Nentir vale history book

The only missing stuff is the mythology and the list of the gods and their enemies. The wizard had placed magical coins a few feet in front of the doors to distract the acolytes. Where can i find a complete timeline of the history of. Anyone running a nentir vale campaign with 5th edition. The snowfang is currently led by chief udoros, who holds the snowfang blade and is widely believed to be the western claw, a savior figure of shifter prophecy.

The mythic age from the moment of creation to the dawn war the dawn war from the discovery of the shard of evil to the age of mortals the dawn age from the aftermath of the dawn war to just before the rise of empires the imperial age from. I read james wyatts short story that gives background on one of the villains prior to reading this, and was glad that i did, as it allowed me to understand the background behind what happened here better. The book eternalizes our history in 420 pages filled with interesting stories and historical data. The book wasnt digestsized like the essentials books. The story of the creation of the nentir vale, demographics and currency, some missing factions, all the common and unique monsters of the vale, and the playable races as well. Nentir vale is the sample community provided as a default setting in the 4th edition dungeon masters guide. Timeline mysteries of the nentir vale obsidian portal. The tribe is currently based in gardmore, where it makes up a majority of the population. The nentir river is too big to freeze except for a few weeks in. While my nitpicks about the actual format of the book itself still remain, the content more than makes up for it, as do the stellar extras included in the package. As an early book in the series, the purpose of this was to set the stageat least in the nentir vale for the story to come. The civilized world has been reduced to a series of points of light in a great wilderness of danger and monsters. Threats to the nentir vale was written by sterling hershey, brian r. Nentir and elsir vale in forgotten realms with images.

The twisting halls are fully detailed in the dungeon masters book of the. One of the biggest strengths of the nentir vale as a setting is the fact that theres. The almost complete history of the nentir vale the piazza. The nentir vale is a northern land, but it sees relatively little snowwinters are windy and bitterly cold. Throw in now hammerfast and the tiefling ruins location supplement. In fact, it wasnt hardcover either like the core books. James, matt james, and steve townshend, and was published by wizards of the coast in 2011. Nentir vale book morrus unofficial tabletop rpg news. Ive read the mark of nerath and the abyssal plague books set in the vale.

The title of threats to nentir vale clearly showed that it was an essentialsstyle monster book, but it also confused some people who didnt realize that monster vault 2010. Novels that are set in the nentir vale include the mark of nerath and abyssal plague series. Obviously, i eventually changed my mind and picked up monster vault. The nentir vale is neighbored by the stonemarch to the west, the harken forest and the witchlight fens to the south, the dawnforge mountains to the east, and the winterbole forest to the north. This 128page book contains statistics, tactics, and lore for new monsters of the nentir vale. The primordials were imprisoned, but the threat they present remains. The nentir vale only a few short centuries ago was a sparsely settled wilderness. The nentir vale has just enough history that is can be used or ignored. His spear of the skylord destroyed the demon middendark and shattered. What began with a small core of characters in book one has broadened to a much larger party by book three. The area hints at a long history sometimes even providing details, but.

It fell into the earth and was buried, to be forgotten by time and history. Its the first truly unsolicited and fancreated project published by wizards of the coast, a. No nentir vale campaign guide books for players or dungeon masters. Herein you ll find adventure hooks, npcs, maps, and detailed information about specific locations within the vale. On the other side, skamos redmoon, felsmon, and barrick also waited for the acolytes of kalarel to pass through the doors and spring the trap.

