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Blueblade
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 Posted - 22 Apr 2010 : 17:04:39
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Hi, all. About bedsores: I'd say prevention of them is fairly common knowledge in the Realms, among "ordinary folk," because years ago I watched a charity Realms game at GenCon DM'd by Ed, where the PCs encountered a farming family in their cottage, and they were turning a bedridden elderly relative to prevent bedsores.
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 22 Apr 2010 : 17:57:17
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createvmind
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 22 Apr 2010 : 18:24:58
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Originally posted by Zandilar
Heya,
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Originally posted by createvmind
How are coma's handled in Faeruns various regions/races, basically how is the victim kept alive over a long period of time, say a tenday or more? How are they given sustenance especially if magic is not an option? I was looking over one of Monte cook's early edition Eldritch Might books and saw he had a poison that induced a coma for up to several weeks and I was thinking how does one kept the victim alive?
Other than Wish/ Miracle spells, would a Heal spell fix a coma caused more by despair and spiritual damage than physical damage?
Are bed sores something that occurs in Faerun, are races/cultures aware of how to treat them, again nonmagically?
I'm not Ed, but I think this is more something for an individual DM to decide, as it's more rules based than lore. :) My understanding is that Heal works on both natural and unnatural insanities. I suppose despair and depression might well be considered insanities, but I'd think that would be up to the individual DM. Also, as a DM I'd rule Heal would cure comas, unless they were caused by a curse, in which case Remove Curse would fix it. As for those caused by spiritual damage, that would all depend on exactly what you mean by spiritual damage.
Also, since biology mostly works in Abeir-Toril as it does on Earth (excluding magic from the equation, of course), there's no reason why bedsores wouldn't exist. I'm sure that medicine has evolved in Faerun enough that most civilized races would know that you need to move your patient to stop them from happening (prevention being better than cure)... In any event, such injuries would probably be easily handled by Cure Light Wounds. (Remember also that probably the vast majority of people with any medical training at all are likely to be clerics, so...)
I'm never asking rules questions to Ed, always insight to how he says things work.
Again from my post, I'm less concerned with magic response from him, I'm more curious as to what folks without magical access do and again from various races. Would a Orc Shaman or leader consign a comatose warrior to death rather than trying to nurse him back to consciouness. Would this be seen as a weakness of the afflicted orc?
Would a being with telepathy or rudimentary psionics have an advantage in helping restore a comatose being?
Spiritual I think would be a druid witnessing the destruction of his entire woodland, essentially something so horrible as to cause the mind to shut down causing a comatose state.
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 22 Apr 2010 : 19:28:55
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Alisttair: Hoo boy, is that NDA! 
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Menelvagor
Senior Scribe
Israel
352 Posts |
Posted - 22 Apr 2010 : 20:03:37
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How much less them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation in the dust, are crushed before the moth?" - Eliphaz the Temanite, Job IV, 17-19.
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Snowblood
Senior Scribe
Australia
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Posted - 23 Apr 2010 : 08:33:48
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Dear Ed was the founding of Braceldaur about this time????
"-8210 DR The non-gold elf clans of Ilodhar abandon that realm due to constant harassment by orcs and ogres. Several clans travel north to Rystall Wood, while others travel east to western Arcorar.".....???? and was this about the time that it fell???
"-2475 DR The Great Glacier continues to expand, covering the lands that will eventually be known as Vaasa and Damara.".....?????
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Menelvagor
Senior Scribe
Israel
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Posted - 23 Apr 2010 : 12:37:28
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"Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly.
How much less them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation in the dust, are crushed before the moth?" - Eliphaz the Temanite, Job IV, 17-19.
"Yea, though he live a thousand years twice, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?" - Ecclesiastes VI, 6.
"There are no stupid questions – just a bunch of inquisitive idiots."
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Jakk
Great Reader
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2165 Posts |
Posted - 23 Apr 2010 : 22:37:07
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Originally posted by Menelvagor
Oh, another question regarding the Seven: Do the Seven Sisters ever tease each other or argue about their age? That is 'I'm older', 'you're little - you were born 5 years later', etc. type of arguements/teasing?
I'm not Ed, but I'd suspect that, given that there's only a year between each of them and they're all over 600 years old as of 1375 DR, such a minute difference just might be something that some of the Sisters might find amusing to jest about.
Of course, as usual, I will defer to THO and Ed; just my 2 cents. 
