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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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 Posted - 12 Apr 2009 : 17:34:53
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 LOL!
Oh, NICE one, Icelander!
Ah, that sort of comment comes never amiss, for me. 
Lovely . . .
As for the wheedling re. Waterdeep reference document, boys, sorry. I'm locked-and-loaded indomitable armor on that one. Though you're welcome to try rusting through me, of course. By the usual application of tongues method (I didn't say it would be FAST, now did I?). 
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 12 Apr 2009 : 18:05:23
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And it was only just yesterday that I was boasting about my own personal Knowledge: Arcana skill base.
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Silly old sage. I should've been focusing on Open Lock!  |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
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gomez
Learned Scribe
Netherlands
254 Posts |
Posted - 12 Apr 2009 : 22:13:11
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
By the usual application of tongues method (I didn't say it would be FAST, now did I?).
Well, if you would just lay very still...
Gomez,
who can be quite patient if he wants too.
(and who has a PC who is not so much intersted in where Elminster's tongue has been, but where it'll be next...) |
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Zandilar
Learned Scribe
Australia
313 Posts |
Posted - 13 Apr 2009 : 01:17:08
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Heya,
I just want to say:
I wonder where I put that tamed Rust Monster... |
Zandilar
~amor vincit omnia~
~audaces fortuna iuvat~
As the spell ends, you look up into the sky to see the sun blazing overhead like noon in a desert. Then something else in the sky catches your attention. Turning your gaze, you see a tawny furred kitten bounding across the sky towards the new sun. Her eyes glint a mischevious green as she pounces on it as if it were nothing but a colossal ball of golden yarn. With quick strokes of her paws, it is batted across the sky, back and forth. Then with a wink the kitten and the sun disappear, leaving the citizens of Elversult gazing up with amazed expressions that quickly turn into chortles and mirth.
The Sunlord left Elversult the same day in humilitation, and was never heard from again. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 13 Apr 2009 : 04:12:20
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Spoil sport... we weren't done trying to cunningly worm our way beneath her outer shell...
Tell Ed I just finished both Swords of Eveningstar and Swords of Dragonfire and eagerly await reading The Sword Never Sleeps - they were most excellent. Lots of great Realms history worked-in... like usual. That scene in Halfhap was classic... and makes me wonder exactly what choice words Khelben had for Elminster later on. 
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
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Posted - 13 Apr 2009 : 05:30:53
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I apologize if I put you or Ed on the spot, my lady THO--I am sure Z and I would be quite happy with any answer, even if it is "yet to be revealed."
And for those interested in the mythical 4e Waterdeep Bible, I highly recommend the books in the Ed Presents series, as I believe all were written with said bible in hand.
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'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 13 Apr 2009 : 05:48:09
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Originally posted by Markustay
Spoil sport... we weren't done trying to cunningly worm our way beneath her outer shell...
Tell Ed I just finished both Swords of Eveningstar and Swords of Dragonfire and eagerly await reading The Sword Never Sleeps - they were most excellent. Lots of great Realms history worked-in... like usual. That scene in Halfhap was classic... and makes me wonder exactly what choice words Khelben had for Elminster later on.
The Sword Never Sleeps left me wanting more. I felt like a junkie needing another Ed fix.
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to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
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Menelvagor
Senior Scribe
Israel
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Posted - 13 Apr 2009 : 08:00:21
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The Sword Never Sleeps... heh heh. With our Lady here, of course not!
Blueblade, of what you said I was aware. However, it is known The Srinshee was there. She appeared to Vangy first, and asked him to come. And even if you doubt that, there was the Spin A Yarn (although admittedly, the canonity of it may be doubful).
EDIT: Oh, a question I had regarding Laeral:
Why did it take 20 years for Khelben to come and free her from the Crown of Horns? I mean where were all the others for 20 years? She has 6 sisters, and a powerful 'uncle'. Where were they for 20 years? And what about Mystra? What was she doing, not caring for her Chosen?
Or was it all game designer plotting? Did they go: 'Let's make sure Khelben frees her, then marries her, so we can spread rumours of him manipulating her into it and she seeking adveturers to help her against him, thus giving adventure hooks to all the players'? |
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Zandilar
Learned Scribe
Australia
313 Posts |
Posted - 13 Apr 2009 : 09:16:37
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Heya,
quote:
Originally posted by Markustay
Spoil sport... we weren't done trying to cunningly worm our way beneath her outer shell...
It would take forever for saliva to rust the armour away... Of course, if it were chocolate armour, that would be a different matter... I'd be happy to lick my way through that. 
