- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (1 Mar 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0786928751
- ISBN-13: 978-0786928750
- Product Dimensions: 28.8 x 21.5 x 1.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent book,
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This review is from: Races of Faerun (Forgotten Realms Campaign Option) (Hardcover)
Now this book is not what you'd consider an "essential" book - you can happily live without it. Many races are included in various sourcebooks or the Monster Manual and can be adapted. However, this book is USEFUL! Every player-character race is included, including every subdivision of them, some of which are new (e.g. You now have more than just Shield, Gold and Grey Dwarves) and even cross-breeds are given their lion's share (e.g. Half-drow and Half-Dwarf). The section I found most interesting is that, unlike what you'd expect, humans are looked at too. Now humans are normally given the smallest sections in books, since we all "know" what humans are... not in this book. The author's have taken laborious time and effort to really express the fact that a Chondathan human (e.g. from Amn, Cormyr or the Sword Coast) is very different in his manner, education, outlook, personality and physique from a Mulhorandi human. It tells you everything about them, from a physical description, clothing habbits, to how their society is structured and their mentality (e.g. that the Mulhorandi have great respect for any Assimar's and Divine Spellcasters, but thanks to the Red Wizards distrust and fear Arcane Spellcasters). All the main "regions" are covered - Chondathan, Damarian, Rashemi, Mulhorandi, etc... Illustrations are good, and every racial entry includes details on habbits, physical appearance and physique and society. Many races even include specific prestige classes, equipment and feats. As I said, not essential to have in order to play, you can find much of the information scattered around the Core Rulebooks, Monsters of Faerun, Forgotten Realms, Silver Marches, Forgotten East, etc... but this book puts them all together in a perfect bundle in a quality manner consistent with what you'd expect from Wizards of the Coast. I, for one, am very glad I bought it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Well known and rare races of the Realms,
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This review is from: Races of Faerun (Forgotten Realms Campaign Option) (Hardcover)
The Races of Faerūn sourcebook for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting adds many levels of extra detail to both Player Characters and NPCs. The book details the rules, background and society of the Forgotten Realms version of the PC races as well as their various sub-races. As well as this the book also provides information on some of the less common races that a player may wish to use such as centaurs, lycanthropes and yuan-ti. In addition to the information on the races this book also includes the obligatory sections fro Feats, equipment and Prestige Classes that are appropriate for the various races detailed. Although not essential for games set in the Forgotten Realms, Races of Faerūn does allow players to add extra depth to their characters and can give DMs ideas for campaigns set around the races detailed.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
nothing fantastic,
This review is from: Races of Faerun (Forgotten Realms Campaign Option) (Hardcover)
Races of Faerun, while sometimes useful, is hardly necessary. Although it contains new races, magic items, and race-specific prestige class, it is mainly comprised of relatively useless information. It gives some interesting backstories, but many of these are already covered in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting or other FR sourcebooks. Most of it is obvious or pointless info- most of us can pretty much see how orcs treat other races, why Drow hate other elves......One good thing this book did was to discuss the Human kingdoms, (not just the fantasy races), something most D&D books don't do,which can be pretty useful for campaigns set in Faerun. It also contains some interesting new races, such as Avariel (Winged Elves!) and subraces, (such as arctic dwarves), but much of this information is already contained in the other, more useful sourcebooks. Most of this book is taken up by page upon page of pointless detail, which could easily be summed up in a few paragraphs.
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