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A Gavel
Seeker
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 Posted - 05 Feb 2011 : 03:18:49
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Of Ed's many, many critters, I always liked the often-overlooked Peltast, myself.
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A Gavel
Seeker
USA
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Posted - 05 Feb 2011 : 03:19:33
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And, of course, Tressym. Winged cats...awww....
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Malcolm
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 05 Feb 2011 : 03:23:53
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Well, I'd have to pipe up in support of Beholder Mages and Malaugrym, as MY faves amongst Ed's monstrous creations.
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Broken Helm
Learned Scribe
USA
108 Posts |
Posted - 05 Feb 2011 : 03:26:43
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How about his Beholder Killers? Which he had a cool name for, but someone clumsily renamed "Beholderkin, Gouger" for their MONSTERS OF FAERUN appearance? Those are baaaaad. 
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Longtime Lurker
Seeker
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Posted - 05 Feb 2011 : 03:29:17
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Don't forget the Lock Lurker!
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Deathspawned
Acolyte
USA
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Posted - 05 Feb 2011 : 03:29:29
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| Thank you for a swift reply Lady :) if Ed has anything else to add i will be more than happy to read it,but you seem to have summed it up as a question for annother... |
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A Publishing Lackey
Seeker
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Posted - 05 Feb 2011 : 03:31:37
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Neglect not the Dark Naga, either, or the Banelar...
My word, Ed HAS created a lot of monsters in D&D, hasn't he?
Impressive... |
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Deathspawned
Acolyte
USA
8 Posts |
Posted - 05 Feb 2011 : 03:32:44
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This is a question Ed may be able to answer for me(NDA'S aside)...What ever hapened to Narm(from spellfire) after shan was no more(so to speak)?
Will we see him again in print or has 4th ED killed that possability?
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
5056 Posts |
Posted - 05 Feb 2011 : 03:36:19
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Deathspawned, I think that's NDA right now, because Ed did do a detailed (though not long) writeup of Narm's life and doings after HAND OF FIRE (plus a short story or two), which Wizards owns but hasn't yet published. Which means whether or not you'll see it is up to them (Ed isn't free to share it with us).
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Deathspawned
Acolyte
USA
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Posted - 05 Feb 2011 : 03:51:35
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| :( Darn.... TY again for the swift reply. |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
7968 Posts |
Posted - 05 Feb 2011 : 17:59:03
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Thank ye THO and Blueblade both for the quick and unexpected but awesome replies to my question. 
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The Hooded One
Yes, there are "place spirits," fading and nigh forgotten gods, and even a few "mainliner" gods of the Realms that never made it into the rules.
There are also more than a few Realms monsters that never made it into print, and a few ... that got mentioned, but never more than mentioned.
Do ye drop these juicy hints deliberately or just through habit? 
Place spirits, forgotten gods, missing gods? Details for monsters unknown, or known only by name? |
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Nicolai Withander
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
1093 Posts |
Posted - 05 Feb 2011 : 19:24:10
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After reading some more, I got an idea for a question about some of Ed's creations... Do you know, THO, what Ed's favorite spell is or how he uses said spell?
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
5056 Posts |
Posted - 06 Feb 2011 : 02:13:00
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Hi again, all.
Nicolai, I very much doubted Ed had a favourite spell, so I checked with him, and no, he doesn't.
Which isn't surprising, really, given all the D&D game magic he's created and augmented and tinkered with.
I think Ed gets more enjoyment out of building an ever-larger tapestry of creations, the more complicated and "alive" the better...
love,
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Azuth
Senior Scribe
USA
404 Posts |
Posted - 06 Feb 2011 : 04:30:23
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Any word on a favorite deity in the Realms? Mystra seems so obvious, but only Ed can say for certain.
Cheers
Azuth, the First Magister
Lord of All Spells
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Azuth, the First Magister
Lord of All Spells
The greatest expression of creativity is through Art.
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crazedventurers
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
1073 Posts |
Posted - 06 Feb 2011 : 09:37:04
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Originally posted by Azuth
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Any word on a favorite deity in the Realms? Mystra seems so obvious, but only Ed can say for certain.
Cheers
[b]Azuth
Well Again All
Seems a bit like asking a parent who their favourite child is 
Of course one might hope that Silverymoon (Lurue) is everyones favourite as the true God of magic 
Have a question about hides, furs and tanning.
Do any priesthoods or wizards have 'tan hides very quickly' prayers or spells.
In Cormyr/Dales/Moonsea area is there a leading company that deals in furs and hides? or is the market competitive?
In Cormyr is there much demand for furs and can the Hullack and mountains/wild areas provide all that Cormyr needs?
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So saith Ed. I've never said he was sane, have I?
Gods, all this writing and he's running a constant fantasy version of Coronation Street in his head, too. .
shudder,
love to all,
THO
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3240 Posts |
Posted - 06 Feb 2011 : 17:06:56
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quote:
Originally posted by The Hooded One
Hi again, all.
