed Greenwood) and The Best Of The Realms book 2 story #3 has the same name, same story

Realms of War story #3 "The Last Paladin of Ilmater" (By Susan J. Morris) (27 Eleint 902 DR)
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Best Of The Realms book 3 story #1 "The Knights of Samular" (begins on the month of Flamerule in the year 925 DR)
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"Thornhold" (By Elaine Cunningham) (begins in 927 DR)
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Realms of Infamy story #2 "The More Things Change" (1000 DR)

"Depths of Madness" of The Dungeons series (By Erik Scott de Bie) (possibly 1000 DR)
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Dragon magazine issue #242 "In The Bleak Deepwinter" (By Lynn Abbey) (1016 DR)
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Chapter 22 of Cormyr: A Novel (1018 DR)
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"Bread Storm Rising" from the Realms of the Arcane book (By Tom Dupree) (possibly 1050 DR)
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"Grotto of Dreams" of the Realms of the Arcane book (By Mark Anthony) (possibly 1058 DR)
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"A Narrowed Gaze" from the Realms of the Arcane book (By Monte Cook) (possibly 1062 DR)
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"The Lady and the Shadow" of the Realms of the Arcane book (By Philip Athans) (possibly 1065 DR)
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"Shadows of the Past" of the Realms of the Arcane book (Written by Brian Thomsen) (possibly 1070 DR)
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"Vampire of the Mists" a Ravenloft related novel (By Christie Golden) (1072 DR)
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Realms of War story #4 "Black Arrow" (Bruce R. Cordell) (begins in 11 Tarsakh 1095 DR)
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"Black Arrow" ends in 1097 DR
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Dragon magazine issue #152 "The First Notch" (1100 DR) This is an early story of Bruenor Battlehammer
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"Realms of the Arcane Prologue, Interlude #1 and #2 and Epilogue" (By Wes Nicholson) (1100 DR)
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Chapter 24 of Cormyr: A Novel (1188 DR)
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The Council of Blades (Written by Paul Kidd) (1217 DR)
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Chapter 26 of Cormyr: A Novel (1227 DR)
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"Obsidian Ridge" of The Citadels series (By Jess Lebow) (begins in 1266 DR)
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Realms of Shadow story #4 "Darksword" (By Troy Denning) (20 Flamerule 1269 DR)
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"Icewind Dale" and "Heart of Winter" (a PC game originally developed by Black Isle Studios, the Enhanced Edition versions is developed by Overhaul Games of Beamdog) (1281 DR)
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Chapter 28 of Cormyr: A Novel (1286 DR)
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"The Halls Of Stormweather" a novel in seven separate parts (Editorial and story #2 "Song of Chaos" are set in 1290 DR)
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The Halls of Stormweather story #1 The Burning Chalice" (1293 DR)
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"Homeland" of The Dark Elf Trilogy (By R.A. Salvatore) (begins 1297 DR) Drizzt's origin story
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Realms of the Shadow story #5 "Liar's Game" (By Jessica Beeven) (1300 DR)
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Realms of the Dragon story #3 "Gorlist's Dragon" (Written by Elaine Cunningham) (1301 DR)
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"Wishing You Many More" of the Realms of the Arcane book (Written by David Cook) (possibly 1304 DR no timeline is hinted)
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Realms of The Underdarks story #2 "The Fires of Narbondel" (1308 DR)
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"Icewind Dale 2" (a PC game developed by Black Isle Studios) (1310 DR)
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Chapter 30 of Cormyr: A Novel (1324 DR)
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Escape from Undermountain (By Mark Anthony) (1325 DR)
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"Whisper of Waves" of The Watercourse Trilogy (Written by Philip Athans) (1326 DR)
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"Daughter of the Drow" of the Starlight and Shadows Trilogy (By Elaine Cunningham) (prelude chapter in 1327 DR)
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"Homeland" of The Dark Elf Trilogy ends in 1328 DR
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Advanced D&D comic book series "The Challenge of Timoth Eyesbright" of the "Players" comic book (Timoth's backstory) (possibly 1330 DR, I don't know the lifespan of centaurs)
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"Too Many Princes" of the Realms of War book (By Ed Greenwood) (1333 DR)
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Realms of Infamy story #1 "So High A Price" is set in 1334 DR, and story #4 of The Best of the Realms book 2 is set in the month of Mirtul in the same year
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Realms of Valor story #8 "The Family Business" (1335 DR)
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"Secrets of Blood, Spirits of the Sea" of the Realms of the Arcane book (By Elaine Cunningham) (possibly 1337 DR, it can't possibly be centuries ago, the characters in this story allude to a time a long time ago when the ancestors of the drow used to live on the surface)
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"Exile" of the Dark Elf Trilogy (by R.A. Salvatore) (1338 DR)
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Realms of the Dragons story #4 "The Keeper of Secrets" (By Ed Greenwood) (1339 DR)

The Best of the Realms book 2 story #5 "One Comes, Unheralded, to Zirta" (same year, but set in the 4th day of Elesias)
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"Exile" of The Dark Elf Trilogy ends in 1340 DR

"Ruins of Adventure" (tabletop adventure game) (By Mike Breault, David "Zeb" Cook, Jim Ward and Steve Winter) (1340 DR, weeks or months before "Pool of Radiance") this game is connected to "Pool of Radiance", the scenarios of this game provide clues on how to complete the Pool of Radiance game)

"Pool of Radiance", both the game and novel (The game version was developed by Strategic Simulations Inc., playable on Amiga, Apple II, C64, MS-DOS, Apple Macintosh, Nintendo Entertainment System, and PC-9800) (The novel version is written by James M. Ward and Jane Cooper Hong) (1340 DR) Novel is more canon over the game

"Sojourn" of The Dark Elf Trilogy (1340 DR)

"Bladesinger" (By Keith Francis Strohm) (begins in 1340 DR)
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"Tertius and the Artifact" of the Realms of the Arcane (Written by Jeff Grubb) (possibly 1341 DR, in a time when Volothamp Geddarm still lived and traveled Faerun)
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Advanced D&D comic book series "I, Conner" of the "Players" comic book (Conner's backstory) (possibly 1341 DR)
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Realms of the Elves story #3 "Necessary Sacrifices" begins in 1342 DR
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"Necessary Sacrifices" ends in 1344 DR

"The Rage" (By Richard Lee Byers) (starts in 1344 DR)
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"Darkwalker on Moonshae" of The Moonshae Trilogy (Written by Douglas Niles) (1345 DR) This was the very first published book for the Forgotten Realms!
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"Black Wizards" and "Darkwell" of The Moonshae Trilogy (1346 DR)
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"Under Illefarn" (a tabletop adventure game) (By Steve Perrin) (1347 DR)

"Sojourn" of The Dark Elf Trilogy ends in 1347 DR Drizzt meets and befriends Cattie-Brie, Bruenor and Regis
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The Knights of Myth Drannor Trilogy novels "Swords of Eveningstar", "Swords of Dragonfire", and "The Sword Never Sleeps" (all three novels are written by Ed Greenwood) (1348 DR)

Advanced D&D comic book series "A Slave Is A Slave" chapter of the "Players" comic book (Vajra's backstory) (1348 DR)

Realms of the Underdarks story #4 "Rite of Blood" (1348 DR, Liriel story)
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Realms of Infamy story #12 "The Walls of Midnight" (1350 DR)

"Pools of Darkness" both the game and novel (the game was developed by Strategic Simulations Inc., playable on Amiga, MS-DOS, Apple Macintosh, and NEC PC-9801) (Novel version is written by James M. Ward and Anne K. Brown) (both set in 1350 DR) Novel version is more canon over the game version because the game is set sometime after "Curse Of The Azure Bonds" and "Secret Of The Silver Blades", player characters can be imported to these games from "Pool of Radiance", and canonically "Curse Of Azure Bonds" take place AFTER the Azure Bonds novels, Alias wasn't created in 1350 DR.

