Eric L. Boyd is a software engineer who also writes material for the ''

Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical ...

'' role-playing game.

Career

Eric L. Boyd has written articles and books for the

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setting, and has co-authored a number of

Forgotten Realms ''Forgotten Realms'' is a campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as a setti ...

campaign supplements. Some of his works include ''

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'', (1998), ''

Faiths and Pantheons ''Faiths and Pantheons'' is a campaign accessory for the Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition, 3rd edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'', for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting. Contents ''Faiths and Pantheons'' detai ...

'' (2002) with

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, and ''

Serpent Kingdoms ''Serpent Kingdoms'' is a supplement to the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. Contents ''Serpent Kingdoms'' details the creatures collectively known as the Scaled Ones in the Forgotten Realms setting: the lizardfolk, ...

'' (2004) with

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and Darrin Drader. He also contributed to the ''Forgotten Realms Player's Guide'' for ''D&D'' 4th Edition. He first contributed to the Pathfinder Chronicles campaign setting in June 2008. Boyd used to run a campaign set in the Forgotten Realms, specifically a

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set in Waterdeep, City of Splendors, revolving around the Waterdhavian nobility called "Hidden Splendors". However, Hidden Splendors is currently on hiatus. More recently he has started up the "Six Swords" campaign set in the

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n city of Yhaunn. Trenton Webb of British RPG magazine ''Arcane'', declared that "

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and Eric L. Boyd deserve medals for what they've achieved with ''

Faiths & Avatars ''Faiths & Avatars'' is an ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' Forgotten Realms campaign expansion book. Contents ''Faiths & Avatars'' is a supplement which lists and details information about the gods of the Faerûnian pantheon, even those who hav ...

''. They probably also deserve professional psychiatric help for even attemption to codify and clarify the twisted theology of Abeir-Toril. The resultant work is exhaustive. It's also exhausting."

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