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MerrikCale
Senior Scribe
USA
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 Posted - 14 Oct 2006 : 14:33:19
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Originally posted by Rezzenthell
I like Neverwinter, especially the cloak tower.
I agree. I would love to have more info on Neverwinter |
When hinges creak in doorless chambers and strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls, whenever candlelights flicker where the air is deathly still, that is the time when ghosts are present, practicing their terror with ghoulish delight. |
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szasstamsgroupie
Acolyte
USA
16 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2006 : 22:57:10
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| Anywhere Szass Tam is (Thay). ***Sigh*** He is sooo dreamy. LOL. |
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vicar
Acolyte
USA
6 Posts |
Posted - 27 Oct 2006 : 20:31:55
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| Wow, my beloved Moonshae is losing badly in thne polls! Who'd have thunk it; I love the Moonshaes. Sembia too. |
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Victor_ograygor
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
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Dart Ambermoon
Learned Scribe
Germany
253 Posts |
Posted - 28 Oct 2006 : 00:38:53
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| Tricky qestion...I like most settings to be honest.But the top three would be Waterdeep and the North, The Lands of Intrigue and Cormyr prior to Azounīs death. |
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MerrikCale
Senior Scribe
USA
947 Posts |
Posted - 30 Oct 2006 : 23:04:51
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Originally posted by vicar
Wow, my beloved Moonshae is losing badly in thne polls! Who'd have thunk it; I love the Moonshaes. Sembia too.
well. you must like diversity. But I like the Moonshaes. Nothing has been done with that area in quite sometime. I have the 1e sourcebook. |
When hinges creak in doorless chambers and strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls, whenever candlelights flicker where the air is deathly still, that is the time when ghosts are present, practicing their terror with ghoulish delight. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31701 Posts |
Posted - 31 Oct 2006 : 00:37:40
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Originally posted by MerrikCale
quote:
Originally posted by vicar
Wow, my beloved Moonshae is losing badly in thne polls! Who'd have thunk it; I love the Moonshaes. Sembia too.
well. you must like diversity. But I like the Moonshaes. Nothing has been done with that area in quite sometime. I have the 1e sourcebook.
There's also Ed's Halls of the High King, which I feel goes some way toward naturalizing Doug's independently conceived Moonshae Isles into the Realms.
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Twilight
Seeker
Canada
68 Posts |
Posted - 09 Nov 2006 : 07:04:37
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Marquant Volker
Learned Scribe
Greece
273 Posts |
Posted - 14 Dec 2006 : 11:18:20
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| Sword Coast/North its classic, its colourfull, its Forgotten Realms |
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Aglaranna
Learned Scribe
166 Posts |
Posted - 17 Dec 2006 : 23:22:20
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Hm...Favorite Forgotten Realm...Well, Baldur's Gate is as close to home as it gets...That's where I grew up, I tell you! 'Twas Minsc and Boo and I...Then there's Aglarond, which I like because it's Elvish, like Aglaranna! It translates into 'Shining House' or something...I think Aglaranna is 'Shining Moon', but I can't really remember...But my absolute favorite Forgotten Realm must be Halruaa! Except for their politics.  Scary. |
"You can choose a ready guide
In some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide
You still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears
And kindness that can kill
I will choose the path that's clear
I will choose freewill." -'Freewill' by Rush |
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dwarvenranger
Senior Scribe
USA
428 Posts |
Posted - 18 Dec 2006 : 00:59:36
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Originally posted by Marquant Volker
Sword Coast/North its classic, its colourfull, its Forgotten Realms
Have ta agree with MV here. |
If I waited till I knew what I was doing, I'd never get anything done.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 18 Dec 2006 : 02:52:58
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Originally posted by Aglaranna
Hm...Favorite Forgotten Realm...Well, Baldur's Gate is as close to home as it gets...That's where I grew up, I tell you! 'Twas Minsc and Boo and I...Then there's Aglarond, which I like because it's Elvish, like Aglaranna! It translates into 'Shining House' or something...I think Aglaranna is 'Shining Moon', but I can't really remember...But my absolute favorite Forgotten Realm must be Halruaa! Except for their politics. Scary.
Aglaranna is indeed Shining Moon, but, IIRC, it's in an ancient version of the elven tongue. And Elvandar isn't to be found in the Realms.  |
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Aglaranna
Learned Scribe
166 Posts |
Posted - 18 Dec 2006 : 20:37:43
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Yeah...I have to bend the laws of the time/space continuum with an interdimensional portal to get there... Interdimensional portals are very hard to find! |
"You can choose a ready guide
In some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide
You still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears
And kindness that can kill
I will choose the path that's clear
I will choose freewill." -'Freewill' by Rush |
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Lemernis
Senior Scribe
378 Posts |
Posted - 28 Dec 2006 : 13:45:15
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I'm very taken with Amn since I began researching its lore for a NWN2 persistent world project set to begin in Amn in the early winter of 1370 (see sig).
To be honest, based strictly on my experience from the Baldur's Gate II game I can't say I was all that enthused about Amn. But since I began pouring over Lands of Intrigue and Empires of the Sands, and studying up on the monster races of the Sythillisian Empire, I find the tensions built in to this setting make it about as dynamic as you could ever hope for.