"The Stowaway" of the Stone of Tymora Trilogy (By Geno Salvatore and R.A. Salvatore) (begins in 1350 DR)
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"The Crystal Shard" of The Icewind Dale Trilogy (Written by R.A. Salvatore) (begins in 1351 DR) This is R.A. Salvatore's first published Forgotten Realms book back in the late 80's, and it is the book that introduced readers to Drizzt and his companions for the first time

Dragon magazine issue #304 "Haunted, A Tale of Sembia" (1351 DR)
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"Ironhelm" of The Maztica Trilogy (Written by Douglas Niles) (Prologue begins in 1352 DR)

Chapter 32 of Cormyr: A Novel (1352 DR)

Advanced D&D comic series "The Gathering" (Written/co-plotted/artwork by Michael Fleisher and Jan Duursema, letters by Steve Haynie, colors by Glenn Whitmore, edited by Barbara Kesel) (story begins in 1352 DR when paladin Priam Agrivar's hands got withered and his father murdered fighting an evil reptilian sorcerer named Imgig Zu
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Realms of Valor story #6 "A Virtue By Reflection" (1353 DR)

Advanced D&D comic series "Dwarves Night Out" chapter of the "Players" comic book (Onyx's backstory) (1353 DR)

"The Nether Scroll" (Written by Lyn Abbey) (starts in 1353 DR)
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The Best of the Realms book 2 story #6 "A Dance In Storm's Garden" (1354 DR) and "Rising Tide" of The Threat from the Sea Trilogy (Rising Tide written by Mel Odom) (Prologue set in 1354 DR)
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Realms of Valor story #2 "Elminster at the Magefair" (1355 DR)

Dragon magazine issue #255 "Dark Legacy" Prologue of Threat from the Sea Trilogy (1355 DR)
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"Spellfire" of Shandril's Saga (By Ed Greenwood) (starts in 1356 DR)

The story of "The Crystal Shard" ends on 1356 DR

"Streams of Silver" of The Icewind Dale Trilogy (1356 DR)

"The Stowaway" ends in 1356 DR

"The Halfling's Gem" of The Icewind Dale Trilogy (begins in 1356 DR)

"The Shadowmask" of the Stone of Tymora Trilogy (By Geno Salvatore and R.A. Salvatore) (1356 DR)

Flashbacks of "The Howling Delve" (Written by Jaleigh Johnson) (1356 DR)

Realms of Valor story #1 "The Lord of Lowhill" (1356 DR)
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"The Halfling's Gem" ends in 1357 DR

"The Sentinels" of the Stone of Tymoa Trilogy (By Geno Salvatore and R.A. Salvatore) (begins in 1357 DR)

"Crypt of the Shadowking" (Written by Mark Anthony) (1357 DR)

Realms of Valor story #11 "Dark Mirror" (1357 DR)

"A Slow Day in Skullport" (The Best of the Realms, Book 2 Story #7), "Bloodbound" (The Best of the Realms, Book 2 Story #8), "How Wisdom Came to the Maimed Wizard" (The Best of the Realms, Book 2 Story 9) (all stories 1357 DR)

"The Legacy" and "Starless Night" of the Legacy of the Drow series (By R.A. Salvatore) (1357 DR)

"Azure Bonds" of The Finder's Stone Trilogy (written by Jeff Grubb and Kate Novak) (This trilogy of books are the ones that detail the origins of Alias and her saurian paladin partner Dragonbait) (1357 DR)

"Dreams of the Red Wizards" (1st edition sourcebook) (By Steve Perrin) (1357 DR)

"Spellfire" ends in 1357 DR

"Crown of Fire" and "Hand of Fire" (both written by Ed Greenwood) (1357 DR)

"Empires of the Sands" (1st edition sourcebook) (By Scott Haring) (1357 DR)
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"The Wyvern's Spur" and "Song of the Saurials" of The Finder's Stone Trilogy (1358 DR) Yes, the year infamous for the Time of Troubles

"Siege of Darkness" of the Legacy of the Drow series (R.A. Salvatore) (1358 DR)

"The Alabaster Staff" (By Edward Bolme) (starts in 1358 DR)

Advanced D&D comic series "The Gathering" continues and ends in 1358 DR

Advanced D&D comic series "The Basilisk", "Selune's Eye", "Sorcerer's Moon", "The Spirit of Myrrth Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4"

Realms of the Underdark story #3 "A Slow Day In Skullport" (month of Eleasias 1358 DR)

Realms of War story #6 "The Siege of Zerith Hold" (By Jess Lebow) (1358 DR)

Best of the Realms book 3 story #10 "Possessions" (1358 DR)

Advanced D&D comic series "Catspaw Part 1: Night of the Moonpenguin", "Catspaw Part 2: Of Mirt and Mind Flayers", "Catspaw Part 3: All Hades Breaks Loose", "Catspaw Part 4: Down In The Depths" (1358 DR)

"Forgotten Realms" comic book series "The Hand of Vaprak Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4) (Written by Jeff Grubb, pencil art by Rags Morales, ink by Dave Simons, letters by Tim Harkins, colors by Dean D'Angelo, editing by Barbara Kesel and Elliot S. Maggin) (1358 DR)

"Advanced D&D" comic series "Spell Games Part 1: Shackles of the Past", "Spell Games Part 2: Shell Game", "Spell Games Part 3: Cat & Mouse" and "Spell Games Part 4: The Last Betrayal!", "Kyriani's Story: The Ostus Legacy Part 1 and 2" (1358 DR)

"Advanced D&D" comic book series "Phases of the Moon Part 1, 2, 3 and 4" (Written by Dan Mishkin, penciled by Jan Duursema and Tom Mandrake, inked by Rick Magyar, colored by Matt Webb, edited by Elliot S. Maggin and Kim Yale) (1358 DR)

Forgotten Realms comic book series "The Dragonreach Saga Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4, "The Morning After", "Head Cheeese", "Triangles: Jasmine, Part 1, 2, 3," "Liches In Love: Undead Love" (Written by Jeff Grubb, pencil art by R.A. Morales, ink by Dave Simons, letters by Tim Harkins, colors by Dean D'Angelo, editing by Barbara Kesel and Elliot S. Maggin (1358 DR) At the end of "Liches In Love: Undead Love", the comic book tells you that Jasmine's fate won't be determined in the next issue of the Forgotten Realms comic book series, but instead, it will be revealed in the first issue of the "TSR Worlds" comic book series, "Jammers", which is what I have listed down below.

TSR Worlds comic book series ("Jammers" Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) (Written by Barbara Kesel, Jim Lowder, Kate Novak-Grubb and Dan Mishkin, penciled by Michael Collins, Rags Morales, Dave Hoover and Dan Reed, inked by Randy Elliott Paul Abrams, Rags Morales, and Alan Kupperberg, lettered by Steve Haynie, colored by Eric Kachelhofer, edited by Elliot S. Maggin) (Forgotten Realms year 1358 DR) The Spelljammer main characters visit the main characters of the Advanced D&D comic books in Waterdeep on Chapter 3. Chapter 4 is the chapter that ties up the loose end of "Liches In Love: Undead Love". The main characters of this comic book are known as Spelljammers, people who ride spaceships that can travel through portals and wormholes in space to reach planets of different D&D campaign settings like Krynn of Dragonlance

Forgotten Realms comic book series ("Waterdhavian Nights", "Fallen Idols Part 1: Possessions, Part 2: Mad Gods And Paladins, Part 3: Divine Rights", and "On Earth As It Is In Heaven") (Written by Jeff Grubb, pencils by Rags Morales, Tom Raney and Dave Simons, inks by Dave Simons, Bob Downs, Jerry Acerno and Mickey Ritter, colors by Gene D'Angelo, letters by Tim Harkins, edited by Elliot S. Maggin and Kim Yale) (1358 DR)

"Shadows of Doom" of the Shadows of the Avatar Trilogy (By Ed Greenwood) (1358 DR)

"Eye Of The Beholder" (A video game developed by Westwood Associates, playable on PC-9800, Super Nintendo and Sega CD) (begins 5 Marpenoth, 1358 DR) The commission and letter of marque given to the player by the Lords of Waterdeep at the beginning of the game confirms the timeline

"Curse of the Azure Bonds" (A PC game that ties in to The Finder's Stone Trilogy books developed by Strategic Simulations Inc., playable on Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, C64, Macintosh and MS-DOS) (Marpenoth 1358 DR) Alias and Dragonbait appear in this game

"Eye Of The Beholder 2: The Legend of Darkmoon" (playable on DOS, Amiga, FM Towns and PC-9800) (Marpenoth 1358 DR)

"Secret of the Silver Blades" (A PC game that is the sequel to "Curse of the Azure Bonds" and non-canonically the prequel to the "Pools Of Darkness" game version, developed by Strategic Simulations Inc., playable on Amiga, C64, Macintosh and MS-DOS) (1358 DR)

"Eye Of The Beholder 3: Assault on Myth Drannor" (playable on DOS, Amiga, FM Towns and PC-9800) (1358 DR, A few tendays after the player characters of "Curse of the Azure Bonds" and "Secret of the Silver Blades" defeated Tyranthraxus in Myth Drannor)

"Cloak of Shadows" of the Shadows of the Avatar Trilogy (By Ed Greenwood) (1358 DR)

Avatar series novels "Shadowdale", "Tantras", and "Waterdeep" (By Richard Awlinson) (1358 DR)

Forgotten Realms comic book series ("Picking Up The Pieces", "Temptations", "Cannibal Girls (Won't Yah Come Out Tonight?)", "Cat Logic", "Unreal Estate", "Wake of the Realms Master" (Written by Jeff Grubb, pencils by Rags Morales, Tim Raney, Linda Spofford and Chas Truog, inks by Dave Simons, letters by Tim Harkins and Albert De Guzman, colors by Gene D'Angelo and Matt Webb, edits by Kim Yale) (1358 DR)