Nicolai, I very much doubted Ed had a favourite spell, so I checked with him, and no, he doesn't.
Which isn't surprising, really, given all the D&D game magic he's created and augmented and tinkered with.
I think Ed gets more enjoyment out of building an ever-larger tapestry of creations, the more complicated and "alive" the better...
love,
THO
But I bet Elminster's favorite spell is "Turtle Soup". Am I right? |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
Ashe's Character Sheet
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 06 Feb 2011 : 21:02:56
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Maybe Dragonturtle soup... served FRESH. 
As for 'Ed Creations', I used to think he took a lot from various (old) monster manuals. Then I realized those monsters first appeared in Dragon Magazine.
Then I realized Ed WROTE many of those articles.
Ed is responsible for as much as D&D as Gary Gygax is, if not more. For instance, Ed created the greater age-ranges for dragons, amongst other things. It isn't just the critters we can thank him for - everything from Hin customs to Drow gods to flying ships has had his hand on them. Bits of Ed can be found in nearly every other official setting.
Edit: My point is, trying to 'quantify' how much Ed has done for the game itself is nearly impossible, so making lists of monsters, spells, whatever... is pretty hard. |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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Azuth
Senior Scribe
USA
404 Posts |
Posted - 06 Feb 2011 : 22:28:46
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Honestly, I think that each DM contributes a lot to his or her world, and Ed happens to be a fantastic DM. I remember during the transition from 2E to 3E in the FR book something happened to Tilverton that was unexplained. One of my players was very distraught by this as his character (a paladin) had amassed a fort and minions there, and as a DM I just said "the map is wrong." I recall as a young DM I loved using Bane to torture characters, being rather ignorant that Beshaba was the Maid of Misfortune. Anyway, as I grew older I found Eldath and Lathander much more enjoyable to use when intervening as divinity. Thus my question to Ed on which deity is his favorite. I will likely never have the pleasure of playing in his personal campaign, but I have done so under several fantastic DMs, and I'm curious which he finds his personal favorite. He may have many, he may have one. That's why I'm looking forward to his answer. His portrayal of Azuth in The Tempatation of Elminster is far different than I had imagined him — in a good way.
For now, I just recall all of Ed's work with amazement and await his next novel.
Cheers,
Azuth, the First Magister
Lord of All Spells
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
2104 Posts |
Posted - 06 Feb 2011 : 23:12:00
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Originally posted by Markustay
Maybe Dragonturtle soup... served FRESH.
As for 'Ed Creations', I used to think he took a lot from various (old) monster manuals. Then I realized those monsters first appeared in Dragon Magazine.
Then I realized Ed WROTE many of those articles.
Ed is responsible for as much as D&D as Gary Gygax is, if not more. For instance, Ed created the greater age-ranges for dragons, amongst other things. It isn't just the critters we can thank him for - everything from Hin customs to Drow gods to flying ships has had his hand on them. Bits of Ed can be found in nearly every other official setting.
Edit: My point is, trying to 'quantify' how much Ed has done for the game itself is nearly impossible, so making lists of monsters, spells, whatever... is pretty hard.
And the people griping about Paizo putting gunpowder in their Pathfinder with the Gunslinger should throw a beady eye Ed's way was well, if I recall correctly.
Not me though, as my first favourite writer was Alexandre Dumas (the elder), and you can't have proper swashbuckling without some missed musket-shots. |
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createvmind
Senior Scribe
490 Posts |
Posted - 06 Feb 2011 : 23:46:14
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Hello all,
Ed I have a sleep walking mage, what would you say it were possible to cast under such conditions, weave-easy so to speak. I've seen people sleep walk so I know they could manipulate pouches and all but could they pull on weave to do anything other than cantrips without awakening or worse can the weave ride them in this state to cast say 3rd and higher level spells?
Ever occur in your games? |
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Faraer
Great Reader
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Posted - 07 Feb 2011 : 00:01:58
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These are most of Ed's new, fully described Dragon monsters: wingless wonder, tomb tapper, lythlyx, rhaumbusun, stroan, dyll, sull, beguiler, bleeder, firetail, killer beetle, bichir, bohun tree, calygraunt, cantobele, duleep, flailtail, giant horseshoe crab, dark naga, peltast, scallion, seastar, giant shrike, sind, vurgen, wind steed, sinister, night hunter, werebat, hundar, gloomwing, azmyth, belabra, bhaergala, firestar, flamewing, orgautha, xaver, burbur, hamadryad, orpsu, opilionid, sashalus, weredragon, fang dragon, lock lurker, lybbarde, metalmaster, serplar, thylacine, glyptar, magebane, quezzer, scythetail, xantravar, banelar, flameskull, foulwing, whipsting
Scores more got into Ruins of Undermountain, Ruins of Myth Drannor, and other sourcebooks and adventures; I suspect TSR had a surplus from him in the early 90s and found space for them where they could. |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
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7968 Posts |
Posted - 07 Feb 2011 : 00:34:10
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createvmind —
There's lots of information about sleepwalking (somnambulism) online. Wikipedia claims that sleepwalkers have been known to operate vehicles and machinery, write semi-coherent emails, interact with other people, and perform other complex tasks "in a state of low consciousness". The psychology of dreaming is still poorly understood.
