{{Short description|Tabletop role-playing game supplement}} {{Infobox book | name = Forbidden Lore | image = TSR1079 Forbidden Lore.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = | author = Bruce Nesmith and William W. Connors | genre = Role-playing games | publisher = TSR | release_date = 1992 | media_type = Boxed set | pages = | isbn = | congress= | oclc= }}
'''''Forbidden Lore''''' is an accessory for the 2nd edition of the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game, published in 1992 by TSR.
==Contents== The supplement comprises five sections covering Ravenloft lore: lore: "secret societies, magic, the Tarokka, curses and powers, and psionics". It includes a set of Dikesha dice and a deck of Tarroka cards—similar to Tarot.<ref name=Alloway/> A poster-sized foldout provides floor plans for various buildings.<ref name=Alloway/> The product provides additional information for the Ravenloft setting, including "new spells, curses, secret societies, items, and psionic rules for campaigns visiting or running in Ravenloft".<ref name=Alloway/> It also outlines the Tarokka in a manner that reviewer Gene Alloway praised.<ref name=Alloway/>
==Publication history== The product was published by TSR and written by Bruce Nesmith and William W. Connors.<ref name=Alloway/> It is part of the AD&D Ravenloft series.<ref name=Alloway/>
==Reception== Gene Alloway reviewed the manual in a 1993 issue of ''White Wolf''.<ref name=Alloway>{{cite magazine |last= Alloway|first= Gene|date= 1991|title= Capsule Reviews: Forbidden Lore|magazine=White Wolf|issue= 36|page= 69 |url=https://imgur.com/a/MVzn4XX}}</ref> He provided a positive review, stating that "a must for any Ravenloft adventurer or DM. I would also recommend it as a good source for other Gothic horror campaigns".<ref name=Alloway/> Alloway noted that it was consequential in expanding the setting.<ref name=Alloway/> He rated it overall at a 4 out of 5 possible points.<ref name=Alloway/>
''DieHard GameFan'' said that "To be honest, unless you are a Ravenloft completionist like myself, this isn't a 'must have' set by any means. Nova Arcanum is the only one DMs across the board will make use out of. Everything else is pretty niche and will only appeal to a slice of Ravenloft gamers, and even less will actually make use of them."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://diehardgamefan.com/2014/03/17/tabletop-review-ravenloft-forbidden-lore-advanced-dungeons-dragons-second-edition/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317141831/http://diehardgamefan.com/2014/03/17/tabletop-review-ravenloft-forbidden-lore-advanced-dungeons-dragons-second-edition/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 17, 2014|title = Tabletop Review: Ravenloft: Forbidden Lore (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition)| date=17 March 2014 }}</ref>
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Category:Ravenloft supplements Category:Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1992
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