"All Shadows Fled" of the Shadows of the Avatar Trilogy (By Ed Greenwood) (1358 DR)

Dragon magazine issue #343 "Rivals" (1358 DR)

"Mad Monkey vs the Dragon Claw" (tabletop adventure game) (By Jeff Grubb) (1358 DR in Kara-Tur)
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"Horselords" of The Empires Trilogy (By David Cook) (1359 DR)

"Dragonwall" of The Empires Trilogy (By Troy Denning) (starts in 1359 DR)

"The Night Parade" (Written by Scott Ciencin) (1359 DR)

"Ghostwalkers" (By Erik Scott de Bie) (story begins in 1359 DR)

Webstory for Ghostwalker, "Wayfarer" (1359 DR)

"Mercy's Reward" of the Realms of War book (By Mark Sehestedt) (1359 DR)

Advanced D&D comic series "Players" (1359 DR)

Advanced D&D comic series "Lawyers!" (Written by Dan Mishkin, art by Tom Mandrake, letters by Steve Haynie, colors by Matt Webb, edited by Elliot S. Maggin) (1359 DR)

Dragon magazine issue #277 "Another Name For Dawn": In this story, Erevis Cale, the father of Vasen Cale from The Sundering's "The Godborn" book departs from Westgate to Selgaunt (1359 DR)

Realms of War story #7 "Mercy's Reward" (1359 DR)

Advanced D&D comic series "Scavengers Part 1, 2 and 3", "Death and the Dragon's Eye! Part 1, 2, 3 and 4", "Pillar of Gold!", "Broken Pillar!" (1359 DR)

Advanced D&D comic series "Summer in the City!", "Rites and Wrongs Part 1, 2 and 3" (Summer of 1359 DR for "Summer in the City!", and likely the winter of 1359 DR for "Rites and Wrongs Part 1, 2 and 3")
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"Oriental Adventures: Night of the Seven Swords" (a tabletop adventure game) (By Jon Pickens, David Cook, Harold Johnson, Rick Swan, Ed Carmien and David James Ritchie) (possibly 1360 DR, another adventure set in Kara-Tur)

"Curse of the Shadowmage" (Written by Mark Anthony) (1360 DR)

Realms of Valor story #7 "King's Tear" (1360 DR)

"Dragonwall" ends in 1360 DR

"Crusade" of The Empires Trilogy (Written by James Lowder) (1360 DR)

"The Parched Sea" (Written by Troy Denning) (1360 DR)

Realms of the Dragons 2 story #1 "Faerie Ire" (By Erin Tettensor) (1360 DR)

"Windwalker" of the Starlight and Shadows Trilogy (Written by Elaine Cunningham) (story starts in 1360 DR)

Realms of the Dragons story #5 "The Topaz Dragon" (Written by Jess Lebow) (1360 DR)

Realms of Valor story #10 "The Curse of Tegea" (1360 DR)

Realms of the Dragons 2 story #1 "Faerie Ire" (1360 DR)
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"Elfshadow" (By Elaine Cunningham) (1361 DR)

"Daughter of the Drow" of the Starlight and Shadows Trilogy all chapters after prelude (1361 DR)

The story of "Windwalker" ends in 1361 DR

"The Ring of Winter" (Written by James Lowder) (story begins in 1361 DR)

Realms of Magic story #14 (The Direct Approach) (1361 DR, four days between Liriel book 1 and 2)

"Tangled Webs" of the Starlight and Shadows Trilogy (Elaine Cunningham) (1361 DR)

The Cleric Quintet series books "Canticle", "In Sylvan Shadows" "Night Masks", "Fallen Fortress" and "The Chaos Curse" (All written by R.A. Salvatore) (The first three books begin and end in 1361 DR)

"Ironhelm" of the Maztica Trilogy books ends in 1361 DR

"Viperhand" and "Feathered Dragon" of the Maztica Trilogy (both begin in 1361 DR, Viperhand ends in the same year but Feathered Dragon continues on to the next year)
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"Fallen Fortress" and "The Chaos Curse" both end in 1362 DR

"Feathered Dragon" ends in 1362 DR

"The Sentinels" ends in 1362 DR

"The Sapphire Crescent" of The Scions of Arrabar Trilogy (Written by Thomas M. Reid) (begins in 1362 DR)

"The Ring of Winter" story ends in 1362 DR

Realms of the Dragons 2 story #2 "The Woman Who Drew Dragons" (By Rosemary Jones) (1362 DR)

"Red Magic" (Written by Jean Rabe) (1362 DR)

Realms of Valor story #4 "The Bargain" (1362 DR), Realms of Valor story #5 "Patronage" (1362 DR)

Realms of the Elves story #4 "The Greater Treasure" (1362 DR in Elesias)
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"Passage To Dawn" (By R.A. Salvatore) (1364 DR)

"Elfsong" (By Elaine Cunningham) (1364 DR)

"The Veiled Dragon" (By Troy Denning) (1364 DR)

"Silver Shadows" (By Elaine Cunningham) (1364 DR)

"The Silent Blade" of the Paths of Darkness series (By R.A. Salvatore) (1364 DR)

"Whisper of Waves" story ends in 1364 DR

The Best of the Realms, Book 2 Story #10 "The Eye of the Dragon" (1364 DR)

"The Hunting Game" Realms of the Dragons 2 Story #3 (By Erik Scott de Bie) (Flamerule 1364 DR)

Best of the Realms, Book 3 Story #3 "Elminster's Jest" (1364 DR)

Dragon magazine issue #299 "Memories": Larajin at the age of 17 (1364 DR)
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"Stormlight" (By Ed Greenwood) (1365 DR)

"Prophet of Moonshae", "The Coral Kingdom" and "The Druid Queen" of The Druidhome Trilogy (All by Douglas Niles) (1365 DR)

"The Spine of the World" of the Paths of Darkness series (By R.A. Salvatore) (story starts in 1365 DR)

"Lies of Light" of The Watercourse Trilogy (By Philip Athans) (story starts in 1365 DR)

"The Howling Delve" of The Dungeons series (By Jaleigh Johnson) (story begins in 1365 DR)

"Sentinelspire" of The Citadels series (By Mark Sehestedt) (story begins in 1365 DR)

"The Shadow Stone" (By Richard Baker) (possibly begins in 1365 DR)
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The Best of the Realms, Book 2 Story #11 "Nothing but Trouble" (1366 DR)

"King Pinch" (By David Cook) (1366 DR)

"Soldiers of Ice" (By David Cook) (1366 DR)

"Obsidian Ridge" ends in 1366 DR

"War In Tethyr Part 1" (By Victor Milan) (story begins in 1366 DR)

"Servant of the Shard" of the Paths of Darkness series (By R.A. Salvatore) (1366 DR)

"The Ogre's Pact", "The Giant Among Us" and "The Titan of Twilight" of The Twilight Giants Trilogy books (All written by Troy Denning) (1366 DR)

Best of the Realms, Book 3 Story #7 "The Great Hunt" (1366 DR)
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"The Dalelands" 2nd edition accessory sourcebook (By Richard Baker) (1367 DR)

"The Shadow Stone" (Written by Richard Baker) Aeron Morieth becomes the Stormwalker of the Maerchwood (1367 DR)

"War In Tethyr Part 1" ends in 1367 DR

"War in Tethyr Part 2" (begins from Mirtul of 1367 DR)

Realms of Magic Story #1 & Frame Story "Prologue" and "Epilogue" (1367 DR)

"Murder in Cormyr" of the Mysteries Trilogy (Written by Chet Williamson) (1367 DR)

Realms of the Underdark Story #1 & Frame story: "At the Publishing House" & "Back at the Publishing House" (1367 DR)

"Castle Spulzeer" (a tabletop adventure game) (By Doug Stewart) (1367 DR)

"Murder in Halruaa" of the Mysteries Trilogy (By Richard S. Myers) (1367 DR)

"Once Around the Realms" (By Brian Thomsen) (1367 DR)

"Thieves' Reward" (Realms of Magic Story #13) (1367 DR)

"Thieves' Honor" (Realms of Infamy Story #14) (1367 DR)

"That Curious Sword" (Realms of Shadow Story #6) (By R.A. Salvatore) (1367 DR)

"Empty Joys" (Best of the Realms, Book 1 Story #14) (begins in 1367 DR)

"The Road Home" Realms of the Dragons 2 Story #4 (By Harley Stroh) (21 Marpenoth 1367 DR)

"The Shining South" (a sourcebook tabletop game) (Written by Tom Prusa) (1367 DR)

