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Mournblade
Master of Realmslore
USA
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 Posted - 27 May 2012 : 18:21:24
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I answered the second question,
But have they released the 1st or 3rd clues yet?
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A wizard is Never late Frodo Baggins. Nor is he Early. A wizard arrives precisely when he means to... |
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Lirdolin
Learned Scribe
Germany
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Fellfire
Master of Realmslore
1965 Posts |
Posted - 27 May 2012 : 18:45:49
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| What is this puzzle-hunt all about? I don't FB, so I'm in the dark. |
Misanthorpe
Love is a lie. Only hate endures. Light is blinding. Only in darkness do we see clearly.
"Oh, you think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but.. blinding. The shadows betray you because they belong to me." - Bane The Dark Knight Rises
Green Dragonscale Dice Bag by Crystalsidyll - check it out
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Irennan
Great Reader
Italy
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Fellfire
Master of Realmslore
1965 Posts |
Posted - 27 May 2012 : 19:07:53
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| Oh, cool. I hope Scribes will post their answers here for those of us who are interested in cheating. |
Misanthorpe
Love is a lie. Only hate endures. Light is blinding. Only in darkness do we see clearly.
"Oh, you think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but.. blinding. The shadows betray you because they belong to me." - Bane The Dark Knight Rises
Green Dragonscale Dice Bag by Crystalsidyll - check it out
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Lirdolin
Learned Scribe
Germany
198 Posts |
Posted - 27 May 2012 : 23:37:25
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| Third question is up on DnD's facebook page |
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Irennan
Great Reader
Italy
3823 Posts |
Posted - 27 May 2012 : 23:42:04
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| Yeah, but the reward kind of sucks, to be honest. |
Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things. |
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Fellfire
Master of Realmslore
1965 Posts |
Posted - 27 May 2012 : 23:43:08
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| And the FB question was..? |
Misanthorpe
Love is a lie. Only hate endures. Light is blinding. Only in darkness do we see clearly.
"Oh, you think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but.. blinding. The shadows betray you because they belong to me." - Bane The Dark Knight Rises
Green Dragonscale Dice Bag by Crystalsidyll - check it out
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Irennan
Great Reader
Italy
3823 Posts |
Posted - 28 May 2012 : 00:14:56
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It was ''The Twisted Tower was built as an outpost of which city?''
However, you can see the questions even if you don't have a FB account. I don't have it, still I managed to read the question. |
Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things. |
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Mournblade
Master of Realmslore
USA
1288 Posts |
Posted - 28 May 2012 : 00:25:45
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Originally posted by Irennan
Yeah, but the reward kind of sucks, to be honest.
If it had one for the Droid it would be OK.
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A wizard is Never late Frodo Baggins. Nor is he Early. A wizard arrives precisely when he means to... |
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Irennan
Great Reader
Italy
3823 Posts |
Posted - 28 May 2012 : 01:06:08
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| I meant, they dropped there two lines of lore you were supposed to know in order to answer the questions... |
Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things. |
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Fellfire
Master of Realmslore
1965 Posts |
Posted - 28 May 2012 : 03:30:11
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| Where did you find the questions, Irennan? I'm unable to easily locate the second. |
Misanthorpe
Love is a lie. Only hate endures. Light is blinding. Only in darkness do we see clearly.
"Oh, you think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but.. blinding. The shadows betray you because they belong to me." - Bane The Dark Knight Rises
Green Dragonscale Dice Bag by Crystalsidyll - check it out
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Brian R. James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
1098 Posts |
Posted - 28 May 2012 : 03:55:19
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The questions for week 1 are:
1. Rural community where Elminster the Sage retired.
2. Famed water wizard heralded for driving the drow out of Shadowdale.
3. The Twisted Tower was constructed as an outpost of which city?
http://wizards.com/dnd/drow.aspx#dnd/drow/main/6 |
Brian R. James - Freelance Game Designer
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Fellfire
Master of Realmslore
1965 Posts |
Posted - 28 May 2012 : 05:05:21
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| Ah, many thanks, Mista James. |
Misanthorpe
Love is a lie. Only hate endures. Light is blinding. Only in darkness do we see clearly.
