Lost Empires of Faerûn is a v.3.5 sourcebook.
The ruins and remnants of once-mighty nations lie scattered across the lands of Faerûn. Hidden within the dusty vaults and passages of these crumbling monuments, great treasures and terrible dangers await discovery. Only those bold explorers armed with courage and equipped with knowledge dare to delve into these earliest secrets of the Forgotten Realms setting.
For the first time, the secrets of past empires of the Forgotten Realms world are chronicled in one comprehensive sourcebook. For players, this book contains new options for characters wishing to delve into ancient ruins, including new feats, prestige classes, magic, and equipment. For Dungeon Masters, this book contains new material associated with ruins, including rules for how to build and sustain a ruin-based campaign, more than a dozen detailed adventure sites with maps, monsters and artifacts.
- 5 new in-depth prestige classes
- 16 new feats
- 29 new monsters
Contents
Contents[edit | edit source]
- Chapter 1: Ancient Secrets
- Chapter 2: Dreams of the Past
- Chapter 3: The Crown Wars
- Chapter 4: God-Kings of the East
- Chapter 5: Realms of the High Forest
- Chapter 6: Fallen Netheril
- Chapter 7: The Imperial South
- Chapter 8: The Dream of Cormanthyr
- Chapter 9: The Old North
- Chapter 10: Artifacts of the Past
- Chapter 11: Monsters of the Ancient Lands
Index[edit | edit source]
Characters[edit | edit source]
- Abu Bakr • Alustriel Silverhand • Ambuchar Devayam • Amurrul • Arrak Abaeir • Branimern Rythil • Choun the Old • Durdyn • Ealar Shaalkar • Eltab • Ewa • Geirildin Sethomiir • Giilvas Vyshaan • Horuseres II • Iarokhna Nuchlev • Ilphemon • Imket • Invarri Metron • Ivósaar Vyshaan • Karu’shon Vrasl • Khemenhet • Kryonar • Ku’rup • Losk • Maeve of Starmantle • Malkizid • Mardava • Nevron • Nezlit • Nezram • Nidiba • Ollarent Hillgreen • Quarra of Cathtyr • Rayeith à el Kapyn • Rotting Man • Serkent of the Howling Gap • Shianax • Sipari • Viandos Rippek • Vostas • Wendonai • Xi’an Vrasl • Ynloeth • Yuvaraj
Creatures[edit | edit source]
- balor • baneguard • battle horror • bheur • brain golem • brown dragon • crawling claw • crypt thing • curst • deepspawn • direguard • dracolich • dread • dread warrior • drow • drow werebat • elder brain • flameskull • foulwing • gemstone golem • ghour • giant sun spider • giant velvet worm • giant whip scorpion • giant whip spider • gorynych • gray ooze • greenbound creature • hagspawn • half-drow • helmed horror • hezrou • huecuva • imp • ixzan • metalmaster • nighthaunt • nishruu • orglash • phaerimm • spectre • stone golem • tiefling • toad • tomb tapper • tressym • werecat • werecrocodile • wereshark
Organizations[edit | edit source]
- Cult of the Dragon • Durdyn's Devils • House Olrythii • House Sethomiir • House Vrasl • House Vyshaan • Red Wizard • Wychlaran
Locations[edit | edit source]
- Buildings & Sites
- Arkerym • Athamault • Bronze Battletower • Citadel of Black Ash • Citadel of Kraanfhaor • Citadel of Slime • Crypts of Aelinthaldaar • Elven Court • Elven Port • Fortress Narder • Fortress of the Half-Demon • Great Barrow • Great Imperial Library • Jastaath Castle • Jorhat Citadel • Kepetur • Kraanfhaor's Door • Land of the Dead • Metos • Palace of the Purple Emperor • Purple Library • Rashemen • Ring of Gray Flames • Shaalkar Manor • Sonjar's Tower • Stone of Kest • Val Murthag • Ziggurat of Eternal Victory
