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Foreigners view Rashemen as a mysterious, magical land of harsh winters ruled by masked witches and populated by berserkers. Far away from the southern climates and the warming oceans, it is a barren waste of frozen plains and snow-covered mountains where a person can freeze to death overnight even in the middle of summer. Such talk is exaggeration, but it is based in truth. Much of Faerûn owes its safety and security to Rashemen, for this small nation has held its own against the armies and collected magic of Thay time and again, sparing Thay’s other neighbors from the attentions of the Red Wizards. Geographic Overview Rashemen is about the same size as Cormyr, running approximately 330 miles from its southern border at Lake Mulsantir to its northern reaches at the Icerim Mountains, and 270 miles from Lake Ashane, its western border, to its curving eastern border that ends at the southeast arm of the Icerims. The Sunrise Mountains and two small but thick forests divide Rashemen’s lower third from the rest of the country, and most of its citizens inhabit this smaller portion. Although its size is comparable, Rashemen’s harsh climate and remote location mean its population is less than half that of Cormyr. The lower third of Rashemen is a cool, hilly land of pine forests and heather-grown downs. The land climbs toward the 128 east, quickly becoming quite rugged as one approaches the Sunrise Mountains. The northernmost reaches of the Sunrise range are lower and snowier than the southern portion bordering Thay, and from these well-watered peaks, innumerable rivers and streams flow west to Lake Ashane. Ages ago, glaciers scarred this land, carving deep U-shaped canyons in the mountains and trapping hundreds of tiny lakes behind moraines. The North Country, Rashemen’s upper two-thirds, is mostly bleak, windswept plains with little vegetation other than hardy grass and scrub. The southerly reaches of this area consist of knife-edged rocky ridges with steep ravines covered with a thick pine forest, but the landscape flattens as one moves north, becoming a vast cold steppe unbroken for more than a hundred miles before the foothills of the Icerims rise up from the plains. The North Country lies 3,000 feet above sea level, as does much of the rest of Rashemen, and this altitude contributes to its harsh winters. On Rashemen’s western flank is a veritable inland sea, the great lakes of Ashane and Mulsantir. Stretching over 500 miles in length and more than eighty miles wide at their broadest point, these lakes occupy deep rift valleys between the high plateaus of Ashanath, Thay, and the North Country. Rivers from the surrounding elevations drain into these lakes, which have no surface outlet. However, they are freshwater, not salt, which suggests that one or both are linked to seas or subterranean rivers in the Underdark. Magic has sculpted Rashemen’s geography as much as wind and weather. Caught between the warring nations of Narfell and Raumathar long ago, Rashemen is a place of ancient wizardry and powerful spirits (called telthors) tied to the features of the land. Spirits guard the forests, mountains, and waterways against defilers—in some places, every stone and sapling has its own guardian. The local folk respect and take care to not offend the spirits, which are said to punish those who are callous toward them and bear grudges against communities for years. In addition to its native spirits, Rashemen features many old sites of battle between the dead warring nations, and from time to time dormant spells are awakened, rocking the land
Ragnor Camp Ri v e r Erech NARFELL Firward Mts. 0 40 miles Falls of Erech Erech Forest Lake Ashane ASHANAT H River Mulsantir Immilmar Ashenwood River Ashan Ic erimMts. Fortress of the Half Demon RASHEMEN R. Rasha Mulsantir RASHEMEN T HE NORTH COUNTRY The Long Road Urling Immil Vale Icebo rn R. Urlingwood The Running Rocks The Golden Way R. Fir Lake Tirulag Tinnir 129 THE ENDLESS WASTES Taporan Mulptan R. T i r Shevel Thasunta Lake Mulsantir W The Huhrong’s Road N S THE HIGH COUNTRY Mines of Tethkel Mulsanyaar Plateau Towers of Smoke E Ring of Gray Flames Citadel Rashemar Mt. Omvulag Omvudurth
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Contents Introduction . . . . . . .
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Across the wide lands of Faerûn, b
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Chapter 5: Magic Items. The Red Wiz
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Races The races commonly found in o
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Star Elf Racial Traits Star elves h
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of adventuring party. At best, a gn
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ability, regardless of actual level
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Alignment: Volodnis are not activel
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The Unapproachable East is home to
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The griffon retains its own type an
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CLASS FEATURES All the following ar
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Telthor Companion: Beginning at 3rd
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Nar demonbinders are most often cle
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8th level—flensing (FRCS), greate
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CLASS FEATURES All the following ar
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Scribe Runescar (Sp): At 1st level,
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to his monk levels and use the unar
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+1d6 points of bonus cold damage on
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extension of their aggression, as w
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As a crossroads of Faerûn, the lan
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human lands around them to take oth
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Great Stag Berserker REGIONS AND FE
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The Unapproachable East is known th
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other monsters or beings of the sha
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You fire a brilliant blue ray at a
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Focus: A slender gold-chased adaman
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The Red Wizards are renowned as Fae
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Caster Level: 9th; Prerequisites: C
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The following spell powers drain on
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all respects. Animated trees lose t
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Dread Warrior Dread Warrior Human W
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MONSTERS OF THE EAST Shrieking Hag
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Hagspawn have the following abiliti
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divide at the end into stubby, stro
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work normally. Orglashes can be rai
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Spirit folk are the descendants of
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• +4 Strength, +2 Constitution, -
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Thomil A thomil is an animate piece
Page 78 and 79: COMBAT A fell troll’s tactics are
Page 80 and 81: Skills: Bluff +9, Diplomacy +5, Dis
Page 82 and 83: Artifacts of terrible power lie ent
Page 84 and 85: A Shadowmaster at work ADVENTURING
Page 86 and 87: Dungeons in the Unapproachable East
Page 88 and 89: that are stopped or camped normally
Page 90 and 91: 16-17 14-15 Blooded one (UE) 1d3+1
Page 92 and 93: TABLE 7-9: LAKE ASHANE (COLD RIVER/
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Page 96 and 97: Major Geographic Features From its
Page 98 and 99: The Fang The Fang is the part of th
Page 100 and 101: The Wizards’ Reach is not part of
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Page 104 and 105: History of Aglarond The past of Agl
Page 106 and 107: Government “Loose” is a generou
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Page 110 and 111: NOTABLE BUSINESSES There are two ex
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Page 114 and 115: Major Geographic Features The two d
Page 116 and 117: A ghost of the Great Barrow THE GRE
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Page 120 and 121: While the Dalesfolk don’t like ou
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Page 136 and 137: People of Rashemen The people of Ra
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Page 140 and 141: THE VREMYONNI While the wychlaran s
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Page 148 and 149: Best known for the crimson-robed Re
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Page 164 and 165: The zulkirs appoint tharchions, or
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disciplined mercenary companies. Th
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Today, the Shadowmasters control or
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on supplies. Orc miners take over P
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his prodigious fortune and business
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hands just outside its walls. The 3
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The Wizards’ Reach Between the Th
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sinister past, concerned as they ar
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An Unapproachable East FORGOTTEN RE
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20 ft.; AC 16, touch 12, flat-foote
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usiness. Use the statistics below,
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from the next encounter called The
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