Spell level in itself is probably not a factor; some spells require mental alertness, effort, concentration, or access to skills and processes in parts of the mind which don't function while asleep. Conversely, some spells actually require the caster enters a trance or unfocussed dreamlike state while casting.
A spellcaster might for example manifest powerful illusions and divinations, animal friendship, teleport, fly, waterwalk, emotion, polymorph, invisible stalker, maze, and wish while unawake; but would seem unlikely to manage even simple necromancies, enchantments, conjurations, metamagics, dispel magic, and power words since these require deliberate focus, calculated manipulation of parameters, and directed or contested force of will. The more familiar (and oft-used) a spell, the more chance of being able to cast it subconsciously. Spells would still require physical components, telesma, props, etc. Any spell which causes a lot of light, noise (including screaming), pain, wetness, burning, cold, energy drain, etc would probably instantly wake the caster. Spells would probably still need to be memorized, but the caster might actually be able to "read" spellbooks in his mind. Most people are unable to read text or process symbols and formulae while dreaming. Some people are able to learn skills which let them control their dreaming. You might make life marginally easier by having a dreaming wizard cast destructive spells like fireball as illusions. You might arbitrarily disallow spells like permanency or contact other plane which risk inflicting permanent insanity, aging, draining, or death since being killed by your own dreams would really suck. A possible in-game justification would be a benign god/goddess or other entity who protects those who dream, though malign nightmarish entities would then also exist.
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I might be mistaken, but I recall reading somewhere about a demiplane of Dreams. Published rules/guidelines for dreamcasting might already exist, if that helps at all. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31701 Posts |
Posted - 07 Feb 2011 : 01:04:23
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Originally posted by Arik
I might be mistaken, but I recall reading somewhere about a demiplane of Dreams. Published rules/guidelines for dreamcasting might already exist, if that helps at all.
You're likely thinking of the 2e's planar interpretation of the Demiplane of Dreams, presented in relevant PLANESCAPE sources and the like. Or, you could be thinking of RAVENLOFT's Nightmare Lands Domain, which was also 2e, and featured a dream-like setting, with rules associated for such adventuring. |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
7968 Posts |
Posted - 07 Feb 2011 : 01:09:18
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Thanx Sage. I find createvmind's question very inspirational.
2E Psionicists had access to powers like dream travel. Dreaming in D&D (where magic, planes, gods, and psionics all exist) offers a lot of possibilities. |
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Eldacar
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 07 Feb 2011 : 10:51:42
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quote:
Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by Arik
I might be mistaken, but I recall reading somewhere about a demiplane of Dreams. Published rules/guidelines for dreamcasting might already exist, if that helps at all.
You're likely thinking of the 2e's planar interpretation of the Demiplane of Dreams, presented in relevant PLANESCAPE sources and the like. Or, you could be thinking of RAVENLOFT's Nightmare Lands Domain, which was also 2e, and featured a dream-like setting, with rules associated for such adventuring.
There was a Region of Dreams presented in the 3rd edition Manual of the Planes as well. It's coterminous to the Material plane and whatever other planes that the DM desires (Inner, Outer or Transitive). The plane is described as where dreams cavort - both good dreams and nightmares, which create effects on the surroundings within the Region of Dreams. The easiest way to get to it is through the Portal of Sleep (i.e. by sleeping), but there are those who can walk dreamscapes at will, known as Dreamwalkers (they normally access the Dreaming via either the Portal of Sleep or, if they're skilled at magic, with the Dream Travel spell - some portals also exist).
Libris Mortis (a 3E book, IIRC) presents rules for "Dreamcasting" and the like (as a couple of feats and some spells) while Manual of the Planes includes the "Lucid Dreaming" skill.
I use the Region of Dreams in my own campaigns, as a place similar to the Dreaming from Sandman. I don't know if it exists in the official Realmslore, though (meaning as an actual part of the cosmology - it doesn't appear in the Tree, though I'm not as sure about the Wheel). |
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Alystra Illianniis
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31701 Posts |
Posted - 08 Feb 2011 : 00:47:54
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Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
Hmm, I suddenly have an inspiration for a god and domain of dreams for my campaigns..... Hypnos/Somnus, anyone? I seem to recall some dream-focused PrC in 3.5. Can't remember which book, though. Could be useful to you, createvmind.
The Earth Dreamer PrC, perhaps, from Races of Stone? |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
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Ayrik
Great Reader
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7968 Posts |
Posted - 08 Feb 2011 : 09:57:48
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| Oneiromancy, dream magic. Taken from classical Greek mythology, where it is most often described as a form of divination. |
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