think I'm a little late to the party, but I'm more than interested. The only thing is how much knowledge of the forgotten realms do we actually need? I got left behind on the D&D trail and am languishing in the Pathfinder realms after having fallen in love with the level of detail and amount of stuff you can do (I mean really, they've got archetypes that let you ride dragons and be a paladin who wouldn't love that?!).
Also what are the laws/limits on magic? I'm thinking of trying a Pathfinder style Magus