“Study the past if you would define the future.” ― Confucius

The Forgotten Realms campaign setting is the primary setting, but it is not the only setting. Characters may find themselves on any number of planes, various worlds such as Ravnica, or in any number of strange locations. Most session will start in either The Wayfinder, Ouroboros Guild or somewhere in Faerûn. For certain Dungeon Masters, quests may even in entirely different crystal spheres.

• World Events is written in Dalereckoning (DR) with the current year being 1497 DR.

There are 365 days in the year, split up into 12 months of 30 days each with 5 holidays that fall between some months. The names of the months are given in both the formal names and the common ones.

• The seasons run like they do for the northern hemisphere; Hammer is like January and Flamerule is like July. Each week consists of 10 days, called a tenday. A workweek consists of 5 days.

The holidays are Midwinter, Greengrass, Midsummer, Highharvestide and The Feast of the Moon.

• Midwinter falls between Hammer (Jan.) and Alturiak (Feb.).
• Greengrass between Tarsakh (Apr.) and Mirtul (May).
• Midsummer is between Flamerule (Jul.) and Eleasis (Aug.).
• Highharvestide is between Eleint (Sep.) and Marpenoth (Oct.)
• The Feast of the Moon is between Uktar (Nov.) and Nightal (Dec.)

Calendar of Harptos, Year 1497 DR

CHARACTER TIMELINES DO’S & DONT’S

Your character’s personal timeline must make sense even though their personal timeline may not completely line up with other characters’ personal timelines. A common example is often using a lot of downtime to make money, while roleplaying in the guild or partaking in a session. 

You can be in as many adventures as you want, as many places as you want so long as your personal timeline makes sense. Cause and effect must flow in a way that is reasonable and logically consistent for your character.

Retiring or killing off a character and immediately making them again (to effectively recreate something similar to a reincarnated situation) is not permitted as that character is effectively gone.

• The new character would be a whole separate person but may share the name and look like the prior character. However, the new character will not have the knowledge or plotline importance of the previous character.
• Only characters who were created pre-wipe may be brought back, as the world had essentially been reset.
• Instances of playing a reborn of a former character is not permittable.

If there is an inconsistency caused by the interaction of two different characters, the least disruptive option to resolve the inconsistency is chosen to resolve it.

In all things but especially this communication is key! Communicate with your fellow players and dungeon masters to clear up any confusion!