"Planescape: Torment" (developed by Black Isle Studios, Enhanced Edition developed by Overhaul Games of Beamdog) (possibly 1367 DR) Time operates differently on Sigil, but someone here many months ago deduced the possibility that the game's story happens around this year in Faerun's time frame.
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"The Grinning Ghost of Taverton Hall" (Realms of Mystery Story #14; The Best of the Realms, Book 2 Story #12)(month of Eleasias, 1368 DR)

"The Mage in the Iron Mask" (By Brian Thomsen) (1368 DR)

"Masquerades" (By Jeff Grubb and Kate Novak) (1368 DR) This is the fourth and last FR novel starring Alias and Dragonbait from Azure Bonds

"Thornhold" ends in 1368 DR

"The Simbul's Gift" (By Lynn Abbey) (1368 DR)

"War in Tethyr Part 2" ends in 1368 DR

"Finder's Bane" and "Tymora's Luck" (By Kate Novak and Jeff Grubb) (1368 DR)

"Faces of Deception" (By Troy Denning) (1368 DR)

"The Nether Scroll" story ends in 1368 DR

"Prince of Lies" (By James Lowder) (1368 DR)

"Undermountain: The Lost Level" of the Dungeon Crawl tabletop game trilogy (By Steven E. Schend) (1368 DR)

"The Dream Spheres" (By Elaine Cunningham) (1368 DR)

The story of "The Lost Library of Cormanthyr" ends in 1368 DR

"Spellbound" (a sourcebook tabletop game expansion) (Written by Anthony Pryor, published by and TSR, Inc) (1368 DR)

"Wickless in the Nether" (Realms of the Dragons and The Collected Stories: The Legend Of Drizzt) (1368 DR)

"The Black Pits" (Side game of BG:EE) (Developed by Beamdog) (1368 DR, weeks or months before the game version of Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition) This mini game isn't canonical to the original edition of the Baldur's Gate game

"Baldur's Gate" the game and novel (Game version originally developed by BioWare, the Enhanced Edition version is developed by Overhaul Games of Beamdog) (Novel version written by Philip Athans) (game begins in 1 Mirtul 1368 DR)

"Lies of Light" ends in 1368 DR

"Promise of the Witch King" (By R.A. Salvatore) (1368 DR) Zhai, one of the main characters of the game "Demon Stone" (which I strongly believe takes place sometime in the early 1370's) is briefly mentioned in this book

"Road of the Patriarch" (By R.A. Salvatore) (1368 DR)

"The Shadow Stone" (By Richard Baker) (begins possibly in 1368 DR)

"Speaking with the Dead" (Realms of Mystery Story I) (1368 DR)

"Serpestrillvyth" (Realms of the Dragons Story VII) (By Richard Baker) (Flamerule 1368 DR)

"A Walk in the Snow" (Realms of Mystery Story II) (1368 DR)

"The Rose Window" (Realms of Mystery Story III) (1368 DR)

"The Club Rules" (Realms of Mystery Story IV) (1368 DR)

"Thieves' Justice" (Realms of Mystery Story V) (1368 DR)

"Ekhar Lorrent: Gnome Detective" (Realms of Mystery Story VI) (1368 DR)

"The Devil and Tertius Wands" (Realms of Mystery Story VII) (1368 DR)

"H" (Realms of Mystery Story VIII) (1368 DR)

"Strange Bedfellows" (Realms of Mystery Story IX) (1368 DR)

"Whence the Song of Steel" (Realms of Mystery Story X) (1368 DR)

Baldur's Gate the game ends sometime in the autumn of 1368 DR

"An Unusual Suspect" (Realms of Mystery Story XI) (1368 DR)

"Darkly, Through a Glass of Ale" (Realms of Mystery Story XII) (1368 DR)

"Lynaelle" (Realms of Mystery Story XIII) (1368 DR)

"Redemption" (Realms of War Story VIII) (By Elaine Cunningham) (1368 DR)

"Empty Joys" (Best of the Realms, Book I Story XIV) ends. (1368 DR)

"Stolen Dreams" (Best of the Realms, Book III Story IX) (1368 DR)

Dragon magazine issue #247 "Reunification: Body & Soul" (1368 DR)

"Undermountain: Maddgoth's Castle" of the Dungeon Crawl tabletop game trilogy (By Steven E. Schend) (1368 DR)

"Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear" (Developed by Beamdog) (begins on the winter of 1368 DR)


Here is the link to part 2!
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/60669/the-complete-fr-novel-comic-and-game-timeline-part-2

Here is Part 2 of the list of licensed Forgotten Realms novels, comic books, video games and tabletop games that have a confirmed time frame, and where they fit in the continuity of the Forgotten Realms. Last time I began way back in the beginning, at -30000 DR to 1368 DR. Now, I am going to start from 1369 DR and end somewhere in the 1400's.


Here is a link back to part 1 if you missed it and want to find it

https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/60662/the-complete-fr-novel-comic-and-game-timeline-part-1#latest

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"Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear" ends in early 1369 DR

Chapters 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33 and the epilogue of "Cormyr: A Novel" (1369 DR)

"Fire is Fire", (Best of the Realms, Book III Story X) (Ches 1369 DR)

The story of the novel "Star of Cursrah" ends in 1369 DR, including "The Shadow Stone" and "The Spine of the World"

"Into The Nest Of Vipers" (Dungeon Magazine #75 Adventure) (By Matthew G. Adkins, artwork by Fred Rawles, cartography by Craig Zipse) (1369 DR) This adventure is set in the Vast.

"Sea of Swords" of the Paths of Darkness (By R.A. Salvatore) (begins in 1369 DR) fun fact: In the first Baldur's Gate game, if Gorion's Ward meets Drizzt and no hostilities are made between them (I'm talking about all of you who decide to attack him for his scimitars!), he tells Gorion's Ward that he is on his way to Icewind Dale. In this novel, Drizzt's opening monologue expresses how happy he is to be back in Icewind Dale, neatly tying in his brief appearance in the Baldur's Gate game.

"Rising Tide" of The Threat from the Sea Trilogy (By Mel Odom) (1369 DR)

"Under Fallen Stars" of The Threat from the Sea Trilogy (By Mel Odom) (1369 DR)

"The Sea Devil's Eye" of The Threat from the Sea Trilogy (By Mel Odom) (story begins in 1369 DR)

"Silverfall: Stories of the Seven Sisters" (By Ed Greenwood) (1369 DR)

"The Glass Prison" (By Monte Cook) (1369 DR)

"Pool of Radiance: The Ruins of Myth Drannor" video game and novel (The game was developed by Stormfront Studios, playable on PC Windows) (Novel version written by Carrie Bebris) (1369 DR)

"The Black Pits 2: Gladiators of Thay" (A side game in BG2:EE developed by Beamdog) (1369 DR, many months after The Black Pits) The story will not make any sense if you are using a completely different group from the ones you used in the prequel

"Crucible: The Trial of Cyric the Mad" of The Avatar Series (By Troy Denning) (1369 DR)

"Master of Chains" ends in 1369 DR

"Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn" the game and novel (The game was originally developed by BioWare, the Enhanced Edition version is developed by Overhaul Games of Beamdog) (Novel version written by Philip Athans) (1369 DR) In the game version, Drizzt and his companions appear close to the game's final chapter, which is problematic canonically because in 1369 DR, they are going through the "Sea of Swords" novel's story which is set far north beyond Neverwinter, so they are nowhere near Amn in any month in 1369 DR. The only way Drizzt and his companions come to Amn and meet Gorion's Ward is if the final half of SoA and all of ToB takes place in 1370 DR, after Sea of Swords ends and before The Hunter's Blades Trilogy begins since SoA begins on Mirtul of 1369 DR, and there are tons of side quests to kill time on until the year ends and locations like Athkatla and Trademeet are further apart than the game depicts, so it is possible.

"Scream of Stone" of The Watercourse Trilogy (By Philip Athans) (story begins in 1369 DR)

"Hard Choices" (Realms of the Deep Story I) (1369 DR)

"Fire is Fire" (Realms of the Deep Story II) (1369 DR)

"Messenger to Serôs" (Realms of the Deep Story III) (1369 DR)

"The Place Where Guards Snore at their Posts" (Realms of the Deep Story IV; The Best of the Realms, Book II Story XIII) (1369 DR)

"Lost Cause" (Realms of the Deep Story V) (1369 DR)

"Undermountain: Stardock" of the Dungeon Crawl tabletop adventure game trilogy (By Steven E. Schend) (Somewhere between 30 Eleint and 1 Marpenoth 1369 DR)

"Forged in Fire" (Realms of the Deep Story VI) (1369 DR)

"One who Swims with Sekolah" (Realms of the Deep Story VII) (1369 DR)

"The Crystal Reef" (Realms of the Deep Story VIII) (1369 DR)

"The Patrol" (Realms of the Deep Story IX) (1369 DR)

"The Star of Tethyr" (Realms of the Deep Story X) (1369 DR)

"Persana's Blade" (Realms of the Deep Story XI) (1369 DR)

"And the Dark Tide Rises" (Realms of the Deep Story XII) (1369 DR)

"How Burlmarr Saved the Unseen Protector" (Realms of the Dragons II Story V) (By Kameron M. Franklin) (Uktar 1369 DR)

"Changing Tides" (Realms of War Story IX) (By Mel Odom) (Flamerule 1369 DR)

"The Burning Chalice" (Halls of Stormweather Story I) ends. (1369 DR)

"Honest and True": A Ruha and Malik story (Dragon magazine issue # 245) (1369 DR)

"Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor" tabletop adventure game (By Sean K. Reynolds) (1369 DR) This game takes place after "Pool of Radiance: The Ruins of Myth Drannor", but it can be taken as a stand alone or tie-in story.

