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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
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 Posted - 09 May 2009 : 21:33:50
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THO.
Please tell Ed for me to take a day off and sniff the flowers... one must never forget that.
It's okay to be a little selfish once in awhile.  |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Dark Wizard
Senior Scribe
USA
830 Posts |
Posted - 10 May 2009 : 00:17:19
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| Sorry to jump in, but can anyone enlighten me on Embersea? |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31771 Posts |
Posted - 10 May 2009 : 01:23:55
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Originally posted by Menelvagor
Oh, Wooly, you misunderstand. I know Ed will answer in his own time; I was just unsure that the question had even been sent, seeing as you all gave me such great answers. It could be that our Lady assumed that the question had been answered to my satisfaction, and so there was no need to burden the already over-burdened Ed with it. I did apologize, and will again, if people think this indicates a lack of trust. Also, I felt the situation could use a bit of clarification.
EDIT: Although I'm always willing to hear from (or about) our Lady...
Menelvagor, we've covered this before.
Even in the past, when we've tackled questions on Ed's behalf, the Lady Hooded One will still pass along the question to Ed since he'll likely have a response that none of us could've known about. Ed's always got something extra to add. And that's something you should expect when you're communicating with him via THO. 
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Zandilar
Learned Scribe
Australia
313 Posts |
Posted - 10 May 2009 : 02:05:35
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Heya,
As I was trying to go to sleep last night, I was musing about my vision impairment (which is really nothing major, just short sightedness with a splash of lack of depth perception) - which is (almost) completely corrected by my glasses. Given the lenses in my glasses are made of high index plastic and usually has to be ground overseas (in Japan or in Europe where the plastic comes from - they've got the usual correction for shortsightedness with the addition of prisms to force/trick my eyes/brain to see in stereo), I figure it would be hard to find something in the Realms to correct such an impairment. So here's my question...
How do average people cope with/treat (severe) myopia in the Realms? How about other vision problems like hyperopia (hypermetropia, long sighteness) or astigmatism? How common are glasses? Are there spells to correct problems with vision, and if so how accessible are they?
Hmm... I think that's all... 
Edit: Ooh, I just remembered that there is a Cure Blindness/Deafness spell in DnD, but I always just thought of it as a dispel type spell to cure magical ailments... I suppose it can cure naturally occurring vision impairment (and deafness) as well? And that reminds me of Heal... Does it cure naturally occurring insanity/mental illnesses? |
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~amor vincit omnia~
~audaces fortuna iuvat~
As the spell ends, you look up into the sky to see the sun blazing overhead like noon in a desert. Then something else in the sky catches your attention. Turning your gaze, you see a tawny furred kitten bounding across the sky towards the new sun. Her eyes glint a mischevious green as she pounces on it as if it were nothing but a colossal ball of golden yarn. With quick strokes of her paws, it is batted across the sky, back and forth. Then with a wink the kitten and the sun disappear, leaving the citizens of Elversult gazing up with amazed expressions that quickly turn into chortles and mirth.
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Aysen
Learned Scribe
115 Posts |
Posted - 10 May 2009 : 10:21:29
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Hi everyone,
Zandilar's question about physical impairments inspires my next question to Ed: Do wheelchairs exist in some form in the Realms? I assume palanquins and stretchers exist, and there was a mention of carry-chairs in one of Ed's novels, so how about wheelchairs? |
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Menelvagor
Senior Scribe
Israel
352 Posts |
Posted - 10 May 2009 : 11:12:34
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Why thank you, my lady. And I did say I was sorry, Sage. Again.
But let's put all that behind us. I do have a question (more of an assumption*, actually): I assume the announcement from WotC still hasn't come to light because of those problems you mentioned, right? Because I'd hate to think I missed it because I'm learning for all my finals.
* As we all know, it is never safe to assume, so I suppose that means I'm being threatened by somebody, having got into his (or hers!) area of threat... |
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Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly.
How much less them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation in the dust, are crushed before the moth?" - Eliphaz the Temanite, Job IV, 17-19.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31771 Posts |
Posted - 10 May 2009 : 12:23:20
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Originally posted by Menelvagor
Why thank you, my lady. And I did say I was sorry, Sage. Again.
You've nothing to apologise for Menelvagor. You're simply curious about the procedure here. There's nothing wrong with that. |
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Sian
Senior Scribe
Denmark
596 Posts |
Posted - 10 May 2009 : 13:38:42
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Originally posted by Aysen
Hi everyone,
Zandilar's question about physical impairments inspires my next question to Ed: Do wheelchairs exist in some form in the Realms? I assume palanquins and stretchers exist, and there was a mention of carry-chairs in one of Ed's novels, so how about wheelchairs?
Well ... i know that a wizard in a former group i attended fixed a Tensers floating disc with Permenency to cook up something similar when the he lost his ability to walk (long story) |
what happened to the queen? she's much more hysterical than usual
She's a women, it happens once a month |
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Menelvagor
Senior Scribe
Israel
352 Posts |
Posted - 10 May 2009 : 18:49:32
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Originally posted by The Sage:
You're simply curious about the procedure here. There's nothing wrong with that.
