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| EltonRobb |
Posted - 11 Jul 2025 : 17:34:00
I thought I would diverge from the Jeanby thread and make up something more serious. I'd like to talk about the Wildlife of the Moonshaes beyond the Pack, the Leviathan, and Kammeryn (sp?). I have the Moonshaes book (FR2), I made sure I bought it since the Moonshae Isles are one of my favorite places in the Realms. Icewind Dale is the other.
While the Moonshaes are detailed, you have to remember that the Moonshaes are almost the same latitude as the Galapagos or the Hawaiian islands. To keep the climate more like Britain, there might be a cold current to moderate the climate. Still, you would have interesting wildlife.
I suggest that the two booby bird species might be found there. Along with the Galapagos Tortoise (although it would be called the Moonshae Tortoise perhaps).
Since two races of both Celts and Northmen dwell there, the druids would protect some of the wildlife from overfishing, over logging, and other abuses. Kazgoroth represents abuse of the lands.
So, what do you think? Any suggestions for Wildlife from your Realms or Moonshaes? |
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| AJA |
Posted - 20 Jul 2025 : 01:55:38
The inside cover of FA1 Halls of the High King has a 'forest encounter table' for Cantrev Aithe and vicinity, and the inside back cover has a 'combined monster statistics table' for all creatures encountered throughout the adventure. They both might be worth a look.
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| Gelcur |
Posted - 16 Jul 2025 : 00:55:25
I personally like the map, works nice as an in game handout and it's also suppose to represent Amarune's travels. If you check the later volumes the map is updated, they add in the swamps and mountain ranges.
I would love to pull together a list of all plant/wildlife/monsters in various regions. Could use 3e as a starting point the FR DM Screen had a booklet it didn't list regions but it did list 14 terrain types times 3 climate ranges, and had day/night changes, and had dragon tables. Another project on the list of projects. |
| sleyvas |
Posted - 15 Jul 2025 : 23:21:11
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Originally posted by Gelcur
I would suggest Amarune's Almanac. Ed has mentioned it a few times. They are well written and deal with the flora and fauna of the Realms, they are subdivided into biomes but here on animals it lists for the Moonshaes.
Forests:
Gore Boar
Hangman Tree
Ironwoodpecker
Kermode Bear
Moss Bear
Redwood Crawler
White Stag
Coasts:
Dessurk
Dire Shark
Dragon Slug
Otter
Sand Elemental
Sandcastle Mimic
Sea Turtles
Arctics:
Snow Fox
Swamps:
Alligator
Bloodbloater
Bunyip
Captorgator
Hiveslime
Ragondin
Salamander, Ancient
Salamander, Giant
Zairtail
Mountains:
Living Magma
Springthorn Vine
Thylacine
Grasslands:
Flower Blight
Pink Zebra
Some of the creature entries have alchemical uses for body parts, others have mundane uses like dyes, etc. very good series of books. Obviously they list all the regions of Faerun not just the Moonshaes.
Hmmm, never looked at this before, but you sold me.... could be a fun read.... especially if you buy the bundle of biomes
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/404913/Amarunes-Almanac-Biomes-of-the-Realms-BUNDLE
$19.95 for 8 books, and when I randomly picked one it said 50 pages. I got about half that sitting in my account so its worth it to come up with a couple bucks. I mean, they sold me with ironwoodpecker. I enjoyed adding giant woodpeckers to Anchorome's forests (which if I remember correctly were still only size small or medium... big enough for kercpa to ride).
EDIT: first look... nice.. checking the forest one first. The maps, not so special, but the 8 books are looking like they'll be fun. |
| EltonRobb |
Posted - 15 Jul 2025 : 21:51:08
I checked it out. Thanks for the referral, though! |
| Gelcur |
Posted - 15 Jul 2025 : 00:11:53
I would suggest Amarune's Almanac. Ed has mentioned it a few times. They are well written and deal with the flora and fauna of the Realms, they are subdivided into biomes but here on animals it lists for the Moonshaes.
Forests:
Gore Boar
Hangman Tree
Ironwoodpecker
Kermode Bear
Moss Bear
Redwood Crawler
White Stag
Coasts:
Dessurk
Dire Shark
Dragon Slug
Otter
Sand Elemental
Sandcastle Mimic
Sea Turtles
Arctics:
Snow Fox
Swamps:
Alligator
Bloodbloater
Bunyip
Captorgator
Hiveslime
Ragondin
Salamander, Ancient
Salamander, Giant
Zairtail
Mountains:
Living Magma
Springthorn Vine
Thylacine
Grasslands:
Flower Blight
Pink Zebra
Some of the creature entries have alchemical uses for body parts, others have mundane uses like dyes, etc. very good series of books. Obviously they list all the regions of Faerun not just the Moonshaes. |
| sleyvas |
Posted - 12 Jul 2025 : 16:09:26
quote:
Originally posted by EltonRobb
I thought I would diverge from the Jeanby thread and make up something more serious. I'd like to talk about the Wildlife of the Moonshaes beyond the Pack, the Leviathan, and Kammeryn (sp?). I have the Moonshaes book (FR2), I made sure I bought it since the Moonshae Isles are one of my favorite places in the Realms. Icewind Dale is the other.
While the Moonshaes are detailed, you have to remember that the Moonshaes are almost the same latitude as the Galapagos or the Hawaiian islands. To keep the climate more like Britain, there might be a cold current to moderate the climate. Still, you would have interesting wildlife.
I suggest that the two booby bird species might be found there. Along with the Galapagos Tortoise (although it would be called the Moonshae Tortoise perhaps).
Since two races of both Celts and Northmen dwell there, the druids would protect some of the wildlife from overfishing, over logging, and other abuses. Kazgoroth represents abuse of the lands.
So, what do you think? Any suggestions for Wildlife from your Realms or Moonshaes?
As just discussed in other thread, wild giant boobies might be a danger to the sea lanes.... not necessarily to eat the sailors.... but possibly to dump a chest full of caught fish and then eat them.
Plus, it gives a reason to have a sailor yell "'Ware a giant boobie approaches!" |
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