Edit: Sigh... another question for Ed. I was unable to find anything in the Candlekeep archives, so I'm hoping that the question hasn't been asked and answered... and for all I know, the answer may still be NDA... but anyway: we know from the Old Grey Box that Sylune was killed in battle with an ancient red dragon attacking Shadowdale in the Year of the Prince (1357 DR); my question is, has the story of this battle been told in detail anywhere?
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Zandilar
Learned Scribe
Australia
313 Posts |
Posted - 24 Apr 2010 : 02:24:38
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Heya,
The previous question about the Seven reminded me of something I was going to ask Ed regarding (*shock horror gasp*) 4th Edition!
Was the Servant of the Seven paragon path for the Bard class inspired or influenced by the Seven Sisters of Abeir-Toril? I ask because I got that distinct sense when I was reading the description in PHB2. :) (I'm also playing a 4th Edition Bard in a game set in Eberron, and was considering taking that paragon path. :)) |
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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Menelvagor
Senior Scribe
Israel
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Posted - 24 Apr 2010 : 18:50:25
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| Jakk, I'm quite aware of that. Which is why I specified 'teasing', although on consideration, I probably should have said 'mock-arguements', not arguements. I simply wanted not to be limited to simple teasing, but (perhaps) to something that might be more serious. Whatever. As long as I get a full answer that isn't NDA, I'm happy. |
"Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly.
How much less them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation in the dust, are crushed before the moth?" - Eliphaz the Temanite, Job IV, 17-19.
"Yea, though he live a thousand years twice, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?" - Ecclesiastes VI, 6.
"There are no stupid questions – just a bunch of inquisitive idiots."
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 24 Apr 2010 : 19:10:33
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Originally posted by Menelvagor
Jakk, I'm quite aware of that. Which is why I specified 'teasing', although on consideration, I probably should have said 'mock-arguements', not arguements. I simply wanted not to be limited to simple teasing, but (perhaps) to something that might be more serious. Whatever. As long as I get a full answer that isn't NDA, I'm happy.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 25 Apr 2010 : 00:49:52
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Menelvagor
Jakk, I'm quite aware of that. Which is why I specified 'teasing', although on consideration, I probably should have said 'mock-arguements', not arguements. I simply wanted not to be limited to simple teasing, but (perhaps) to something that might be more serious. Whatever. As long as I get a full answer that isn't NDA, I'm happy.
"Storm, dear, you're looking so well! You don't look a day over 500!"
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sfdragon
Great Reader
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Posted - 25 Apr 2010 : 02:27:22
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Menelvagor
Jakk, I'm quite aware of that. Which is why I specified 'teasing', although on consideration, I probably should have said 'mock-arguements', not arguements. I simply wanted not to be limited to simple teasing, but (perhaps) to something that might be more serious. Whatever. As long as I get a full answer that isn't NDA, I'm happy.
"Storm, dear, you're looking so well! You don't look a day over 500!"
Heh. I'm sure Ed could script an appropriate response from Storm in reply.
only if all she is wearing is a pair of boots..... |
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Hoondatha
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 25 Apr 2010 : 03:19:53
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Hey Ed, a quick question for you. Hopefully a bit easier than some of the ones we lob at you regularly.
We've been having an extended debate about Waterdeep's army and navy, some of which you and THO have chimed in about, and it made me realize that I didn't know how deep Waterdeep's harbor actually is. I've searched through the various Waterdeep books, but all they say is it's a "deep water" harbor that doesn't taper as it reaches the shore. That's not exceedingly helpful.
Can you shed any light on what the average depth (excluding Umberlee's trench) of the harbor is? Also, are there any interesting facets about it you can share? ie: how it came into being? Is it natural, or did the elves who lived there before the humans arrived have something to do with it? Or something else? Many thanks, as usual. |
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 25 Apr 2010 : 20:16:30
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Hi, Hoondatha! Ed is busy offline at the moment, but I hope for a reply from him by end of day, or early tomorrow.
My notes record a depth of eighty feet right off one of the docks in southern Dock Ward (a coffer of gems plunged off the dock when the man carrying it was slain in a swordfight, and one of the Knights sent someone down on a line to recover it), but I KNOW the harbor bottom is both silty (constantly being bathed in sewer-muck) and NOT flat, so obviously depth will vary from place to place.
My memory is that it slopes away from Mount Waterdeep, getting deeper as one moves south across the harbor.
Funny how some topics ignite a lot of responses, and others don't...
