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Arion Elenim
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Posted - 22 Oct 2003 :  19:35:58  Show Profile  Visit Arion Elenim's Homepage Send Arion Elenim a Private Message  Reply with Quote  Delete Topic
By the way...what EXACTLY caused Blackstaff to split from the Harpers? Is it documented in any canon besides the Faerun Tome? What do the Moonstars stand for apart from what the Harpers stand for?

My latest Realms-based short story, about a bard, a paladin of Lathander and the letter of the law, Debts Repaid. It takes place before the "shattering" and gives the bard Arion a last gasp before he plunges into the present.http://candlekeep.com/campaign/logs/log-debts.htm

SiriusBlack
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Posted - 23 Oct 2003 :  07:01:27  Show Profile  Visit SiriusBlack's Homepage Send SiriusBlack a Private Message  Reply with Quote
The Cloak and Dagger supplement has the full details on what you wish to know.
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Lord Rad
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Posted - 23 Oct 2003 :  17:18:53  Show Profile  Visit Lord Rad's Homepage Send Lord Rad a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Well the closest I ever got to finding out about the Harper problems is in the Thornhold novel.....although dont expect much, it is very played down and not that clear at all.

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Arion Elenim
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Posted - 23 Oct 2003 :  18:13:51  Show Profile  Visit Arion Elenim's Homepage Send Arion Elenim a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Cloak and Dagger supplement? What is that?

My latest Realms-based short story, about a bard, a paladin of Lathander and the letter of the law, Debts Repaid. It takes place before the "shattering" and gives the bard Arion a last gasp before he plunges into the present.http://candlekeep.com/campaign/logs/log-debts.htm
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SiriusBlack
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Posted - 24 Oct 2003 :  05:30:14  Show Profile  Visit SiriusBlack's Homepage Send SiriusBlack a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by ArionElenim

Cloak and Dagger supplement? What is that?



It's a supplement from 2nd Edition that, like soon to be every other book from 2nd edition, got cut and pasted a great deal into a 3rd edition product, in this case Lords of Darkness, and then was called new material.

Follow the link below to find out more information about the item. It's very well done and a great read

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0786916273/104-3252844-5500752?v=glance
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William of Waterdeep
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Posted - 24 Oct 2003 :  05:45:36  Show Profile  Visit William of Waterdeep's Homepage Send William of Waterdeep a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Sirius,Do you think the e-book would be just as good? Its cheaper,no postage either. http://www.svgames.com/tsr11627esd.html

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SiriusBlack
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Posted - 24 Oct 2003 :  14:51:23  Show Profile  Visit SiriusBlack's Homepage Send SiriusBlack a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by William of Waterdeep

Sirius,Do you think the e-book would be just as good? Its cheaper,no postage either. http://www.svgames.com/tsr11627esd.html



Actually, I wasn't pushing him towards an Amazon purchase as much as using them as a cheap source of information. As for SV Games, your experiences with them must be a tad different than many others that I have heard. Needless to say, I'm glad I purchased the book when it first came out in its print edition.
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William of Waterdeep
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Posted - 25 Oct 2003 :  18:49:10  Show Profile  Visit William of Waterdeep's Homepage Send William of Waterdeep a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Yes, you work for Amazon don't you.Admit it and live!
I didn't mean to imply that you were pushing anything so you misunderstood me.I wanted your opinion of the downloads at sv games and yes,I have had good experiences with them.A download manger is almost a must have for these and the faster the connection the better.
I will leave a link to one download manager but there are many---> http://www.gozilla.com/

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The Sage
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Posted - 26 Oct 2003 :  07:15:29  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I think electronic downloads are good, if the sourcebook is not more than 100 pages.

I have purchased most of Monte Cook's tomes in electronic format, and are all loaded onto my laptop. It makes it easier to carry around the smaller tomes in electronic format on my laptop leaving me with more 'arm-space' to carry a few larger ones, than a number of small tomes, and the larger ones as well.




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Bookwyrm
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Posted - 26 Oct 2003 :  07:52:55  Show Profile  Visit Bookwyrm's Homepage Send Bookwyrm a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Almost every D&D/FR gaming book I own is in electronic format, thanks to Artalis. Saved me a lot of money, allowed me to take them everywhere I had my laptop, and let me search most of them (those that weren't direct scans). Very helpful to a guy struggling to find out what everyone on a certain forum site was talking about.

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The Sage
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Posted - 26 Oct 2003 :  07:59:42  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
If I may ask, how exactly did Artalis help?.


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Bookwyrm
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Posted - 26 Oct 2003 :  08:25:26  Show Profile  Visit Bookwyrm's Homepage Send Bookwyrm a Private Message  Reply with Quote
He sent me two CDs of D&D and FR information, including an 80MB file called frcs.pdf.

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The Sage
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Posted - 26 Oct 2003 :  08:34:21  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
How exactly did he acquire...no...forget it. I don't think that I want to know....


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Bookwyrm
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Posted - 26 Oct 2003 :  09:17:57  Show Profile  Visit Bookwyrm's Homepage Send Bookwyrm a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Well, the 2e info would be legal, since there's a newer edition out now. But, yeah -- I didn't ask.

Of course, he didn't charge a thing. Actually took a bit of a loss, since he had to pay for two CDs and postage. That means he didn't do actual piracy . . . .

