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Shadowsoul
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Posted - 15 Dec 2013 :  01:05:45  Show Profile Send Shadowsoul a Private Message  Reply with Quote  Delete Topic
Not sure if any of you older gamers remember the old "Hillsfar" PC game, but after I played the game, and finished it, I became hooked on the city. I loved basing a lot of my campaigns around the city and when the "Mysteries of the Moonsea" came out for 3rd edition, I went to the section on Hillsfar straight away.

Anyone else a fan of the city?

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Seravin
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Posted - 15 Dec 2013 :  01:16:24  Show Profile Send Seravin a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Anywhere in the Moonsea is great with me. Hillsfar is a very interesting city, I love the Arena and the minotaur mascots, but the video game was pretty bad! Especially compared to Pool of Radiance and Curse of the Azure Bonds. I still get nostalgic for the area though!
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Posted - 15 Dec 2013 :  04:14:12  Show Profile Send sfdragon a Private Message  Reply with Quote
prefers Myth Drannor and Phlan over Hilsfar

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The Arcanamach
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Posted - 15 Dec 2013 :  05:08:18  Show Profile Send The Arcanamach a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I always found Hillsfar an interesting site, never played the game though.

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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 15 Dec 2013 :  06:51:15  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I like Hillsfar, and the xenophobic nature of the city was the exact angle I needed for one of my Lords of Waterdeep. I was having problems with the guy's backstory until I read the description of Hillsfar in Mysteries of the Moonsea, and that's when it all just clicked into place.

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Shadowsoul
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Posted - 15 Dec 2013 :  11:10:25  Show Profile Send Shadowsoul a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by sfdragon

prefers Myth Drannor and Phlan over Hilsfar



I really like Phlan as well. Ever since I read the old Pool of Radiance book, I fell in love with that city. I used to base a lot of my adventures around the ruined areas.

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Thauranil
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Posted - 15 Dec 2013 :  13:29:32  Show Profile Send Thauranil a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Well I always found Zhentil Keep and Myth Drannor to be more interesting locales so I cant really say I liked it much. Their xenophobia doesn't help either.
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