| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| Alaundo |
Posted - 16 Nov 2004 : 10:49:42
Well met
With the, albeit distant, upcoming release of the new Waterdeep tome, please pen any questions to the author, Eric L Boyd, within this scroll.
Welcome Eric  For my first question, could you please tell us the format of the 'tour' of the city? I assume that there will be individual chapters for each city ward? Will maps be included as part of the chapter, or will a poster map be produced for the product?
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| 30 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| ericlboyd |
Posted - 13 Sep 2006 : 14:49:53
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Originally posted by Dargoth
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Originally posted by George Krashos
In the turnover, he did have a stat block just like Trobriand. I'll leave it to Eric to decide whether he wants that info published.
-- George Krashos
well thats good news and hopefully Eric will be able to share (I wonder how many other CoS NPCs where fully stated but never saw the light of day...)
Unfortunately, I'm not supposed to share cut bits, except as part of a WoTC product (e.g. web enhancement, another product, etc.).
This was a weird one anyway.
His stat block has a weird history anyway. Going from memory, originally, I made him a tauric cildabrin and did a cildabrin write-up in the Monster section (for that reason only). Then he got cut for lack of space (along with the cildabrin write-up, which didn't really belong in CoS:W anyway.) Then Lords of Madness (developed concurrently) came out with a cildabrin just as we were finishing up CoS:W, but Muiral remained a tauric scorpion, as the CR in LoM was too high to make a him a reasonable character with all the classes I felt he deserved. (My version had a much lower CR.)
I'll see if I can work it in someday, but no promises, as I'll probably have to redo him from scratch.
--Eric |
| Dargoth |
Posted - 13 Sep 2006 : 14:04:31
quote:
Originally posted by George Krashos
In the turnover, he did have a stat block just like Trobriand. I'll leave it to Eric to decide whether he wants that info published.
-- George Krashos
well thats good news and hopefully Eric will be able to share (I wonder how many other CoS NPCs where fully stated but never saw the light of day...) |
| George Krashos |
Posted - 13 Sep 2006 : 13:42:07
In the turnover, he did have a stat block just like Trobriand. I'll leave it to Eric to decide whether he wants that info published.
-- George Krashos
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| Dargoth |
Posted - 13 Sep 2006 : 10:35:26
quote:
Originally posted by George Krashos
Umm, what do you mean by "full stat block". I don't have the book in front of me right now, but the turnover had his stat block. Mind you there's a feast of information that didn't make the cut - it's now in the, as Tom Costa so eloquently put it, "City of Splendors Director's Cuts" file. (Some of which has turned up in DoF).
-- George Krashos
"The Full stat block" is what Trobriand got, Muiral the Misshapen only got the name/alignment/race/class stats |
| George Krashos |
Posted - 13 Sep 2006 : 08:18:56
Umm, what do you mean by "full stat block". I don't have the book in front of me right now, but the turnover had his stat block. Mind you there's a feast of information that didn't make the cut - it's now in the, as Tom Costa so eloquently put it, "City of Splendors Director's Cuts" file. (Some of which has turned up in DoF).
-- George Krashos
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| Dargoth |
Posted - 13 Sep 2006 : 07:52:12
Hey Eric
Did you create a full stat block for Muiral the Misshapen for City of Splendors?
If so any chance you could post them?
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| The Sage |
Posted - 09 Sep 2006 : 05:04:32
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Originally posted by Dargoth
quote:
Originally posted by Asgetrion
I think the 1e/2e sourcebooks listed Mistmaster as a cleric of Leira. Maybe he switched to Deneir, rather than worship Cyric?
The problem is his alignments illigal for a cleric of Deneir (Unless he has the Heretic of the Faith feat)
Alignments in 2e allowed Deneir to have CN divine spellcasters.
Maybe one of the writers, perhaps Eric, allowed this to be carried over into 3e and reflected in CoS:W
EDIT: This blasted forum error is causing a long delay in forum replies.
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| Kuje |
Posted - 09 Sep 2006 : 04:59:10
quote:
Originally posted by Archwizard
What was the Mistmaster's 1e/2e alignment?
