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ClearlyPixelated
Acolyte
USA
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 Posted - 19 Aug 2008 : 22:45:22
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I'm fairly new to the Forgotten Realms setting, so my knowledge of the world lacks severely. So in question, I am wondering is there any place that is solely dedicated to the Healing and/or Medicinal Arts? For example, any libraries, monasteries, schools, groups, hospital-like places, etc.
Thank you for any help that can be put forward!
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 20 Aug 2008 : 00:27:34
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| The realms largest Hospital is in Calimport. It is operated by followers of Ilmater. I cannot recall the name, I am away from home and can get it for you in ages hours if no one else does |
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ClearlyPixelated
Acolyte
USA
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Posted - 20 Aug 2008 : 02:15:05
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That would be wonderful! There's no rush on this...it was just an idea for another character (in case my current one gets killed off), but don't let this stop from other replies!  |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 20 Aug 2008 : 03:18:11
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A few that immediately come to mind:-
- The House of Healing in Waterdeep.
- The Hospice of Saint Corin in Tethyr.
- St. Carwell's Hospice, in St. Carwell's Vale, Amn. |
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ClearlyPixelated
Acolyte
USA
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Posted - 20 Aug 2008 : 04:07:30
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| Many thanks to you, Sage! Are there any reference books that will give me a closer look at these places? |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Jamallo Kreen
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 26 Aug 2008 : 15:12:52
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While detailing hospitals, let's not forget Mystra's Arms in Waterdeep, which is the asylum for those addled by The Art. (Wasn't that also the hospital featured in that Ravenloft-Realms cross-over novel?)
Waterdeep also has a Guild of Apothecaries and Physicians. Perhaps The Sage can tell us, however, whether or not surgeons belong to that or to the Butcher's Guild. I had thought there was a Barber's Guild to which they might belong, but I didn't see one listed in City of Splendors (Eric L. Boyd's book).
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 26 Aug 2008 : 16:04:59
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Originally posted by Jamallo Kreen
(Wasn't that also the hospital featured in that Ravenloft-Realms cross-over novel?)
You might be thinking of Jander Sunstar's line of novels/short stories. :) |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Jamallo Kreen
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 28 Aug 2008 : 00:23:15
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Yes and yes. I can't find my copy for some reason and wasn't sure of the spelling of Jander's name or the exact title. Anyway, the point is that he spends much of his time in Waterdeep visiting an asylum which I don't think is Mystra's Arms, which if I have recalled correctly, says something about Waterdeep, in that it has two insane asylums.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 28 Aug 2008 : 01:25:10
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Originally posted by Jamallo Kreen
Yes and yes. I can't find my copy for some reason and wasn't sure of the spelling of Jander's name or the exact title. Anyway, the point is that he spends much of his time in Waterdeep visiting an asylum which I don't think is Mystra's Arms, which if I have recalled correctly, says something about Waterdeep, in that it has two insane asylums.
Not necessarily. As I recall, when Ana died, Jander killed everyone in the asylum and then torched it. Mystra's Arms is likely either a rebuilt version of the placed Jander visited, or it's a new place altogether, perhaps built many years later. |
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Medicine and The Healing Arts
