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Christopher_Rowe
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
879 Posts |
 Posted - 06 Nov 2009 : 14:54:06
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When Ed's new "Eye on the Realms" column debuts in Dungeon #172 (Nov. 2009) next week, it will have been just a bit over three decades since what I believe was the first published Realmslore appeared: the game stats for the Curst in the Dragon's Bestiary feature of Dragon #30 (Oct. 1979).
Thank you so much for the Realms, Ed. Keep on keeping on!
Cheers,
Christopher
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2009 : 15:44:37
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Ed, without the Realms, I wouldn't have the "home away from home" that I've today. Each and every time I pick up something Realms-related, I'm thinking of you, and your remarkable ability for creation that gave us all this wonderfully fantastical world of wonder and whimsy.
Congratulations on your 30th anniversary of the 'published Realms' Ed. And here's to the next thirty years. 
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
2131 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2009 : 15:55:29
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| Wow, without you Ed, I would not have found a rich world of fantastic possibilities full of intriguing people to lose myself in for hours and hours (probably totals days now) of my life. |
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Kilvan
Senior Scribe
Canada
894 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2009 : 17:05:36
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| What can I possibly say? D&D is by far my favorite hobby. I don't just like it, I need it (the real world is too boring). But, If I had to play D&D NOT in the realms, I'd find another hobby. Ed is simply great, with a skill for creation without limit, and he never ceases to amaze me. Thank you Ed, for fueling my day-dreaming, that I love so much (though my boss doesn't). |
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Matt James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
918 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2009 : 18:29:40
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| Excellent. Here's to another 30! |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3247 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2009 : 18:45:16
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Thank you for opening your playground to the rest of us! (Now if I can just get THO to ride the see-saw with me...  ) |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
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Teneck
Learned Scribe
USA
133 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2009 : 19:17:24
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Thank you Ed...now for the next 30... |
"Go ahead...Sleep in the church...the vampires can't get ya in the church" Any DM...any time.
"He's like a trained ape...without the training"
Simon after Jane trashed the Med lab |
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scererar
Master of Realmslore
USA
1618 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2009 : 19:47:07
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Scererar raises his glass and toasts to another 30 years.
+1 to what all of the others have said. a big +100000000000 to Ashe's comment for THO  |
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Thauramarth
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
731 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2009 : 19:59:32
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Ed, thanks for creating the Realms, and, especially, for letting go of it, and for letting all of us enter the sandbox, and work with your creation. The Realms are the groundwork without which I probably could not have created the stories and adventures that I have created and continue to create for my players.
Never mind another 30, let's do 300! |
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Tyranthraxus
Senior Scribe
Netherlands
423 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2009 : 20:56:51
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| Thanks Ed, for creating this incredible setting that we all love and makes our lives more exciting! |
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Randal_Dundragon
Seeker
USA
95 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2009 : 22:42:22
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| Just wanted to say thank you, The Realms are one of the few things i don't get bored with quickly, and its a blessing i promise ye. :) |
Its simple really, Your an idiot and I'm simply a figment of your imagination |
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Elfinblade
Senior Scribe
Norway
377 Posts |
Posted - 07 Nov 2009 : 00:04:09
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Wow.. where to begin.
Mr.Greenwood. You have my sincere respect and heartfelt envy for the imagination and insight that must be your whimsical and marvelous mind. I started playing D&D (the old red and blue book) in 1988. Played that for a few years before i got my hands on some realms novels, and shortly thereafter got the old grey boxed set. That makes it almost 20 years of playing and reading about the Realms. What can i say.. i couldnt dream of playing in another setting. Keep on feeding us these amazing fantasy stories for the next 30 years too! You've enriched my, and my group of gaming friends' lives for almost 20 years now, and your stories have been a part of my life for so many years now. I cant wait to have kids on my own and retell the stories to them!
Skål!
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3290 Posts |
Posted - 07 Nov 2009 : 03:52:51
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| Brimstone SALUTES Mr. Greenwood. |
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words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
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will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
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Sandro
Learned Scribe
New Zealand
266 Posts |
Posted - 07 Nov 2009 : 07:15:23
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Aye, though my exposure has been short, the Realms have always been a magical place to me, and carry nothing but great memories.
A great many thanks are in order, all of them heartfelt. |
"Gods, little fishes, and spells to turn the one to the other," Mordenkainen sighed. "It's started already..." |
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Hellkeepa
Seeker
Norway
61 Posts |
Posted - 07 Nov 2009 : 11:08:01
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HELLo!
Mr. Greenwood, I can only mirror the people above me. Whom I'm all in complete agreement with.
Thank you, and congratulations!
Happy playin'! |
Dealing with 3.5 only. Refusing the reality of 4.0, and substituting it for my own. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Kno
Senior Scribe
452 Posts |
Posted - 08 Nov 2009 : 07:05:27
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| Thanks for so many great ideas. |
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Amarel Derakanor
Seeker
97 Posts |
Posted - 08 Nov 2009 : 11:24:20
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| Yup! Cheers to one of the greatest inventors in history! |
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Jakk
Great Reader
Canada
2165 Posts |
Posted - 08 Nov 2009 : 19:12:06
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Originally posted by Kilvan
What can I possibly say? D&D is by far my favorite hobby. I don't just like it, I need it (the real world is too boring). But, If I had to play D&D NOT in the realms, I'd find another hobby. Ed is simply great, with a skill for creation without limit, and he never ceases to amaze me. Thank you Ed, for fueling my day-dreaming, that I love so much (though my boss doesn't).
Yep. What Kilvan said, except that my need is more specific to the Realms rather than D&D; our Friday night game session this weekend was cancelled due to the DM having an all-day SCA event the next day, and I spent my evening immersed in existing Realmslore and carving out my own, and I had just as much fun. In many ways, I'm thankful now for the Spellplague and 4E, as it motivated me to put much more of my own creative energies into this wonderful world. |
Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.
If it's comparable in power with non-magical abilities, it's not magic. |
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Mr_Miscellany
Senior Scribe
545 Posts |
Posted - 09 Nov 2009 : 11:47:35
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Each moment that goes by is one we can none of us never take back.
When it comes to your creations, whether they're presented in sourcebooks, Dragon articles, novels, forum responses to Candlekeep, Loremaster, Realms-L and so on, every moment I spend focused on these things you've created is a moment I never look back on with regret.
So thank you so much for sharing your time with us. It's appreciated man.
Rock on Ed. Rock on. |
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
2950 Posts |
Posted - 10 Nov 2009 : 09:41:26
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A little late to chime in, so there is little for me to add here that others have not said better.
Thank you for years and years of pleasure, inspiration and entertainment. Its been great and I hope to see much more in the years ahead. |
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Amraz one arm
Acolyte
Netherlands
42 Posts |
Posted - 11 Nov 2009 : 12:48:18
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To a wonderful man, with a wonderful mind.
Thx and keep going Ed |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 11 Nov 2009 : 13:00:35
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| Thanks to my fellow Canadian and fellow Ontarian Mr.Ed!! The realms are the greatest!!! |
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Neil Bishop
Learned Scribe
Singapore
100 Posts |
Posted - 22 Nov 2009 : 04:18:40
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| I deal with many wealthy people on a daily basis but I don't envy them because money is only money. But, Ed, I envy you for your boundless creativity. Thanks for sharing your world with all of us. |
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Thanks to Ed for thirty years and counting...