"Oh, you think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but.. blinding. The shadows betray you because they belong to me." - Bane The Dark Knight Rises
Green Dragonscale Dice Bag by Crystalsidyll - check it out
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Lirdolin
Learned Scribe
Germany
198 Posts |
Posted - 30 May 2012 : 22:35:47
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Round 2.
First Question can be found on the Daily D&D page. |
Edited by - Lirdolin on 30 May 2012 22:43:33 |
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Eilserus
Master of Realmslore
USA
1446 Posts |
Posted - 01 Jun 2012 : 04:17:59
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Week 2 Questions
1: The planar demesne once home to Ghaunadaur...
2. Waterdhavian guild that serves as an academy for the study of the arcane arts
3. The immense, labyrinthine dungeon beneath Waterdeep.
Found the third clue. |
Edited by - Eilserus on 01 Jun 2012 16:58:18 |
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Eilserus
Master of Realmslore
USA
1446 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jun 2012 : 05:16:27
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Week 3 Questions
1. Race of elemental infused humanoids.
2. Created when an ice moon struck Toril millennia ago.
3. Nation located between Chessenta and the Vilhon Wilds. |
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Eltheron
Senior Scribe
740 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jun 2012 : 22:49:34
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What's the prize? Or what do you get for doing this?
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"The very best possible post-fourteenth-century Realms lets down those who love the specific, detailed social, political and magical situation, with its thousands of characters, developed over forty years, and want to learn more about it; and those who'd be open to a new one with equal depth, which there just isn't time to re-produce; and those repelled, some past the point of no return, by the bad-taste-and-plausibility gap of things done to the world when its guardianship was less careful."
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Eilserus
Master of Realmslore
USA
1446 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jun 2012 : 23:07:49
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| A wallpaper for Spinner of Lies and a bit of lore regarding drow in the Airspur area. |
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Eltheron
Senior Scribe
740 Posts |
Posted - 09 Jun 2012 : 00:13:49
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Originally posted by Eilserus
A wallpaper for Spinner of Lies and a bit of lore regarding drow in the Airspur area.
Thanks. I think I'll pass, though.
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"The very best possible post-fourteenth-century Realms lets down those who love the specific, detailed social, political and magical situation, with its thousands of characters, developed over forty years, and want to learn more about it; and those who'd be open to a new one with equal depth, which there just isn't time to re-produce; and those repelled, some past the point of no return, by the bad-taste-and-plausibility gap of things done to the world when its guardianship was less careful."
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Irennan
Great Reader
Italy
3823 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jun 2012 : 10:45:40
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One of the clues for the 5th week is: drow word for ''the chosen one''.
I really can't recall it, so if someone could lend a hand, I'd be thankful. |
Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things. |
Edited by - Irennan on 21 Jun 2012 10:46:29 |
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Eilserus
Master of Realmslore
USA
1446 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jun 2012 : 19:07:53
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Week 5 Puzzle Hunt Clues
1. Demonic handmaiden of Lolth.
2. Drow exile who defeated the legendary beholder Many Eyes.
3. Drow term meaning chosen one.
This weeks reward is really cool. Some artwork and the map of Menzoberranzan in the upcoming product. The map is REALLY cool! I'm surprised to see what appears to be the compounds of House De'vir, Hunnet, Do'Urden and Oblodra. House Baenre appears to be missing its magical fence too. Still its a very sexy map. |
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Eilserus
Master of Realmslore
USA
1446 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jun 2012 : 19:11:43
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Originally posted by Irennan
One of the clues for the 5th week is: drow word for ''the chosen one''.
I really can't recall it, so if someone could lend a hand, I'd be thankful.
Yorthae is the drow word for chosen one. |
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Irennan
Great Reader
Italy
3823 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jun 2012 : 19:16:49
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Originally posted by Eilserus
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Originally posted by Irennan
One of the clues for the 5th week is: drow word for ''the chosen one''.
I really can't recall it, so if someone could lend a hand, I'd be thankful.
Yorthae is the drow word for chosen one.
