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Jeremy Grenemyer
Great Reader
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 Posted - 07 Sep 2012 : 06:51:34
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EDIT: with WotC's boneheaded decision to revamp their website URL without providing redirects, it's impossible to use many of the links on this scroll.
If you're having trouble clicking through to an article, try this archive link.
Thanks go to our resident hamster, for turning up the Forging the Realms archive link.
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Hello All,
Forging the Forgotten Realms: Mirt Strides Out of the Mist is the first of a new weekly series by Ed Greenwood, wherein Ed talks about the Realms, where it came from and how he runs the Realms as a DM.
Already looking forward to next week's article!
This is free content on the main page. No DDI subscription necessary.
(Tip of the hat to Plaguescarred on the WotC forums for posting a link to this article there.)
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Edited by - Jeremy Grenemyer on 11 Sep 2014 06:55:42
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
Posted - 07 Sep 2012 : 08:06:24
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Oh, Jeremy, you just beat me to it. I saw this while I was finishing up at work, and then thought I'll have to post a notice about it at Candlekeep when I get home. 
Ah, well.
I'll keep the updating this scroll as new articles are released. |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3287 Posts |
Posted - 07 Sep 2012 : 09:47:07
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| WEEKLY Ed goodness? And it's about one of my favorite Realms characters! |
"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 |
Edited by - Brimstone on 07 Sep 2012 09:48:26 |
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Matt James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
918 Posts |
Posted - 07 Sep 2012 : 14:22:04
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| You guys are starting to see the brigher side of the new Realms focus. |
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
3567 Posts |
Posted - 07 Sep 2012 : 14:41:43
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Originally posted by Matt James
You guys are starting to see the brigher side of the new Realms focus.
Free content ...thats a step in the right direction! |
A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka
"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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Jeremy Grenemyer
Great Reader
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2717 Posts |
Posted - 07 Sep 2012 : 16:00:28
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Originally posted by The Sage
Oh, Jeremy, you just beat me to it.
I almost didn't post. Was up way past my bedtime when I saw it.
Feel free to sticky or otherwise modify this scroll as needed Sage.  |
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Seravin
Master of Realmslore
Canada
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Posted - 07 Sep 2012 : 19:33:02
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Fascinating stuff! I always assumed Elminster was the one that guided Ed through the Realms as they were built up in his mind. This makes all the Mirt action in Crown of Fire more apt in my mind. He seemed somewhat out of place to be used in the novel, given it's setting, but in Ed's first realms series he couldn't leave Mirt out of the action if Mirt was his Realms muse!
Definitely will be reading this every week and happy to see the inclusion! |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
3567 Posts |
Posted - 15 Sep 2012 : 04:00:22
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Originally posted by The Sage
This week's article provides a glimpse of Ed's gaming table:- Ham Acting Across a Table.
Good stuff.....Now if only the first 5e FR sourcebook came with an Ed clone for DM! |
A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka
"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 21 Sep 2012 : 13:49:16
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So let me tell you about a long-ago play session in my “home” Realms campaign, when . . . Hey! No yawning back there!
This is not going to be a grand heroic saga, but something more on the order of “a day (and night) in the life.” I’m relating it not (I hope!) to bore socks off, but to illustrate the layers upon layers of intrigue that abound in the Realms, and the play possibilities that hidden alliances, spying power groups, and covert activities offer.
We’re probably all familiar with D&D sessions involving a night in a creepy inn where there might or might not be a murderer creeping around. Such clichés exist because they make great stories and D&D game sessions. Yet characters can have so many more options, and players can get so much more deeply interested, if there’s more than that going on. Lots more than that.
So, to the tale . . .
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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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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Fellfire
Master of Realmslore
1965 Posts |
Posted - 29 Sep 2012 : 03:39:15
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This is fantastic news! Free Realms content? From Wizards? Weekly?! By Weirdbeard himself?!! While I've yet to read the articles, this is the tippity-top on my list
edit:But, wait. Forgive my ignorance. Which era are we talking? Wouldn't Mirt be dead after the timejump? Is this another peek into Ed's personal campaign? |
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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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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
Posted - 29 Sep 2012 : 04:05:16
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These are insightful snapshots of Ed's game, as noted in the opening blurb of every article:- " ... and how does the Grand Master of the Realms use his own world when he runs D&D adventures for the players in his campaign? ... "
So I'm guessing they're era-neutral. |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
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3287 Posts |
Posted - 29 Sep 2012 : 08:34:32
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| Fell you might want to read the new Elminster books to learn what happened to Mirt... |
"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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crazedventurers
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
1073 Posts |
Posted - 01 Oct 2012 : 17:23:05
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Originally posted by The Sage
These are insightful snapshots of Ed's game, as noted in the opening blurb of every article:- " ... and how does the Grand Master of the Realms use his own world when he runs D&D adventures for the players in his campaign? ... "
So I'm guessing they're era-neutral.
