Unapproachable East.pdf - The Forgotten Realms

As a crossroads of Faerûn, the lands of the Unapproachable
East are home to a variety of specialized
combat techniques, secrets of magical
lore, and rare talents not found in other lands. Characters from
all over Faerûn journey to the crowded cities of Thesk or the
deep forests of Aglarond in search of hidden knowledge, hoping
to glean some new trick that will help them on their way.
Character Regions
Regions appropriate to the Unapproachable East include Aglarond,
the Great Dale, Narfell, Rashemen, Thay, Thesk, and the
Hordelands. Characters from other parts of Faerûn journey to
the East, of course, but humans native to the area hail from one
of those lands. Nonhuman characters commonly found in the
East include gray dwarves, shield dwarves, wild elves, wood
elves, rock gnomes, half-elves, half-orcs, and lightfoot halflings.
A nonhuman character who chooses one of these racial regions
could easily be a native of the Unapproachable East.
This section introduces three new human regions: Altumbel,
Shou Expatriate, and the Wizards’ Reach. New nonhuman
regions for the races introduced in this book are the star elf,
gnoll, taer, and volodni character regions, all described below.
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Region Descriptions
Each of the regions is described in the following order.
Preferred Class: Each region possesses one or more preferred
classes. A preferred class is a character class that is especially
common in or representative of a particular land or race. A
character of one of these classes who selects the region as his
character region may choose regional feats listed for the region
and gains his choice of the bonus equipment listed in the entry.
A character of any other class may not select regional feats and
does not gain the bonus equipment listed for the region.
Automatic Languages: The character knows all the languages
listed here.
Bonus Languages: 1st-level characters with high Intelligence
scores may choose one language from this list for every
point of their Intelligence bonus.
Regional Feats: The feats specific to characters of the
region. Regional feats are usually exclusive to characters who
choose a preferred class in a particular region. However, a
character with 2 ranks in Knowledge (local) pertaining to a
region qualifies to select regional feats from that region.
Bonus Equipment: A character who chooses a class preferred
in his home region gains bonus equipment at 1st level,
in addition to any starting money he gains based on his choice
of class. He gains only one of the equipment packages listed
here. Items marked with an asterisk (*) are masterwork items.
REGIONS FOR CHARACTERS
ABOVE 1ST LEVEL
Characters from powerful races may be equivalent to 2nd-, 3rd-,
or 4th-level characters despite the fact that they have only 1
class level. When such a character chooses a region and meets
the preferred class requirement, he gains access to regional
feats, automatic and bonus languages, and bonus equipment just
like any other character. Generally, a beginning character of
higher than 1st level should be equipped as a character of his