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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
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 Posted - 26 Oct 2023 : 18:54:49
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I am still mildly disappointed that we never got (will get?) a Year of Lost Wizards in the future from which my wild mage could be inadvertently and spectacularly ejected.
I wonder if parallel Realms-Primes with variations in events might have variations in their prophesied names for the Roll of Years ... |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
6666 Posts |
Posted - 29 Oct 2023 : 05:18:57
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Variant local names are definitely a thing. If your wild mage is likely to turn out to be a "big thing" in wherever he is from, then that local area may indeed have 1496 DR as the Year of Lost Wizards, as prophesied by Golaura "the Hagwitch" in the years following the raising of the Standing Stone, etc. etc.
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"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
6666 Posts |
Posted - 12 Nov 2023 : 01:32:01
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I've realized that 301 DR bothers me. The "Year of Argent Cape". That's just grammatically nonsensical. I'm tempted to make it the Year of the Argent Cape.
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"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 12 Nov 2023 : 03:08:25
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quote:
Originally posted by George Krashos
I've realized that 301 DR bothers me. The "Year of Argent Cape". That's just grammatically nonsensical. I'm tempted to make it the Year of the Argent Cape.
-- George Krashos
Hey, Argent Cape was, despite his name, quite the remarkable person! Why do you think he got a year named after him?
Sadly, the Capes family died out after its last scion, Verdant Cape, died fighting a mob of angry linguists. |
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AJA
Senior Scribe
USA
770 Posts |
Posted - 12 Nov 2023 : 05:30:29
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Are we sure it wasn't supposed to be Argent Canapé? 
(or change it to Year of Argent Capes instead, if you want to get poetic about wave crests and maritime-related events edit: or heavy regional snowfalls)
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Steven Schend
Forgotten Realms Designer & Author
USA
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Posted - 20 Nov 2023 : 01:21:40
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Originally posted by George Krashos
I've realized that 301 DR bothers me. The "Year of Argent Cape". That's just grammatically nonsensical. I'm tempted to make it the Year of the Argent Cape.
-- George Krashos
How do you know that year name wasn't linked to a serious pileup of ships (due to a storm) upon a particular cape/peninsula and all the spilled silver coinage in and out of the water led to that name?
Steven
who likes to both rationalize his year names and go to bat for them whether seeming errors or not… |
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Apparent error on the Roll of Years