And yep, I'd be happy with "yet to be revealed" answers regarding the clock. |
Zandilar
~amor vincit omnia~
~audaces fortuna iuvat~
As the spell ends, you look up into the sky to see the sun blazing overhead like noon in a desert. Then something else in the sky catches your attention. Turning your gaze, you see a tawny furred kitten bounding across the sky towards the new sun. Her eyes glint a mischevious green as she pounces on it as if it were nothing but a colossal ball of golden yarn. With quick strokes of her paws, it is batted across the sky, back and forth. Then with a wink the kitten and the sun disappear, leaving the citizens of Elversult gazing up with amazed expressions that quickly turn into chortles and mirth.
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Kyrene
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 13 Apr 2009 : 09:28:45
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Originally posted by Markustay
Spoil sport... we weren't done trying to cunningly worm our way beneath her outer shell...
No, no, no! I agree with Zandilar: Bring in the rust monster so that we have more time to lick at THO in person. Regardless of how long it takes us, or whether or not we even care about the reference document as prize*.
* Oftentimes the journey, however fraught with valleys, nooks and crannies, mounds, hills, peaks, gushing geysers or any other anatomical topographical sights, is its own reward. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 13 Apr 2009 : 16:29:18
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You make it sound like we are back on the 'Backpacking' subject of a few posts ago.
I'm all for any activity that provides great exercise and a magnificent view.
@Menelvagor - Mystra is not 'uncaring', but would rather manipulate mortals into doing her bidding (I believe there are rules about such things - except for during the ToT; there is only a limited amont of influence a god may use directly on the mortal world, else you would have divine beings making war on each other and destroying worlds). Another factor is that Mystra wants her Chosen, Magisters, and other 'agents' to all learn from their own mistakes. One doesn't learn the 'hard lessons' unless one gets burned once in a while. Thirdly, the crown is an artifact, and is therefore hard to 'track' through divination. Khelben and others may have known about the crown resurfacing, and some folks may have also been wondering where Laeral was during that time, but it may have taken awhile to connect the two (most who knew her would not have suspected Larael to have become the Witch Queen (or whatever she was calling herself then), and Chosen do disappear for years at a time (Elminster did so for a century!) occasionally.
Khelben did not know her before then, so even when he began to scry her and take steps to stop her as the Witch Queen, he didn't recognize her as one of the Seven - I believe even Elminster only knew who a few were at that point in time. Also, Chosen are supposed to do Mystra's 'work', which is NOT necessarily 'good'. She is all about strengthing magic and building it, so as long as Laeral was still developing magic and thereby growing her portfolio, Mystra would not have felt much need to do anything at all about her. Another thing is that the Crown is a mind-contolling ARTIFACT, and any 'hasty' removal of such would most-likely end in the victim's brains being 'permanently scrambled'. So even after he learned who he was dealing with, much time and care (and another artifact) were required for its safe removal.
One final thing, and this is completely non-canon and homebrew: I was discussing some of this in Steven Schend's thread with the man himself, and I personally came to the conclusion (for plothook purposes) that the Laeral Khelben 'saved' was not the original - it was a clone 'left behind' after the 'Dark Powers' took the real Larael to Ravenloft. 
Completely homebrew... but it allows adventurers to free the 'real' Larael from RL in a 4e adventure (giving us back one of the seven in 4e). As for the Crown - even the Dark Powers can't move artifacts between worlds, so the original crown was left behind (and donned by the clone), whilst a duplicate was created by the Dark Powers for the RL version. A bit hokey, but it would make for a great trans-planer epic adventure.
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
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Posted - 13 Apr 2009 : 17:15:26
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| The only thing I don't like about the homebrew is that means Laeral and Khelben's children would fall into some 'Spider-man'-like plot device. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 13 Apr 2009 : 17:38:03
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I thought Larael had only one child, and that child's father is 'unknown'?* 
Information about the Seven and Mystra's Chosen isn't really my Forté, so forgive any mistakes I may have made. 
I just thought it would be cool is she was 'whisked away' during her tenure ruling that little kingdom (wasn't it Luskan?), and an(other) FR-like Realm existed in the Land of Mists. You have 'good Larael', and 'evil Larael'. You could always switch it around and say that Larael's clone was somehow accidently activated, and that's who donned the crown... in which case Khelben never really 'saved' her. He destroys the Larael wearing the crown (who is then stolen by the 'Dark Powers'), and finds the real Larael hidden in stasis (placed there by the clone). He tells her the story of the her time with the crown (perhaps using some mind-influencing magics on her), and she believes the whole thing, and is grateful. It certainly wouldn't be the first time Khelben lied his arse off to get what he wanted.
