Serpent Kingdoms (Forgotten Realms)

Dungeons & Dragons Edition 3.5

by Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd, Darrin Drader

A new sourcebook that details various serpentine races throughout the Forgotten Realms world.
This accessory provides a wealth of highly detailed information about all serpent-related creatures in the Forgotten Realms. Popular races such as the yuan-ti, naga, and various lizard races are explored at great length, with new monsters and new characters, deities, prestige classes, magic, and magic items tied to each race. In addition, many of the regions to which serpent folk are indigenous are explored in detail, many for the first time in a Forgotten Realms product.

Genres: Role Playing Games, Forgotten Realms, Gaming, Fantasy, Dungeons and Dragons, Reference, Games

191 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2004

About the author

Ed Greenwood is the creator of the Forgotten Realms fantasy world, which became the setting for his home D&D game in 1975. Play still continues in this long-running campaign, and Ed also keeps busy producing Realmslore for various TSR publications.

Ed has published over two hundred articles in Dragon magazine and Polyhedron newszine, is a lifetime charter member of the Role Playing Game Associaton (RPGA) network, has written over thirty books and modules for TSR, and been Gen Con Game Fair guest of honor several times.

In addition to all these activities, Ed works as a library clerk and has edited over a dozen small press magazines.

Invented the character Elminster from the popular Forgotten Realms RPG series. Currently resides in an old farmhouse in the countryside of Ontario, Canada.

Reviews

[James Bowman · Rating 3 out of 5]

A comprehensive overview of the "scaled" races of the Forgotten Realms, and the various regions where they have influence. A lot of this book focuses on the yuan-ti, and running campaigns featuring them as enemies. However, other reptilian races are covered as well, even lesser-known ones like ophidians, firenewts, and khaasta; they also provide information on the sarrukh, the progenitor race of many of the others. The section on the various regions might be a little too down-in-the-weeds for some, but if you're looking to run adventures in those regions, it does give you a lot to work with. The book also has the typical new monsters, feats, equipment, magic items, spells, and prestige classes, which are OK (the new spells are probably the most interesting). They also provide a few potentially useful adventure sites. The book is mainly of interest to Forgotten Realms fans, but there is also a lot of material that could be adapted to other campaigns with a focus on reptilian races. (B+)

[Peter De Kinder · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fine setting book for the forgotten realms. What you would expect, nothing more, nothing less.

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great resource for Yuan-Ti and other serpents races. I didn't realize that so many races had been created. Very powerful abominations and artifacts. Can run an entire campaign with this book.

[Ryan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Who the fuck really needs this?..Serpent Kingdoms!?

[Francisco Becerra · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice accesory for creating insidious, slithering villains. The character choices are somehow poor, but the chapters about history and culture are outstanding.