The Bloodstone Lands (FR9) was written by RA Salvatore (of
Drizzt, et al fame) in 1989. It details Vaasa
and Damara, two cold lands in north central Faerun. It is as far north as the Savage Frontier but
east rather than west of the Great Glacier.
It builds off of the "H" series of modules that culminate in
H4- The Throne of Bloodstone.
Bloodstone Lands are Vaasa and Damara. Vaasa is SE of Great Glacier (GG borders
Anauroch Desert to east). Damara is SE
of Vaasa. Vaasa is humanoid
wilderness. (Mostly goblins). The Bloodstone Lands are noteworthy for their
supply of their namesake mineral.
Damara is fractured human kingdom with different factions
trying to unite Damara. There are two
relatively equal strength factions that each control about half of Damara. Although as written FR9 has a preference for one
faction as “good guy” and another faction as “bad guy” it is written in such
way that it would be easy to reverse the two.
Bloodstone Lands is a great product if you are looking for a
campaign centered around a fractured kingdom/country and attempts to reunite that country. RA Salvatore has gone into a fair amount of detail
regarding the neighbors as well so the Bloodstone lands need not be run in a
vacuum. This is in some ways how FR9
really shines. It would be easy to run
adventures there because the surrounding area is well-defined beyond just
Damara. Defining a fractured kingdom is
easy, dealing with its neighbors is much harder and RA Salvatore has made that
work a lot easier.
Recommendation: 4 out 5 stars. A great product for using not just collecting
the whole FR series.
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