If that works better for you, then use it - I just thought it was a neat plothook (and I like RL and the idea of 'Evil Laeral' having a realm there). The only problem with that version is that you must assume the official version is incorrect (which breaks canon somewhat, except that Khelben is known for his purposeful misdirections).
*Edit: Nevermind... I forgot she was pregnant in Blackstaff....
Still, what would be the difference? Either way, a clone (especially a magical one) is an exact duplicate of a person, so she would still be their mother (even if they didn't physically come from her body). I have to admit it is a little comic-bookish, but I did say I designed this plothook with 4e in mind. |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3240 Posts |
Posted - 13 Apr 2009 : 17:55:37
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Originally posted by Markustay
<snip>
Still, what would be the difference? Either way, a clone (especially a magical one) is an exact duplicate of a person, so she would still be their mother (even if they didn't physically come from her body). I have to admit it is a little comic-bookish, but I did say I designed this plothook with 4e in mind.
Ask the legion of Spider-man fans what the problem with clones are.
Clone Saga
Seriously, the only fictional character to have more clones than Spider-man is Jango Fett. |
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gomez
Learned Scribe
Netherlands
254 Posts |
Posted - 13 Apr 2009 : 19:32:19
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I initially though it was a nice idea... however, the Dark Powers make darklords of people who ruly deserve it, and who made their own choices.
A Laeral turned evil by an artifact does not really fall into that category, unless they would have freed her form the artifact, and then give here a choice between good and evil... and have her choose evil.
But that makes saving Laeral from the mists near impossible, because she'll be truly evil then (unless you would go the 'Lord Soth' way). Of course, in 4ted, Ravenloft is now only a region in the Shadowfell, so these things may now be less difficult than they were.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 13 Apr 2009 : 21:29:48
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quote:
Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
quote:
Originally posted by Markustay
<snip>
Still, what would be the difference? Either way, a clone (especially a magical one) is an exact duplicate of a person, so she would still be their mother (even if they didn't physically come from her body). I have to admit it is a little comic-bookish, but I did say I designed this plothook with 4e in mind.
Ask the legion of Spider-man fans what the problem with clones are.
Clone Sage
Seriously, the only fictional character to have more clones than Spider-man is Jango Fett.
Clone Sage? I was expecting something else from that link! |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
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Posted - 13 Apr 2009 : 21:34:29
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<ahem> Yes... link wordage stuff changed.
Now, time to go back to the basement and finish that experiment. (Once I've got Sage cloned, then I can work on THO! ) |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 13 Apr 2009 : 22:26:27
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quote:
Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
<ahem> Yes... link wordage stuff changed.
Now, time to go back to the basement and finish that experiment. (Once I've got Sage cloned, then I can work on THO! )
I think you've got the order reversed, there. Who'd want an extra Sage around? I'd start with four or five clones of the lovely Lady Hooded One. That's two or three to keep for myself, and two to send to Ed to act as his assistants. |
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Foxhelm
Senior Scribe
Canada
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Posted - 13 Apr 2009 : 22:51:39
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quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
quote:
Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
<ahem> Yes... link wordage stuff changed.
Now, time to go back to the basement and finish that experiment. (Once I've got Sage cloned, then I can work on THO! )
I think you've got the order reversed, there. Who'd want an extra Sage around? I'd start with four or five clones of the lovely Lady Hooded One. That's two or three to keep for myself, and two to send to Ed to act as his assistants.
What about cloning the Sage's brain and placing it into the Hooded One's Body? All of the realm lore in a prettier package... when Ed isn't being entertained by his/her body.... |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 13 Apr 2009 : 23:08:03
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Thats just wrong on so many levels. 
quote:
Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
Seriously, the only fictional character to have more clones than Spider-man is Jango Fett.
Manshoon.
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Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
Ask the legion of Spider-man fans what the problem with clones are.
To tell you the truth, I was thinking more in terms of an X-Men/Dark Phoenix scenario here, or perhaps the Johnny Storm/Skrull Chick storyline (considering how things wound-up with love involved). Hmmmm... a Dopplganger or a Malaugrym would be very strange, but Khelben would have saw right through those...
Also, there are many cases of people becoming 'evil' accidently and becoming a Darklord in Ravenloft. All it takes is the intial decision that sends you down that path... and she did WILLINGLY don the crown....