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 25 Apr 2010 : 20:19:39
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Heh. And the moment I send the above post, a message from Ed arrives in my inbox.
Menelvagor, re. this: "Oh, another question regarding the Seven: Do the Seven Sisters ever tease each other or argue about their age? That is 'I'm older', 'you're little - you were born 5 years later', etc. type of arguements/teasing?"
Ed replies:
No. :}
So saith Ed. And there you have it.
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
5056 Posts |
Posted - 25 Apr 2010 : 20:29:05
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Oooh, and ANOTHER from Ed.
Jakk, I'm afraid there isn't a detailed overall map of Karse in existence, so far as Ed knows.
Sorry!
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Jakk
Great Reader
Canada
2165 Posts |
Posted - 26 Apr 2010 : 01:26:08
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Cool! That means I can make up my own! Er... or perhaps find a fellow scribe who is better with computer map-making tools than myself and interested in throwing one together... I'll see what I can come up with on paper.  |
Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.
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Foxhelm
Senior Scribe
Canada
592 Posts |
Posted - 26 Apr 2010 : 21:06:35
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Ed,
Is there anything you can tell me about Finder Wyvernspur in Fourth Edition, even if it's just non-canon ideas you might want to play with? Or is it just NDA which is going to cause me headaches. Really all I want to have is either closure of his death/life might bring.
Thanks,
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 27 Apr 2010 : 00:26:59
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Hi again, all. Just got this, from Ed:
Foxhelm, I would tell you about Finder if I could, but there's a bright, shiny recent NDA sdpecifically covering him.
Which of course should in itself tell you something (wink, wink, nudge, nudge).
Ahem. Nothing to see here, these aren't the droids you're looking for, move along, move along....
So saith Ed. Heh.
Letting nothing slip out about the Realms, no sir, since 1979...
love to all,
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sfdragon
Great Reader
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Posted - 27 Apr 2010 : 00:44:16
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I'd kinda like to know what the oldest still in effect NDA covers but alas, that too is likely NDAd.
Does Ed Know if there will be any new novels set in Myth Drannor, everska or involving the Elfeater in the near distant future??
and for that matter, the elf eater, I assume they eat Eladrin to the same affect as elves now in 4e?? |
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Jakk
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 27 Apr 2010 : 00:50:29
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| Hrm... shiny new NDAs on Finder, Halaster, Larloch, and (maybe not so new?) Symrustar... can we make it 5 for 5 and presume that Aumvor also has some brand-new NDAmantine armour? |
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Foxhelm
Senior Scribe
Canada
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Posted - 27 Apr 2010 : 01:59:02
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Here's a question...
Do you know of anything the fans can do to convince Wizards to remove the NDA on topics like these? Letter writing campaigns and such? |
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Jakk
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 27 Apr 2010 : 03:35:12
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Originally posted by Foxhelm
Here's a question...
Do you know of anything the fans can do to convince Wizards to remove the NDA on topics like these? Letter writing campaigns and such?
Foxhelm, I'm not Ed, but I've asked this question several times... and here's what I know (and Ed and THO can correct/augment this response as necessary):
The newer NDAs are good, because it means that work is being done on a topic for material for publication. The NDA is there to prevent fellow designers from stepping on each other's toes.
The older NDAs are from projects that never got completed (like those pyramids in Ascore and Karse that I love so much, among numerous others), and I have been advocating a "limited-lifespan" system for NDAs for most of the two years (and then some) that I have been a scribe here at CK. (I can't believe it's been that long already.) 
At this point, I defer to the wisdom of Ed and the lovely Hooded One, both of whom have far more experience in the writing/publishing industry than I possess. |
Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.
If it's comparable in power with non-magical abilities, it's not magic. |
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Foxhelm
Senior Scribe
Canada
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Posted - 27 Apr 2010 : 03:53:41
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quote:
Originally posted by Jakk
quote:
Originally posted by Foxhelm
Here's a question...
Do you know of anything the fans can do to convince Wizards to remove the NDA on topics like these? Letter writing campaigns and such?
Foxhelm, I'm not Ed, but I've asked this question several times... and here's what I know (and Ed and THO can correct/augment this response as necessary):
The newer NDAs are good, because it means that work is being done on a topic for material for publication. The NDA is there to prevent fellow designers from stepping on each other's toes.
The older NDAs are from projects that never got completed (like those pyramids in Ascore and Karse that I love so much, among numerous others), and I have been advocating a "limited-lifespan" system for NDAs for most of the two years (and then some) that I have been a scribe here at CK. (I can't believe it's been that long already.)
