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Senbar Flay
Learned Scribe
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 Posted - 08 Jul 2005 : 08:31:38
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Hello as you might have guessed form the title i amn looking for the current date in the realms right now. Being behind on my realmlore at the moment. And if you wouldn't mind could you give a point form of any major events that happened in each year from 1372 DR to the current date.
Thanks
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Lord Rad
Great Reader
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08 Jul 2005 : 09:18:07
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Well i'm also confused by this. With the Year of Rogue Dragons going on, I was surprised to see the year after that appear in Maiden of Pain. My belief is that for every 3 of our years, 1 year of the Realms passes by. It seems to have speeded up somewhat. We'll soon be at the Year of Risen Elfkin....which really excites me  |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 08 Jul 2005 : 11:43:32
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Originally posted by Senbar Flay
Hello as you might have guessed form the title i amn looking for the current date in the realms right now. Being behind on my realmlore at the moment. And if you wouldn't mind could you give a point form of any major events that happened in each year from 1372 DR to the current date.
Thanks
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jul 2005 : 12:56:41
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Originally posted by Senbar Flay
Hello as you might have guessed form the title i amn looking for the current date in the realms right now.
Thanks
It all depends on what Realms gaming product/novel you are reading at the moment. As Lord Rad pointed out there are events taking place in different years depending upon what you are reading. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jul 2005 : 17:58:15
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| It's 1374 in canon material because you use the date that is latest date in novels or sourcebooks. :) |
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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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 09 Jul 2005 : 12:07:12
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Originally posted by Kuje
It's 1374 in canon material because you use the date that is latest date in novels or sourcebooks. :)
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 09 Jul 2005 : 15:51:27
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Originally posted by SiriusBlack
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Originally posted by Kuje
It's 1374 in canon material because you use the date that is latest date in novels or sourcebooks. :)
Says who?
Bah,
Don't be a pest!
And says the current sourcebooks and novels. :) |
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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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jul 2005 : 13:13:18
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Originally posted by Kuje
And says the current sourcebooks and novels. :)
Okay, as long as we aren't talking about comic books or video games here. Everyone knows those items can't be trusted. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jul 2005 : 17:10:48
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Originally posted by SiriusBlack
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Originally posted by Kuje
And says the current sourcebooks and novels. :)
Okay, as long as we aren't talking about comic books or video games here. Everyone knows those items can't be trusted.
Ahem. Don't make me bust out my reasons the DC/TSR comics are canon again... |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jul 2005 : 17:12:46
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by SiriusBlack
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Originally posted by Kuje
And says the current sourcebooks and novels. :)
Okay, as long as we aren't talking about comic books or video games here. Everyone knows those items can't be trusted.
Ahem. Don't make me bust out my reasons the DC/TSR comics are canon again...
Agrees with Wooly, comic books are canon. :) |
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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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jul 2005 : 12:31:04
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Ahem. Don't make me bust out my reasons the DC/TSR comics are canon again...
They are?  |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jul 2005 : 17:29:43
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Originally posted by SiriusBlack
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Ahem. Don't make me bust out my reasons the DC/TSR comics are canon again...
They are?
They've never officially been declared canon, but references from the comics have shown up in many 2E supplements (even a Planescape one), on the website, in the anthologies, in Dragon magazine, and now in 3.5E. The most notable one is that Kyriani, a character from the comics, is now officially listed in City of Splendors: Waterdeep as a Lord of Waterdeep. Shining South also contained references to the comics. |
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Faraer
Great Reader
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Posted - 11 Jul 2005 : 18:29:32
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| The null assumption is that stuff published for the Realms is in-continuity for the Realms. |
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 11 Jul 2005 : 19:09:40
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| I guess it makes perfect sense to me that while video games, which can have variable outcomes and characters involved, are not cannon, comic books, which are in essentially just stories with pictures, should be considered more or less just like novels, since they are published stories. |
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