"The Honor of Two Swords" (Dragon magazine issue # 260) (1369 DR)

"The Innkeeper's Secret" (Dragon magazine issue # 266) (1369 DR)

"The Shadow Stone" ends in 1369 DR

"Sword of the Dales" of the Randal Morn Trilogy (a tabletop adventure game) (By Jim Butler) (1369 DR)

"The Secret of Spiderhaunt" of the Randal Morn Trilogy (a tabletop adventure game) (By Jim Butler) (1369 DR)

"The Return of Randal Morn" of the Randal Morn Trilogy (a tabletop adventure game) (By Jim Butler) (1369 DR)

"Baldur's Gate 2: Throne of Bhaal" game and novel (The game was developed by BioWare as an expansion story to Shadows of Amn, the Enhanced Edition version is made by Overhaul Games of Beamdog) (Novel version written by Drew Karpyshyn) (Game: 1369 or 1370 DR, Novel: 1368 DR???)
Confusing, isn't it? Why is the novel version set in 1368 DR? I'll explain, because I've read it. The prologue of the ToB book is set in 1368 DR, but after the prologue ends, the author somehow forgot to make it clear that the rest of the story takes place in the "present day", therefore the continuity of the novel version Baldur's Gate series is seriously thrown out of order, Throne of Bhaal is before Shadows of Amn even though it should be the other way around, because Jaheira gets killed off by Abazigal, and Imoen gets killed off by Sendai, and in SoA, Jaheira and Imoen are alive, except for Jaheira, she had been recently revived from getting killed by Sarevok towards the end of the BG1 novel.
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"The Magehound" 1st book of the Counselors & Kings Trilogy (Written by Elaine Cunningham) (1370 DR)

"The Wizardwar" 3rd book of the Counselors & Kings Trilogy (story begins after "The Magehound" in 1370 DR)

"Sea of Swords" of the Paths of Darkness series ends in 1370 DR

"The Sea Devil's Eye" of The Threat from the Sea Trilogy also ends in 1370 DR

"Sea of Fallen Stars" (a tabletop game campaign expansion) (By Steven E. Schend) (1370 DR) The events of this tabletop game include and overlap some of the events from "Under Fallen Stars" and "The Sea Devil's Eye", this game is set after those novels, revealing some spoilers of plot elements from those novels, so before playing this game, read the novels first.

"The City of Ravens" of The Cities series (Written by Richard Baker) (1370 DR)

"Beyond the High Road" (Written by Troy Denning) (1370 DR)

"The Thousand Orcs" of The Hunter's Blades Trilogy (Written by R.A. Salvatore) (1370 DR)

"The Lone Drow" of The Hunter's Blades Trilogy (1370 DR)

"The Two Swords" of The Hunter's Blades Trilogy (starts in 1370 DR after "The Lone Drow" ends)

"The Jewel of Turmish" of The Cities series (Written by Mel Odom) (1370 DR)

"The City of Splendors: A Waterdeep Story" of The Cities series (Written by Elaine Cunningham and Ed Greenwood) (story begins in 1370 DR)

"For Duty & Deity" (tabletop adventure game) (By Dale Donovan) (Marpenoth 1370 DR)

"Living Forever" (The Best of the Realms, Book II Story XIV) (1370 DR)

"Temple Hill" of The Cities series (By Drew Karpyshyn) (story begins in 1370 DR)

"A Tall Tale" (Realms of the Dragons II Story VI) (By J.L. Collins) (1370 DR)

"Chase the Dark" (Realms of War Story X) (By Jaleigh Johnson) (1370 DR during the Sothillisian War)

"Bones and Stones" (Realms of War Story XI) (By R.A. Salvatore) (1370 DR)

"Song of Chaos" (Halls of Stormweather Story II) ends. (1370 DR)

"Night School" (Halls of Stormweather Story III) (begins in 1370 DR)

"The Price" (Halls of Stormweather Story IV) (begins in 1370 DR)

"Thirty Days" (Halls of Stormweather Story V) (begins in 1370 DR)

"Resurrection" (Halls of Stormweather Story VI) (begins in 1370 DR)

"Skin Deep" (Halls of Stormweather Story VII) (begins in 1370 DR)

"Twilight Falling", "Dawn of Night" and "Midnight's Mask" of the Erevis Cale Trilogy (By Paul S. Kemp) (1370 DR)
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"The Floodgate", 2nd book of the Counselors & Kings Trilogy (By Elaine Cunningham) (1371 DR)

"The Wizardwar" and "The Two Swords" end in 1371 DR

"Comrades at Odds" (Realms of the Elves Story V and The Collected Stories: The Legend Of Drizzt) (1371 DR)

"Evermeet: Island of Elves" ends in 1371 DR

"Death of the Dragon" (Written by Ed Greenwood and Troy Denning) (1371 DR)

"Night School" (Halls of Stormweather Story III) (ends in 1371 DR)

"The Price" (Halls of Stormweather Story IV) (ends in 1371 DR)

"Thirty Days" (Halls of Stormweather Story V) (ends in 1371 DR)

"Waylaid" (Realms of the Dragons Story VIII) (By Thomas M. Reid) (Marpenoth 1371 DR)

"Resurrection" (Halls of Stormweather Story VI) (ends in 1371 DR)

"Skin Deep" (Halls of Stormweather Story VII) (ends in 1371 DR)

"Shadow's Witness" (Written by Paul S. Kemp) (1371 DR)

"The Summoning" of the Return of the Archwizards Trilogy (Written by Troy Denning) (story starts in 1371 DR)

"Black Wolf" (Written by Dave Gross) (story begins in 1371 DR)

"City of Splendors: A Waterdeep Novel" ends in 1371 DR)

"The Long Road Home" (The Best of the Realms, Book II Story XV) (1371 DR)
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"The Book Dragon" of Realms of The Dragons 2 story #7 (By Jim Pitrat) (Mid Hammer, 1372 DR)

"Into the Dragon's Lair" 3rd edition tabletop adventure game (By Sean K. Reynolds and Steve Miller) (1372 DR) This adventure takes place after The Goblin War of 1370-1371 DR, so Cormyr in this game is still in bad shape after the war

"Pool of Twilight" (Written by James M. Ward and Anne K. Brown) (1372 DR)

"The Summoning" ends in 1372 DR

"The Siege" of the Return of the Archwizards Trilogy (By Troy Denning) (1372 DR)

"Elminster in Hell" (By Ed Greenwood) (1372 DR)

"The Shattered Mask" (By Richard Lee Byers) (1372 DR)

"Temple Hill" ends in 1372 DR

"The Fallen Lands" (Realms of Shadow Story IX) (By Murray J.D. Leeder) (19 Ches 1372 DR)

"The Twilight Tomb" tabletop adventure game (written by Greg A. Vaughan) (1372 DR)

"Neverwinter Nights" (A PC game developed by BioWare, playable on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Enhanced Edition developed by Overhaul Games of Beamdog) (Tarsakh 1372 DR)

"Black Wolf" ends in the month Mirtul.

