They have enslaved Kobolds and goblins for thousands of years, and have a long history of both xenophobia and racism. These elves are not necessarily shining nobility, however. Tuarhieveln is the sole region still belonging to and controlled by the elves. Player’s Secrets of Tuarhieveln covers a specific region of the continent of Cerilia. Again, if none of this sounds familiar to you, you really need to hold off on purchasing this or any other Birthright supplements until you have picked up the core campaign setting. It’s a very different experience from the usual AD&D 2e game, with concepts such as regency, provinces, holdings, War Magic (and the associated War Cards) and domain turns being routine vernacular for the setting mechanics. Otherwise, there will be a lot of references to specific events and characters that will make no sense, as the book assumes you have not only read the books for the campaign setting, but are intimately acquainted with them.īirthright is very different from regular AD&D 2E in that there is no alignment and that player characters are divinely infused rulers of regions where the focus is more on political intrigue than dungeon crawling hack and slash. Please note that, in order to actually use this book, you’ll need a copy of the Birthright Campaign Setting.
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The piece we are reviewing today, Player’s Secrets of Tuarhievel, is from Birthright, an underappreciated gem of a setting in its day whose print versions can be quite costly these days. Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, Greyhawk, Ravenloft, Spelljammer, Planescape and more came from this period, after all.
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If there’s one thing you can say about Second Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons with absolutely certainty, it is that this was the golden age for campaign settings.
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Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (Originally TSR) Birthright: Player’s Secrets of Tuarhieveln (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition)