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woodwwad
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 14 May 2010 : 21:53:50
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Looking for info on any towns or cities that have red wizard enclaves located in or near them between Waterdeep & Amn, thanks.
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Kno
Senior Scribe
452 Posts |
Posted - 14 May 2010 : 22:21:01
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Waterdeep has one. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 15 May 2010 : 00:43:46
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I don't recall a full listing ever being published [aside from the short listing in 3e's Lords of Darkness]. However, the aforementioned tome also states:- "Other large cities may have a single shop staffed by a handful of Thayan wizards or are visited at least monthly by traveling wizards with goods to sell."
So, you can probably justify the case for an Enclave popping up anywhere along the Sword Coast, as long as the above condition is met. |
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Edited by - The Sage on 15 May 2010 03:04:46 |
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sfdragon
Great Reader
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Posted - 15 May 2010 : 02:42:57
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Being that 3.x was never fleshed out with all that nice juicy lore for the sword coast, I would imagine that most major trading cities would of been approached for it.
sO that being the case, I agree with sage.
( you could also have one along one of the trade routes too, seconded use as an inn for travelers, hey any way to make a silver) |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 15 May 2010 : 03:57:17
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I thought the 3E Realms were to detailed!
I guess not, huh? |
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BlackAce
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
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Posted - 15 May 2010 : 04:20:27
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There is one in Triel (or Hill's Edge, I forget which) just up the River Chionthar.
Not to metion the ones from Lords of Darkness, Sage mentioned: Athkatla, Waterdeep, Baldur's Gate and Secomber. |
Edited by - BlackAce on 15 May 2010 04:29:07 |
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sfdragon
Great Reader
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Posted - 15 May 2010 : 04:52:39
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quote: Originally posted by Brimstone
I thought the 3E Realms were to detailed!
I guess not, huh?
brimstone, ne'er said it was. it had alot of info.
anyway. NWN2:SOZ had one placed in Neverwinter |
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woodwwad
Learned Scribe
USA
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Kno
Senior Scribe
452 Posts |
Posted - 15 May 2010 : 09:00:47
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I'm sure that Athlatla would have one too, they only need to pay the Cowled Wizards. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 15 May 2010 : 09:36:27
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quote: Originally posted by Kno
I'm sure that Athlatla would have one too, they only need to pay the Cowled Wizards.
The City of Coin does have an Enclave, as both BlackAce and I noted earlier, from the 3e Lords of Darkness tome. |
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DDH_101
Master of Realmslore
Canada
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Posted - 15 May 2010 : 17:46:14
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I was wondering, with the changes to Thay and the hierachy in 4E, does Thay still have enclaves in major cities in 1479 DR? I would think it is unlikely since Thay is now an enemy to everyone as an undead kingdom. |
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Doc Filth
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Posted - 15 May 2010 : 17:54:06
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quote: Originally posted by DDH_101
I was wondering, with the changes to Thay and the hierachy in 4E, does Thay still have enclaves in major cities in 1479 DR? I would think it is unlikely since Thay is now an enemy to everyone as an undead kingdom.
If it's permitted to quote from the 4E Campaign Guide:
quote: Red Wizards were once purveyors of magic items across Faerûn. However, civil war and the Spellplague spelled the end of Thay as a mercantile power. Where the Red Wizards were unpopular, the upheaval left their enclaves open to attack and destruction. Luckier Red Wizards were often cut off from their homeland. Many decided to stay abroad rather than return to a Thay ruled by Szass Tam. The people of Thay still refer to the arcanists among them as Red Wizards, and only such mages are allowed to wear red within Thay. But a small confederacy of magicitem dealers calling themselves Red Wizards still exists as a trade concern. This organization is most powerful in the major coastal cities of the Sea of Fallen Stars, as well as in the Moonsea region—especially Mulmaster. It enjoys no protection from Thay. Most non-Thayan folk now equate “Red Wizard” with magic merchants rather than with Szass Tam’s sinister nation.
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Cleric Generic
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 15 May 2010 : 22:59:19
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You could possibly tie the now independent Red Wizard enclaves to the rebel Zulkirs and Tharchions camped out to the south of Thay (around the Alaor, or wherever they would up). I think they're still traditionally Red Wizard flavoured, they just been booted out by Mr. Mega-Lich. |
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