Thanks for the help. Also yes, nice reward this week. In particular, I'm glad to see that there's one of the maps there that screams Eilistraee and Vhaeraun. It's about time that they get some love, at last.
The style of many buildings in the Menzo map looks a bit too human to me, tho. |
Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things. |
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Eilserus
Master of Realmslore
USA
1446 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jun 2012 : 19:38:26
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| Yeah, I would have expected more stalagmites. I do like how there appears to be many more noble houses on the noble plateau. I've always struggled how to define drow structures that aren't built into the usual stalagmite/stalactite thing we're used to. The old 2E Drow of the Underdark mentions they also create buildings in an adobe type fashion...so I always envisioned circular homes of stone. The Pathfinder Second Darkness adventures portrayed typical buildings like on the map here in a great design. I'm curious as to whats up with the network of what looks like spider cocoon homes on the western side of the city. I'm guessing Ched Nasad survivors. Still pretty cool. |
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Brian R. James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
1098 Posts |
Posted - 22 Jun 2012 : 16:15:31
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I'm glad you folks are finally able to see the map of Menzoberranzan. Writing up the art order I knew Menzo demanded an isometric map and artist Mike Schley did an amazing job.
As Eilserus spotted, several of the structures from the days past a present in the map (along with a few new surprises). The intent is for this product to be equally usable across all editions. |
Brian R. James - Freelance Game Designer
Follow me on Twitter @brianrjames |
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Eilserus
Master of Realmslore
USA
1446 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jun 2012 : 05:32:10
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Originally posted by Brian R. James
I'm glad you folks are finally able to see the map of Menzoberranzan. Writing up the art order I knew Menzo demanded an isometric map and artist Mike Schley did an amazing job.
As Eilserus spotted, several of the structures from the days past a present in the map (along with a few new surprises). The intent is for this product to be equally usable across all editions.
Sounds good to me. I'm pretty stoked for the new Menzoberranzan book. Hope we start seeing some excerpts of what to expect inside it soon on the D&D website. Also hoping to learn if there's a process by which non-noble houses can become noble houses as that is a question I've had since the 2E Menzo supplement came out. And the hierarchy rules for house ranking. That's another big one. I always assumed you move up one rank whenever a house ahead of your station falls. This is how I understood it from the Salvatore books. Then we have references in the 4E campaign guide that makes it sound like houses can bounce around in rank...which I think hearkens back to how ranking worked Erelhei Cinclu. |
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Eilserus
Master of Realmslore
USA
1446 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jun 2012 : 22:32:45
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Week 6
1. A confederation of drow settlements beneath Thay. |
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Lirdolin
Learned Scribe
Germany
198 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2012 : 19:39:54
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2. Ancient civilization of artificers and slavers whose empire centered in modern day Raurin.
3.An imprisoned entity that sends visions to spellscarred beings across Faerūn.
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Eilserus
Master of Realmslore
USA
1446 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2012 : 20:36:04
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Originally posted by Lirdolin
2. Ancient civilization of artificers and slavers whose empire centered in modern day Raurin.
3.An imprisoned entity that sends visions to spellscarred beings across Faerūn.
Well, aside from the new lore, sort of a weak reward for this one. Wizards should have provided the link to the adventure as a download. Or maybe The Sun Never Rises one or something. I know these gaming events are special, but it really sucks to miss out on stuff by not being able to attend them. I don't know if they are free at these places, but if they are, they should stick some links for people to download 'em from their site. Or the very least, find a way for all gamers to get their hands on them for a few bucks in pdf form. ;) |
Edited by - Eilserus on 28 Jun 2012 20:44:54 |
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Lirdolin
Learned Scribe
Germany
198 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jul 2012 : 19:46:40
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1. Human deity often depicted as a golden-skinned youth
2. House of renegade drow who have infested the forest of Cormanthor for over a century.
3. Rolling farmland & forested vales scattered around the periphery of the Cormanthor forest
Well it seems that the reward (The Sun Never Rises from Drow perspective)isn't there for the taking yet? |
Edited by - Lirdolin on 04 Jul 2012 19:51:13 |
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