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King Obould Many - Arrows is a fictional character from the Forgotten Realms series based on the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role - playing game . He was created by the author R . A . Salvatore and is featured in The Hunter ' s Blades Trilogy and Transitions . Icewind Dale is a role - playing video game developed by Black Isle Studios and originally published by Interplay Entertainment for ___MASK49___ in 2000 and by MacPlay for OS X in 2002 . It takes place in the " Dungeons & Dragons " Forgotten Realms campaign setting , and is based on the 2nd edition ruleset . The player begins the game by creating an adventuring party , which becomes enlisted as a caravan guard in the wake of strange events . As the story progresses , the player learns of a demonic feud that threatens the Ten Towns of Icewind Dale . Forgotten Realms is a campaign setting for the " Dungeons & Dragons " (" D & D ") fantasy role - playing game . Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as " The Realms ", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as a setting for his childhood stories . Several years later , Greenwood brought the setting to the " D & D " game as a series of magazine articles , and the first Realms game products were released in 1987 . Role - playing game products have been produced for the setting ever since , as have various licensed products including sword and sorcery novels , role - playing video game adaptations ( including the first massively multiplayer online role - playing game to use graphics ), and comic books . The Forgotten Realms is one of the most popular " D & D " settings , largely due to the success of novels by authors such as R . A . Salvatore and numerous role - playing video games , including " Pool of Radiance " ( 1988 ), " Eye of the Beholder " ( 1991 ), " Baldur ' s Gate " ( 1998 ), " Icewind Dale " ( 2000 ) and " Neverwinter Nights " ( 2002 ). A role - playing video game ( commonly referred to as role - playing game or RPG , and in the past was also known as computer role - playing game or CRPG ) is a video game genre where the player controls the actions of a character ( and / or several party members ) immersed in some well - defined world . Many role - playing video games have origins in pen - and - paper role - playing games ( Including " Dungeons & Dragons ") and use much of the same , settings and game mechanics . Other major similarities with pen - and - paper games include developed story - telling and narrative elements , player character development , complexity , as well as replayability and immersion . The electronic medium removes the necessity for a gamemaster and increases combat resolution speed . RPGs have evolved from simple text - based console - window games into visually rich 3D experiences . Since the 1980s , Role - playing is the most commercially viable video game genre in Japan , and has more market share of any other genre in the japanese gaming industry , although in the 2010s first - person shooters and western ___MASK65___ and Android games were becoming rapidly and increasingly popular in that country . Neverwinter Nights is a third - person role - playing video game developed by BioWare . Interplay Entertainment was originally set to publish the game , but financial difficulties led to it being taken over by ___MASK45___ . It was released on ___MASK75___ on June 18 , 2002 . BioWare later released a free Linux client in June 2003 , requiring a purchased copy of the game to play . MacSoft released a Mac OS X port in August 2003 . Pool of Radiance is a role - playing video game developed and published by Strategic Simulations , Inc ( SSI ) in 1988 . It was the first adaptation of TSR ' s " Advanced Dungeons & Dragons " (" AD & D ") fantasy role - playing game for home computers , becoming the first episode in a four - part series of " D & D " computer adventure games . The other games in the " Gold Box " series used the game engine pioneered in " Pool of Radiance ", as did later " D & D " titles such as the " Neverwinter Nights " ___MASK25___ . " Pool of Radiance " takes place in the Forgotten Realms fantasy setting , with the action centered in and around the port city of Phlan .