Really? Are you sure? Because I heard that curiosity killed the cat (or another word, which is inexplicably censored...), and I wouldn't want to be blamed for that. |
"Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly.
How much less them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation in the dust, are crushed before the moth?" - Eliphaz the Temanite, Job IV, 17-19.
"Yea, though he live a thousand years twice, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?" - Ecclesiastes VI, 6.
"There are no stupid questions – just a bunch of inquisitive idiots."
"Let's not call it 'hijacking'. Let's call it 'Thread Drift'." |
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createvmind
Senior Scribe
490 Posts |
Posted - 11 May 2009 : 04:03:17
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Hello All,
Ed can you tell us anything in regards to LARGEST crystal balls, scry devices in faerun say year 1373, powers, locations?
Same on other planes as well, excluding any that are in possesion of deities or archfiends, demon princes.
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Malcolm
Learned Scribe
242 Posts |
Posted - 11 May 2009 : 23:14:15
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Dear Ed and Lady THO,
I have a swift need for a Cormyrean "wannabe noble" family based in Marsember. Not one of the let's-go-independent brigade, but one of the if-we-expose-local-traitors-maybe-the-Crown-will-ennoble-us sort. Can Ed (or his notes) oblige?
Thanks! |
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gomez
Learned Scribe
Netherlands
254 Posts |
Posted - 12 May 2009 : 12:36:53
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
And Menelvagor, just for you, I stripped off the jeans, bra, and panties I was wearing, but put on a festive party mask that I keep handy for such occasions...
Which would be excellent attire to the masked dance at Gencon Indy... ;)
Will you be available for a dance then, lady?
Or Ed, perhaps?
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Menelvagor
Senior Scribe
Israel
352 Posts |
Posted - 12 May 2009 : 20:29:51
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| A quick question for Ed: Is there insurance in the Realms? Like Insurance companies, and such? I know that in a party mentioned in Elminster In Hell, some Cormyte merchant mentions buying a 'Godsfrown Shield', which seems to be a sort of insurance. But how widely spread is this practice? Are there many who engage in it? And are there any who specifically engage in it? Clerics of Tymora, for example, or something? |
"Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly.
How much less them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation in the dust, are crushed before the moth?" - Eliphaz the Temanite, Job IV, 17-19.
"Yea, though he live a thousand years twice, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?" - Ecclesiastes VI, 6.
"There are no stupid questions – just a bunch of inquisitive idiots."
"Let's not call it 'hijacking'. Let's call it 'Thread Drift'." |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31771 Posts |
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Drizztsmanchild
Learned Scribe
USA
228 Posts |
Posted - 13 May 2009 : 09:20:27
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I'm not sure about other references but RAS included to forms of travel for the impaired in his Drizzt Hunter's Blade saga.
1. A type of chair that required 4 dwarves to carry was built for Cattie-Brie when she was injured(Cattie-brie refused at first but used it a couple of times until she was able to walk)
2. Another chair(this one with wheels) was built for Banak when he became paralyzed after the final battle for keepers dale I think.
So they're in the realms;) |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 13 May 2009 : 15:20:38
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Now you guys have me thinking about creating a cool new villain in a flying chair (I've seen similar things in comics - like Modok - but usually a guy in a flying chair is one of the 'good guys').
You can never have too many cool 'bad guys'. |
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Christopher_Rowe
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
879 Posts |
Posted - 13 May 2009 : 15:59:34
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| Whether they're good guys or bad guys--individually and collectively--is kind of an open question only now being addressed in the novels and LFR modules, but the Stewards of Akanűl are said to each hold "his or her own tiny 'thronemote'" (p. 91, FRCG). |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36803 Posts |
Posted - 13 May 2009 : 16:28:29
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Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
Is that a flying/hovering chair, or is it the term being used for the landmote they are in control of?
Having read that entry recently myself (a day or two ago) I'm assuming it's the latter. |
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Christopher_Rowe
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
879 Posts |
Posted - 13 May 2009 : 16:43:43
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| I'm kind of envisioning both, actually. A tiny earthmote carved into a throne. Now, whether or not they can zoom around on it is a different question--the "Shift Mote" ritual is very high level, and incredibly expensive. That said, there could easily be a lower level version for such tiny motes, and further, if House Jordain and the Five Companies can ride around the Realms on Yaulazna and even shift it in and out of the Astral Sea, I suppose it's not a stretch for the leaders of a nation like Akanűl to be able to navigate a throne in three dimensions. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31771 Posts |
Posted - 13 May 2009 : 16:59:54
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Originally posted by Markustay
Now you guys have me thinking about creating a cool new villain in a flying chair (I've seen similar things in comics - like Modok - but usually a guy in a flying chair is one of the 'good guys').
You can never have too many cool 'bad guys'.
Heh.
