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Originally posted by The Hooded One

Hi, again, all.
Caolin, I’ve found a few beer mentions in the notes I took from things Ed’s said in play in recent years (this is FAR from all of Ed’s beer lore, just a sampling).
All of these were ordered and drunk at taverns in the Dales, Cormyr, Sembia, and around the Moonsea:

• Railur’s Red (a “red” amber ale made in the coastal lands of Cormyr and Sembia with three roast barleys, citrus rinds, and spices, and drunk throughout eastern Cormyr, Sembia, and the Dales).

• Old Black Goblin (a porter that contains cherrywood ash and licorice root, and really IS black; expensive, hard to find, and offered with haughty pride by expensive clubs in the cities of Cormyr and Sembia; it is brewed in secret backcountry locations, and the recipe and brewing are rumored to be controlled by a noble family that in recent decades has been much enriched by sales of its distinctive “hunched-black-stick-figure” branded kegs).

• Sarmsark (a bitter, strong-tasting, but light on the stomach ale much favoured by cheap taverns because patrons can drink a lot of it before feeling ill; tastes of orange rind [[real-world: not-very-sweet marmalade]], is made by many brewers using a widely-known method, and is plentiful and found throughout the Inner Sea lands.)

• Firesword (an amber ale traditionally made in Hillsfar, Yulash, and Zhentil Keep, and now found throughout the Moonsea and Dragonreach lands; with so many brewers in different places making similar beers, “firesword” now varies widely in taste and quality, but has long been an “inn standard” because it keeps well in a keg, and can be “revived” in taste if very old by warming it and dissolving honey into it).

• Battledale Dark (a thick, almost chewy stout made in Battledale a century ago, and recently revived by an enterprising Sembian brewer who settled in Battledale).


That's all so far, but there's lots more in the notes I haven't reached yet. We'll see what Ed adds to this.
love,
THO

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Originally posted by The Hooded One

And hello once more, scribes!
<chop>
...Then came "Myth Rhynn," though I had no idea what city that name would be attached to . . . and then everybody got into the act, Steven Schend and Eric Boyd naming many "Myth cities" and detailing them, and coming up with detailed cities to go with other "Myth" names that my mind had so casually spewed out.
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Originally posted by The Hooded One

Hi again!
Caolin, re. this: "But, I would make it so that those who learned magic without the Weave would still be free to use their Weaveless magic."
Over several years and editions of the game, in discussions with Ed (and hearing him in GenCon seminars with TSR and later WotC designers) I think this will always be the case. As in: the Weave was only ever one way of accessing the nature forces and energies of the world, and there were other, less popular magical systems that functioned as well as the Weave. To arcane spellcasters, the Weave IS magic, but it's really a way of understanding (and therefore accessing) the infinitely complex weave of interacting energies. There are other ways.
So, yes, warlocks and sorcerers and others wouldn't "lose their powers" if the Weave was refounded.
To all scribes: please do NOT take this post as meaning: "The Weave is going to be refounded, and The Hooded One knows it." Not so. I have no inkling of what may or may not happen in the published Realms (and if Ed does, he would be morally and legally bound not to tell me).
We're just speculating, here. [big grin, pulls dress closed again] Officer.

love,
THO

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Originally posted by The Hooded One
[The names are: Bracegauntlet,

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Originally posted by The Hooded One

Kyrene, I can't recall which TSR designer did that section of Aurora's (it was a "gang" product, with everyone at the company pitching in on a section). Shadowdark Ale came from Ed's notes, and most of the wines that follow on pages 129 and 130 are taken directly from his lore-notes, but the rest of the named brews were the work of someone(s) at TSR at the time.
However, Dragon's Breath (or "the breath of the dragon") is a VERY old fantasy trope, referenced in many long-ago Arthurian tales and several romances at the time of Amadis of Gaul and Palmerin of England (the literary genre Cervantes was lampooning in DON QUIXOTE; yes, THAT long ago), so the Aurora's brew might have nothing at all directly to do with the Sierra game. I just don't know.
Karen Boomgaarden, Bruce Heard, or Jeff Grubb might recall who did that section. Hmm...
love,
THO

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Originally posted by The Hooded One

Hello again, all.
BTW, the "acre" is a term still slowly creeping into the Realms, thanks to Elminster ("hectare" is still unknown), and most properties in Cormyr would officially be measured in "chains" or "chainsquares" (

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Originally posted by Jorkens

Just a quick question before I forget Dear Lady; in Dragon #72 ,page 15, in the article Gems Galore Ed mentions the Dalering Mountains as a place in the Realms, as far as I remember this name never shows up in later sources. Would it be possible to get some more information on this? Is it a name that was changed by other writers, an alternative name or a limited area of another range?

Thanks in advance.

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Originally posted by Steven Schend

*snip*
Steven
who always planned to print up ELMINSTER'S CHOICE labels for beers he brewed himself that didn't work out (as the label makes it look like it says "Elminster's Choke" and the gag was this was a bad beer in the Realms)

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Originally posted by Blueblade

crazedventurers, methinks Gondegal's blazon has been discussed here at the Keep, some years back.
Sage? Wooly?
BB

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