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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
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 Posted - 06 Aug 2011 : 17:27:31
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4E Undermountain in April 2012 with multiple adventures, random generators, etc.
Saw this mentioned in a Gencon thread on the WotC boards.
So what can certain scribes that might know about it tell us?
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to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
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will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
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Thieran
Learned Scribe
Germany
293 Posts |
Posted - 06 Aug 2011 : 18:04:27
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| That sounds very interesting indeed... |
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GRYPHON
Senior Scribe
USA
527 Posts |
Posted - 06 Aug 2011 : 21:41:44
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| Promising... |
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BARDOBARBAROS
Senior Scribe
Greece
581 Posts |
Posted - 06 Aug 2011 : 21:50:10
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Good for conversion to 3.5!!! |
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HE DECAPITATES!!!
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 07 Aug 2011 : 00:34:09
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Looks pretty awesome. I was consulted on this, though I didn't design it.
Garen Thal (Brian Cortijo) did a little happy jitter when he heard about it. |
Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 07 Aug 2011 : 02:30:41
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Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
Garen Thal (Brian Cortijo) did a little happy jitter when he heard about it.
Hmmm. Garen doing his happy little jitter IN Undermountain.
Now that would be something to see.  |
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Diffan
Great Reader
USA
4471 Posts |
Posted - 07 Aug 2011 : 04:42:54
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| Excellent news! Hopefully this will be the sort of adventure that really makes the Realms shine and somehow better show-cases what 4E can do. I've been a pretty hard critic with WotC adventuers as of late and I hope this shows me something new. |
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MalariaMoon
Learned Scribe
324 Posts |
Posted - 09 Aug 2011 : 10:03:50
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| Undermountain .... again? Sigh |
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glitter
Acolyte
France
45 Posts |
Posted - 09 Aug 2011 : 10:33:18
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Originally posted by Brimstone
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4E Undermountain in April 2012 with multiple adventures, random generators, etc.
Saw this mentioned in a Gencon thread on the WotC boards.
So what can certain scribes that might know about it tell us?
Well, I hope they will manage to re-create some interesting background because without Halaster Blackcloak, for me, Undermountain isn't Undermountain anymore. |
-The black knight is invincible!
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Seravin
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1301 Posts |
Posted - 09 Aug 2011 : 20:26:07
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I just got the original box set from 2nd edition shipped to me in mint condition; very excited to open and read all the goodies inside for more realms lore.
I agree with Glitter tho, Halaster IS Undermountain, to me. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36910 Posts |
Posted - 09 Aug 2011 : 21:39:41
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I loved the original Undermountain boxed set, and some of the extra stuff we got for Undermountain during 2E was really good... I wasn't as impressed with the 3.5 adventure, particularly when I noted just a few pages in that there was an NPC using magic they had already taken great care to explain wasn't usable in Undermountain.
What would make me excited about this product: knowing that Ed or Steven was the primary author, and/or that Halaster was back. |
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Elfinblade
Senior Scribe
Norway
377 Posts |
Posted - 10 Aug 2011 : 08:49:53
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
What would make me excited about this product: knowing that Ed or Steven was the primary author, and/or that Halaster was back.
I second that. |
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Kno
Senior Scribe
452 Posts |
Posted - 10 Aug 2011 : 09:21:17
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glitter
Acolyte
France
45 Posts |
Posted - 10 Aug 2011 : 12:35:54
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
What would make me excited about this product: knowing that Ed or Steven was the primary author, and/or that Halaster was back.
Well, suddenly, you remind me that question of the soul of halaster, broke into pieces that let many people think about interesting possibility into the future.
I can't find it, but I' sure in wiki about FR, a priest of Azuth was asked to find as much as possible of those pieces. |
-The black knight is invincible!
- You’re a looney. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36910 Posts |
Posted - 10 Aug 2011 : 16:17:15
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Originally posted by glitter
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
What would make me excited about this product: knowing that Ed or Steven was the primary author, and/or that Halaster was back.
Well, suddenly, you remind me that question of the soul of halaster, broke into pieces that let many people think about interesting possibility into the future.
I can't find it, but I' sure in wiki about FR, a priest of Azuth was asked to find as much as possible of those pieces.
That's not a reference I recognize, but I'm quite weak on post-1370ish lore. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 10 Aug 2011 : 16:22:27
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Originally posted by glitter
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
What would make me excited about this product: knowing that Ed or Steven was the primary author, and/or that Halaster was back.
Well, suddenly, you remind me that question of the soul of halaster, broke into pieces that let many people think about interesting possibility into the future.
I can't find it, but I' sure in wiki about FR, a priest of Azuth was asked to find as much as possible of those pieces.
Maybe you're recalling something that a few of us discussed here several years back?