"The Sorcerer" of the Return of the Archwizards Trilogy (By Troy Denning) (Flamerule 1372 DR) This book likely is set two months after Neverwinter Nights because the ruler of Neverwinter, Nasher Alagondar is in this book, and the Wailing Death plague began in Neverwinter on Tarsakh, two months before the story of this novel

"Dissolution" (By Richard Lee Byers), "Insurrection" (By Thomas M. Reid), "Condemnation" (By Richard Baker), "Annihilation" (By Philip Athans), "Extinction" (By Lisa Smedman) and "Resurrection" (By Paul S. Kemp) of the War of the Spider Queen series (all begin and end in 1372 DR)

"City of the Spider Queen" (Tabletop Adventure module game) (Created by James Wyatt) (1372 DR)

"Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide" (An expansion of NWN developed by Floodgate Entertainment and BioWare, Enhanced Edition developed by Overhaul Games of Beamdog) (1372 DR) (For story continuity purposes, the main character of this story should not be the one from the main campaign)

"Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark" (The third expansion for NWN developed by BioWare, Enhanced Edition developed by Overhaul Games of Beamdog) (1372 DR) (For story continuity purposes, the main character in this expansion should be the same one from SoU, and this expansion's story takes place sometime during or possibly after the War of the Spider Queen novels since the Silence of Lolth period was still in effect)

"Queen of The Mountain" Realms of The Dragons story # 10 (By Jaleigh Johnson) (middle and end half of the short story set in 25 Flamerule, 1372 DR)

"Sons of Gruumsh" tabletop adventure game (By Christopher Perkins) (1372 DR)

"Heirs of Prophecy" (Written by Lisa Smedman) (starts in the month Kythorn, 1372 DR)

"Sands of the Soul" (Written by Voronica Whitney-Robinson) (starts in the month Marpenoth 1372 DR)

"Bladesinger" ends in 1372 DR

"Sacrifice of the Widow" of The Lady Penitent Trilogy (By Lisa Smedman) (1372 DR)

"The Orc King" of the Transitions Trilogy (By R.A. Salvatore) (The chapters between the prologue and epilogue are set in 1372 DR)

"A Little Knowledge" (Realms of Shadow Story VII, The Best of the Realms, Book III Story XII) (By Elaine Cunningham) (19 Marpenoth 1372 DR)

"Astride the Wind" (Realms of Shadow Story VIII) (By Philip Athans) (7 Alturiak 1372 DR)

"When Shadows come seeking a Throne" (Realms of Shadow Story X) (By Ed Greenwood) (1 Kythorn 1372 DR)

"King Shadow" (Realms of Shadow Story XI) (By Richard Lee Byers) (11 Kythorn 1372 DR)

"The Shifting Sands" (Realms of Shadow Story XII) (By Peter Archer) (13 Kythorn 1372 DR)

"Standard Delving Procedure" (Realms of the Dragons Story IX) (By Lisa Smedman) (7 Eleint, 1372 DR)

"The Book Dragon", in Mid Hammer (Realms of the Dragons II Story VII) (1372 DR)

"Freedom's Promise" (Realms of the Dragons II Story VIII) (By Ed Gentry) (Kythorn 1372 DR)

"Possessions" (Realms of the Dragons II Story IX) (By James P. Davis) (Flamerule 1372 DR)

"Queen of the Mountain" (Realms of the Dragons II Story X) (Entry isn't dated, possibly takes place in 1372 DR or 1373 DR)

"And All the Sinners, Saints" (Dragon magazine issue # 297) (1372 DR)

"Haunted, A Tale of Sembia" (Dragon magazine issue # 304) ends in 1372 DR
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"Demon Stone" (Developed by Stormfront Studios and Zono Inc., story written by R.A. Salvatore, playable on Windows PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox) (1373 DR) Although this game's realm year isn't exactly confirmed, this game likely takes place sometime after The Hunter's Blades Trilogy and "The Orc King"'s prologue and epilogue and sometime before "The Pirate King" novel's story, and I have fairly strong evidence to believe this. Rannek, one of the main characters in this game, was briefly mentioned in "The Two Swords" as a member of the Riders of Nesmé, and the city Nesmé was overrun by an army of trolls in 1370 DR during the book's story, and Rannek was the only survivor of the Riders of Nesmé. In this game during the stand at Mithral Hall with Zhai, Illius, Thibbledorf and Drizzt against the troll army, Rannek found the chance to avenge Nesmé and his fallen friends who was members of the Riders of Nesmé by slaying the troll king.

"Lord of Stormweather" (By Dave Gross) (1373 DR)

"Twilight Falling", Dawn of Night" and "Midnight's Mask" of The Erevis Cale Trilogy (By Paul S. Kemp) (1373 DR)

"The Sapphire Crescent" of The Scions of Arrabar Trilogy ends in 1373 DR

"The Alabaster Staff" ends in 1373 DR

"Mysteries of the Moonsea" (table top game) (By Thomas M. Reid, Sean K. Reynolds, Darrin Drader and Wil Upchurch) (1373 DR)

"The Strength Of The Jester" Realms of The Dragons 2 story #11 (By Murray J. D. Leeder) (Mirtul, 1373 DR)

"The Yellow Silk" (By Don Bassingthwaite) (Hammer of 1373 DR)

"Queen of The Mountain" Realms of The Dragons story # 10 (By Jaleigh Johnson) (beginning half starts possibly in 1373 DR)

"The Crimson Gold" (By Voronica Whitney-Robinson) (1373 DR)

"The Black Bouquet" (By Richard Lee Byers) (1373 DR)

"Son of Thunder" (the full story) (By Murray J.D. Leeder) (1373 DR)

"Lady of Poison" (By Bruce R. Cordell) (1373 DR)

"Penitential Rites" (Realms of the Dragons Story XI) (By Keith Frances Strohm) (6 Ches 1373 DR)

"How Sharper than a Serpent's Tooth" (Realms of the Dragons Story XII) (By Dave Gross) (25 Ches 1373 DR)

"The Prisoner of Hulburg" (Realms of the Dragons Story XIV) (By Richard Lee Byers) (1st and 2nd Mirtul 1373 DR)

"Mistress of the Night" of The Priests series (By Dave Gross and Don Bassingthwaite) (1373 DR)

"Maiden of Pain" (By Kameron M. Franklin) (No date entry given, possibly 1373 DR)

"Queen of the Depths" (By Richard Lee Byers) (1373 DR)

"The Rage" story ends in 1373 DR

"The Rite" (By Richard Lee Byers) (1373 DR after "The Rage" ends)

"The Ruin" (By Richard Lee Byers) (1373 DR after "The Rite" ends)

"The Ruby Guardian" of The Scions of Arrabar Trilogy (By Thomas M. Reid) (1373 DR)

"The Emerald Sceptre" of The Scions of Arrabar Trilogy (By Thomas M. Reid) (1373 DR)

"The Gossamer Plain" of The Empyrean Odyssey Trilogy (By Thomas M. Reid) (starts in 1373 DR)

"Venom's Taste" of the House of Serpents Trilogy (By Lisa Smedman) (1373 DR)

"Viper's Kiss" of the House of Serpents Trilogy (By Lisa Smedman) (1373 DR)

"Elminster's Daughter" (By Ed Greenwood) (1373 DR)

"An Icy Heart" (Realms of the Dragons Story X) (By Voronica Whitney-Robinson) (16 Alturiak 1373 DR)

"Beer with a Fat Dragon" (Realms of the Dragons Story XIII) (By Don Bassingthwaite) (Late Tarsakh 1373 DR)

"The Strength of the Jester", in Mirtul (Realms of the Dragons II Story XI) (1373 DR)

"Tribute" (Best of the Realms, Book III Story XIV) (1373 DR)
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"Ghostwalker" ends on Greengrass of 1374 DR

"Forsaken House" ends in 1374 DR

"Farthest Reach" ends in 1374 DR

"Blackstaff" continues and ends in 1374 DR

"Bloodwalk" (By James P. Davis) (1374 DR)

"Darkvision" (By Bruce R. Cordell) (1374 DR)

"Frostfell" (By Mark Sehestedt) (1374 DR)

"Sentinelspire" ends in 1374 DR

"Neverwinter Nights 2" (A PC game developed by Obsidian Entertainment, playable on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X) (1374 DR)

"Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer" (An expansion for NWN 2 developed by Obsidian Entertainment) (1374 DR) (For story continuity purposes, the hero character must be the same one from the main campaign, and the hero character must be either good or neutral aligned, or at least an evil rebel who has no intention of becoming an ally or servant of the King of Shadows so that the story can canonically progress to MotB)

"Shadowbred" of The Twilight War Trilogy (By Paul S. Kemp) (1374 DR)

"Shadowstorm" of The Twilight War Trilogy (By Paul S. Kemp) (1374 DR)

"Shadowrealm" of The Twilight War Trilogy (By Paul S. Kemp) (begins in 1374 DR after "Shadowstorm" ends)

"The Howling Delve" ends in 1374 DR

"The Depths of Madness" (By Erik Scott de Bie) (starts in 1374 and continues on to the next year)

"Vanity's Brood" of the House of Serpents Trilogy (By Lisa Smedman) (1374 DR)

"Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir" (An expansion for NWN 2 developed by Obsidian Entertainment) (1374 DR)

"Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate" (The final expansion for NWN 2 developed by Ossian Studios) (1374 DR)

"Maiden of Pain" ends in 1374 DR

"Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance" (A video game developed by Snowblind Studios, playable on the Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Game Boy Advance) (1374 DR) This was the very first D&D game I ever played. on the PS2, years before I even grew interested in D&D

"Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave" tabletop adventure game (By Richard Baker, David Noonan, Bruce R. Cordell, James Wyatt, and Matthew Sernett) (Autumn 1374 DR)