For example, I love the fact that you have ogres, Underdark hobgoblins, goblins, kobolds, hill giants, and human Cyricists occupying the grand, highly cultured Amnian cities such of Esmeltaran and Murann. Those races are so often just cannon fodder in a campaign, so to get a glimpse of them up close is very fresh material to work with. Eg, what are the cultures of these monster races like? How do they interact with one another? How did Sythillis manage to bring all these monster races together? What will Tethyr do in response to all this? How are Amnians, with all their internal plots and intrigues dealing with the occupation, and handling this invasion in general? And so forth.
I will always have a fondess for the Western Heartlands from the BG games, but I'm increasingly drawn to the lands to the south: Amn, Tethyr, Calimshan, Lapaliiya, the Shaar, Great Rift, Halruaa, Dambrath, Lurien, and the "Shining Lands" of Durpar, Var the Golden, and Estagund. I'm interested in developing these as campaign worlds with the same level of detail as the (seemingly more popular) lands to the north, working with a team to add nuance and detail to them. |
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Danubus36
Acolyte
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Posted - 29 Dec 2006 : 18:45:31
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| Im a big fan of the Western Heartlands and Cold Lands. After doing a lot of research about Tiamat I'm also rathe jazzed about Unther and the surrounding regions like Chessenta. |
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boddynock
Learned Scribe
Belgium
258 Posts |
Posted - 13 Jan 2007 : 09:15:06
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| I voted for the North just because my campaign is in that region now. (just south of the spine of the world) |
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koz
Seeker
USA
68 Posts |
Posted - 02 Apr 2007 : 09:56:10
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| I voted for the Sword Coast. I love the coastal cities of Waterdeep, Baldur's Gate etc... Plus being on the coast gives the aquatic adventures more of a chance to shine. I like the balance between land and sea adventures and how they tend to overlap to add depth and scale to the stories. The guilds are very interesting too. |
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Na-Gang
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
348 Posts |
Posted - 02 Apr 2007 : 13:55:45
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| I really like the whole Mulhorand, Unther, Threskel, Chessenta, Aglarond, Wizard's Reach area, and the Damara, Vaasa, Narfell, Impiltur area. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 02 Apr 2007 : 23:57:56
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| I can't choose a favorite. There are so many Realms I like for different reasons. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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Kiaransalyn
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
762 Posts |
Posted - 11 Apr 2007 : 15:41:20
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"Which is your favorite forgotten realm?"
I've forgotten. 
I voted for The North, but if there was an 'All of them" option I would have chosen that. |
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Grehnar
Acolyte
United Kingdom
44 Posts |
Posted - 12 Apr 2007 : 23:18:02
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I have a soft spot for those areas that fall between the cracks.
There are a few off-shore islands near the Sword Coast that don't seem to count as Sword Coast nor are they the Moonshaes.
I like the odd bit of fuzzyness in a detailed setting. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 13 Apr 2007 : 01:29:11
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Originally posted by Grehnar
I have a soft spot for those areas that fall between the cracks.
There are a few off-shore islands near the Sword Coast that don't seem to count as Sword Coast nor are they the Moonshaes.
I like the odd bit of fuzzyness in a detailed setting.
Me too. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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Ranin
Seeker
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Posted - 10 Jun 2007 : 05:10:46
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My favorite Realm definitely would be the Realms of the Underwater Races, Amn, and the Underdark.
I love the Submarine world even though I have'nt read any tales of them. I just think a race of fishmen and their cities along with mer people and Sea Elves sounds cool.
I love of because of the variety of Races that live there and the intrigue of Athkatla.
The Underdark is also my favorite because it has alien creatures and the mystery of the dangerous place intrigues me.
If I had to pick one, I would pick the latter. |
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Ranin
Seeker
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Posted - 11 Jun 2007 : 19:00:43
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Ohhh...the Shining South must be cool too.
Brynnlaw and the Pirate Isles would be a nice destination i'm sure. |
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Pharaun Mizzrym
Acolyte
Canada
34 Posts |
Posted - 06 Sep 2007 : 00:25:09
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| Thay is the best! |
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Vitellia
Acolyte
Germany
12 Posts |
Posted - 11 Sep 2007 : 12:54:55
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| Well, I think every corner of the Realms has something interesting in store. I voted for the Sword Coast, as I really love Waterdeep, but it is closely followed by Cormyr, albeit the one where King Azoun was still alive |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 11 Sep 2007 : 14:20:08
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Originally posted by Vitellia
Well, I think every corner of the Realms has something interesting in store. I voted for the Sword Coast, as I really love Waterdeep, but it is closely followed by Cormyr, albeit the one where King Azoun was still alive
King Azoun is still alive... King Azoun V, that is. |
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Vitellia
Acolyte
Germany
12 Posts |
Posted - 11 Sep 2007 : 16:00:56
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
King Azoun is still alive... King Azoun V, that is.
That's not exactly the same ... obviously
Vitellia (thinking of those good old days ...) |
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sirreus
Learned Scribe
USA
118 Posts |
Posted - 12 Sep 2007 : 17:44:11
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vilhon reach, western heartlands, the coldlands, and dambreth (1/2 drow, oohhhh!) |
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Ugly is the new black
Seeker
Australia
81 Posts |
Posted - 17 Sep 2007 : 14:13:00
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Calimport: You'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
love,
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As he knelt on the ground with his brothers around and the taste of his blood on his tongue,
His brothers knelt by him and prayed him a prayer, and he smiled and he laughed and he sung,
"Brothers, oh brothers, my days here are done, the Dornishman's taken my life,
But what does it matter? For all men must die, and I've tasted the Dornishman's wife!" |
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Favorite forgotten realm?
