Forgotten Realms: What happened to Sembia?

Settembrini · August 20, 2007, 07:38:53 AM

A friend of mine gave me the 1st edition Forgotten Realms campaign setting as a present. It says that Sembia is a DM´s
reserve, and that it won´t be touched by upcoming publications.

Is that still so?

I found some weirdo articels that detail strange aspects of Sembia, like a wedding planning service of some sorts. is this official?

Is there another DM´s reserve in the realms that remains undetailed?

Dirk Remmecke · August 20, 2007, 07:56:26 AM

Cormyr used to fall under that DM's reserve as well, but some world changing Realms event changed that. (Was it the Horde campaign?)

God, I hate it when RPG publishers lie to me...

Zachary The First · August 20, 2007, 08:13:10 AM

Hmm...I don't know. I do know in the latest FR, my player could bag an extra 300 starting gold by being from Sembia. That's as much as I ever got into it.

mysterycycle · August 20, 2007, 11:37:42 AM

I don't know how much detail Sembia got in the 1st Edition FR set (nice present, by the way), but there's a chunk of detail about Sembia in the 3e FR hardcover. It doesn't say anything about it being a "DM reserve," but it mentions a group created by the ruler's son called the Silver Ravens, who are supposed to serve as a counter to the influence of the Harpers.

...An in-game suggestion that this country won't be meddled with? To be honest, I haven't the faintest idea.

obryn · August 20, 2007, 11:43:56 AM

From my understanding, TSR basically ignored their promise not to detail Sembia when they needed details for fiction & sourcebooks.

As a result, there was already plenty of Sembia material available when WotC took over & released the 3e realms book.

-O

RPGPundit · August 20, 2007, 12:11:06 PM

The Sembia promise went out the window at such a speed that this level of hypocrisy-velocity land speed record was not beaten until Eberron's "we won't detail xendrick" (or whatever the fuck its called) promise.

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Zachary The First · August 20, 2007, 11:20:42 PM

Quote from: RPGPunditThe Sembia promise went out the window at such a speed that this level of hypocrisy-velocity land speed record was not beaten until Eberron's "we won't detail xendrick" (or whatever the fuck its called) promise.

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They made that promise? Wasn't Xen'Drik a pretty early sourcebook?

RPGPundit · August 21, 2007, 12:12:53 AM

Quote from: Zachary The FirstThey made that promise? Wasn't Xen'Drik a pretty early sourcebook?

Yup, they turned around on that with so much speed that, if harnessed, it could allow us to travel to other solar systems.

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Pseudoephedrine · August 21, 2007, 12:15:14 AM

I really dislike that they filled in Sembia.

Xendrik was filled in, but badly. So while I don't like it, at least they didn't flood the bowl.