Source Material & Resource Directory

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Source Material & Resource Directory
A Comprehensive List of Forgotten Realms Content

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BGSTCC is built upon the Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition and 3/3.5 Edition rulesets and progresses, by year, through the Calendar of Harptos on a loose 1:1 scale. In an effort to make source material for this time period more accessible, and provide a means to research concepts and lore, a list of resources set within this period and the FR setting are as follows.

Please bear in mind that these do not account for server-specific lore and/or history which may deviate from official canon due to DM ruling, server direction, or player agency. When in doubt members of the community should refer to information found on the forum, or contact a Dungeon Master for clarification.

Additionally, players should be aware of the server's stance on the use of source books in-game, and refer to the PSA On In-Character Use of Source Books; maintaining a mindfulness of the lines between player knowledge and character knowledge.

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3rd Edition Sourcebooks

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View	Supplements	Modules	View
[LINK]	Champions of Ruin	Anauroch: The Empire of Shade	[LINK]
[LINK]	Champions of Valor	City of the Spider Queen	[LINK]
[LINK]	City of Splendors: Waterdeep	Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave	[LINK]
[LINK]	Dragons of Faerûn	Expedition to Undermountain	[LINK]
[LINK]	Faiths and Pantheons	Into the Dragon's Lair	[LINK]
[LINK]	Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting	Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor	[LINK]
[LINK]	Grand History of the Realms, The	Shadowdale: The Scouring of the Land	[LINK]
[LINK]	Lords of Darkness	Sons of Gruumsh	[LINK]
[LINK]	Lost Empires of Faerûn	Twilight Tomb, The	[LINK]
[LINK]	Magic of Faerûn
[LINK]	Monsters of Faerûn
[LINK]	Mysteries of the Moonsea
[LINK]	Player's Guide to Faerûn
[LINK]	Power of Faerûn
[LINK]	Races of Faerûn
[LINK]	Serpent Kingdoms
[LINK]	Shining South
[LINK]	Silver Marches
[LINK]	Unapproachable East
[LINK]	Underdark

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2nd Edition (AD&D) Sourcebooks

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View	Supplements	Modules	View
[LINK]	Anauroch	Accursed Tower, The	[LINK]
[LINK]	Aurora's Whole Realms Catalog	Black Courser	[LINK]
[LINK]	Cities of Mystery	Blood Charge	[LINK]
[LINK]	Code of the Harpers	Castle Spulzeer	[LINK]
[LINK]	Cormyr	City of Gold	[LINK]
[LINK]	Cult of the Dragon	Doom of Daggerdale	[LINK]
[LINK]	Dalelands, The	Dungeon of Death, The	[LINK]
[LINK]	Demihuman Deities	Endless Armies	[LINK]
[LINK]	Demihumans of the Realms	Fires of Zatal	[LINK]
[LINK]	Draconomicon	For Duty and Deity	[LINK]
[LINK]	Drow of the Underdark, The	Four from Cormyr	[LINK]
[LINK]	Drizzt Do'Urden's Guide to the Underdark	Gateway to Ravens Bluff	[LINK]
[LINK]	Dwarves Deep	Haunted Halls of Eveningstar	[LINK]
[LINK]	Elminster's Ecologies	Halls of the High King	[LINK]
[LINK]	Elminster's Ecologies Appendix I: The Battle of Bones	Hellgate Keep	[LINK]
[LINK]	Elminster's Ecologies Appendix II: The High Moor	Hordes of Dragonspear	[LINK]
[LINK]	Elves of the Evermeet	How the Mighty Are Fallen	[LINK]
[LINK]	Empires of the Shining Sea	Inside Ravens Bluff	[LINK]
[LINK]	Faiths & Avatars	Jungles of Chult	[LINK]
[LINK]	Forgotten Realms Adventures	Kidnapped	[LINK]
[LINK]	Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting	Marco Volo: Arrival	[LINK]
[LINK]	Forgotten Realms Atlas, The	Marco Volo: Departure	[LINK]
[LINK]	Giantcraft	Marco Volo: Journey	[LINK]
[LINK]	Great Glacier, The	Nightmare Keep	[LINK]
[LINK]	Hall of Heroes	Nightwatch in the Living City	[LINK]
[LINK]	Heroes' Lorebook	Ninja Wars	[LINK]
[LINK]	Horde Campaign	Port of Ravens Bluff	[LINK]
[LINK]	Horde, The	Return of Randal Morn, The	[LINK]
[LINK]	Maztica Campaign Set	Ronin Challenge	[LINK]
[LINK]	Netheril: Empire of Magic	Secret of Spiderhaunt, The	[LINK]
[LINK]	North: Guide to the Savage Frontier, The	Shadowdale	[LINK]
[LINK]	Old Empires	Storm Riders	[LINK]
[LINK]	Pages from the Mages	Sword of the Dales, The	[LINK]
[LINK]	Pirates of the Fallen Stars	Tantras	[LINK]
[LINK]	Player's Guide to the Forgotten Realms Campaign	Test of the Samurai	[LINK]
[LINK]	Powers and Pantheons	Undermountain: Maddgoth's Castle	[LINK]
[LINK]	Ruins of Myth Drannor	Undermountain: Stardock	[LINK]
[LINK]	Ruins of Undermountain, The	Undermountain: The Lost Level	[LINK]
[LINK]	Ruins of Undermountain II: The Deep Levels, The	Waterdeep	[LINK]
[LINK]	Ruins of Zhentil Keep	Wyrmskull Throne	[LINK]
[LINK]	Sea of Fallen Stars
[LINK]	Secrets of the Magister
[LINK]	Seven Sisters, The
[LINK]	Shining South, The
[LINK]	Spellbound
[LINK]	Vilhon Reach, The
[LINK]	Villains' Lorebook
[LINK]	Volo's Guide to All Things Magical
[LINK]	Volo's Guide to Cormyr
[LINK]	Volo's Guide to the Dalelands
[LINK]	Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast
[LINK]	Volo's Guide to Waterdeep
[LINK]	Warriors and Priests of the Realms
[LINK]	Wizards and Rogues of the Realms

