Empires of the Sands

For other uses, see Empires of the Sands (disambiguation).

Empires of the Sands is a sourcebook for the 1st-edition of Dungeons & Dragons in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, published in 1988. It details the Lands of Intrigue: Amn, Calimshan, and Tethyr.

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In the southwest corner of Faerûn, a thousand miles south of Waterdeep on the great Trade Way road, lie the three lands known collectively as the Empires of the Sands. They are harsh lands that have produced tough people—proud, fierce, and hard-working. The Empires Of The Sands are now fully detailed for your role-playing campaign. The cultures, personalities, economies, cities, towns and wilderness are described for an AD&D^® campaign of any size or level. Amn, land of merchants, where everything has a price; Tethyr, where petty tyrants vie for a vacant throne and evil grows; and Calimshan, a dry land where great magic is commonplace—all are waiting for you. This sourcebook includes two full-color maps showing the Empires of the Sands that link up with the original FORGOTTEN REALMS™ boxed set, and all the information you need to establish an exciting campaign.^[2]

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Description[]

Empires of the Sands is a 64-page booklet, which is wrapped in a removable cover, includes a one page introduction, explaining that this book covers three major areas of in the southwest corner of the continent of Faerûn known as the Empires of the Sands: Amn (pages 3–20), Tethyr (pages 21–47), and Calimshan (pages 48–62). Each of the nations located along the southern coast of the Sea of Swords, an area with a warm climate and large areas of dry, inhospitable land, receives its own section, and each section begins with a general description including the races present, followed by information covering their languages, social customs, monsters, history, government and politics, religions, geography and climate, trade, cities, places of interest, and important characters.

Most cities receive only a column of text on the average, with some descriptions consisting of just noting what each city is renowned for, its exports, population, government, and location. The center of the booklet is taken up with one blank character sheet, seven character sheets filled in with the statistics for the Company of Eight from Tethyr, and reduced maps of the area. The last page, page 64, features an index to the book. The book also includes two maps which match the edges of the maps in the Forgotten Realms Campaign Set. The pair of fold-out color poster maps depict the three countries at a scale of 30 miles to the inch, making them compatible with other maps in the series.

Contents[]

Introduction
Amn
- General Description
- Languages
- Social Customs
- Monsters
- History
- Government and Politics
- Religion
- Geography and Climate
- Money and Commerce
- Cities
- Places of Interest
- Characters
Tethyr
- General Description
- Languages
- Social Customs
- Monsters
- History
- Government and Politics
- Religion
- Geography and Climate
- Money and Commerce
- Cities
- Places of Interest
- Characters
Calimshan
- General Description
- Languages
- Social Customs
- Monsters
- History
- Government and Politics
- Religion
- Geography and Climate
- Money and Commerce
- Cities
- Places of Interest
- Characters
Index
Pull-out Section

Also included is a pull-out map section (middle two pages form a double-sided map of the region); seven complete character record sheets and one blank record sheet

32" x 21" map of Calimshan from the Singing Rocks and Teshburl to Theymarsh and Saradush
32" x 21" map of Amn and Tethyr from the Sea Tower of Irphong to Ithmong to Impresk Lake to Priapurl to Beregost

Index[]

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Characters[]

Arkaneus Silvermane • Lawantha Silendia • Manfred Arbustle • Marilyn Haresdown • Paddy Stoutfellow • Sylvanus Moondrop • Tardeth Llanistaph • Zanassu

Creatures[]

aerial servant • ankheg • atomie • basilisk (greater basilisk) • bat • bear • beholder • bison • buffalo • bugbear • bulette • camel • cat • cattle • centaur • chicken • cloud giant • constrictor snake • daemon • dao • deer • demon • devil • dog • dragon (dragon turtle • green dragon • white dragon) • djinni • drider • drow • dryad • dune stalker • dustdigger • eel • efreeti • elemental (air elemental • earth elemental • fire elemental • ice para-elemental • magma para-elemental • ooze para-elemental • smoke para-elemental • water elemental) • elephant • familiar • gargoyle • ghast • ghost • giant ant lion • giant scorpion • giant snake • giant spider • giant wasp • giant water spider • gnome • goat • goblin • golem • gorgon • green hag • half-elf • half-orc • halfling • harpy • haunt • hill giant • hobgoblin • homunculus • horse (warhorse) • huge spider • human (Djen) • hydra • invisible stalker • jackal • janni • kobold • leprechaun • lich • manticore • marid • modron • naga • norker • ogre • ogre magi • orc • owlbear • oxen • phase spider • pig • poisonous snake • poisonous toad • purple worm • pythosaurus • shadow • sheep • siren • sphinx • shrimp • stirge • tadjani • treant • troll • umber hulk • vortex • werewolf • will-o'-wisp • wolf • wyvern

Locations[]

Buildings

Temples: Plaza of Divine Truth

Settlements: Memnon

Organizations[]

Criminal Organizations: Shadow Thieves

Religions[]

Azuth • Bane • Beshaba • Bhaelros • Chauntea • Deneir • Eldath • Ilmater • Lathander • Leira • Selune • Sharess • Silvanus • Sune • Tymora • Waukeen

Miscellaneous[]

Food & Drinks: apple • artichoke • avocado • beer • bread • corn • date • grape • lemon • lime • olive • orange • pear • tangerine • tea • vinegar • wine
Items: mug • saddle
Languages: Alzhedo • Chultan language • Common • Shaaran language • Thorass
Materials: adamantite • coal • cold iron • electrum • iron • nickel • silk • silver
Plants: barley • bloodthorn • choke creeper • cotton • cedar • cypress • forester's bane • herb • hops • mold • moss • mushroom • oat • pine • spices • tobacco
Professions: mercenary • moneylender
Substances: salt
Vessels: pedal cart • wagon
Weapons: crossbow

Gallery[]

Credits[]

Design: Scott Haring
Editing: Karen S. Martin
Cartography: Dave LaForce
Cover and Interior Art: Jeff Easley Typography: Betty Elmore
Keylining: Stephanie Tabat

Appendix[]

External links[]

Disclaimer: The views expressed in the following links do not necessarily represent the views of the editors of this wiki, nor does any lore presented necessarily adhere to established canon.

Dungeon Masters Guild product page

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 Scott Haring (1988). Empires of the Sands. (TSR, Inc), p. 1. ISBN 0-8803-8539-1.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Scott Haring (1988). Empires of the Sands. (TSR, Inc). ISBN 0-8803-8539-1.
↑ Scott Haring (1988). Empires of the Sands. (TSR, Inc), p. 22. ISBN 0-8803-8539-1.
↑ Shannon Appelcline. FR3 Empire of the Sands (1e). Dungeon Masters Guild. Retrieved on 2014-01-21.

[EotS-p1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 Scott Haring (1988). Empires of the Sands. (TSR, Inc), p. 1. ISBN 0-8803-8539-1.

[EotS-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Scott Haring (1988). Empires of the Sands. (TSR, Inc). ISBN 0-8803-8539-1.

[EotS-p22-3] Scott Haring (1988). Empires of the Sands. (TSR, Inc), p. 22. ISBN 0-8803-8539-1.

[4] Shannon Appelcline. FR3 Empire of the Sands (1e). Dungeon Masters Guild. Retrieved on 2014-01-21.

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