At this point, I defer to the wisdom of Ed and the lovely Hooded One, both of whom have far more experience in the writing/publishing industry than I possess.
Yes, but it's a win/not lose answer.
If we can effect the NDA with letter writing or inquiries or Etc, then we would have gained something. Hope, a push for articles and notes we want, and so forth.
If we can't, we wouldn't have lost anything since we don't have control now. Even as we didn't gain the lore we want.
So Win/Not Lose in my opinion (You could argue Win/Lose, but I tend to be positive when I can). |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 27 Apr 2010 : 05:22:27
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Originally posted by Foxhelm
Here's a question...
Do you know of anything the fans can do to convince Wizards to remove the NDA on topics like these? Letter writing campaigns and such?
Honestly, I think the only way to get some of the old NDAs lifted would be for us to pay the associated legal fees and such for them to go back and review them, and decide whether or not they were still applicable. It costs money to have people go over NDAs, but it doesn't cost a penny to leave them in place. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 27 Apr 2010 : 06:08:33
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quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
quote:
Originally posted by Foxhelm
Here's a question...
Do you know of anything the fans can do to convince Wizards to remove the NDA on topics like these? Letter writing campaigns and such?
Honestly, I think the only way to get some of the old NDAs lifted would be for us to pay the associated legal fees and such for them to go back and review them, and decide whether or not they were still applicable. It costs money to have people go over NDAs, but it doesn't cost a penny to leave them in place.
Not only that, but it's somewhat problematic for Wizards to know when and which NDAs could be lifted. With the state of most Realmslore almost always in some degree of flux, circumstances which warrant NDAs, are, at best, a form of preventation against unwittingly revealed events or lore that *might* still be needed later.
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 27 Apr 2010 : 17:03:48
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quote:
Originally posted by The Hooded One
Hi again, all. Just got this, from Ed:
Foxhelm, I would tell you about Finder if I could, but there's a bright, shiny recent NDA sdpecifically covering him.
Which of course should in itself tell you something (wink, wink, nudge, nudge).
Ahem. Nothing to see here, these aren't the droids you're looking for, move along, move along....
So saith Ed. Heh.
Letting nothing slip out about the Realms, no sir, since 1979...
love to all,
THO
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
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Posted - 27 Apr 2010 : 23:49:24
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quote:
Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
quote:
Originally posted by Foxhelm
Here's a question...
Do you know of anything the fans can do to convince Wizards to remove the NDA on topics like these? Letter writing campaigns and such?
Honestly, I think the only way to get some of the old NDAs lifted would be for us to pay the associated legal fees and such for them to go back and review them, and decide whether or not they were still applicable. It costs money to have people go over NDAs, but it doesn't cost a penny to leave them in place.
Not only that, but it's somewhat problematic for Wizards to know when and which NDAs could be lifted. With the state of most Realmslore almost always in some degree of flux, circumstances which warrant NDAs, are, at best, a form of preventation against unwittingly revealed events or lore that *might* still be needed later.
My totally baseless view is that Ed is not only the keeper of all things Realmsian, but also the keeper of NDAs. Given that he's been part of Realms planning since the inception of the game setting, I think he'd have a better understanding of what NDAs exist than WotC do. Given that he tracks them, when he pings the powers that be about whether he can now write/talk about "lemmings in the Moonsea which Joe Wizard included in a novel outline in 2001 but never ended up writing about", methinks the WotC knee jerk reaction is to decline to give up that particular NDA - not on any solid, product planning basis, but "just in case".
The Cormyr Lineage is a case in point. It's a historical document and would solidify the history of that kingdom. It would also hamstring author/game designers who a) can't be bothered to research before writing or b) are loathe to give up their "awesome idea" because the realmslore says otherwise: "What do you mean, I can't build my novel premise on the assertion that King Draxius was a lich?"
There's devil in the detail, kids. There always is.
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 28 Apr 2010 : 02:24:27
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Bingo!
Krash has stated it perfectly: NDAs tend to get kept in place "just in case" doing so affords greater freedom for as-yet-unplanned/nebulous future projects.
Ed always has to err on the side of caution, in part to be able to keep doing lore-giving at Candlekeep, and to keep Wizards from ever deciding Candlekeep is more of a hindrance than a help to the Realms brand, and doing anything in light of such a perception.
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