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Conlon
Learned Scribe
Canada
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 Posted - 19 Aug 2006 : 14:14:42
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Could someone point me in the right direction please?
Where is the Harpers' destruction of Hellgate Keep detailed?
Thanks.
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
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Posted - 19 Aug 2006 : 14:19:38
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Originally posted by Conlon
Could someone point me in the right direction please?
Where is the Harpers' destruction of Hellgate Keep detailed?
Thanks.
Im pretty sure its in Cloak and Dagger and the Hellsgate keep module |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 19 Aug 2006 : 17:38:51
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Originally posted by Dargoth
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Originally posted by Conlon
Could someone point me in the right direction please?
Where is the Harpers' destruction of Hellgate Keep detailed?
Thanks.
Im pretty sure its in Cloak and Dagger and the Hellsgate keep module
Yup. And in addition to Cloak & Dagger (one of the best sourcebooks out there, in any edition) and Hellgate Keep (the primary source), there's a line or two in the Gatekeeper's Crystal write-up in Volo's Guide to All Things Magical (formerly a suppressed work  ). The latter book, another wonderful resource, is available for free from the Wizards downloads page. |
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Conlon
Learned Scribe
Canada
132 Posts |
Posted - 21 Aug 2006 : 01:16:28
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| Thanks gents. Looks like I'm going to have to purchase that Cloak and Dagger I've been hearing so much about. Too bad it isn't one of those freebies from Wizards.. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 21 Aug 2006 : 01:24:53
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Originally posted by Conlon
Thanks gents. Looks like I'm going to have to purchase that Cloak and Dagger I've been hearing so much about. Too bad it isn't one of those freebies from Wizards..
It's worth it just for the Moonstar lore that hasn't really been detailed to much in current sourcebooks. |
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Conlon
Learned Scribe
Canada
132 Posts |
Posted - 21 Aug 2006 : 01:34:43
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| Yes. It sounds as though it is a favourite resource for many of the most informed sages. I had asked about a different topic previously and was also referred to this tome. I am looking forward to spending many hours poring over it, uncovering new (to me) lore... |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31701 Posts |
Posted - 21 Aug 2006 : 01:44:08
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Originally posted by Conlon
Yes. It sounds as though it is a favourite resource for many of the most informed sages. I had asked about a different topic previously and was also referred to this tome. I am looking forward to spending many hours poring over it, uncovering new (to me) lore...
Oh, it definitely is.
As Kuje said above, the Moonstar lore makes the tome a great purchase by itself.
Though the section on Westgate is also a plus. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 21 Aug 2006 : 02:06:16
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by Conlon
Yes. It sounds as though it is a favourite resource for many of the most informed sages. I had asked about a different topic previously and was also referred to this tome. I am looking forward to spending many hours poring over it, uncovering new (to me) lore...
Oh, it definitely is.
As Kuje said above, the Moonstar lore makes the tome a great purchase by itself.
Though the section on Westgate is also a plus.
The stuff on the Manshoon Wars is also great.  |
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Conlon
Learned Scribe
Canada
132 Posts |
Posted - 21 Aug 2006 : 04:23:05
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| Kudos from four such esteemed scholars as yourselves has moved it up to being the next book on my list. |
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
2104 Posts |
Posted - 21 Aug 2006 : 15:09:34
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by Conlon
Yes. It sounds as though it is a favourite resource for many of the most informed sages. I had asked about a different topic previously and was also referred to this tome. I am looking forward to spending many hours poring over it, uncovering new (to me) lore...
Oh, it definitely is.
As Kuje said above, the Moonstar lore makes the tome a great purchase by itself.
Though the section on Westgate is also a plus.
Am I the only one who mostly, really, liked it for the information about The Rundeen, then?
The stuff on the Manshoon Wars is also great.
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 21 Aug 2006 : 17:18:50
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Originally posted by Kajehase
Am I the only one who mostly, really, liked it for the information about The Rundeen, then?
The stuff on the Manshoon Wars is also great.
I liked it for all the groups. :) It has info on a lot of events/groups that have hardly ever been touched before or yet in current material. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 21 Aug 2006 : 17:21:34
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Originally posted by Kajehase
Am I the only one who mostly, really, liked it for the information about The Rundeen, then?
Prolly not. We all have our reasons for liking this tome -- and there's just so many reasons to choose from! 
I liked the Harper Schism because it shook things up and made the Harpers more interesting, and I liked the Manshoon Wars because it shook things up in the Zhentarim. In both cases, it presented a lot of potential. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31701 Posts |
Posted - 22 Aug 2006 : 01:26:01
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I liked the Harper Schism because it shook things up and made the Harpers more interesting, and I liked the Manshoon Wars because it shook things up in the Zhentarim. In both cases, it presented a lot of potential.
The details on the Moonstars, the Harper Schism, the Manshoon Wars, and the section on Westgate are probably my favorite parts of the C&D sourcebook.
Though, I still mourn the loss of the Manshoon Wars expansion in 3e. And I know Wooly's right along there with me. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 22 Aug 2006 : 01:52:32
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Originally posted by The Sage
Though, I still mourn the loss of the Manshoon Wars expansion in 3e. And I know Wooly's right along there with me.
Oh gods, yes. They so utterly dropped the ball by not running with that one... And that's why I've chosen a creative interpretation of their statement that only three Manshoons remain.  |
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Steven Schend
Forgotten Realms Designer & Author
USA
1707 Posts |
Posted - 22 Aug 2006 : 02:42:29
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by The Sage
Though, I still mourn the loss of the Manshoon Wars expansion in 3e. And I know Wooly's right along there with me.
Oh gods, yes. They so utterly dropped the ball by not running with that one... And that's why I've chosen a creative interpretation of their statement that only three Manshoons remain.