CG. :) |
| Archwizard |
Posted - 09 Sep 2006 : 04:51:43
What was the Mistmaster's 1e/2e alignment? |
| Kuje |
Posted - 09 Sep 2006 : 01:29:12
or 4) Eric, or whomever, kept the 1e and 2e deity alignments which allowed Deneir to have CN divine casters. :) |
| Dargoth |
Posted - 09 Sep 2006 : 01:18:14
quote:
Originally posted by Asgetrion
I think the 1e/2e sourcebooks listed Mistmaster as a cleric of Leira. Maybe he switched to Deneir, rather than worship Cyric?
The problem is his alignments illigal for a cleric of Deneir (Unless he has the Heretic of the Faith feat) |
| Asgetrion |
Posted - 08 Sep 2006 : 23:30:01
I think the 1e/2e sourcebooks listed Mistmaster as a cleric of Leira. Maybe he switched to Deneir, rather than worship Cyric? |
| Dargoth |
Posted - 08 Sep 2006 : 16:59:25
Just noticed something rather odd in the Tel Teukiira write up on page 76 of CoS it has The Mistmaster listed as a CN 9 cleric of Deneir/ 16th Illusionist. Which creates a problem as Deneir is NG and the Mistmasters alignment is more than 1 step away from it
This can be resolved in a number of ways
1) The Mistmaster alignment should be CG instead of CN (making him legal)
2) The Mistmasters alignment is correct and he has the Heretic of the Faith feat
3) The Mistmasters alignment is correct but the god should be Leira (given his other class this might be apporiate)and he has the Servent of the Fallen feat
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| Faraer |
Posted - 21 Jul 2006 : 22:48:30
I recommend reading the original write-up before Joseph Wolf's Skullport book: "Seeing the Sights in Skullport" in Dragon #172, largely reprinted in City of Splendors (1994). |
| kaeso |
Posted - 21 Jul 2006 : 22:32:10
awesome, I'll save that name on my list of books to buy, and download it offline when I'm old enough for a credit card- no saracasm intended, just 2 more months! Thanks again for the title |
| Jorkens |
Posted - 21 Jul 2006 : 05:09:29
There is a late 2ed (almost ruleless)source-book called Skullport that details the port pretty thoroughly. My memory is a bit faulty, but I seem to remember there being a hidden entrance at sea level and a river inside the mountain that led up to the town itself. As to how the town works, there we get to the fun subject of the Skulls. |
| kaeso |
Posted - 21 Jul 2006 : 02:11:11
So... how does Skullport work? I'm not quite sure I understand how a port can be under Mount Waterdeep. Does it connect to the Underdark? Do surface vessels go to it? If so, how do they get that far down?  |
| kaeso |
Posted - 15 Jul 2006 : 20:43:51
Does anyone know if a City of Splendors: Waterdeep wallpaper will ever be made? I love the artwork that stretches front to back, yet I can't manage to find the entire piece anywhere. I was hoping that at least I could find that and just use what I could for a wallpaper. |
| kaeso |
Posted - 15 Jul 2006 : 05:03:32
 Oh well, he's still awesome |
| Reefy |
Posted - 15 Jul 2006 : 01:36:54
That said, he was definitely what one may classify as a 'dude'.  |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 15 Jul 2006 : 00:04:54
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Originally posted by kaeso
I know I'm a little late... but I'm new to the Realms, and I just bought CoS:W. It is... AMAZING!!! I've only read the first chapter, but it was excellent. I can't wait to read the rest! Oh, and the Web Enhancements sure are nice to have! I think I have a new hero- are there any novels, sourcebooks, or adventures involving Ahghairon in any way?
Not really. He's been dead for quite some time, and WotC prefers to stick to the present, when it comes to Realms stuff. |
| kaeso |
Posted - 14 Jul 2006 : 23:33:27
I know I'm a little late... but I'm new to the Realms, and I just bought CoS:W. It is... AMAZING!!! I've only read the first chapter, but it was excellent. I can't wait to read the rest! Oh, and the Web Enhancements sure are nice to have! I think I have a new hero- are there any novels, sourcebooks, or adventures involving Ahghairon in any way? |
| Dhomal |
Posted - 08 Jun 2006 : 06:00:34
Hello-
Well - it wont be the last time I'm wrong.
