Template:Latest releases

Template:Latest releases displays recent Forgotten Realms–related releases on the Main Page. The template is simply invoked with:

Old Latest Releases entries are kept at Template:Latest releases/archive.

Writing a Latest releases entry
First, choose a Forgotten Realms–related novel, sourcebook, comic, game, or other release. It should be currently available or forthcoming. Make sure it already has a page on the wiki, preferably with an uploaded cover image.

Next, fill out the following summary, edit this page, and add it below. Older entries that have been out for a while may be—and will be—removed. Please try to keep this at no more than three entries to save space.

PAGETITLE by AUTHOR

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 * COVERIMAGE: A picture (as a file name) that displays the cover of the source (novel, sourcebook, comic, game, or other release).
 * PAGETITLE: The name of the page on this wiki that actually presents details about the source.
 * AUTHOR: The author(s) of the source.
 * Text summary: Enter a brief summary describing the source. The source's blurb or information from the publisher may be used here.

Future Release Queue
These upcoming releases have pages already created. Please consider including them as Latest Releases when they are released.
 * unknown: A Darkened Wish 3
 * Nov 2019: Infernal Tides 1

Current Latest Releases
Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus by Christopher Perkins is a 5-edition Dungeons & Dragons adventure module released on September 17, 2019. It sees players adventure from Baldur's Gate down to Avernus, the first of the Nine Hells. "Welcome to Baldur's Gate, a city of ambition and corruption situated at the crossroads of the Sword Coast. You've just started your adventuring career, but already find yourself embroiled in a plot that sprawls from the shadows of Baldur's Gate to the front lines of the planes-spanning Blood War! Do you have what it takes to turn infernal war machines and nefarious contracts against the archdevil Zariel and her diabolical hordes? And can you ever hope to find your way home safely when pitted against the infinite evils of the Nine Hells?"

(Read more...) Boundless by R.A. Salvatore is the second entry in the Generations trilogy featuring Drizzt Do'Urden. It was released on September 10. The novel's story is split into two parts: one following Drizzt in the present time of the Realms, and the other focusing on Zaknafein and Jarlaxle's adventures in the distant past. "Split between time and two worlds, Zaknafein had always been conflicted. That inner turmoil was magnified by his inferior position as a male dark elf in the matriarchal drow society. Only his status as one of the greatest warriors—as well as his friendship with the mercenary Jarlaxle—kept him sane. When he finally perished, he was content knowing he left behind a legacy as substantial as his son Drizzt..."

(Read more...) Dragon+ #28 was released on October 30, 2019.

For the Realms, this issue gives previews of the Warriors of Waterdeep mobile game, a Tyranny of Dragons Special Edition, a Descent into Avernus Soundpack, and new Icons of the Realms. There are articles on the Nine Hells, infernal war machines, and neo-otyughs, and a short story set in Elturel, as well as Maps of the Month for Baldur's Gate. (Read more...)