This article is about the real-world sourcebook. For the in-universe book, see Volo's Guide to Cormyr (in-universe).
Volo's Guide to Cormyr is a 2nd-edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons accessory for the Forgotten Realms.
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You hold in your hands the fourth popular – nay, indispensable! – travel guide penned by the indefatigable, all-seeing Volo. The tireless traveler has seen the sights of the beautiful Forest Kingdom, and he offers this pouch-sized tome so your own visit to the fabled realm of shining knights may be a carefree success. Many of the finest establishments and most striking sights and landsmarks of Cormyr are featured here, ranked with the handy coin, dagger, pipe, and tankard rating system. No visitor to Cormyr should be without this peerless guidebook.
Discover:
- Where to dine on the best wyvern tail in all Cormyr,
- The rules of the games most favored by Purple Dragons at play,
- State secrets about the war wizards of Cormyr,
- Where the elusive ghost stag prances – and all about the exclusive royal hunting lodge from which a lucky few guests hunt it,
- The lyrics of Cormyr's most popular drinking song,
- Where Tempus speaks directly to warriors,
- And what powerful magic the mysterious Sword Heralds have left behind for only the wisest, boldest adventurers!
Suitable for all levels of play.
SPECIAL NOTE: This edition of Volo's Guide to Cormyr, intended for travelers from beyond the borders of Faerûn, contains notes, commentary, and substantial revisions by the famous sage and archmage Elminster of Shadowdale.”
Index[]
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Characters[]
- Aragh • Ayesunder Truesilver • Bledryn Scoril • Blue Blade • Chalasse • Dhalmass Obarskyr • Dove Falconhand • Earbos • Florin Falconhand • Gahlaerd Mossmere • Hlombur • Kathla Obarskyr • Kyler Blackbone • Milo Dudley • Thurbrand • Volothamp Geddarm
Creatures[]
- beholder • bluebird • boobrie • catfish • catoblepas • crayfish • death tyrant • deepspawn • doppleganger • dove • dragon turtle • dryad • duck • earthworm • electric eel • ettin • ferret • gargoyle • giant clam • giant lamprey • giant spider • goat • golem • gorgon • grell • gremlin • griffon • grouse • gull • half-ogre • harpy • kelpie • ki-rin • korred • lacedon • lion • lizardfolk • medusa • mind flayer • minnow • minotaur • mountain goat • neogi • ogre • ogre magi • owlbear • oyster • peryton • pheasant • pixie • quail • rock rat • salmon • satyr • sheep • shrieker • silverfin • squirrel • surlfish • trout • umber hulk • unicorn • werepegasus • werestag • will-o'-wisp • wyvern • zombie, ju-ju • zombie, sea
Locations[]
- Bodies of Water
- Plungepool • River Sharragh • Starwater River
- Buildings
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- Businesses
- Alzael's Cleaver • Chalasse's Fine Clothing
- Castles & Fortresses
- High Horn (hold) • Redstone Castle
- Inns
- Blushing Maiden Inn • Grimwald's Revenge • Sixcandles Inn
- Restaurants
- Plate of Eels
- Shrines
- Shrine of Waukeen (Marsember)
- Taverns
- Blue Dragon's Bones
- Temples
- Morningmist Hall
- Settlements
- Smuggler's Stone
- Mountains
- Eagle Peak • High Horn (mountain)
- Regions
- Goblin Marches • Tunlands
- Roads
- Dragonfall Alley • Gnoll Pass • Hunt Bide • Immer Street • Lonesome Lane • Mayhap Lane • Ranger's Way • Starwater Road • Street of the Sorceress • Street of Staves • Ustor's Street • Windever Street
- Wilderness
- Farsea Marshes • Stonelands
Magic[]
- Items
- arrow of slaying • battlestar bracers • commander's ring • driftglobe • dust of disappearance • earring of spell turning • flying saddle of Thamos • harp of charming • hat of disguise • passagestone • peacemaker's rod • ring of spell storing • Ring of Winter • staff of the woodlands • stone of silence • wand of frost • wand of magic missiles • wand of paralyzation • wand of wonder • war wizard cloak
- Potions
- potion of healing • potion of longevity • potion of sweet water
- Spells
- alarm • contingency • continual faerie fire • continual light • cure disease • dimension door • faerie fire • feather fall • forcecage • knock • neutralize poison • repulsion • shapechange • silence • time stop • wall of force • wardmist • wizard eye
- Others
- everbright
Organizations[]
Miscellaneous[]
- Armor & Clothing
- bracer • breastplate • cummerbund • hose • pantaloon • plate armor • ruff • sash • tunic
- Art & Literature
- The Moonlight Morningstar Murders • The Nymph Said No • Volo's Guide to Cormyr
- Events
- Dragonturtle Day
- Fields of Study
- taxidermy
- Food & Drinks
- ale • artichoke • bacon • Bitter Black • Blood Wine • brackleberry jam • brandy • cider • Death Cheese • Elminster's Choice • fruit cake • garlic butter • gravy • ham • Harbor Bottom Whisky • horseradish • jellied eel • milk • mint water • molasses • mustard • pâté • pork • pork fat • salt pork • salted fish • sausage • Shadowdark ale • sherry • snowbread • sugar • suzale • Troll's foot • Vilhon Cider • zzar
- Items
- • barrel • bladder • blanket • bodkin • cauldron • candelabra • candle • chamberpot • cleaver • coffer • ewer • harp • hookah • jar • jug • jugglables • kettle • knife • ladder • lantern • lateen • mold (item) • mug • nail • pitchfork • pulley • rope • saddle • scroll • siege ladder • spoon • thurible • torch • wire
- Materials & Substances
- amberglow • ceramic • clay • firepot • fish oil • linen • paper • pitch
- Professions
- alchemist • cooper • cordwainer • jester • limner • minstrel • stevedore
- Vegetation
- alfalfa • apple • asparagus • barley • blueberry • carrot • corn • cranberry • duskwood • glowmoss • gooseberry • grass • hermit berry • hickory • hops • leek • marrow • melon • mold • moss • oak • oat • onion • parsnip • peach • pine • pixie cap mushroom • potato • pumpkin • quince • radish • raspberry • rosecork • shadowtop • stelk • strawberry
- Vehicles
- handbarrow • skiff
- Weapons
- ballista • gunpowder wand
Appendix[]
Notes[]
References[]
- ↑ Shannon Appelcline. Volo's Guide to Cormyr (2e). Dungeon Masters Guild. Retrieved on 2013-11-18.