Also - I was almost 100% positive that the file size was different. Now - it was not Much of a difference - I think 16 vs. 116.4 or so - but thats what I based it off of mostly.
Oh well - no biggie.
Dhomal |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 08 Jun 2006 : 05:51:27
quote:
Originally posted by Dhomal
Hello-
Seems like, tucked under the new FR downloadable maps - is a new Web Enhancement - Environs of Waterdeep. I looked at the name of the one mentioned about a month ago - and it was different - the excerpt mentionaing Ardeep - and the file size was slightly different - so it seems to me like it would be new.
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ag/20060607a
Dhomal
I believe you are mistaken... The web enhancement is the long-awaited (and near-mythical!) second web enhancement for the City of Splendors: Waterdeep book, the same one mentioned a month ago. I just downloaded the one on the map page and checked it against the previously downloaded version, and they appear to be the same. The file size is the same, the date of modification is the same, the page count is the same... I checked a couple of entries, and the column breaks happened at exactly the same point... |
| Dhomal |
Posted - 08 Jun 2006 : 05:11:19
Hello-
Seems like, tucked under the new FR downloadable maps - is a new Web Enhancement - Environs of Waterdeep. I looked at the name of the one mentioned about a month ago - and it was different - the excerpt mentionaing Ardeep - and the file size was slightly different - so it seems to me like it would be new.
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ag/20060607a
Dhomal |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 08 May 2006 : 11:12:33
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Originally posted by Faraer
I've prepared a version of Eric's "Environs of Waterdeep" web expansion with the colour backgrounds removed for easier black & white printing. Send me a private message if you're interested.
I just print to grayscale. |
| Faraer |
Posted - 08 May 2006 : 08:10:53
I've prepared a version of Eric's "Environs of Waterdeep" web expansion with the colour backgrounds removed for easier black & white printing. Send me a private message if you're interested. |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 06 May 2006 : 16:39:43
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Originally posted by ericlboyd
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Kajehase
Hmm...somebody tell me if I'm wrong, but is this the first time we get 3rd edition stats for Priam Agrivar?
I believe it's the first time he's even been mentioned in 3E, though Dwalimar Omen and the Realms Master are mentioned in the 3E Shining South.
More validation of the comics. 
And I am now correcting myself. Priam is mentioned (and given the same short stats) on page 87 of City of Splendors: Waterdeep. It's in the entry about his half-sister, Kyri.
Yeah, I thought about giving him levels in drunken master, FWIW.
--Eric
I don't think that would have fit. He never did much of anything while drunk. |
| ericlboyd |
Posted - 06 May 2006 : 15:12:35
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
quote:
Originally posted by Kajehase
Hmm...somebody tell me if I'm wrong, but is this the first time we get 3rd edition stats for Priam Agrivar?
I believe it's the first time he's even been mentioned in 3E, though Dwalimar Omen and the Realms Master are mentioned in the 3E Shining South.
More validation of the comics.
And I am now correcting myself. Priam is mentioned (and given the same short stats) on page 87 of City of Splendors: Waterdeep. It's in the entry about his half-sister, Kyri.
Yeah, I thought about giving him levels in drunken master, FWIW.
--Eric |
| ericlboyd |
Posted - 06 May 2006 : 15:10:03
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
quote:
Originally posted by Kajehase
Hmm...somebody tell me if I'm wrong, but is this the first time we get 3rd edition stats for Priam Agrivar?
I believe it's the first time he's even been mentioned in 3E, though Dwalimar Omen and the Realms Master are mentioned in the 3E Shining South.
More validation of the comics.
And I am now correcting myself. Priam is mentioned (and given the same short stats) on page 87 of City of Splendors: Waterdeep. It's in the entry about his half-sister, Kyri.
Yeah, I thought about giving him levels in drunken master, FWIW.
--Eric |
