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Ifthir
Learned Scribe
USA
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 Posted - 07 May 2008 : 17:55:05
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I was wondering if anyone had any information about why some of the information from Dragon #228 was not included in the Grand History? It seemed like the content from 1996 had a lot of backstory to add, especially to the names of the years. Example:
From Dragon #228
218 DR, Year of the Dancing Lights: Will O wisps are seen in profusion all over Faerūn in this year; some sages believe this marks an invasion of the strange beings, perhaps through a gate unwittingly opened by a human sorcerer, from another plane.
From Grand History
218 DR, The settlement of Krenadir is founded in Lurien.
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231 DR, Year of the Mist Dragon: A gigantic dragon of this rare species appears in the lands around The Sea of Fallen Stars in the spring of this year, challenging and slaying any dragon it can find. By winter, it has amassed a huge treasure... and the first of several hundred fruitless adventurer-forays sets forth from Calimport in search of what bards came to call The Shining Hoard of the Great Dragon. (For some 60 years the mist dragon slays adventurers. After that, no trace of it or its hoard can be found.)
Anyone have any ideas? Or maybe just an oversight?
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Hawkins
Great Reader
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Posted - 07 May 2008 : 18:09:26
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| My guess is that it was a space issue. |
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Brian R. James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
1098 Posts |
Posted - 08 May 2008 : 00:43:11
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I simply don't own Dragon Magazine issue #228, so it never made it into my manuscript.  |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
6666 Posts |
Posted - 08 May 2008 : 13:18:09
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And I didn't have enough time to go through all the stuff I had that Brian didn't. We also didn't really know how much space we had. We just kept adding stuff until the deadline hit.
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 08 May 2008 : 15:26:31
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Originally posted by Brian R. James
I simply don't own Dragon Magazine issue #228, so it never made it into my manuscript.
Wow, I thought WotC would have supplied you with all the resources at their disposal to print the book...I had no idea you had to rely only on resources you and the others had alone.
It makes me even more in awe of the work that was done! |
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Ifthir
Learned Scribe
USA
111 Posts |
Posted - 09 May 2008 : 04:38:25
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| An amazing work nonetheless, I was just curious. Thanks for the book and the responses! |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 09 May 2008 : 16:33:53
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This thread made me think that maybe we should start a file that can be hosted on Keep that includes some of the missing dates that aren't in the Grand History.....
Just an idea.... |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
Posted - 09 May 2008 : 17:11:00
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I like the sound of that.  Scribes, after checking to see whether or not a particular date/year is referenced in Grand History, could contribute them to a handy listing here, as they find them.
Alaundo, do you think we could make room on the Sages of Realmslore shelf for something like this? |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 09 May 2008 : 17:13:02
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quote:
Originally posted by Kuje
This thread made me think that maybe we should start a file that can be hosted on Keep that includes some of the missing dates that aren't in the Grand History.....
Just an idea....
And as I noted the other day, there are things in the pdf version that aren't in the print version. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 09 May 2008 : 17:44:54
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
quote:
Originally posted by Kuje
This thread made me think that maybe we should start a file that can be hosted on Keep that includes some of the missing dates that aren't in the Grand History.....
Just an idea....
And as I noted the other day, there are things in the pdf version that aren't in the print version.
Indeed, I was reading your thread as well the other day and these two threads made me start pondering the idea. :) But I guess it depends on if people are interested in putting together such a file. |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
6666 Posts |
Posted - 09 May 2008 : 20:36:26
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quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
quote:
Originally posted by Kuje
This thread made me think that maybe we should start a file that can be hosted on Keep that includes some of the missing dates that aren't in the Grand History.....
Just an idea....
And as I noted the other day, there are things in the pdf version that aren't in the print version.
As there are things in my personal version.
I keep meaning to get back to my consolidated timeline but it's such a time drinker that it's hard to get motivated. Eventually.
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 13 May 2008 : 22:09:59
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Excellent idea!
I've come across dates in source and novels that don't appear on any of the timelines (mostly concerning K-T stuff), and it would be great to see all of these brought together!
I also started woorking on putting the references back into the print version, by making up a list, but its hard to do without constantly referring to the text included in each entry.
Maybe I'll looking into doing it agian - I never got very far after the initial idea. |
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BEAST
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
USA
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Brian R. James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
1098 Posts |
Posted - 24 May 2008 : 16:56:03
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| Timelines. Yummy! |
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Edited by - Brian R. James on 24 May 2008 16:57:57 |
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