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glaucusrex
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 Posted - 13 Jan 2005 : 18:48:13
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Has anyone compiled a list of known portals from Faerun to the planes? I know of a couple, but figure someone must have done this before...
I know of the World Serpent Inn in Arabel, Cormyr.
I know of the Gate leading to the Gates of the Moon and the Infinite Staircase in "For Duty and Deity".
Are there others? Is there a list?
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warlockco
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 13 Jan 2005 : 19:34:22
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Originally posted by glaucusrex
Has anyone compiled a list of known portals from Faerun to the planes? I know of a couple, but figure someone must have done this before...
I know of the World Serpent Inn in Arabel, Cormyr.
I know of the Gate leading to the Gates of the Moon and the Infinite Staircase in "For Duty and Deity".
Are there others? Is there a list?
Too many to count? 
Don't forget the Sword of the Abbey has something like a dozen or so below it. |
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glaucusrex
Acolyte
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Posted - 13 Jan 2005 : 21:26:37
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Originally posted by warlockco
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Originally posted by glaucusrex
Has anyone compiled a list of known portals from Faerun to the planes? I know of a couple, but figure someone must have done this before...
I know of the World Serpent Inn in Arabel, Cormyr.
I know of the Gate leading to the Gates of the Moon and the Infinite Staircase in "For Duty and Deity".
Are there others? Is there a list?
Too many to count?
Don't forget the Sword of the Abbey has something like a dozen or so below it.
Thanks, I'll look into that. I did not know about the Sword of the Abbey.
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Dargoth
Great Reader
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Posted - 13 Jan 2005 : 22:43:55
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Theres a Gate to Sigil under Abbey of the Sword in Battledale (See Faithes and Pantheons)
Theres a massive gate in the Anauroch Dessert west of the Lost vale the gate leads to the outlands Im not sure where the gate would go in the new FR Cosmology although Finders bane does mention the beholder god Gzemnid and the Mind Flayer god Ilsensine
Theres a gate to Fugues plane in a abondoned Dwarven city under castle Dragonspear but you have to be dead to use it |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
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Posted - 14 Jan 2005 : 02:33:13
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Hall of Mists too, in the High Forest. Check out the "Mintper's Chapbook" series on the WotC FR website.
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Maecenus of Westgate
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 14 Jan 2005 : 02:36:24
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A list of known portals in Faerun would be handy indeed. If no one else has decided to compile one, I may decide to take on this project myself.
I know there is this website: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/archfr/pg
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Dargoth
Great Reader
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Posted - 14 Jan 2005 : 02:36:54
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Theres also a gate to the Abyss under the Grandfather tree in the High Forest
Theres also a Gate to the Abyss under the Ruins of the Witch Kings castle in Vassa |
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Edited by - Dargoth on 14 Jan 2005 02:38:11 |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 14 Jan 2005 : 03:09:44
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Originally posted by Maecenus of Westgate
A list of known portals in Faerun would be handy indeed. If no one else has decided to compile one, I may decide to take on this project myself.
I know there is this website: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/archfr/pg
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warlockco
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 14 Jan 2005 : 22:36:36
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Originally posted by George Krashos
Hall of Mists too, in the High Forest. Check out the "Mintper's Chapbook" series on the WotC FR website.
-- George Krashos
That was another good web series, too. Lots of lore. |
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
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Posted - 15 Jan 2005 : 05:27:58
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
That was another good web series, too. Lots of lore.
Are you saying some of the current series lack lore? |
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Lady Kazandra
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Posted - 15 Jan 2005 : 07:41:54
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Originally posted by Dargoth
Theres a Gate to Sigil under Abbey of the Sword in Battledale (See Faithes and Pantheons)
As far as I know (and I'll have to check with the Sage to be certain of this), according to PS3e . . . that portal no longer exists. Or rather, the end of the portal that exists in the City of Doors is no longer accessible.
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Theres a massive gate in the Anauroch Dessert west of the Lost vale the gate leads to the outlands Im not sure where the gate would go in the new FR Cosmology although Finders bane does mention the beholder god Gzemnid and the Mind Flayer god Ilsensine
Since the various monstrous deities haven't received as much attention in the 3e FR cosmology, who can say where those two have ended up . . .
If Sigil is still part of the FR cosmology via portal travel, then it's likely that both deities still reside in the Outlands.
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Kuje
Great Reader
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Posted - 15 Jan 2005 : 08:36:15
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Originally posted by Lady Kazandra
As far as I know (and I'll have to check with the Sage to be certain of this), according to PS3e . . . that portal no longer exists. Or rather, the end of the portal that exists in the City of Doors is no longer accessible.
