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The new campaign sourcebook provides material useable by both players and gamemasters, and is intended for use with campaigns set in the Forgotten Realms.  The book includes new backgrounds and builds for player classes, such as the Purple Dragon Knight and Mercenary, new races unique to the Forgotten Realms, and expanded story and setting information about that region, including the long-popular cities of Baldur’s Gate, Waterdeep, and Neverwinter.  The book also updates the Forgotten Realms setting after the events of the Spellplague and the Second Sundering.

The new book is a collaborative effort between Wizards of the Coast’s design team and Green Ronin Publishing.  MSRP is $39.95.

While the book will not officially release until November, Core Level stores will have an opportunity to release the book nearly two weeks early, on October 23.