Either way, I'd like the real one alive in Ravenloft, and not the clone, just so we could still have her (in all her nasty glory). Who knows? By now (1479) she may have become the Raven Queen.  |
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Thauramarth
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
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Posted - 13 Apr 2009 : 23:24:56
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Originally posted by Menelvagor
EDIT: Oh, a question I had regarding Laeral:
Why did it take 20 years for Khelben to come and free her from the Crown of Horns? I mean where were all the others for 20 years? She has 6 sisters, and a powerful 'uncle'. Where were they for 20 years? And what about Mystra? What was she doing, not caring for her Chosen?
Or was it all game designer plotting? Did they go: 'Let's make sure Khelben frees her, then marries her, so we can spread rumours of him manipulating her into it and she seeking adveturers to help her against him, thus giving adventure hooks to all the players'?
Interesting question, that. Ever since this thread first appeared (in FR5-The Savage Frontier, if memory serves me right, I had the impression that Laeral's acquistion of the Crown of Horns was quite "recent" (1356-1357 DR or thereabouts), given the reference that the Nine had acquired in in Yûlash. I always figured the Nine had swooped in after Yûlash had been obliterated by the Flight of Dragons of 1356. I remember being surprised when I saw the date of the [Thomas] Crown Affair being set in 1337. I always figured that was a type (funny how a hand-written "5" can resemble a hand-written "3"). Heh.
So to add to Menelvagor's question - was this incident always supposed to be 1337, or was it set for 1357? I would certainly find it odd that nine powerful (human) adventurers would be at each other for twenty years without the good and the great noticing anything. Otherwise, my guess would be that, even though Laeral donned the hat, the hat had to work very hard (some twenty-odd years or so) to wear Laeral's mental defenses down and cause the worst case of PMS (Possessed-by-Myrkul-Syndrome) anyone has ever seen. |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
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Posted - 14 Apr 2009 : 00:08:48
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Originally posted by Markustay
Thats just wrong on so many levels.
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Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
Seriously, the only fictional character to have more clones than Spider-man is Jango Fett.
Manshoon.
Nah... Manshoon had what? A dozen clones? By the end of the Clone Saga, Spider-man fought over a hundred of his clones. And Jango literally had tens of thousands, if not a whole lot more... |
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Dark Wizard
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 14 Apr 2009 : 01:06:14
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Greetings Ed,
I noticed a question from someone at the Wizards forums who wants to know what the Realms is all about. I know the question has been answered before, both here and in books. What I found interesting is that the interested poster included in his post the questions from the one-page entry format for the WotC Campaign Setting Design Contest of 2002.
Interestingly the sample Core Ethos Sentence uses the Realms as an example. I've always wondered how you would have answered those questions if let's say you were entering that contest with the Realms as an unpublished setting.
Regarding Question #2 and #3, I'm interested in an answer for this section applied to player character heroes and "adventurers" in general. Who are they? What do they want? Why are they here?
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Originally posted by WotC
Fantasy Setting Proposal Template
1. Core Ethos Sentence. [A sentence that describes the core ethos of the world. For example, Forgotten Realms is a world of sword-and-sorcery adventure, where heroes battle monsters with magic.]
2. Who are the heroes? [Brief description of heroes central to the setting. This need not be a comprehensive list.]
3. What do they do? [What are the main objectives of the heroes, and what steps do they take to achieve those objectives?]
4. Threats, Conflicts, Villains [What is the main danger to the world, and from whom does it come?]
5. Nature of magic [What is the source of magic? How abundant/scarce is it?]
6. What’s new? What’s different? [What makes this setting unique?]
This is the poster's original post from the WotC forum:
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Originally posted by SillySymphonies
[Long read, so get a snack. Summary: Eberron DM wants to know what's so interesting about the the Forgotten Realms.]
I have been playing Dungeons and Dragons (3.5th edition) since late 2006. My DM (who has been my DM from the beginning onwards) has been using homebrew settings most of the time (recently he started a new campaign in the Planescape setting though). Since January 2009 I have started DMing for a group of close friends in an Eberron setting while at the same time still playing in my own DM's games.
My DM, a long-time Forgotten Realms and Planescape fan, seems to like the Forgotten Realms setting better than Eberron (fair enough). However, he never clearly explained to me what (in his opinion) makes Forgotten Realms the wonderful setting he claims it to be.