The book was illustrated by dave allsop, peter bergting, zoltan boros, eric deschamps, matt dixon, wayne england, adam gillespie. The mythic age from the moment of creation to the dawn war the dawn war from the discovery of the shard of evil to the age of mortals the dawn age from the aftermath of the dawn war to just before the rise of empires the imperial age from arkhosia and bael turath through their fall the modern age. If youre aware of nentir vale, you probably dont care at all about nentir vale. I am aware that there is no real setting book for nentir vale, but all sorts. Pretty barebones, since the intent was to let gms flesh things out and make the campaign more their own. Novels all the many novels set on the world of nerath. The nentir vale aka points of light, aka 4e core setting is a setting which has just enough fluff to justify the existence of everything within 4e i. Nentir vale coming to 5e morrus unofficial tabletop rpg. Following in the footsteps of my list of every power in the nentir vale setting. Many dragon and dungeon magazine articles have expanded on the setting, and the board game conquest of nerath provides a map of continent as well as a glimpse into some of the history of the world. As the empire of nerath grew it became became the site of a key border keep on the empires northern border. Id like to see the devs do a more extensive separation of nentir bane from realms bane in the deity lore, unless they want to merge the two. James did something miraculous in the grand history of the realms 2007.

I think that nentir vale is likely to appear as an e book if they bring it into 5e, since it was relatively generic. Jamie wyeth andrew wyeth dungeons and dragons nc wyeth wow art traditional paintings american artists book illustration. The vale is a cold and sparsely populated land, mostly covered in grasslands and light woods. Oct 1, 2017 nentir and elsir vale in forgotten realms. It also provides the celtic, greek, egyptian and norse pantheons of antiquity. The nentir vale is already pretty well sketched out via the dmg, the other books, the modules, plus all the dragon magazine articles that have taken place in them. At first, the idea was to produce a simple catalogue of photos, but the amount of material that was found exceeded expectations. The cover shows the black dragon shadowmire and his witchlight lizardfolk. The vale is now mostly empty, with a handful of living villages and towns scattered over this wide area. James, matt james, sterling hershey, and steve townshend, this box comes packed with information on the vale and its. For his generosity of spirit, the locals give him bread, berries and bottle of three year old nentir wine. On the left side of the doors, the halfelves zalden silverflame and tira duskmeadow waited. Contentsshow the nentir vale fallcrest lies near the middle of the broad borderland region known as the nentir vale. Zalden finally makes his way back to the boathouse, having one the adoring respect of the townsfolk.

Bandits, wild animals, and monsters roam freely throughout the vale, threatening anyone who fares more than. This is designed for at the table reference, creating one for each region. Threats to the nentir vale 4e wizards of the coast. Fantasy city map fantasy world dnd world map forgotten realms alternate history city landscape city maps. I am happy to report that, despite my initial concerns, it is a great product. Abandoned farmsteads, ruined manors, and broken keeps litter the countryside. The title of threats to nentir vale clearly showed that it was an essentialsstyle monster book, but it also confused some people who didnt realize that monster vault and monster vault. The nentir vale fallcrest lies near the middle of the broad borderland region known as the nentir vale. All youll need to play a campaign in the nentir vale using this gazetteer is the dungeon masters guide, the players.

We played isle of dread countless times, moved on to some of the gazetteers and other adventures, and then became absolutely enthralled by red steel and the princess ark, secret dungeons with laser guns and trips to the. Human settlers from nerath move north into the nentir vale, establishing fastormel, harkenwold, and winterhaven. As part of the celebrations for vale s 70year anniversary, the book vale our history was released in november 2012. The one keep grew into several and several small towns and farming villiages grew up to support the army and to trade with the dwarves of the town of hammerfast.

An ancient shifter tribe from the winterbole forest in the north of the nentir vale. Bandits, wild animals, and monsters roam freely throughout the vale. The gods fought to stop the primordials from destroying the world and were able to gain a narrow victory. At one point there was supposed to be a nentir vale gazetteer a pseudo campaign set for the nentir vale that i thought was. Much more detail about the vale is included in monster vault.

The book of nate denizens of the nentir vale obsidian. The nentir vale was the new setting that was introduced as the. The nentir vale is a northern borderland region of the continent of nerath. The nentir river is too big to freeze except for a few weeks in the coldest part of the year.