- Realms
- Aryvandaar • Ashanath • Chessenta • Cormanthyr • Eiellûr • Evereska • Evermeet • Gauros • Great Dale • Illefarn • Ilythiir • Imaskar • Keltormir • Lapendrar • Miyeritar • Mulhorand • Murghôm • Narfell • Orishaar • Phalorm • Priador • Raumathar • Semphâr • Shantel Othreier • Syòrpiir • Thay • Thearnytaar • Thesk • Unther
- Roads
- Golden Way • Great Road
- Settlements
- Aelinthaldaar • Almorel • Beacon Cairn • Bhaluin • Daggerford • Deep Imaskar • Delhumide • Dun-Tharos • Messemprar • Nezras • Raudor • Sekras • Semkhrun • Shandaular • Silverymoon • Skuld • Solon • Undrek'Thoz • Unthalass • Winterkeep
- Wilderness
- Aglarond Peninsula • Brightstar Lake • Dragonsword Mountains • Endless Wastes • Forest of Lethyr • Giant's Belt Mountains • Giantspire Mountains • Great Glacier • Great Ice Sea • High Moor • High Forest • Icerim Mountains • Jorhat Mountains • Katakoros Mountains • Lake Ahsane • Lake Eltabbar • Lake of Mists • Lake of Steam • Lizard Marsh • Methwood • Plains of Purple Dist • Raurin Desert • Raurinshield Mountains • Rawlinswood • River Delimbiyr • River Dessarin • River of Swords • Sea of Fallen Stars • Shining Falls • Smoking Mountains • Sunrise Mountains • Sword Mountains • Wizards' Reach
Magic[edit | edit source]
- Spells
- aura of the sun • backblast • bloodbriars • clearstone • crushing sphere • ebon ray of doom • ghost pipes • Ioulaum's longevity • know bloodline • mailed might of the magelords • nar fiendbond • Nezram's amethyst aura • Nezram's emerald energy shield • Nezram's sapphire screen of shielding • ray of resurgence • Sakkratar's triple strike • sandblast • Shalantha's delicate disc • Srinshee's spell shift • storm shield • sun scepter • Theskyn's hearty heave • toothed tentacle • Tyche's touch
- Scepters
- Netherese blast scepter • silver ankh of Ra
- Wondrous Items
- Aoxar's helm • battlecloak of Vycaena • Chylnoth's coronet • giiraegisir • goldern orb of Siluvanede • harness of armor • orb of tempests • telkiira
- Artifacts
- Arcor Kerym, the Crownblade • Aryfaern Kerym, the Artblade • Aryvelahr Kerym, the Warblade • Dragontear Crown of Sharrven • Elfblades of Cormanthyr • Imaskarcana • Mythallar • Nether Scrolls • Oracle of Fahzakhum • Unique Mageries
Religion[edit | edit source]
- Amaunator • Anhur • Auppenser • Bhaal • Corellon Larethian • Ghaunadaur • Gilgeam • Girru • Horus-Re • Ibrandul • Inanna • Ki • Leira • Lolth • Marduk • Moander • MyrkulNanna-Sin • • Nergal • Osiris • Ramman • Sebek • Set • Tchazzar • Tiamat • Utu
Events[edit | edit source]
Miscellaneous[edit | edit source]
- Divinity Plays • Firedawn Cycle • Saga of Woe • Song of the Sundered Crown • Song Paths • The Taking of Unther • Voices of the Lost
Appendix[edit | edit source]
External links[edit | edit source]
- "Secrets of Imaskar", a free web enhancement by Robert Wiese
- Dungeon Masters Guild product page
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Richard Baker, Ed Bonny, Travis Stout (February 2005). Lost Empires of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 85. ISBN 0-7869-3654-1.
Adventures
Anauroch: The Empire of Shade • City of the Spider Queen • Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave • Into the Dragon's Lair • Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor • Shadowdale: The Scouring of the Land • Sons of Gruumsh • The Twilight Tomb