Since the various monstrous deities haven't received as much attention in the 3e FR cosmology, who can say where those two have ended up . . .
If Sigil is still part of the FR cosmology via portal travel, then it's likely that both deities still reside in the Outlands.
Sigil, and that portal in 3e's Faiths and Pantheons, does still exist in FR's new planes and it is the same exact Sigil of the Wheel/Ring. I, and others, have asked this of Rich Baker on more then one occasion and he has said words to this effect. :) |
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Edited by - Kuje on 15 Jan 2005 08:37:18 |
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tauster
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 15 Jan 2005 : 13:31:12
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Originally posted by Dargoth
Theres a massive gate in the Anauroch Dessert west of the Lost vale the gate leads to the outlands Im not sure where the gate would go in the new FR Cosmology although Finders bane does mention the beholder god Gzemnid and the Mind Flayer god Ilsensine
dargoth, could you (or anyone else) please lead me to the source of this information? i think i´ve read about it some time ago but simply cannot remember, no matter how hard i beat my head against the wall.
i remember the numerous anauroch- based portals in the "perlious gateweays" series: a draconic "portal-network" guarded by a brown (?) dragon, a cave-system populated by asabis with an immense number of gates in them, and a lich´s cave in/under the high ice (some old thayan wizardess with vampiric servants, iirc) that was linked to other "refuges" by gates.
these are all portals i know; i fail to recall reading about a gate to the outlands. it could be a handy story-tool, because it gives a plausible explanation for the presence of "outlandish" npc´s (or even pc´s) in the anauroch, the desertsmouth mntns and the dalelands...
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oh, seems i overlooked mentioning "finders bane"...
i read it quite a while back and have only hazy memories about it. was that gate mentioned anywhere else, or only in that novel?
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 15 Jan 2005 : 13:36:06
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Originally posted by tauster
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Originally posted by Dargoth
Theres a massive gate in the Anauroch Dessert west of the Lost vale the gate leads to the outlands Im not sure where the gate would go in the new FR Cosmology although Finders bane does mention the beholder god Gzemnid and the Mind Flayer god Ilsensine
dargoth, could you (or anyone else) please lead me to the source of this information? i think i´ve read about it some time ago but simply cannot remember, no matter how hard i beat my head against the wall.
'Tis in the book Finder's Bane. The portal in question was large enough to sail a spelljammer thru. |
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tauster
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Posted - 15 Jan 2005 : 13:57:10
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
[br'Tis in the book Finder's Bane. The portal in question was large enough to sail a spelljammer thru.
alas, i was hoping that there were other sources besides the novel!
...which, btw, did a great job depicting the relation between clerics and their gods!
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 16 Jan 2005 : 08:57:37
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Originally posted by Lady Kazandra
As far as I know (and I'll have to check with the Sage to be certain of this), according to PS3e . . . that portal no longer exists. Or rather, the end of the portal that exists in the City of Doors is no longer accessible.
Kuje knows the score  . He's got it right on the Faerunian end of things. However, you are correct in that the Sigilian end of the portal can no longer be accessed.
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Dargoth
Great Reader
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Posted - 16 Jan 2005 : 09:18:11
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Interesting
Does that mean that its a one way gate and you only use the gate to go from Faerun to Sigil and not from Sigil to Faerun or does it mean that the Faerun end of the gate is open but the Sigil end is closed? Hence making the Gate unuseable |
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The Sage
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Posted - 16 Jan 2005 : 11:08:07
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Originally posted by Dargoth
Interesting
Does that mean that its a one way gate and you only use the gate to go from Faerun to Sigil and not from Sigil to Faerun or does it mean that the Faerun end of the gate is open but the Sigil end is closed? Hence making the Gate unuseable
To be honest, I'm not entirely sure how it works.
The idea behind it was so that, if DMs wished to keep the Realms and Sigil separate, there was something written within the text that the DM could use in order to suggest that the Sigilian end of the portal may have been sealed, possibly by Dolores. On the other hand, if DMs are wishing to allow the connection between the two settings for their games, then they can simply ignore what's written in the setting tome, without too much disruption.
That's my take anyway...  .
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cpthero2
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Posted - 06 Oct 2018 : 14:01:33
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Acolyte glaucusrex,
This is probably as good as it is going to get for a list:
http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Portals
Best regards,
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Originally posted by glaucusrex
Has anyone compiled a list of known portals from Faerun to the planes? I know of a couple, but figure someone must have done this before...
I know of the World Serpent Inn in Arabel, Cormyr.
I know of the Gate leading to the Gates of the Moon and the Infinite Staircase in "For Duty and Deity".
Are there others? Is there a list?
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