Unapproachable East.pdf - The Forgotten Realms

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North of Thesk lies a thinly settled land sandwiched
between two of Faerûn’s greatest forests. The Great Dale
is a long, fertile vale running 300 miles east from the town
of Uthmere, dividing the Forest of Lethyr from the dark and
deadly Rawlinswood. Governed by a council of druids, the
independent clanholds of the Great Dale stand amid the
ancient ruins of old Narfell, a demon-haunted realm whose
dark legacy still threatens nearby lands a thousand years after
its destruction.
East of the Great Dale, across the bitter Lake of Tears, lies
the most remote land of the Unapproachable East: Rashemen.
Long the mortal enemy of Thay, Rashemen is in its own way
as unwelcoming of strangers as the realm of the Red Wizards.
Here, the famous Witches of Rashemen guard secrets of magical
lore and are vigilant against the next manifestation of
Thay’s ambitions.
Each of these five different lands has its own perils and
mysteries, villains and dangers. All are bound by the accident
of geography and the memory of ancient empires, but each
conceals its own secrets and threats. For characters from other
parts of Faerûn, the Unapproachable East is inscrutable, unknown,
and alluring, a place to venture where few westerners
have traveled and explore mysteries few outsiders have penetrated.
For the Aglarondans, the Rashemi, and other folk
native to the East, these lands are less mysterious but still
filled with ancient perils and deadly, neverending strife.
How to Use this
Book in Your
Campaign
This book gives you everything you need to explore the Unapproachable
East in your own FORGOTTEN REALMS ® campaign.
The region is a great destination for characters to
explore, and here you’ll find all the details. It’s also a good
place to set a distinctive and memorable campaign built
around a party of characters native to the East.
Chapter 1: Races of the East. This chapter introduces a
number of new races for characters native to the Unapproachable
East: the eldritch star elves, the fierce taers, the
tormented hagspawn, the contemplative spirit folk, the savage
gnolls, and the resolute volodnis.
Chapter 2: Prestige Classes. The Unapproachable East is
home to orders of mysterious spellcasters, students of forbidden
lore, and brotherhoods of berserkers. This chapter describes
a number of prestige classes common to the region.
Chapter 3: Regions and Feats. New regional feats and a
number of general feats useful for characters native to the
East can be found in this chapter.
Chapter 4: Magic and Spells: The Red Wizards of Thay are
renowned creators of new and deadly magics, but many other
traditions of magic exist in the Unapproachable East. This
chapter presents new uses for magic and new spells.
INTRODUCTION
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Aznar Thrul conjures a pit fiend