I had MODAM in my Realms once. She was actually once a well-known NPC who was also a prominent psionicist and Witch of Rashemen. Unfortunately, she met a particularly nasty and violent end in my campaign, whereupon she was later resurrected and "rebuilt" by the Arcane who were secretly operating in Rashemen at the time. Of course, these Arcane were a rogue group, who kinda looked like agents of AIM, but that's a whole other campaign scenario. |
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arry
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
317 Posts |
Posted - 13 May 2009 : 20:09:54
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| Having just got hold of a copy of 'Secrets of the Magister', yay eBay!; I would like to ask Ed: Who was Askravan of Nudd and what were his Seven Scarlet Curses? |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 13 May 2009 : 21:33:07
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Originally posted by Markustay
Now you guys have me thinking about creating a cool new villain in a flying chair (I've seen similar things in comics - like Modok - but usually a guy in a flying chair is one of the 'good guys').
You can never have too many cool 'bad guys'.
I've actually been playing with a similar idea... It goes back to an older monster concept of mine (since abandoned), and was in part inspired by a still-unanswered question from 2006 (similar to the recent question on wheelchairs, actually). |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31771 Posts |
Posted - 14 May 2009 : 00:43:07
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Originally posted by arry
Having just got hold of a copy of 'Secrets of the Magister', yay eBay!; I would like to ask Ed: Who was Askravan of Nudd and what were his Seven Scarlet Curses?
I think Ed's [or was it Krash?] briefly touched on Askravan before. I'll have to check the archives.
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Aysen
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 14 May 2009 : 06:31:07
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quote:
Originally posted by Markustay
Now you guys have me thinking about creating a cool new villain in a flying chair (I've seen similar things in comics - like Modok - but usually a guy in a flying chair is one of the 'good guys').
You can never have too many cool 'bad guys'.
IIRC, the Wyrmskull Throne can fly about, and the sitter can cause it to shoot lightning bolts.
Also from my own games, I can remember 2 "throne villains" we faced: a ghaunadan riding a throne where the underside was a mass of crawling tentacles and pseudopods that served as its mode of attack/mobility.
Another villain we faced (a diviner) seated herself on a floating highback "throne" where the seat's lower half was huge lidless eyeball. She sat upright, in a yoga-like lotus position, cradling an orb in her lap, and each hand curled around an attendant floating sphere. To our real-life and characters' groans and winces, she grandly announced the throne as Erlanya's Eye Spire 
Ahh memories :) |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 14 May 2009 : 07:20:47
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Originally posted by Aysen
quote:
Originally posted by Markustay
Now you guys have me thinking about creating a cool new villain in a flying chair (I've seen similar things in comics - like Modok - but usually a guy in a flying chair is one of the 'good guys').
You can never have too many cool 'bad guys'.
IIRC, the Wyrmskull Throne can fly about, and the sitter can cause it to shoot lightning bolts.
And you'd be right. Among the many actual and powerful aspects catalogued as part of the "Wyrmskull Throne's" abilities, are floating and 'breathing' lightning bolts.
The full powers of the Throne are fully detailed in The Wyrmskull Throne adventure module.
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khorne
Master of Realmslore
Finland
1073 Posts |
Posted - 14 May 2009 : 09:10:03
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Hmm, how to formulate this one...
Ed, what's this I hear (or more accurately, remembered) about the powers-that-be wanting realms books to be written for the "average 12-year old american male?" Because from what I've gleaned of that it seems to mean a hormone-ruled adrenaline junkie who only wants to read violence and is pathologically scared of strong female character and subtle dialogue.
In my opinion, that seems like a huge insult to boys. |
If I were a ranger, I would pick NDA for my favorite enemy |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3287 Posts |
Posted - 14 May 2009 : 10:44:09
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I just started reading Falconfar. Very interesting.
Brimstone |
"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
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capnvan
Senior Scribe
USA
592 Posts |
Posted - 14 May 2009 : 12:57:43
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Originally posted by khorne
Ed, what's this I hear (or more accurately, remembered) about the powers-that-be wanting realms books to be written for the "average 12-year old american male?" Because from what I've gleaned of that it seems to mean a hormone-ruled adrenaline junkie who only wants to read violence and is pathologically scared of strong female character and subtle dialogue.
In my opinion, that seems like a huge insult to boys.
Regrettably, almost all entertainment and media companies tend to insult their audiences.
But, to keep with the topic, a question for Ed:
Can you give us any more, well any, really, information about Melisander, "the Last Lonely Harpist" from Dragon #164? He gave us the spell Melisander's Harp. (And contributes to my curiosity about the "Lonely Harpist" title, since Mintiper also bears that epithet, and if Melisander was the "last," well, I assume you see the confusion...) |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 14 May 2009 : 15:17:17
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When big companies start to dump their customers into categories and niches, it's the beginning of the end.
At that point, the needs of the individual are lost and the product gets boiled-down to the 'lowest common denominator'.
Shiney packaging then begins to supercede quality...
Not that this has anything to do with anything we discuss here. <smirk>
On Topic: (sort of)
I had forgotten about the Wyrmskull Throne - good call! Ed, are there any other 'famous flying chairs' (while we are on the subject of mobility-assisstance equipment), or mages/priests/whatever that have been known to fly about in such an ostentatious manner? |
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