Curious what the fuss was all about, I tried and perused the 3.5 Player's Guide to Faerûn. I didn't have the time to read all of it, and nowhere I could find a decent summary of what the setting was about. Recently, I got the chance to take a look at a copy of the AD&D Forgotten Realms Campaign Set (1987). Since -in my opinion- an idea doesn't improve if one elaborates more on it, I decided to peruse this very first Forgotten Realms booklet. To me it seemed a rather cookie-cutter setting, with only a few intersting elements in there (like the NPC beholder Manxam; the sage Elminster; the Anauroch desert and great glacier being located right next to each other). I concluded that this setting might have been new and interesting back in the eighties and nineties, but that since then most of its unique elements have become core (by which I mean 3.5 edition PHB, DMG and MM) and that it is now a setting that's only interesting to people who have been playing in it since the eighties or to people who have read the novels. Perhaps I made this conclusion wrongfully so, so I am turning to the people on these boards to explain to me what makes the Forgotten Realms so special.
So, a long story short: What in the Nine Hells is all the fuss about?
Or, to put i in a nicer way: could someone provide me with a short summary or introduction into the Forgotten Realms? Like was done in the ECS for Eberron (pages 7-9: Introduction; The tone of Eberron; Movies to inspire you; The world; Ten things you need to know) or in the FAQ for Eberron Newbies thread at these boards.
Or maybe someone would be willing to answer the following questions for me?
1. Core ethos sentence:
2. Who are the heroes?
3. What do they do?
4. Threats, conflicts, villains:
5. Nature of magic:
6. What's new? What's different?
Many thanks in advance.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 14 Apr 2009 : 01:08:37
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Folks, as much as I want to reply to some of the more recent exchanges, I think we should take Dark Wizard's last post as a convenient way to return to actual questions for Ed, and discussions related to the answers that come forth from the Bearded One.
Thank you.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 14 Apr 2009 : 01:11:15
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quote:
Originally posted by Dark Wizard
I noticed a question from someone at the Wizards forums who wants to know what the Realms is all about. I know the question has been answered before, both here and in books. What I found interesting is that the interested poster included in his post the questions from the one-page entry format for the WotC Campaign Setting Design Contest of 2002.
While the poster in question is awaiting a response from Ed, I would advise that he/she also review the previous editions of the "Questions for Ed Greenwood" scroll. All of which contain fascinating replies on Ed's thoughts processes on the Realms, and a lot about it's early beginnings.
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Christopher_Rowe
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
879 Posts |
Posted - 14 Apr 2009 : 01:55:42
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It just noticed that this will be my five hundredth post and wanted it to be in this topic.
And now I have to come up with a question.
Okay, how about this. Have there been any/many famous sets of identical twins in the Realms? I know that the Thunder Blessing brought about increased twin births among the dwarves--but are twins counted rare or (relatively) common among elves and halflings? Are twins thought to be good or bad luck in any cultures?
Cheers,
Christopher
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Stranjer
Acolyte
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Posted - 14 Apr 2009 : 04:06:53
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| Hey, just thought of a topic that I am interested in, and would like to see if Ed can say much on the topic. Riddles being present in any sort of civilization that has a language, I was wondering, other then published ones, if there are any realms specific riddle's. I know Elaine Cunnigham published some in her books, and I have posted in her thread curious about any others she had penned, but was wondering if Ed, or THo, or any sage here for that matter, had any good Riddle's from the Realms that I might be able to stump my players with, for a bit. Plan on trying to create a few of my own, as well. |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 14 Apr 2009 : 05:19:27
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Originally posted by Menelvagor
EDIT: Oh, a question I had regarding Laeral:
Why did it take 20 years for Khelben to come and free her from the Crown of Horns? I mean where were all the others for 20 years? She has 6 sisters, and a powerful 'uncle'. Where were they for 20 years? And what about Mystra? What was she doing, not caring for her Chosen?
Where did you read that Laeral was under the influence of the Crown of Horns for 20 years?
-- George Krashos
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 14 Apr 2009 : 05:27:09
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Originally posted by Christopher_Rowe
It just noticed that this will be my five hundredth post and wanted it to be in this topic.
And now I have to come up with a question.
Okay, how about this. Have there been any/many famous sets of identical twins in the Realms? I know that the Thunder Blessing brought about increased twin births among the dwarves--but are twins counted rare or (relatively) common among elves and halflings? Are twins thought to be good or bad luck in any cultures?
Cheers,
Christopher
Ed has shared a bit of evil twin lore with me, and it included some identical twins... If it's okay with him, I'll repost it here.
It's not twins in general, though -- I was specifically looking at the evil twin trope.
And there is one set of identical twins in published Realmslore that comes readily to mind... Voaraghamanthar "the Black Death" and his brother Waervaerendor "the Rapacious Raider", the twin black dragons in the Mere of Dead Men. They're from the old Wyrms of the North series, and were first seen in Dragon 258. The article is also online, here. |
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Edited by - Wooly Rupert on 14 Apr 2009 05:27:48 |
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