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Originally posted by George Krashos

The presence of the Spelljammer ship in Myth Drannor is explained in the "Fall of Myth Drannor" sourcebook.

-- George Krashos

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Originally posted by Fellfire

What, if anything, would a Crown of Stars be capable of planetside?

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Originally posted by unseenmage

I found one of the times I was referred to ancient Toril as the source of Warforged. As a Faerun newbie I did mistake the ancient civilization rferenced though.

Turns out It was Raumathar who had/has a tower full of battle-constructs somewhere. My apologies for the mistake.

Here's the link to to the comment on GitP Forums. http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showsinglepost.php?p=15428812&postcount=22

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Originally posted by The Arcanamach

I was just wondering...Wooley, do you classify Jingleshod as a warforged or just some unique form of life?

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Yes, there are death knights in the Realms, and they're generally called, yep, death knights, though of course there are local nicknames and variants such as "doomhelms."

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Originally posted by Fellfire

Wooly, could you please explain in a little more detail what the elfbane golems look like in your mind's eye. Any images you might have for inspiration would be great too. Would the rogue Ripper be scavenging weapons or fighting with claws or what?

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Originally posted by Markustay

So I was off checking an obscure source for a town I've never placed (yet) in an old Dungeon magazine (#126 to be exact), and I came across another adventure about The Clockwork Fortress. Now, the adventure is presented as generic, and "can be located in any remote area in the northern reaches of your campaign world." However, the included map shows it in Greyhawk, up near the Land of Black Ice (Blackmoor). There are several things about this I find interesting, not the least of which is looks like a great adventure to set in the Endless Wastes, somwhere up near the Great Ice Sea.

It introduces something called a Niblewright, which appears to be a pre-Eberron, clockwork version of a Warforged. In fact, the one you meet may be the last of his kind (I did not read through the whole thing). I think this adventure would be ideal to introduce some FR-ish Warforged to The Realms. It has an ancient, ruined city (like RW ruins, not a D&D 'dungeon'), and the nearby fortress where the adventure takes place.

It makes a most excellent Raumathari ruin; even the name - Kolbenborg - sounds like it could have gone in a 'Rus' type region (which the Raumathari were - they are all part of the Raumvari/Gur group).

And here's the kicker - I've tied my ancient Kalmyk (a Gur kingdom) to the Finnish myths, and all of my FR lore is tied to my 'First World' theory/over-cosmology. This is supposed to be a relic of Blackmoor, and I have it where Blackmoorians WERE the human creator Race, back on that 'First World', and bits and pieces of Blackmoor got scattered all over the multiverse when the Prime Material was rent asunder (which is why you find Blackmoor in at least three official settings). I figured the original human culture around the Great Ice Sea (not nearly so icy then) was a remnant of those Blackmoorians, before the dragons and Giants (and perhaps the other Creatori) took their toll on the group and knocked them back to the stoneage.

So it not only shoe-horns in nicely into an FR region that was already known to have 'automatons' and 'mechanical juggernauts' in the distant past (Raumathar just before the fall), but it also blends in with my homebrew lore seamlessly.

And I kind of like the name 'Nimblewrights' for The Realms way better than 'warforged', which just screams Eberron (for obvious reasons). It might be a cool way to introduce a Warforged character or three into your campaign. There also several types of 'lesser' automatons mentioned, including less-advanced (humanish) servitors, like our typical D&D clockwork golems and 'brass men'.

And now back to my research... My Preciousssssss...

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