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swifty
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 28 Oct 2009 : 21:49:11
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why was this set in 1369 when at the time of print all the realms novels were set around 1373-1374?
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
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Posted - 28 Oct 2009 : 22:34:48
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Well, I don't actually have an answer to the question, but I will say that it was only the "trend" at the time to set Realms novels in the 1372-1374 time frame. There were lots of exceptions--RAS's are probably the biggest, as they were set back quite a ways. Rosemary Jones' Crypt of the Moaning Diamond was set back over a century from that.
1369 probably just fit with Jess's story.
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Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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skychrome
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 29 Oct 2009 : 03:04:44
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Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
Rosemary Jones' Crypt of the Moaning Diamond was set back over a century from that.
Really? Great, I like that! Crypt was a fun read and I love this feeling about the realms, that you can play in any time and basically all that changes are important NPCs at that time. So much freedom... |
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J D Dunsany
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
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Posted - 13 Nov 2009 : 14:58:21
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Been a while since I read (and thoroughly enjoyed) 'Master of Chains', but might there not be a political-historical reason for that date? Isn't 1369 still 2nd Ed? Might there have been a significant change in the lore that wouldn't have worked with the novel as Jess envisaged and produced it?
Just a thought...
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 13 Nov 2009 : 15:59:56
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Originally posted by J D Dunsany
Been a while since I read (and thoroughly enjoyed) 'Master of Chains', but might there not be a political-historical reason for that date?
Well, it details a little more the events of that period, since all we had before that, was the section on Erlkazar in the 2e Lands of Intrigue.
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Isn't 1369 still 2nd Ed?
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