Time in the Forgotten Realms is very similar to time as we
know it. The FR year consists of 365 days divided into 12
months each having exactly 30 days. The extra 5 days fall
between certain months as special days, having different
meanings in various parts of the realms. The months are
seperated into 3 ten day cycles(weeks) called Newmoon,
Midmonth, and Oldmoon. Throughout the Realms
weeks are known as eves, tendays, weeks,
domen, hyrar, or rides depending on the
region. There are no day names like Monday or Friday, days
are referred to as "the fifth day of midmonth" or the third
day of oldmoon." The days are 24 hour cycles with each hour
being 60 minutes, and each minute being 10 segments known as
clicks (a segment being 6 seconds).
| Order |
Name |
Colloquial Description |
Gregorian Equivilent |
| 1 |
Hammer |
Deepwinter |
January |
| Day |
--
Midwinter -- |
| 2 |
Alturiak |
The Claw of Winter, -or- Claws of the
Cold |
February |
| 3 |
Ches |
Claws of the Sunsets |
March |
| 4 |
Tarsakh |
Claws of the Storms |
April |
| Day |
--
Greengrass -- |
| 5 |
Mirtul |
The Melting |
May |
| 6 |
Kythorn |
The Time of Flowers |
June |
| 7 |
Flamerule |
Summertide |
July |
| Day |
--
Midsummer -- |
| 8 |
Eleasias |
Highsun |
August |
| 9 |
Eleint |
The Fading |
September |
| Day |
--
Harvestide -- |
| 10 |
Marpenoth |
Leafall |
October |
| 11 |
Uktar |
The Rotting |
November |
| Day |
--
The Feast of the Moon -- |
| 12 |
Nightal |
The Drawing Down |
December |
When creating a player character, at some point in the
creation process you determine the characters age. Great! But
when does the character get older? What is your characters
date of birth? This system below will help to determine your
characters birthday.
You can also have it automatically done here.
- Roll Percentile dice. A result of 01 or 02 means the
character was born on one of the 5 special days. A result
of 03-100 means the character was born in one of the
months.
-
If the character was born on one of the special days,
roll 1d10.
- 1-2 is Midwinters Day
- 3-4 is Greengrass Day
- 5-6 is Midsummers Day
- 7-8 is Harvestide Day
- 9-0 is Moonfest Day
-
If the character was born in one of the months, roll
1d12.
- 1 - Hammer
- 2 - Alturiak
- 3 - Ches
- 4 - Tarsakh
- 5 - Mirtul
- 6 - Kythorn
- 7 - Flamerule
- 8 - Eleasias
- 9 - Eleint
- 10 - Marpenoth
- 11 - Uktar
- 12 - Nightal
-
Once the month has been determined, roll 1d6.
- 1-2 is Newmoon (week 1)
- 3-4 is Midmonth (week 2)
- 5-6 is Oldmoon (week 3)
- Then roll 1d10 for the exact day.
-
If you really want to go crazy with this, you can get
down to the minute.
- Rol1 1d6. 1-3 = AM, 4-6 = PM.
- Roll 1d12 for the hour.
- Roll 1d6-1 and 1d10 for the minute.
Example: Let's say I rolled a 4 on the d6 (PM) and a 7
on the d12 (7PM), then rolled a 1 on the d6(1-1=0) and
a 4 on the d10. My birth time would be 7:04 PM.
- To determine the year you were born, ask your GM what
year the campaign takes place in, and subtract your
age.
- THAT'S IT!
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