"Tears So White" (Realms of the Elves Story VI) (Written by Ed Greenwood) (in 12 Alturiak 1374 DR)

"The Bladesinger's Lesson" (Realms of the Elves Story VII) (Written by Richard Baker) (in Flamerule 1374 DR)

"Continuum" ends in 1374 DR (Realms of War Story I)

"The Knights of Samular" (Best of the Realms, Book III Story I) ends in 1374 DR

"Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2" (A sequel game developed by Black Isle Studios, playable on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox) (Begins in 1374 DR)
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"Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2" ends sometime in 1375 DR

"Unclean" of The Haunted Lands Trilogy (Written by Richard Lee Byers) (story begins in 1375 DR)

"The Depths of Madness" ends in 1375 DR

"Stardeep" (Written by Bruce R. Cordell) (1375 DR)

"Shadowdale: The Scouring of the Land" tabletop adventure game (By Richard Baker, Eric L. Boyd and Thomas M. Reid) (1375 DR)

"Anauroch: The Empire of Shade" tabletop adventure game (By Greg A. Vaughan, Thomas M. Reid and Skip Williams) (possibly 1375 DR)

"Sacrifice of the Widow" ends in 1375 DR

"Scream of Stone" ends in 1375 DR

"Second Chance" (Realms of War Story XII) (By Richard Lee Byers) (29 Flamerule 1375 DR)

"Stardeep" (By Bruce R. Cordell) (1375 DR)

"Expedition to Undermountain" (3rd edition tabletop adventure game) (By Eric L. Boyd, Ed Greenwood, Christopher Lindsay and Sean K. Reynolds) (1375 DR)

"Fall of Frostsilver" (Role-Playing Games Association module) (By Matthew Sernett) (1375 DR) This game was made on the 20th anniversary in honor of the creation of the character Drizzt Do'Urden
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"Storm of the Dead" of The Lady Penitent Trilogy (By Lisa Smedman) (Begins in 1376 DR)

"The Shield of Weeping Ghosts" ends in 1376 DR

"The Pirate King" of the Transitions (By R.A. Salvatore) (story begins in 1376 DR)

"Stardeep" of The Dungeons series (By Bruce R. Cordell) (possibly 1376 DR) This story likely takes place after Kiril, the main character of the story helped Raidon Kane and Delphe stop a traitorous Keeper of the Cerulean Sign, Telarian. The synopsis of Stardeep claims Kiril lost everything to stop the traitor. I'm not sure if the traitor is the same one Kiril helped Raidon and Delphe defeat yet, but it is possible.
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"Double Diamond Triangle Saga: ("The Abduction" (By Robert J. King), "The Paladins" (By James M. Ward and David Wise), "The Mercenaries" (By Ed Greenwood), "Errand of Mercy" (By Roger E. Moore), "An Opportunity for Profit" (By Dave Gross), "Conspiracy" (By J. Robert King), "Uneasy Alliances" (By David Cook and Peter Archer), "Easy Betrayals" (By Richard Baker) and "The Diamond" (By J. Robert King and Ed Greenwood) (All take place in 1377 DR)

"The Fall of Highwatch" of the Chosen of Nendawen Trilogy (By Mark Sehestedt) (possibly 1377 DR)

"Storm of the Dead" and "The Pirate King" ends in 1377 DR
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"Crypt of the Moaning Diamond" (By Rosemary Jones) (1378 DR)
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"Ascendancy of the Last" of The Lady Penitent Trilogy (By Lisa Smedman) (story begins in 1378 DR and ends in 1379 DR)
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"Final Gate" ends in 1380 DR
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"The Fractured Sky" of The Empyrean Odyssey (By Thomas M. Reid) (story begins in 1384 DR)
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"Undead" of The Haunted Lands Trilogy (By Richard Lee Byers) (begins in Ches of 1385 DR)

"The Gossamer Plain" ends in 1385 DR

"The Fractured Sky" ends in 1385 DR

"Sandstorm" continues in 1385 DR in Calimshan when the Second Era of Skyfire begins

"The Crystal Mountain" of The Empyrean Odyssey (By Thomas M. Reid) No realm year revealed, but it is likely in 1385 DR since the main character tried but failed to prevent Mystra's death

"Plague of Spells" of the Abolethic Sovereignty Trilogy (By Bruce R. Cordell) (begins in 1385 DR) I love the main character's name! Raidon Kane! Makes him sound hardcore!
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Realms of Infamy Story II "The More Things Change..." ends in 1390 DR

"Iruladoon" (Realms of the Dead and The Collected Stories: The Legend Of Drizzt) (1390 DR)
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"Plague of Spells" ends in 1396 DR

"City of Torment" of the Abolethic Sovereignty Trilogy (By Bruce R. Cordell) (1396 DR)

"Key of Stars" of the Abolethic Sovereignty Trilogy (By Bruce R. Cordell) (1396 DR)
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"Wrath of the Blue Lady" (By Mel Odom) (begins in 1399 DR)

"Hand of the Hunter" of the Chosen of Nendawen Trilogy (By Mark Sehestedt) (possibly 1399 DR)
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And so ends Part 2 of the list! And here is the link to part 3!


https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/60747/the-complete-fr-novel-comic-and-game-timeline-part-3#latest

I don't know how to mod and I'm basically thinking on EEKeeper my way to play this. This post is a contribution and a call for feedback. I don't post this in the "Goblin as a playable race" because I think is too long to just put it in the middle of the thread and pretend is cool.

I found plenty of good information about this sub race here: https://www.d20pfsrd.com/races/3rd-party-races/dreamscarred-press/half-goblinoids/

I am interested in the specific half-goblin.

They propose:
Ability Score Adjustments
+2 Dexterity, +2 Constitution, -2 Charisma: Half-goblins are quick and tough, but are hideous little creatures

(this is 5ed stats)

It's all in the link (amazing background bulk of info), but other traits are a bonus to Steal, Stealth, Infravision, and the use of poisons. I think for Baldur's Gate this is too powerful. If you can use poisons like an assassin, there should be more penalties somewhere.

Is considered small, but I don't see it that way. Is suggested one of the parents is a gnome or halfling, but I am thinking in something like human or elf. So Medium.

Is an archetype I had since many years ago in table top and i'd feel great to play it on BG. I see it like something between Nett the Brave and 2-D from Gorrilaz. I was going to use an elf paperdoll with a hue of green or gray skin. Also, my character is going to be a Swashbuckler or a Kensai/Thief.

My questions are:

-So should it have more downsides?

-In EEKeeper, what race should i put? I'm between Goblin, Human, or Half Elf.

-Maybe medium races and small races can not breed? In that case, I'd be looking for hob-goblins, bugbears, or even just a "plain" half orc that is like the Danny Devito of Half Orcs... But I want reasons to role play a very mischievous and trickster character, and have a +1 to Dex. Is it that I am looking for some other race or subrace that I have't thought about and has the characteristics I am looking for?

Just like any other community this forum is full of acronyms and specialized words which can be intimidating to the newcomer (and even to some regulars like myself). Following is a list of these words with a short description of their meanings. Hopefully this will help the forum become more newcomer friendly. Most of this list was compiled by @BelgarathMTH, who published it originally in the Bioware forum.

Acronyms

Jargon

I attach a PDF document with this full list plus smaller lists organized by category.

Of course, I will appreciate any additions and corrections and will update the list accordingly.

Darts get no love in this game. The one NPC with a clear love of darts is used as semi-comic relief early in the first game, but yet he inspired me! What is the maximum potential of this neglected weapon?

Well, we'll start with the good news: 3 attacks per round. We will want to hit hard and often, so looking for +damage to boost our output, each boost is automatically tripled! And we can do this single-weapon style or while holding down a shield, for an early AC boost.

Then the bad news starts - no strength bonus. We do get a great THAC0 bonus from max dex early in the game, but dex is the least boostable stat over the length of BG saga - I have no idea if it plays any better in IWD, but I get the impression that has significantly fewer stat boosts, so STR-based weapons might not get ahead as easily?

However, we can get a weapon specialization bonus, for 1+THAC0/+2 damage for any impure fighter class (such as a paladin or a multi class) and a whopping +3/+5 for 5 pips as a 9th level pure-breed fighter. This comes win a bonus 4th APR, and as we are straight fighter, we pick up another 1/2 APR at 7th and 13th, leading to 5 APR (unhasted) doing +5 damage - but can we do better?

The obvious place to look is kits, but we are spectacularly unlucky. As a fighter, I would want something like the Kensai kit, which grants extra damage every few levels for melee weapons, but bans range weapons. It happens to boost throwing weapons that double as melee weapons, which is every other throwing weapon in the game that is not a dart, oh, and they get the strength damage bonus too. So no help there. Never mind, Archers provide a similar bonus for missile weapons, but guess what? Throwing weapons are not missile weapons either - so dart is the ONLY weapon in the game that can benefit from neither of those significant boosters. Still, all is not lost!

