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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
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 Posted - 12 Jan 2010 : 05:48:44
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Originally posted by Kuje
Just stopped in to wish Steven a quick recovery about his broken arm. Winter really sometimes isn't very nice to people.
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"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 12 Jan 2010 : 06:48:36
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Originally posted by Brimstone
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Originally posted by Kuje
Just stopped in to wish Steven a quick recovery about his broken arm. Winter really sometimes isn't very nice to people.
Broken arm?!?!
Aye. From what he said, he slipped down the outside stairs. :( |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
2950 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jan 2010 : 10:04:06
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| That's to bad. Hope you recover quickly Steven, and that it didn't happen during an important writing period. |
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Steven Schend
Forgotten Realms Designer & Author
USA
1632 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jan 2010 : 18:56:08
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Thanks for thinking of me, folks.
One week ago, I failed my Dex check while rushing out to my car for some work materials I needed for a meeting that day. Slipped on the ice at the bottom of the steps, fell back onto the steps, and broke both radius & ulna in my left arm. Surgery on Wednesday reset the bones and set them permanently to a metal plate in my arm; now I'm -5 vs. metal detectors as well.
Here's hoping the 1-handed method & MacSpeechDictate help me keep ahead of work so I can take the time to enjoy our impending arrival.... |
For current projects and general natter, see www.steveneschend.com
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3080 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jan 2010 : 19:23:17
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Originally posted by Steven Schend
Thanks for thinking of me, folks.
One week ago, I failed my Dex check while rushing out to my car for some work materials I needed for a meeting that day. Slipped on the ice at the bottom of the steps, fell back onto the steps, and broke both radius & ulna in my left arm.
Ouch! Hope you get better soon.
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Surgery on Wednesday reset the bones and set them permanently to a metal plate in my arm; now I'm -5 vs. metal detectors as well.
And, speak as someone that has a metal plate in their ankle and a titanium rod running through the middle of their femur, plus what was explained to me by a TSA agent pre-9/11*, metal detectors only work for a large amount of metal "outside the flesh". They can't detect anything that's internal.
*I used to also wear a long chain around my wrist that took forever to put on and take off. The agent showed me that if I held my wrist against my stomach and covered the chain with my other hand, the detector couldn't sense the chain. So yeah, 9/11, while horrific, wasn't surprising to me. |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
32149 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jan 2010 : 23:42:27
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Originally posted by Steven Schend
Thanks for thinking of me, folks.
One week ago, I failed my Dex check while rushing out to my car for some work materials I needed for a meeting that day. Slipped on the ice at the bottom of the steps, fell back onto the steps, and broke both radius & ulna in my left arm. Surgery on Wednesday reset the bones and set them permanently to a metal plate in my arm; now I'm -5 vs. metal detectors as well.
Here's hoping the 1-handed method & MacSpeechDictate help me keep ahead of work so I can take the time to enjoy our impending arrival....
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 19 Jan 2010 : 00:07:21
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Originally posted by Steven Schend
Thanks for thinking of me, folks.
One week ago, I failed my Dex check while rushing out to my car for some work materials I needed for a meeting that day. Slipped on the ice at the bottom of the steps, fell back onto the steps, and broke both radius & ulna in my left arm. Surgery on Wednesday reset the bones and set them permanently to a metal plate in my arm; now I'm -5 vs. metal detectors as well.
Here's hoping the 1-handed method & MacSpeechDictate help me keep ahead of work so I can take the time to enjoy our impending arrival....
Ouch! Sounds extraordinarily painful. Here's to a speedy recovery.
And I wouldn't worry too much about MacSpeechDictate. That program is a amazing! I had the opportunity to look over some of the internal code not too long ago. I'm impressed with just how sophisticated it is. Microsoft has a looong way to go...
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
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Posted - 30 Jan 2010 : 12:55:35
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Congratulations to Steven and his wife Sarah on the birth of their baby boy. Name as yet unknown so he remains Nameless - how apt.
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"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus |
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Menelvagor
Senior Scribe
Israel
352 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jan 2010 : 17:10:54
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| Congratulations Steve! As you've brought him ino this world, so may you get to bring him to adulthood, marriage, and children! |
"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."
"Let's not call it 'hijacking'. Let's call it 'Thread Drift'." |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
2950 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jan 2010 : 21:19:38
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| Congratulations to all three of you! And might I suggest starting to prepare the Mentzer's red Basic as his introduction to the game?It never hurts to be prepared. |
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bladeinAmn
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 31 Jan 2010 : 04:20:03
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Congratulations!!!!
One of these days, the kid'll grow up and understand that pops wrote "Lands of Intrigue"! |
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
3546 Posts |
Posted - 04 Feb 2010 : 23:52:58
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Steven....
It was very cool to see Rich Baker mention Gamalon Idogyr and his "flying ship" over Waterdeep, by a Sorceror in Corsair.
Was just wondering how much of his story you wanted to tell, but never had the chance.......and are there any other tidbits about him you can share?
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A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka
"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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Steven Schend
Forgotten Realms Designer & Author
USA
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Posted - 07 Feb 2010 : 22:44:03
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Quick note to say thanks for all the kind words. Oscar Joseph Schend is now 9 days old and swiftly fattening up like any proper baby. I'll come back and answer more questions when I'm less sleep deprived....
Steven
who won't bring Oscar to Gen Con for a few years, most likely |
For current projects and general natter, see www.steveneschend.com
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Asgetrion
Master of Realmslore
Finland
1564 Posts |
Posted - 08 Feb 2010 : 00:19:55
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Originally posted by Steven Schend
Quick note to say thanks for all the kind words. Oscar Joseph Schend is now 9 days old and swiftly fattening up like any proper baby. I'll come back and answer more questions when I'm less sleep deprived....
