What are some canon characters you would recommend starting off with?
Two of the Seven Sisters are playable: The Simbul is Queen of Aglarond throughout the available start dates, and Alustriel is Duchess of Silverymoon in 1360, becoming Queen of the Silver Marches from about 1370.
If you want a character with a strikingly different appearance, and to get into the species interactions a bit, try Dediana Extaminos, Countess of Hlondeth.
If you want to play as part of a long-established dynasty, Azoun IV of Cormyr descends from a line that founded the kingdom in 25DR.
If you have Horse Lords, take Yamun Khahan and see if you can fulfil his dreams of conquest.
If you have The Republic, there are two kingdom-tier realms to try: Amn and Sembia.
Found this mod on steam this today, loving the mod so far, so thanks for that.
Questions
1/ Is magic implemented yet and if so how do you use it?
Not yet.
2/ Are there any methods of gaining immortality or longer lifespan unique to this mod?
There will be ways to gain the 'long-lived' and 'immortal' traits, but we haven't implemented those yet. For now, the best way to enhance your lifespan is by picking a long-lived species (or starting out as undead).
3/ Magic items, are the implemented yet?
Not yet. We have a list of them that we're working on.
4/ Other than a small stat boosts what are the classes good for?
Mid-level monks and paladins become immune to disease. As with magic, we're working on developing other advantages to give the classes as they level up.
5/ How do you go on an adventure, I can't seem to find a way to make it happen?
I think that sub-system is disabled at the moment.
6/ What are the lifespans for the races?
Avatars, undead, dragons, and fiends are properly immortal.
Elves (including drow and fey eladrin), fey'ri, nagas, and stone and storm giants, can have lifespans of more than 500 years.
Cloud and fire giants, dwarves, gith, centaurs, and trolls have lifespans of several centuries, while half-elves and frost and hill giants have somewhat less.
Looking at that list, I think Jann should have extended lifespans and currently don't.
All other races (kobolds, orc, ogres....) have human lifespans.
Had a blast playing the mod, its very stable (reform religion bug aside) for a CK2 overhaul mod. Just wish the wiki for Forgotten Realms had better maps of Faerun so I can compare and contrast with the mod to know what the long fallen empires turf looks like.
Maps of the lost kingdoms are hard to come by. Recreating Phalorm, for example, was about a week of research for me. There was a map in the first ever Forgotten Realms boxed set showing the situation around southern Anauroch in 109DR; one of the 3e books - the main setting book or
Lost Empires of Faerun, I forget which - had a map showing the whole continent in -600DR.
Speaking of long dead Empires, hopefully there will be more decisions like the one to remake Shavinar. Those are great goals for the player, especially for tiny cultures/religions, like that single Loross province with one of the two Netherese characters on the map having a decision to bring about the Netheril Empire anew.
The Imaskari cultures taking back control of the Mulan could be another good choice for that sort of thing.
Oh yes - we intend to have lots of those. If you actually want to play Netherese, though, bear in mind that in the later start dates the Shadovar are present in Anauroch.
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