First, we can play an assassin. That gives us an extra +1 THAC0 and +1 damage from level 1, plus the use of poison which plays super well without many APR. So option (1) is a 2 level dip into assassin, dealing at the first opportunity so that we do not lose out on too many fighter hit points, and giving up any idea of a fighter kit (they don't help darts builds much anyway).

Option 2 is a longer-term bet that will not pay off until late into ToB - swashbuckler. Swashes get +1/+1 THAC0/damage bonus every 5 levels, so +5/+5 at 25th level, costing 3.3 million xp. 26th level fighter will run you another 4.5 million xp, totaling 7.8Mxp, just under the 8 million cap. It is possible! But highly unlikely solo, and gives up a lot of HLAs. Also, you are not going to get 27th level fighter, that is 50kxp over the xp cap. But I think that is our ultimate build for unassisted damage output - +8/+10 THAC0/damage at 5 APR from weapon style and dualed kit. You will see this so late that it will not be relevant, but may be fun to cross off on the "Hey, I did it!" list. Console jockeys can have fun too.

A more reasonable dual from swash at 20th means "only" 2.2 million xp into Swash, and hitting 21st fighter at a further 3,250,000 xp. I have had a 6 person party hitting around 5Mxp completing SoA with a good deep dive into Watcher's Keep, so this is totally doable for a straight BG play through, although unlikely to repay the dual until early ToB. The extra 5 levels of swash seem unconvincing for an extra +1/+1. Conversely, taking swash to 40 for +8/+8 also seems a poor choice, as you give up the weapon specialization. You do not even get the +1/+2 from basic specialization playing a Swash, as darts are still not melee weapons. Finally, you will have only 3 APR rather than the fighter's 5, although you are still getting more than half the attacks, so it is not a big a penalty as for builds around more useful weapons


Of course, the next consideration is: is there any good kit to boost the weapons for me? The most obvious is the gauntlets of weapon specialization, which give a further +1/+2 in BG, where they are easily obtained towards the end of act 3, or a +2 THAC0 bonus, if preferred, from the aforementioned comic relief. Unfortunately, the BG2 version of those gloves is buried deep in Watcher's Keep, and comes with a bonus 1/2 APR that you won't be able to use (if fighter) as the game caps APR to 5 without magical assistance (enhanced haste only?)

Speaking of improved haste, Cespenar can make an improved cloak of protection which casts improved haste once per day, pushing us briefly to 10 APR. Likewise, the ring of gaxx will give us another 3 castings per day.

In the helm slot, the Helm of Balduran can give another +1 THAC0, but no extra damage.

Not much notable in the armors, although Shurrupak plate packs a +1 dex bonus, which may or may not be helpful.

Nothing great jumps out of the amulet, belt, boots, or shield slots, although the shield of Balduran -1 STR penalty is not going to be a concern when chasing down beholders with darts

For cloaks, the other strong candidate is cloak of the stars, to make 6 +5 darts/day. Alternate cloaks to make the most of their abilities.

Finally, we come to the darts themselves. Stock a variety of special purpose darts that do +1d6 damage of various elements, or cause wounding etc. These are more useful in BG2 and later, as the high APR barrage of damage is enough for most non-magical foes in BG1.

For BG2, there is only one game in town - make a beeline for the first floor of Watcher's keep and the +3 returning crimson dart, which will be your mainstay for the rest of the game.


So at the end of the day, is a dart build feasible? Well, generally any build is feasible in this game, and it is certainly not awful. I have a lot of fun playing my darts builds. The most glaring omission in the BG series is the lack of any distinct boost at all focused on darts. It would be nice to have just one new kit added, perhaps for halflings, that gave the kensai/archer bonus for thrown weapons. Then it will still likely be a poor relation to thrown weapons with a STR bonus, but would be closer to the fore of the crazy builds.

Main thing in favor of this build is high APR multiplying any damage bonuses, and novelty. Down side is darts do piercing damage, very little damage without bonus, and even have a poor range compared to bows - you are not sniping safely out of harm's way.

Go forth and have fun!

I don't get it, Why is it so impossible to send as a gift NWNEE to someone from another region from me? (can't even send a gift card through steam) I tried steam (fuggetaboutit) and then thru Beamdog where is allowed to send to an Email address, but keep getting error:

Now I'm no Sales/Marketing genius by a long shot, but I would think that this just might reduce sales to a degree, I myself wanted to buy 2 copies for friends in other regions.
IMO considering this game is in the online world...encompasses the whole world, one would think this would have been made a non-issue by now.
Signed, Frustrated
UPDATE: Went shopping this morning, my card (I used for purchase @BD) has been blocked, could not use for some reason so this could be the problem am having at BD purchase...Have to wait till Monday though to find out why. *It's always something, one hurdle after another

Hello,

A very simple question, but i don't find a clear answer.

If you use boomrang dagger Main hand + 1 APR Off hand (Belm/kundane/scarlet)
You gain + 1 APR in melee but when you throw it?

I want to play a swash/war multi dwarf ... ok ok i asume it
with throwing dagger and Qstaff for BS. May i wast 2 pip in TWF for extra APR off hand? or nothing in off hand?

Thanks

If I do the Idle Hands in Imnesvale quest BEFORE obtaining the stronghold, will I have problems?

For a couple of hours now neither Gibberlings 3 nor Spellhold Studios are reachable.

October is making me want some Ravenloft, but the Dreamforge games aren't holding my attention and the NWN persistent world got on my nerves. I wish we had an Infinity Engine Ravenloft!

I really wish to play Drakensang 1&2, but I own win10 and it's not working on that platform. Any possibility of EE of these games?

Four and a half years ago, daven posted a topic in this subforum asking for "a timeline of the DnD games". I spent some time cross-referencing different sources online to create one, with the dates of some novels and adventure modules thrown in the middle, all written in the Dalereckoning year system. However, I couldn't post it on the original topic because it's so old it's been archived. So instead, I'm posting my timeline here, in the hope that it's accurate:

1281 DR: Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
1312 DR: Icewind Dale 2 Complete
1357 DR: Azure Bonds (novel)
1358 DR: Eye of the Beholder
1359 DR: The Temple of Elemental Evil (game, module, novel)
1360 DR: Scourge of the Slave Lords (module)
1361 DR: Into the Void (novel)
1367 DR: Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition (game, novel, LP)
1368 DR: Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition (game, novel)
1368 DR: Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear (DLC)
1369 DR: Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition (game, novels)
1369 DR: Pool of Radiance II: Ruins of Myth Drannor (game, novel, adventure)
1370 DR: Faction War (adventure)
1371 DR: Die Vecna Die! (module)
1371 DR: Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil (adventure)
1372 DR: Neverwinter Nights Diamond
1373 DR: Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone (±1 year)
1374 DR: Neverwinter Nights 2 Complete
1374 DR: Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
1376 DR: Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II
1420 DR: Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale
1479 DR: Neverwinter
1482 DR: Murder in Baldur's Gate (adventure)
1491 DR: Princes of the Apocalypse (adventure)
1491 DR: Death Masks (novel)

581 CY = 121st Ha = 1361 DR = 358 AC
(Greyhawk Common Years, Planescape/Sigil years of Factol Haskhar's reign, Forgotten Realms' Dalereckoning, DragonLance's Alt Cataclius)
I had to do some digging to get the timeline just right, but the source most helpful in reconciling the Faerûn and Sigil dating systems was a chronology page written by ripvanwormer and Felenthir Enthelion:
http://mimir.planewalker.com/forum/help-with-planescapetoril-chronology
Paul Westermeyer's Spelljammer Timeline was also very helpful in connecting the dating systems of other campaign settings: http://www.spelljammer.org/essays/history/pw_timeline.html

If there are any inconsistencies with my conclusions as to which games occurred on which years, feel free to reply with suggestions.

@TrentOster, @PhillipDaigle and @BeamdogLee (whom you have seen during the May 18 Livestream) are on their way to the Stream of Many Eyes.

In costume no less!





We now also know that Mark Meer has joined them!



What is the Stream of Many Eyes? It's a three-day livestreamed extravaganza full of cosplay, crazy sets and amazing stories. It starts at 4 PM PT on Friday, June 1st.

Learn more here.

Join the fun and follow the event!

For which classes would you pay for?

https://dndtools.net/classes/warlock/

https://dndtools.net/classes/favored-soul/

https://dndtools.net/classes/psion/

Baldur's Gates 3 through 73 will be DLCs telling the stories of various Bhaalspawn.

All narrated by David Warner.

To compete with FO76, BG74 will be a MMORPG/tower defense/farm simulation hybrid with platformer elements.

It will be released after Beamdog's secret secret project: Cuphead: Enhanced Edition. (tagline: "Hey, this is also retro!" (TM))