''Shining South'' is a supplement to the
3.5 edition of the ''
Dungeons & Dragons
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role-playing game
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Contents
''Shining South'' is an accessory for the ''
Forgotten Realms
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'' that details the distant lands beyond the Lake of Steam and the Firesteap Mountains: Halruaa, Shaar, Luiren, and Dambrath.
Publication history
''Shining South'' was written by
Thomas M. Reid, and published in October 2004. Cover art was by
Sam Wood
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, with interior art by
Wayne England
Wayne England (d. 9 February 2016) was an English artist whose work regularly appeared in role-playing games, wargaming rulebooks and magazines and was used on cards for collectible card games such as '' Magic: The Gathering''.
He died on 9 Fe ...
, Sam Wood,
Richard Sardinha
Richard Sardinha is an American artist based in Providence, Rhode Island, whose work has appeared in role-playing games.
Works
Richard Sardinha has been illustrating books since the 1980s. He provided the art work for ''At Lovecraft's Grave'' (ref ...
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Carl Frank
Carl Frank is an artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games.
Education
He graduated from California State University, Fullerton with a BFA in illustration.
Career
His ''Dungeons & Dragons'' work includes ''Scourge of the Howling Horde ...
,
Chris Hawkes
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Music career
Beginnings and Bands
As a musician Chris Hawkes was first recorded and released on a ...
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Jason Engle
Jason A. Engle is an American artist, whose work has appeared in role-playing games and collectible card games.
Early life
Jason Engle was born in southern California in 1979.
Career
His ''Dungeons & Dragons'' work includes ''Shining South'' ...
,
Christopher Rush,
Ralph Horsley
Ralph Horsley is an artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games.
Career
His ''Dungeons & Dragons'' work includes cover art for the adventure '' The Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde'' (2006), and interior art for ''Monster Manual III'' ...
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Vince Locke
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Biography
Locke began work in 1986 illustrating '' ...
, and
Mike Dubisch
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* Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum
* Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off
* Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and documenta ...
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Reception
References
Forgotten Realms sourcebooks
Role-playing game supplements introduced in 2004
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