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Artemel
Learned Scribe
USA
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 Posted - 06 Jan 2010 : 14:21:02
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I've been looking for a good source for information on Sembia, but all I have found feels more like snippets than whole texts. Is there a source out there that I am missing that brings Sembia to life? Cormyr has a boxed set and a Volo's guide, was anything like that done for Sembia?
Thanks in advance.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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skychrome
Senior Scribe
713 Posts |
Posted - 06 Jan 2010 : 17:43:40
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Sage, your link collection never stops impressing me!  |
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Thauramarth
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06 Jan 2010 : 18:53:18
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Originally posted by skychrome
Sage, your link collection never stops impressing me!
That's why he's the Sage, and I am not  , but I'd add an additional source: the Forgotten Realms Adventures hardback, which contains two-page descriptions of most of Sembia's major cities. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
Posted - 06 Jan 2010 : 22:58:51
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I'd also suggest most of the "Sembia" novels too, since they provide some interesting tidbits on what life is really like in some places around the region -- especially Selgaunt.
And I'm actually in the process of compiling most of the relevant Sembian/Selgauntan lore from the "Sembia" series. It'll likely all be included in a easy-to-reference PDF eventually. |
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Artemel
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 06 Jan 2010 : 23:30:09
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| Thanks for the information. I was hoping I had somehow overlooked a nicely written book about Sembia. My current project will simply take a little bit longer as I compile all the info on Sembia. >_> |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 07 Jan 2010 : 00:22:32
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Originally posted by The Sage
I'd also suggest most of the "Sembia" novels too, since they provide some interesting tidbits on what life is really like in some places around the region -- especially Selgaunt.
And I'm actually in the process of compiling most of the relevant Sembian/Selgauntan lore from the "Sembia" series. It'll likely all be included in a easy-to-reference PDF eventually.
Eventually, in this case, meaning at about the same time that 8th Edition comes out.  |
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scererar
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 07 Jan 2010 : 03:40:15
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| Paul Kemp's novels about Cale and company have quite a bit of lore on Sembia and surrounding areas. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Mouse
Acolyte
USA
28 Posts |
Posted - 07 Jan 2010 : 12:20:34
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| I wasn't ever sure, but the Sembia novels as well as it's mercantile and intrigue-driven politics seemed to make Sembia rather like Renaissance Italy to me, sort of like how Amn is clearly Spain-like (the Amnish in the Mazteca game are clearly some form of Spanish Conquistadors). |
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
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Posted - 08 Jan 2010 : 14:45:50
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Originally posted by Mouse
I wasn't ever sure, but the Sembia novels as well as it's mercantile and intrigue-driven politics seemed to make Sembia rather like Renaissance Italy to me, sort of like how Amn is clearly Spain-like (the Amnish in the Mazteca game are clearly some form of Spanish Conquistadors).
Well, the Maztica series and products are not the best source where Amn is concerned. The culture should be more like the Moorish Spain. If you are using real world analogies that is. In general it is difficult to find real world equivalents to Realms cultures and areas. |
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pruano
Acolyte
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Posted - 10 Nov 2010 : 14:30:10
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And I'm actually in the process of compiling most of the relevant Sembian/Selgauntan lore from the "Sembia" series. It'll likely all be included in a easy-to-reference PDF eventually.
Any progress on this front? |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
Posted - 10 Nov 2010 : 14:59:16
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Originally posted by pruano
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And I'm actually in the process of compiling most of the relevant Sembian/Selgauntan lore from the "Sembia" series. It'll likely all be included in a easy-to-reference PDF eventually.
Any progress on this front?
Actually, yes. I'm presently working through the last two novels. So, perhaps, soon... ish. |
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pruano
Acolyte
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Posted - 10 Nov 2010 : 17:26:34
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by pruano
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And I'm actually in the process of compiling most of the relevant Sembian/Selgauntan lore from the "Sembia" series. It'll likely all be included in a easy-to-reference PDF eventually.
Any progress on this front?
Actually, yes. I'm presently working through the last two novels. So, perhaps, soon... ish.
Great, excellent work as always, and much appreciated |
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Good sources for info on Sembia?
