How Not to Get Eaten by Owlbears: A Survival Guide for the Forgotten Realms is a book by Anne Toole published in September 2024, by DK (an imprint of Penguin)]. It purports to be a guide to the Forgotten Realms and dungeoneering by Falgriss, a dragonborn ranger and assistant to Volothamp Geddarm.
A travel guide for D&D's Forgotten Realms, filled with advice and tips on where to go, what to see, and ways to avoid a horrible death
The Forgotten Realms are dangerous. Well, actually that's an understatement. The Forgotten Realms are a death trap...
But they're also very exciting, packed with amazing sights, and fun to explore. And that's where this book comes in.
An in-world guide written from the point of view of a newly invented character from D&D's lore, this book will answer your burning questions via chapters covering deadly fauna, magical mishaps, urban perils, merciless monsters and much more. Whether you want to know which is the best tavern in Baldur's Gate, or have a pressing need for tips on how to escape an ogre's lair, with this handy, humorous guide at your fingertips, your adventures will end in fame and fortune, rather than something else's stomach.
Index[]
Characters[]
- Cal'al • Cora (Bremen) • Gharz Stonedark • Large Luigi • Ol' Bitey • Prince Andru • Volothamp Geddarm • Sylgar • Xanathar
Creatures[]
- ankheg • beholder • black pudding • blink dog • bulette • carrion crawler • dragon • dragoon • elf • flameskull • froghemoth • gelatinous cube • goblin • goldfish • imp • knucklehead • mind flayer • newt • ogre • otyugh • owlbear • skyejotun • shambling mound • sea hag • tlincalli • toad
Locations[]
- Bat's Roost • Beggar's Rest • Black Tankard • Bremen • Bryn Shander • Buried Treasures • Caer-Dineval • Caer-Konig • Dougan's Hole • Easthaven • Faerûn • Feathered Rat • Flagon and Dragon • Good Mead • Happy Beholder • Lac Dinneshere • Lonelywood • Murkspan Bridge • Northlook (inn) • Northern Light Inn • Port of Shadow • River Sargauth • Rock of Bral • Skull Island • Skullport • Targos • Tears of Selûne • Temple of Tyr (Rock of Bral) • Ten-Towns • Termalaine • Thay • Underdark • Undermountain • Uphill Climb • Waterdeep • Whisperhaunt • Wildspace • Worm's Gullet
Organizations[]
Religion[]
Magic[]
- Spells
- animate dead • detect thoughts • dispel magic • fireball • identify • levitate • lightning bolt • spare the dying • speak with dead • teleport
- Items
- spelljammer
- Potions
- elixir of strength • potion of healing • potion of invisibility
- Other
- necromancy • spell component • wild magic
Other[]
- ale • cheese • flour • gold • salt • sulfur • Volo's Guide to Monsters (in-universe) • Xanathar's Guide to Everything • wyrmwizz