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1st Edition Sourcebooks

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View	Supplements	Modules	View
[LINK]	City System	Bloodstone Pass	[LINK]
[LINK]	Dreams of the Red Wizards	Bloodstone Wars, The	[LINK]
[LINK]	Empires of the Sands	Curse of the Azure Bonds	[LINK]
[LINK]	Forgotten Realms Campaign Set	Mines of Bloodstone, The	[LINK]
[LINK]	Lords of Darkness	Ruins of Adventure	[LINK]
[LINK]	Magister, The	Throne of Bloodstone, The	[LINK]
[LINK]	Moonshae	Treasure Hunt	[LINK]
[LINK]	Savage Frontier, The	Under Illefarn	[LINK]
[LINK]	Waterdeep and the North

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Non-Forgotten Realms Resources

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There are additional resources not specific to the Forgotten Realms setting that may benefit the player, yet these should be referenced with utmost care. Due to the variance in content which can be suitably adapted across multiple settings, non-FR books should primarily be used for inspirational context rather than content, and players should defer to the Forgotten Realms sourcebooks when information is in conflict.

If uncertain, please contact the DM team for clarity.

 

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Non-FR 3rd Edition Sourcebooks

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View	Supplement	Supplement	View
[LINK]	Book of Exalted Deeds	Magic of Incarnum	[LINK]
[LINK]	Book of Vile Darkness	Manual of the Planes	[LINK]
[LINK]	Complete Adventurer	Masters of the Wild	[LINK]
[LINK]	Complete Arcane	Monster Manual	[LINK]
[LINK]	Complete Champion	Monster Manual II	[LINK]
[LINK]	Complete Divine	Monster Manual III	[LINK]
[LINK]	Complete Mage	Monster Manual IV	[LINK]
[LINK]	Complete Scoundrel	Monster Manual V	[LINK]
[LINK]	Complete Warrior	Oriental Adventures	[LINK]
[LINK]	Deities and Demigods	Planar Handbook	[LINK]
[LINK]	Defenders of the Faith	Player's Handbook	[LINK]
[LINK]	Dragon Magic	Player's Handbook II	[LINK]
[LINK]	Draconomicon: The Book of Dragons	Races of Destiny	[LINK]
[LINK]	Drow of the Underdark	Races of Stone	[LINK]
[LINK]	Elder Evils	Races of the Dragon	[LINK]
[LINK]	Epic Level Handbook	Races of the Wild	[LINK]
[LINK]	Exemplars of Evil	Sandstorm	[LINK]
[LINK]	Fiend Folio	Song and Silence	[LINK]
[LINK]	Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss	Spell Compendium	[LINK]
[LINK]	Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells	Stormwrack	[LINK]
[LINK]	Frostburn	Sword and Fist	[LINK]
[LINK]	Heroes of Battle	Tome and Blood	[LINK]
[LINK]	Heroes of Horror	Tome of Battle: The Book of Nine Swords	[LINK]
[LINK]	Libris Mortis: The Book of Undead	Tome of Magic	[LINK]
[LINK]	Lords of Madness	Unearthed Arcana	[LINK]
[LINK]	Magic Item Compendium

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Non-FR 2nd Edition Sourcebooks

