''Dragons of Faerûn'' is a supplement to the
3.5 edition of the ''
Dungeons & Dragons
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Contents
''Dragons of Faerûn'' is an accessory for the
Forgotten Realms
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which details some of the setting's most notorious
dragons
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and
dracolich
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es, and also presents information on dragon-related organizations such as the church of
Tiamat
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and the
Cult of the Dragon
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. The book also includes ready-to-play adventures, new traps and treasures found within the lairs of dragons, new spells for dragons, and new monsters.
Publication history
''Dragons of Faerûn'' was written by
Eric L. Boyd
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Career
Eric L. Boyd has written articles and books for the Greyhawk setting, and has co-authored a number of Forgotten Realms campaign ...
and
Eytan Bernstein
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, and published in August 2006. Cover art was by
Lucio Parrillo
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Lucio was born in Catanzaro, southern Italy, where he attended art school in Catanzaro. ...
, with interior art by
Anne Stokes
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Originally from London, Stokes has had an interest in the fantasy genre since her father read ''The Hobbit'' t ...
,
Daarken
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Career
His ''Dungeons & Dragons'' work includes interior art for ''Races of Eberron'' (2005), ''Heroes of Horror'' (2005), ''Races of ...
,
Gonzalo Flores
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,
Eric M. Gist,
Fred Hooper,
Howard Lyon
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Early life and education
Howard Lyon was born in Mesa, Arizona and studied illustration at Brigham Young University (BYU) worki ...
,
William O'Connor, and
Jim Pavelec
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Career
His ''Dungeons & Dragons'' work includes interior art for '' Races of Faerûn'' (2003), '' Unapproachable East'' (2003), ''Underdark'' (2003), ''Unearthed Arcana'' ...
.
Reception
References
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Forgotten Realms sourcebooks
Role-playing game supplements introduced in 2006