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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
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 Posted - 15 Aug 2010 : 20:05:34
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I'm hoping to find any and all information concerning Glister that has been published or hinted at...
such as its founding date? I'm guessing sometime around the Human Kingdom of Thar...but I'm unsure.
Any and all information is welcome.
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Brix
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 15 Aug 2010 : 21:28:32
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Keep up the good work!
Some of these places are partly covered by the videogame "Secret of the Silver Blades". I don't know of other sources. There was also a Dungeon adventure "Steelheart" wasn't that in Vaasa/Glister? Hmm.
Monument of the Ancient contains some bits.
I also love to learn more about this area. |
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Halidan
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 15 Aug 2010 : 21:46:59
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| The best info on Glister was published in issue #81 of Polyhedron in an article called As Cold as Bare Fingers. Try and find a copy if you can. |
"Over the Mountains
Of the Moon
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,"
The shade replied,
"If you seek for Eldorado!"
Edgar Allen Poe - 1849 |
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
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Posted - 15 Aug 2010 : 22:16:14
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Originally posted by Halidan
The best info on Glister was published in issue #81 of Polyhedron in an article called As Cold as Bare Fingers. Try and find a copy if you can.
Just out of curiosity, do you remember who wrote the article? |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
4256 Posts |
Posted - 15 Aug 2010 : 22:17:51
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Originally posted by Halidan
The best info on Glister was published in issue #81 of Polyhedron in an article called As Cold as Bare Fingers. Try and find a copy if you can.
I was hoping to have folks post information here from products that are now Out of Print...and not generally available.
That is allowed isn't it?
I don't have a single Polyhedron magazine any longer...
I'll look for a copy...but man, this article is starting to stack up some serious hours of research! LOL
Almost done though...almost... |
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Wenin
Senior Scribe
585 Posts |
Posted - 15 Aug 2010 : 23:08:44
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Session Reports posted at RPG Geek.
Stem the Tide Takes place in Mistledale.
Dark Curtains - Takes place in the Savage North, starting in Nesmé. I wrapped my campaign into the Hoard of the Dragon Queen, but it takes place in 1372 DR. |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
4256 Posts |
Posted - 15 Aug 2010 : 23:27:16
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Originally posted by Wenin
We can't post complete articles.
Even if the material in question is out of print? 
Well then, how about a founding date for Glister? |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 16 Aug 2010 : 01:13:04
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| Wenin is correct. Posting full and complete details from published sources would go against the dictates of Candlekeep's Code of Conduct. We can post summaries of the info, however, or brief quotes from the sources -- so long as they reference where they've come from. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 16 Aug 2010 : 01:19:00
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It doesn't matter if material is out of print or not. By law, only the licensed IP holder can distribute their material.
See also rule B3 of Candlekeep Forum Code of Conduct:
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Edit: Hmm, Sage got here whilst I was typing.  |
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Edited by - Wooly Rupert on 16 Aug 2010 01:20:05 |
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Halidan
Senior Scribe
USA
470 Posts |
Posted - 16 Aug 2010 : 04:33:09
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Originally posted by Jorkens
Just out of curiosity, do you remember who wrote the article?
Ed Grenwood. It was one of his Elminster's Winking Eye articles IIRC. |
"Over the Mountains
Of the Moon
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,"
The shade replied,
"If you seek for Eldorado!"
Edgar Allen Poe - 1849 |
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
2950 Posts |
Posted - 16 Aug 2010 : 07:45:37
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quote:
Originally posted by Halidan
quote:
Originally posted by Jorkens
Just out of curiosity, do you remember who wrote the article?
Ed Grenwood. It was one of his Elminster's Winking Eye articles IIRC.
Thanks, that makes it twice as interesting. Seems like it will be another item on my list. |
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Dewaint
Learned Scribe
Germany
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Posted - 16 Aug 2010 : 11:47:59
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There were several articles covering the Moonsea North in a couple of Polyhedrons. Thentia, Zehntil Keep, Melvaunt, Glister, and in between some lore regarding the countryside from The Ride up to the Frozen Forest.
Regarding Glister, no founding date was given. Some details about the three major temples: The House auf Auril's breath (Auril), The House of Swords(Tempus) and The Hall of Luck(Tymora), some NPCs and so on.
Am wondering actually about the size of the city, population and (not so) secret groups having some agents there.
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Dewaint
Learned Scribe
Germany
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Posted - 16 Aug 2010 : 11:54:41
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ah BTW I have only some old photocopies of the articles in the late '80. For better usage during gameplay . The mags didn't made it  so unfortunatelly I cannot tell which Polyhedrons issues they ware in originally  |
Edited by - Dewaint on 16 Aug 2010 12:05:37 |
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Wenin
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 16 Aug 2010 : 12:21:00
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There is a founding of Glister somewhere.
I've been doing a campaign within Thar, and constructed a timeline from many many sources, and added my own tidbits. This piece is not something I drummed up.
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226-400 DR - Ogre Kingdom of Thar crushed by the Ibrandul, ruled by the last Tharkul, Maulog. He was killed by Beldorann, the founder of Glister.
I recently had a hard drive failure, so I lost my stub article I was putting together for Glister. I'm pretty sure I had a year for the founding of the town. Though I wouldn't be able to tell you the source of the date, or whether it was something I specifically found or inferred by tidbits like I quoted above.
So Glister was founded in and around 400 DR. |
Session Reports posted at RPG Geek.
Stem the Tide Takes place in Mistledale.
Dark Curtains - Takes place in the Savage North, starting in Nesmé. I wrapped my campaign into the Hoard of the Dragon Queen, but it takes place in 1372 DR. |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
4256 Posts |
Posted - 16 Aug 2010 : 16:41:13
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| I was thinking Glister was founded right at the time of the founding of the Human Kingdom of Thar...I'll most likely go with that if I can't find any source saying otherwise. |
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coach
Senior Scribe
USA
479 Posts |
Posted - 16 Aug 2010 : 20:09:33
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Originally posted by Brix
Keep up the good work!
Some of these places are partly covered by the videogame "Secret of the Silver Blades". I don't know of other sources. There was also a Dungeon adventure "Steelheart" wasn't that in Vaasa/Glister? Hmm.
Monument of the Ancient contains some bits.
I also love to learn more about this area.
that'd be Dungeon #53
the adventurers are hired in Glister but the module takes place in Vaasa mostly and ends in the ruins of Sulasspryn
it mentions some NPCs from Glister though I believe |
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coach
Senior Scribe
USA
479 Posts |
Posted - 16 Aug 2010 : 20:13:00
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| don't hold me to this because it is from memory only but i think the Seekers from 2ed Player's Guide to the Forgotten Realms may have traveled through Thar/Glister into Vaasa |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
4256 Posts |
Posted - 16 Aug 2010 : 20:31:21
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Originally posted by coach
don't hold me to this because it is from memory only but i think the Seekers from 2ed Player's Guide to the Forgotten Realms may have traveled through Thar/Glister into Vaasa
Seekers? |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 17 Aug 2010 : 01:33:16
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quote:
Originally posted by Dalor Darden
quote:
Originally posted by coach
don't hold me to this because it is from memory only but i think the Seekers from 2ed Player's Guide to the Forgotten Realms may have traveled through Thar/Glister into Vaasa
Seekers?
The Seekers are an adventuring company. Some of their exploits are recorded in "The Annals of the Seekers," and form part of the content for "exploring" the Realms in the tome Coach just referenced. |
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Edited by - The Sage on 17 Aug 2010 01:36:37 |
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