Though I don't think he's too eager for obeying copyright in everything. He had a bootleg of The Two Towers when he was doing this -- in March. He wasn't going to skip buying the DVD, but . . . .

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William of Waterdeep
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Posted - 26 Oct 2003 :  10:38:47  Show Profile  Visit William of Waterdeep's Homepage Send William of Waterdeep a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I think the PDF books or e-books are great because as the burn to cd or dvd takes up less space than the books and they are so much cheaper
especially some of them, right Bookwyrm?!!

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The Sage
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Posted - 26 Oct 2003 :  11:39:02  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I think we should all be careful with how far this conversation goes...


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Arion Elenim
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Posted - 26 Oct 2003 :  14:36:50  Show Profile  Visit Arion Elenim's Homepage Send Arion Elenim a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I agree with good Sage of Perth...the tenets of Mask have no place in these walls....

My latest Realms-based short story, about a bard, a paladin of Lathander and the letter of the law, Debts Repaid. It takes place before the "shattering" and gives the bard Arion a last gasp before he plunges into the present.http://candlekeep.com/campaign/logs/log-debts.htm
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SiriusBlack
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Posted - 26 Oct 2003 :  15:23:31  Show Profile  Visit SiriusBlack's Homepage Send SiriusBlack a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Sage of Perth

I think we should all be careful with how far this conversation goes...


Best thing to do in situations where "acquiring" PDFs comes into the topic, is to take it private via email or other device. It helps the site from having to worry about anything, the moderators from dealing with it, and avoids any board debates that I've seen turn into flame wars very quickly on other boards.

Just my two coppers. No offense meant to anyone.
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Alaundo
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Posted - 27 Oct 2003 :  19:23:55  Show Profile  Visit Alaundo's Homepage Send Alaundo a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Sage of Perth

I think we should all be careful with how far this conversation goes...





Ahem......Well met

Indeed, such talk will not be heard of within these walls, I wont heard of it I tell thee. Theres nothing quite like a good ol' tome to thumb the pages of

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William of Waterdeep
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Posted - 29 Oct 2003 :  21:27:37  Show Profile  Visit William of Waterdeep's Homepage Send William of Waterdeep a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Sorry Alaundo,I have been buying my downloads at svgames and you can always print them out is you want a hard copy in your hands.
I plan to download all of the FR as well as other worlds, as I can pay for them.

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Cyric
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Posted - 22 Nov 2003 :  11:22:48  Show Profile  Visit Cyric's Homepage Send Cyric a Private Message  Reply with Quote
yes but what is the deal abut these The Moonstars with them there are not any reason that the harpers shuld live yes this is good i se the end of the harpers
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Bookwyrm
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Posted - 23 Nov 2003 :  09:55:27  Show Profile  Visit Bookwyrm's Homepage Send Bookwyrm a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Bah, you'd find "good" in taking toys away from children.

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Mumadar Ibn Huzal
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Posted - 23 Nov 2003 :  10:28:38  Show Profile Send Mumadar Ibn Huzal a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Now hand over those D&D books Bookwyrm, and don't forget the dice too.

Back to the original question:
The Moonstars are less of a political animal then the Harpers. No to say that they don't meddle in affairs where they sometimes shouldn't.

The Harpers are more concerned about countering evil organizations and preventing them from expanding and getting footholds in regions which previously were free of the taint.They are also more of a guerilla force, fighting and sabotaging these evil and/or powerhungry organizations at every turn.

The Moonstars or - Tel'Teukiira - are striving to forge an aliance between the goodly races, most notably between the elves and humans. Their belief is that if they can build a strong aliance, they can withstand the likes of the Zhentarim, Knights of the Shield etc.

Basically Blackstaff disagreed with the course the Harpers are taking and has found a group of likeminded people, which form the Moonstars. An organization, which embodies the principles of Silverymoon (and the Silver Marches)
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Arion Elenim
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Posted - 24 Nov 2003 :  00:32:44  Show Profile  Visit Arion Elenim's Homepage Send Arion Elenim a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Thanks Mumadar - it's been too long since last we spoke....A few other things to pick your brain -

How much enmity is building up between the two factions? Disdain?

My latest Realms-based short story, about a bard, a paladin of Lathander and the letter of the law, Debts Repaid. It takes place before the "shattering" and gives the bard Arion a last gasp before he plunges into the present.http://candlekeep.com/campaign/logs/log-debts.htm
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Mellomir
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Posted - 24 Nov 2003 :  12:15:37  Show Profile  Visit Mellomir's Homepage Send Mellomir a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Bookwyrm

...and let me search most of them (those that weren't direct scans).


Amen to that. I have every FR sourcebook, etc. in original format already, but I bought all of the downloads to make finding troublesome references so much easier. Gotta love 'search'.
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Mumadar Ibn Huzal
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Posted - 29 Nov 2003 :  23:52:22  Show Profile Send Mumadar Ibn Huzal a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by ArionElenim

Thanks Mumadar - it's been too long since last we spoke....A few other things to pick your brain -

How much enmity is building up between the two factions? Disdain?


Not quite sure as I do this from memory now, but they are different dependent on the perspective:
  • Moonstars look upon the Harpers as rebelious cousins who are sometimes a little misguided
  • Harpers see the Moonstars more as self-important figures and need some watching.

Overall there is a certain wariness between the two.
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