Wooly's campaign has 4 Womanshoons, 12 Hinshoons, 2.45 Dwarfshoons (don't ask--very complicated plot having to do with half-dragons and a djinni that was hard of hearing), and 19 Elfshoons. 
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 22 Aug 2006 : 04:09:32
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Originally posted by Steven Schend
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by The Sage
Though, I still mourn the loss of the Manshoon Wars expansion in 3e. And I know Wooly's right along there with me.
Oh gods, yes. They so utterly dropped the ball by not running with that one... And that's why I've chosen a creative interpretation of their statement that only three Manshoons remain.
Wooly's campaign has 4 Womanshoons, 12 Hinshoons, 2.45 Dwarfshoons (don't ask--very complicated plot having to do with half-dragons and a djinni that was hard of hearing), and 19 Elfshoons.
Steven
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Mazrim_Taim
Learned Scribe
341 Posts |
Posted - 22 Aug 2006 : 06:30:40
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
2950 Posts |
Posted - 22 Aug 2006 : 07:04:46
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Cloak and Dagger is one of those products where it is almost impossible to pick favorite parts, even the interior illustrations are among my all time favorites.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 22 Aug 2006 : 07:47:38
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Originally posted by Mazrim_Taim
I liked "The Current Clack" in C&D. I've read it about, oh 6 times now.
A lot of us have mourned the fact that 3E has dropped the Current Clack section that used to be in 2E products. That's a large part of what led to Kuje and I doing the "Untold Stories" in the Candlekeep Compendium (see the link in my sig) -- though Kuje's follow the old format much better than mine do! |
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Conlon
Learned Scribe
Canada
132 Posts |
Posted - 25 Aug 2006 : 01:24:17
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| Yes, I must pick up that book. Perhaps it will also explain the dwarven Runeshoons, the bardic Tuneshoons, and the Shou Lung Foomanshoons. |
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 25 Aug 2006 : 17:12:18
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Don't forget the the trannishoons, the ambitious and ambiguous ambishoons, the broomshoons (good for getting rid of cats), the *Magic* mushoons, the Stay-puft marshoons, the Ides of Marshoon, the halfshoon, the tiefshoon, and, of course, their forbidden love child the linglingshoon. (Still one of my favorite D&D jokes ever.)
Cheers,
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
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Posted - 25 Aug 2006 : 18:25:20
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Wow, we're getting silly now!
And non to shoon!
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Mkhaiwati
Learned Scribe
USA
252 Posts |
Posted - 25 Aug 2006 : 19:27:39
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Wooly's campaign has 4 Womanshoons, 12 Hinshoons, 2.45 Dwarfshoons (don't ask--very complicated plot having to do with half-dragons and a djinni that was hard of hearing), and 19 Elfshoons.
 Wooly already has Dwarfshoons? I thought I was the first to have them. But did he use half-steel dragons?
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
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Posted - 25 Aug 2006 : 19:42:41
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In regard to the original question, I believe I interacted with one of the powers that be -- either Steven or Eric Boyd -- regarding the fall of Hellgate Keep (Hellgate features into the backstory of one of the characters in Ghostwalker), and we established that not a lot in specific happened.
Basically, the Harpers found an incredibly destructive artifact when paired with spellcasting support, a group rushed in, suicide-mission style, the demons/fiends went "WTF?", and BOOM! No more Hellgate.
I wish I could remember the name of that artifact. As I recall (and I could very well be wrong), it's the same one used by Sarya and her daemonfey minions in The Last Mythal.
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Wow, we're getting silly now!
We weren't silly before?
(Man, where was I?)
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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
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Posted - 25 Aug 2006 : 19:51:02
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Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
I wish I could remember the name of that artifact. As I recall (and I could very well be wrong), it's the same one used by Sarya and her daemonfey minions in The Last Mythal.
Cheers
The Gatekeeper´s Cristal? Or something like this (where in the name of Orcus I put my Volo´s Guide to All Things Magical?)
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 25 Aug 2006 : 23:12:14
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Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Wow, we're getting silly now!
We weren't silly before?
(Man, where was I?)
Cheers
Heh, we were getting silli-er. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 25 Aug 2006 : 23:13:26
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Originally posted by Chosen of Moradin
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Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
I wish I could remember the name of that artifact. As I recall (and I could very well be wrong), it's the same one used by Sarya and her daemonfey minions in The Last Mythal.
Cheers
The Gatekeeper´s Cristal? Or something like this (where in the name of Orcus I put my Volo´s Guide to All Things Magical?)
You are correct, it was the Gatekeeper's Crystal.
As for Volo´s Guide to All Things Magical... Do you need the link again? |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31701 Posts |
Posted - 26 Aug 2006 : 01:21:44
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Chosen of Moradin
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Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
I wish I could remember the name of that artifact. As I recall (and I could very well be wrong), it's the same one used by Sarya and her daemonfey minions in The Last Mythal.
Cheers
The Gatekeeper´s Cristal? Or something like this (where in the name of Orcus I put my Volo´s Guide to All Things Magical?)
You are correct, it was the Gatekeeper's Crystal.
As for Volo´s Guide to All Things Magical... Do you need the link again?
'Twas also mentioned (and detailed) in the Hellgate Keep module.
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Steven Schend
Forgotten Realms Designer & Author
USA
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Posted - 26 Aug 2006 : 04:00:02
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And I've popped in from time to time to mention that, while it happened before Cloak & Dagger revealed the existence of Khelben's Tel'teukiira splinter group of Harpers, the destruction of Hellgate Keep was most definitely the first major action taken by Khelben's splinter group.
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
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Posted - 29 Aug 2006 : 16:16:09
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Steven, you dastard! That drops a big piece of that particular puzzle into place. Yay!
Cheers
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Hellgate Keep - info please