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View	Supplement	Supplement	View
[LINK]	Arms and Equipment Guide	Monster Mythology	[LINK]
[LINK]	Bastion of Faith	Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One	[LINK]
[LINK]	Book of Artifacts	Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two	[LINK]
[LINK]	Castle Guide, The	Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three	[LINK]
[LINK]	City Sites	Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four	[LINK]
[LINK]	College of Wizardry	Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix	[LINK]
[LINK]	Complete Barbarian's Handbook, The	Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix	[LINK]
[LINK]	Complete Bard's Handbook, The	Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix II	[LINK]
[LINK]	Complete Book of Dwarves, The	Monstrous Compendium Kara-Tur	[LINK]
[LINK]	Complete Book of Elves, The	Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix	[LINK]
[LINK]	Complete Book of Gnomes & Halflings, The	Monstrous Compendium Volume One	[LINK]
[LINK]	Complete Book of Humanoids, The	Monstrous Compendium Volume Two	[LINK]
[LINK]	Complete Book of Necromancers, The	Monstrous Compendium Volume Three	[LINK]
[LINK]	Complete Book of Villains, The	Monstrous Manual	[LINK]
[LINK]	Complete Druid's Handbook, The	Of Ships and the Sea	[LINK]
[LINK]	Complete Fighter's Handbook, The	Player's Option: Combat & Tactics	[LINK]
[LINK]	Complete Ninja's Handbook, The	Player's Option: Skills & Powers	[LINK]
[LINK]	Complete Paladin's Handbook, The	Player's Option: Spells & Magic	[LINK]
[LINK]	Complete Priest's Handbook, The	Priest's Spell Compendium, Volume 1	[LINK]
[LINK]	Complete Ranger's Handbook, The	Priest's Spell Compendium, Volume 2	[LINK]
[LINK]	Complete Thief's Handbook, The	Priest's Spell Compendium, Volume 3	[LINK]
[LINK]	Complete Wizard's Handbook, The	Sages & Specialists	[LINK]
[LINK]	Den of Thieves	The Magic Encyclopedia, Volume One	[LINK]
[LINK]	Encyclopedia Magica, Volume 1	The Magic Encyclopedia, Volume Two	[LINK]
[LINK]	Encyclopedia Magica, Volume 2	Tome of Magic	[LINK]
[LINK]	Encyclopedia Magica, Volume 3	Wizard's Spell Compendium, Volume 1	[LINK]
[LINK]	Encyclopedia Magica, Volume 4	Wizard's Spell Compendium, Volume 2	[LINK]
[LINK]	Legends & Lore	Wizard's Spell Compendium, Volume 3	[LINK]
[LINK]	Monster Mythology	Wizard's Spell Compendium, Volume 4	[LINK]

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Non-FR 1st Edition Sourcebooks

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View	Supplement	Supplement	View
[LINK]	Book of Marvelous Magic, The	Monster Manual II	[LINK]
[LINK]	Book of Wondrous Inventions, The	Oriental Adventures	[LINK]
[LINK]	Deities & Demigods	Player's Handbook	[LINK]
[LINK]	Dungeoneer's Survival Guide	Rogues Gallery, The	[LINK]
[LINK]	Fiend Folio	Unearthed Arcana	[LINK]
[LINK]	Manual of the Planes	Wilderness Survival Guide	[LINK]
[LINK]	Monster Manual

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[DM Limerence]

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DM Recommendations on Beginner Sourcebooks

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Thank you to MissClick for compiling the above list.

In addition, given the overwhelming number of sourcebooks, the DM team recommend that new players start with the following sourcebooks to understand the basics of common races, deities, classes, and geography. More detailed recommendations on specific topics can be sought from the DM team or from other players in Discord.

Please keep in mind that sourcebooks do not include server specific lore, which may deviate, and the sourcebooks are typically written from the perspective of 1368-1373, which are a few years in the future.

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Beginner Sourcebooks

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View	Supplements	Notes
Races
[LINK]	Races of Faerûn (3rd)	This sourcebook has detailed entries on each of the races and human ethnicities, including history, physical description, outlook, and society.
Deities
[LINK]	Faiths and Avatars (2nd)	This sourcebook provides key details about how the powers and faiths of Faerûn work, and covers the major Faerûnian pantheon.
[LINK]	Powers and Pantheons (2nd)	This sourcebook covers the other parts of the human pantheon (Demipowers, Chultan pantheon, and Mulhorandi Untheric pantheons).
[LINK]	Demihuman Deities (2nd)	This sourcebook covers drow, dwarven, elven, gnome, and halfling pantheons.
[LINK]	Faiths and Pantheons (3rd)	This sourcebook covers all the pantheons (including the orc pantheon not covered above), but is less detailed for each entry than the above three sourcebooks and has some minor differences with the conversion to 3rd edition.
Classes
[LINK]	Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (3rd)	The early part of this sourcebook outlines some key details about how each of the primary classes operate in Faerûn (which is different from the player's handbook, e.g., clerics requiring a patron deity; which deities are considered 'nature' deities for druids; monk orders, etc.).
Geography
[LINK]	Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (3rd)	This sourcebook covers a good summary of all the regions of Faerûn. Many other texts go into further detail (e.g., Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast) but this is a good starting place.