I remember Wooly and myself speculating on the possible future fates of Halaster-portions... |
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glitter
Acolyte
France
45 Posts |
Posted - 11 Aug 2011 : 15:38:01
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Originally posted by The Sage
I remember Wooly and myself speculating on the possible future fates of Halaster-portions...
I'm so frustrated when I cannot find back something ...
I will have to check the book "A grand history of the realms", perhaps it was there.
Or perhaps you're totally right and it was from a thread of that forum  |
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- You’re a looney. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36910 Posts |
Posted - 11 Aug 2011 : 15:51:48
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Originally posted by glitter
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Originally posted by The Sage
I remember Wooly and myself speculating on the possible future fates of Halaster-portions...
I'm so frustrated when I cannot find back something ...
I will have to check the book "A grand history of the realms", perhaps it was there.
Or perhaps you're totally right and it was from a thread of that forum
My speculations have focused mostly on the Manshoon clone in Undermountain, working to recover the shards of Halaster's soul and becoming a sort of amalgam, part Manshoon and part Halaster. Halashoon, if you will. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 11 Aug 2011 : 16:05:31
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by glitter
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Originally posted by The Sage
I remember Wooly and myself speculating on the possible future fates of Halaster-portions...
I'm so frustrated when I cannot find back something ...
I will have to check the book "A grand history of the realms", perhaps it was there.
Or perhaps you're totally right and it was from a thread of that forum
My speculations have focused mostly on the Manshoon clone in Undermountain, working to recover the shards of Halaster's soul and becoming a sort of amalgam, part Manshoon and part Halaster. Halashoon, if you will.
Indeed.
My own speculations somewhat mirrored Wooly's, though I tended toward deriving some points from Ed Greenwood as well. Namely, Ed had said in the past, that most of the Manshoon clones likely always followed the original Manshoon's example of having extensive fall-back plans and caches and strategies set in motion. So perhaps the Manshoon clone with Halaster had planned contingencies in place throughout Undermountain, should Halaster ever die or be destroyed.
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Oh, and I prefer the name Manster for the Manshoon clone that had access to the disparate elements of Halaster's shattered soul.  |
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Brian R. James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
1098 Posts |
Posted - 11 Aug 2011 : 16:15:15
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The event Glitter may be refering to might be one of the timeline tweets I posted a few years back. Flamsterd is no priest however, but an archmage in service to Azuth.
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1376 Year of the Bent Blade
The High One charges his pupil Flamsterd with retrieving Halaster's soul-shards, scattered throughout Toril and beyond.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36910 Posts |
Posted - 11 Aug 2011 : 17:57:49
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Originally posted by Brian R. James
The event Glitter may be refering to might be one of the timeline tweets I posted a few years back.
Those tweets were the only reason I paid attention to Twitter... What happened to them? |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3290 Posts |
Posted - 11 Aug 2011 : 22:53:51
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quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
quote:
Originally posted by Brian R. James
The event Glitter may be refering to might be one of the timeline tweets I posted a few years back.
Those tweets were the only reason I paid attention to Twitter... What happened to them?
I know they are in a stickied thread on the WotC forums... |
"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
Alaundo of Candlekeep |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3290 Posts |
Posted - 11 Aug 2011 : 23:06:40
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And here it is! BRJ's Twitter Timeline
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"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
Alaundo of Candlekeep |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36910 Posts |
Posted - 11 Aug 2011 : 23:33:13
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quote:
Originally posted by Brimstone
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Brian R. James
The event Glitter may be refering to might be one of the timeline tweets I posted a few years back.
Those tweets were the only reason I paid attention to Twitter... What happened to them?
I know they are in a stickied thread on the WotC forums...
No, I meant, why did he stop doing them? |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 12 Aug 2011 : 01:27:01
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Originally posted by Brian R. James
The event Glitter may be refering to might be one of the timeline tweets I posted a few years back. Flamsterd is no priest however, but an archmage in service to Azuth.
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1376 Year of the Bent Blade
The High One charges his pupil Flamsterd with retrieving Halaster's soul-shards, scattered throughout Toril and beyond.
I always meant to follow up that little tidbit with my own workings. But when your Twitter-Timeline entries stopped, I must've forgotten to continue working on my idea.  |
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glitter
Acolyte
France
45 Posts |
Posted - 12 Aug 2011 : 09:27:26
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Originally posted by Brian R. James
The event Glitter may be refering to might be one of the timeline tweets I posted a few years back. Flamsterd is no priest however, but an archmage in service to Azuth.
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1376 Year of the Bent Blade
The High One charges his pupil Flamsterd with retrieving Halaster's soul-shards, scattered throughout Toril and beyond.
Yeeeeees.
Good news, I'm not totally crazy.
Archmage ? Priest ? close enough 
Anyway, even if the idea was nice to read years ago, I feared the worst after sad fate of Azuth.
EDIT: And this is where i saw it first.
http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/1376_DR |
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Edited by - glitter on 12 Aug 2011 09:36:14 |
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