Technically Ed runs AD&D 
Am really looking forward to reading more of these and even more to getting Ed's upcoming book.
Cheers
Damian |
So saith Ed. I've never said he was sane, have I?
Gods, all this writing and he's running a constant fantasy version of Coronation Street in his head, too. .
shudder,
love to all,
THO
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Brimstone
Great Reader
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3287 Posts |
Posted - 01 Oct 2012 : 20:13:19
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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."
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
Posted - 02 Oct 2012 : 02:12:48
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Originally posted by crazedventurers
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Originally posted by The Sage
These are insightful snapshots of Ed's game, as noted in the opening blurb of every article:- " ... and how does the Grand Master of the Realms use his own world when he runs D&D adventures for the players in his campaign? ... "
So I'm guessing they're era-neutral.
Technically Ed runs AD&D
Hehe.
I'm thinking, though, that Wizards is trying to present all this as largely edition-neutral, since a great lot of the historical content included in this book will likely not be specifically tied to either the Spellplague or the events after that cataclysm.
In other words, it's more about Ed's Realms, than it is trying to fit the Realms to a particular rules-set. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 02 Oct 2012 : 21:05:41
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Good read, but nothing most haven't already deduced from Ed saying similar things over the years. This article clearly indicates the superiority of the 'inaccurate 3rd person' style of product presentation. Something we FR fans have been clamoring for (again) since the advent of 3e.
To me, the Volo's Guides were the quintessential marriage of gaming product with 'story-telling' - I cannot think of any other line of products that has manged to achieve that balance so perfectly.
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Originally posted by The Red Walker
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Originally posted by The Sage
This week's article provides a glimpse of Ed's gaming table:- Ham Acting Across a Table.
Good stuff.....Now if only the first 5e FR sourcebook came with an Ed clone for DM!
Wow... imagine a future where AI can can accurately duplicate a living DM. 
We are going to need some of Ed's genetic material for that one.  |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
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3567 Posts |
Posted - 12 Oct 2012 : 17:40:12
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Woo hoooo! New article:
"Only My..." |
A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka
"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Bladewind
Master of Realmslore
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 22 Oct 2012 : 23:38:08
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Not only was the article old-school (Volo style) Realmslore, it was about my favorite 'pet region'.
Now you will excuse me while I pick my jaw up off the floor...... |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
Posted - 27 Oct 2012 : 03:29:24
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" ... it doesn't matter what the rulebook says about Tethyr or Westgate, because this character has been there, and this is what that person knows (written down so the player doesn't have to remember everything all the time). The "real" Tethyr or Westgate, as this character is well aware, is rather different from what it says in a book that might have been written by someone who's never actually visited those places." -- From the latest 'Forging the Realms' article.
This is the way I've always played my Realms. But to hear Ed's own words on the subject... well, it just brings to my mind how much more vibrantly alive his campaigns must be, when compared to what's been printed in the 20+ years worth of official sourcebooks and additional materials.
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Edited by - The Sage on 27 Oct 2012 03:30:13 |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Jeremy Grenemyer
Great Reader
USA
2717 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2012 : 05:10:25
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| "The Surprise Adventure" was a great read. I hope WotC seriously considers some "How To" advice like this for the next Elminster's Forgotten Realms book. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 11 Nov 2012 : 16:49:42
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Tell me about it: A sentient monster is technically a person, and kill-on-sight tactics is technically murder.
Good article. I love the way Ed feeds us tiny tidbits of lore. |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Daviot
Senior Scribe
USA
372 Posts |
Posted - 14 Nov 2012 : 09:05:14
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I have to say, finding (and catching up on) the Forging the Realms series has to be my favorite article posting on the Wizards site since about oh...2006. 
And, I have heartily used the Friendly Monster trope long before the article, it having made a definite (positive) impact on my Kingmaker campaign. |
One usually has far more to fear from the soft-spoken wizard with a blade and well-worn boots than from the boisterous one in the ivory tower.
My Tabletop Writing CV. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Forging the Forgotten Realms - by Ed Greenwood