Steven
who won't bring Oscar to Gen Con for a few years, most likely
Congratulations, Steven! Although I'm a bit disappointed you didn't name him Gamalon Blackstaff Schend, or something like it! 
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"What am I doing today? Ask me tomorrow - I can be sure of giving you the right answer then."
-- Askarran of Selgaunt, Master Sage, speaking to a curious merchant, Year of the Helm |
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Joran Nobleheart
Senior Scribe
USA
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Matthus
Senior Scribe
Germany
393 Posts |
Posted - 08 Feb 2010 : 14:45:22
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Hello to the new little one! And congrats to the rest of the family!
As I recall you never can be sure that the sleeplees nights will be over soon  - but they are worth it at the end |
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Snowblood
Senior Scribe
Australia
388 Posts |
Posted - 13 Feb 2010 : 14:28:45
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| Hi Steven...I hope Oscar is well & the arm is healing nicely...and you are starting to get some sleep....its been a heck of a time for you....I have a simple question.......what did Faer'tel'miir look like???????? Oh and while I am here who was Isalmyth and what was so special about her/his bracer?????? |
Aryvandaar, Ilythiir, Arnothoi, Orva, Sarphil, Anauria/Asram/Hlondath, Uvaeren, Braceldaur, Ilodhar, Lisenaar, Imaskar, Miyeritar, Orishaar, Shantel Othrieir, Keltormir, Eaerlann, Ammarindar, Siluvanede, Sharrven, Illefarn, Ardeep, Rystal Wood, Evereska are all available here for download:http://phasai.deviantart.com/gallery/
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althen artren
Senior Scribe
USA
778 Posts |
Posted - 28 Feb 2010 : 22:34:49
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Less sleep deprived?
Dude, that won't happen in years. Took my 4 year old 2+ years to sleep
through the night. |
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Menelvagor
Senior Scribe
Israel
352 Posts |
Posted - 12 Mar 2010 : 06:42:15
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Well, I recently started rereading Blackstaff, finally managing to get my hands on it. Since when I last read it, I was in 6th grade, ther'll probably be lots of questions. Just so you have fair warning.
So, what can you tell us (anything? everything?) about Ashemmi, Sememmon and (I think) their son, Ashemmon? Also, are they the 'black-haired man straining against chains, his elf lover tortured before him by a shorter man in a mask' seen in Khelben's vision as he was Chosen?
What are the 'three truths, seven secrets, nine soulnames and thirteen omens' Mystra imparted on Khleben when he was Chosen?
Lastly, who were the others in Khelben's vision - the bald man with an emerald in his eyesocket is probably Gamalon, and I assume the two I mentioned above are Ashemmi and Sememmon - but who're the 'white-bearded wizard with a red streak of hair at his lower lip, the dark skinned man with a dead right eye and a gold brand on his left temple,and the toothless old woman awash in the filth of the gutters despite her rich robes'? |
"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."
"Let's not call it 'hijacking'. Let's call it 'Thread Drift'." |
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Menelvagor
Senior Scribe
Israel
352 Posts |
Posted - 19 Mar 2010 : 14:46:43
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Just a few questions gathered quickly, since I'm hurrying. I'll add the rest later:
What secrets are there between Ilbaereth and Maerdrym that Tsarra couldn't hear?
What was the story of the widow at Lord Raventree's funeral?
Why wasn't Malchor Blackstaff in the end?
Why are fireflies considered a sign from Oacneth/Corellon?
What is the prophecy mentioned by Elminster of the Three becoming Many?
What were the contortions placed on Ashemmi by Manshoon, and why?
Who were Araermal Phyalandrar's byblows? And is his name a refrence to 'philanderer'?
That's all I can do right now. i'll add the rest once I've gone over them. |
"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."
"Let's not call it 'hijacking'. Let's call it 'Thread Drift'." |
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Steven Schend
Forgotten Realms Designer & Author
USA
1632 Posts |
Posted - 20 Mar 2010 : 10:50:57
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Originally posted by Snowblood
Hi Steven...I hope Oscar is well & the arm is healing nicely...and you are starting to get some sleep....its been a heck of a time for you....I have a simple question.......what did Faer'tel'miir look like???????? Oh and while I am here who was Isalmyth and what was so special about her/his bracer??????
Faertelmiir looks, at least from the air, identical to its ancient form--concentric circular streets intersected by radial roads out to the outer watchtowers. What's changed with the current version are the styles of architecture, the colors, etc. There's now more than simply the elven building styles--there's dwarven stonework, halfling-sized areas & homes, appropriate dwellings for centaurs, etc.
As for Issylmyth and his bracer, I'm afraid that's NDA.
Steven |
For current projects and general natter, see www.steveneschend.com
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sfdragon
Great Reader
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Posted - 20 Mar 2010 : 20:30:33
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| Hi Steven, How's Life treating you these days?? |
why is being a wizard like being a drow? both are likely to find a dagger in the back from a rival or one looking to further his own goals, fame and power
My FR fan fiction
Magister's GAmbit
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Menelvagor
Senior Scribe
Israel
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Posted - 07 Apr 2010 : 08:19:59
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Finally managed to organize my last questions regarding Blackstaff:
Who are the 6 Argent Guardians, the 9 Who Remain, and the 12 Mysteries?
Who is Asraf yn Malik el Kahaman yi Manshaka? How does Tsarra know him? And what do 'yn', 'el' and 'yi' mean? Son of? From?
What can you tell us more of the Chapel of the First Magister?
What can you tell us of Myaaklyr's 4th Sermon From Myrjala to the Arathenes? When was it given? What were those before it? Who was Myaaklyr? Who were the Arathenes?
That is truly all the questions I've managed to think of. |
"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."
"Let's not call it 'hijacking'. Let's call it 'Thread Drift'." |
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