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Randal_Dundragon
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 Posted - 18 Jun 2009 : 22:46:44
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Hey all randal here, i was perusing through the site like i normally do (think people call it trolling ;)) anyway, and i got to thinking "is their a compiliation of all the different aspects of the Forgotten Realms" For example all the different special materials, maybe trades, basic mundane stuff as well as the more exotic.
I only ask because its a pain to have to look up through umpteen different books when i need to know say - What kind of special and unique woods are located in Faerun?
Anyway if anybody knows one id be very thankful.
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 18 Jun 2009 : 22:57:10
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Originally posted by Randal_Dundragon
Hey all randal here, i was perusing through the site like i normally do (think people call it trolling ;)) anyway, and i got to thinking "is their a compiliation of all the different aspects of the Forgotten Realms" For example all the different special materials, maybe trades, basic mundane stuff as well as the more exotic.
I only ask because its a pain to have to look up through umpteen different books when i need to know say - What kind of special and unique woods are located in Faerun?
Anyway if anybody knows one id be very thankful.
I started, with the help of a few scribes, a project like this about a year ago. That was before 4e was released and Wizards started to get a bit uptight about their IP. I still have the files but until I know what Wizards may, or may not, want in fan projects, I kind of let the project lapse.
Plus, it was a bit hard to continue the project when you only have about three to four people working on it. Now, I understand why TSR dropped their own version of the Realms encyclopedia. |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31701 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jun 2009 : 00:50:20
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Indeed. I dropped out early, due to work commitments. It's a shame that I didn't have more time to help out, because I would've loved to have seen something like this up and running.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 19 Jun 2009 : 01:40:48
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Originally posted by Randal_Dundragon
I only ask because its a pain to have to look up through umpteen different books when i need to know say - What kind of special and unique woods are located in Faerun?
For this, you can consult Volo's Guide to All Things Magical (formerly a suppressed work  ). It's available for free from the Wizards downloads page.  |
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BEAST
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Afetbinttuzani
Senior Scribe
Canada
434 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jun 2009 : 20:06:54
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I find the Forgotten Realms index to be very helpful:
http://www.candlekeep.com/library/articles/frindex/start.htm
But, of course, you need to already have an idea of what you are looking for to use it.
For general questions (eg: what kinds of trees grow near Shadowdale?) I recommend using this thread or the Chamber of Sages. I've found that the information you need is probably already bouncing around in the gray cells of one the scribes here. One of them can no doubt answer the above question. |
Afet bint Tuzaní
"As the good Archmage often admonishes me, I ought not to let my mind wander, as it's too small to go off by itself."
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Knight of the Gate
Senior Scribe
USA
624 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jun 2009 : 06:22:48
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| If we ever get a user agreement, and that agreement is amenable to continuing work on such a compilation, Kuje, I'd be happy to help. |
How can life be so bountiful, providing such sublime rewards for mediocrity? -Umberto Ecco |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 20 Jun 2009 : 06:27:05
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Originally posted by Knight of the Gate
If we ever get a user agreement, and that agreement is amenable to continuing work on such a compilation, Kuje, I'd be happy to help.
Will keep you in mind if I start it up again, if we ever find out what the fan policy actually says. |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Hoondatha
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 20 Jun 2009 : 15:58:22
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| Ditto for me, Kuje. I actually did some work on the FR Encyclopedia, years ago, and was disappointed that it never actually happened. |
Doggedly converting 3e back to what D&D should be...
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Randal_Dundragon
Seeker
USA
95 Posts |
Posted - 09 Jul 2009 : 19:47:03
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| Hey thanks guys, and ill keep that in mind. |
Its simple really, Your an idiot and I'm simply a figment of your imagination |
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