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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
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 Posted - 07 May 2013 : 14:16:13
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Originally posted by Razz
Were-creatures are almost always carnivores or omnivores. I don't think there are any herbivore werecreatures at all, though I would not be surprised at exceptions. I am interested in whether or not there are weredogs, considering that werecats are common in the Realms.
Razz and sleyvas,
Once again, I'm not Ed, but I can answer a bit of these questions for you. In the 1e sourcebook Hall of Heroes, in Kelemvor's entry, there is a nice list of werecreatures that includes one herbivore species, the werebison. It also includes the weredog, a LG lycanthrope, weredolphins, werespiders and even weredragons (different from the song dragons). In this list there are no were-elks or deers, though. There are rules for creating new lycanthropes (for 1e, of course), and it is said that some animals merged with humans during the Time of Troubles (this would justify the existence of any kind of werecreature). anyway, I'm sure Ed can provide further lore on the subject. 
So, there is essentially were-cows of a sort. Thank you. Hmm, I wonder, if they mated with cows and/or rothe if it would spread (I think you can mate bison and cows, right?)? Doesn't say anything in hall of heroes. Man have the guys at the slaughterhouse got a wicked surprise in for them. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 07 May 2013 : 14:46:58
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And now you guys got me thinking about a type Tauric creature - a centuar Goblin/Rothe (since Rothe are supposed to be much smaller then cows, and descended from "the small forest Rothe"). Not sure why such things would exists - sounds like something some bored drow experimented with.
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Originally posted by sleyvas
Hi Ed,
I was wondering, are there any were-deer, were-elk, or were-moose in the realms? If so, where? What about were-cows?
And now I am picturing a male dwarf and human female from Sossal who are hunting for a were-Moose and Were-Squirrel (in their hybrid forms)...
Boris: "Natasha, we must find Moose and Squirrel!"  |
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Sunderstone
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 08 May 2013 : 11:07:15
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Dear Ed,
I was always intrigued by the Paladins of Waterdeep; Piergeron, Madeiron, and Texter. I had always hoped their would be a story about Piergeron and his path leading to Open Lord, his father and their relationship. Also about Madeiron, his adventures and how he came to be Piergeron's bodyguard. I also found Texter to be a very interesting character.
Any chance we will able to learn more about them or hear any of this.
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 08 May 2013 : 15:45:34
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Hi again, all. Sunderstone, I too would love it if Ed got the chance to tell more tales about Piergeiron, Madeiron, and Texter. The first two appear very briefly in CITY OF SPLENDORS, the novel Ed and Elaine Cunningham collaborated on, and Texter is in one of Elaine's novels (DREAM SPHERES, I think, though I'm on assignment and away from my books right now, and can't check to see if I've remembered rightly).
gomez, I can't clean out my overflowing inbox right now, and the system won't let me answer you directly until I do, but the answers are: yes, I don't mind, and let me look for something suitable.
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gomez
Learned Scribe
Netherlands
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Posted - 08 May 2013 : 20:16:22
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Blueblade
Senior Scribe
USA
804 Posts |
Posted - 09 May 2013 : 02:42:40
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sleyvas, werestags were around in the Realms from the beginning, I think, both as monsters and as the badge of one of Ed's library mini-campaign PC adventuring groups (the Company of the Werestag; a friend of mine played one of the members of that band in one of Ed's Brookbanks Library 13-episode programs). This would have been in the late 1980s, about the time the first FR print products were coming out.
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paladinnicolas
Seeker
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Posted - 09 May 2013 : 20:06:56
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Dear Ed and THO,
Someone told me that the City of Splendors product in 2E said that Piergeiron forbid lawyers, based on the idea that no one should get between justice and an individual. Discussions on how truly convenient that would be for parties to claims (being perhaps free legal assistance preferrable given the need to handle some legal knowledge to properly defend some claims), I would like to ask Ed if all paladins of Tyr and cities hold a similar policy, and if it has not changed in Waterdeep itself. Thanks! |
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rjfras
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 10 May 2013 : 01:25:54
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Originally posted by Barastir
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Originally posted by Razz
Were-creatures are almost always carnivores or omnivores. I don't think there are any herbivore werecreatures at all, though I would not be surprised at exceptions. I am interested in whether or not there are weredogs, considering that werecats are common in the Realms.
Razz and sleyvas,
Once again, I'm not Ed, but I can answer a bit of these questions for you. In the 1e sourcebook Hall of Heroes, in Kelemvor's entry, there is a nice list of werecreatures that includes one herbivore species, the werebison. It also includes the weredog, a LG lycanthrope, weredolphins, werespiders and even weredragons (different from the song dragons). In this list there are no were-elks or deers, though. There are rules for creating new lycanthropes (for 1e, of course), and it is said that some animals merged with humans during the Time of Troubles (this would justify the existence of any kind of werecreature). anyway, I'm sure Ed can provide further lore on the subject.
Most of those creatures were updated to 3rd edition by Eric Boyd and Thomas Costa in the "Bestiary of the Realms: Volume 1". They included the seawolf, werebadger, werebison, wereblack-lion, werecat, weredog, weredolphin, werefox, werehyena, werejaguar, wereleopard, werelion, weremole (yes, the fearsome were dire mole), wereowl, werepanther, wereseal and werespider. |
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gomez
Learned Scribe
Netherlands
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 12 May 2013 : 14:38:45
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Another for the pile...
Playing a video game last night, some NPC was "sent to the work in the [insert fantasy term/name here] mines!" Thinking on this, many times I have read (or heard) similar lines used - a dreaded place where criminals and/or traitors are sent.
Are there any such places in the Realms? Obviously they would be region-specific; I doubt any of the groups in Faerûn would bother with the expense of establishing a continent-wide prison-place. How about Cormyr? Is there a 'dreaded place' where folks can be sentenced to? (aside from being Vangerdehast's footstool).
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Aryalómë
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 12 May 2013 : 17:10:33
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Would Spirit folk be common at all in the Moonshaes? Seeing as that region of Faerun is extremely naturally tied, I'd assume that there'd be quite an abundance of Spirit folk there.
Another question: can interloper deities have any affect on Faerun? I'm making a character and want him to be a priest of Frey (Freyr), but I'm not sure if he can really have any affect in Faerun if interloper deities can interact with them. What about the extended Seldarine too? Do they have a place in the Realms?
Yet another: Are there some cults or people who still worship Mystryl? Honestly, I kind of prefer her over Mystra a little because she represents the chaotic energies of magic rather than a just a lawful aspect of it and I'd like to have a character that worshiped her in that way. If so, would they still be able to receive (especially priest classes) blessings and other power from her? Would they still be able to become Chosen of her?
Last question: If a character worships more than one deity (which I'm assuming most people in Faerun do), where would their souls go if they didn't really have a certain patron deity? Say, if a character worshiped Shar, Silvanus and Kossuth together, where would their soul go? Is there some sort of neutral ground where they go or some cultural afterlife like most real world cosmologies have? |
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TheHermit
Seeker
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Posted - 13 May 2013 : 05:11:42
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Ed,
Have there ever been any large scale plans to reclaim Sessrendale for actual resettlement? If so, have they been thwarted by active opposition or general inertia? |
- "Glitz & Klax's Potions & Elixirs"/"The Sandmen", Inside Ravens Bluff, The Living City; 1990; TSR, Inc.
- "The Far Guardians' Traveler's Mission", Port of Ravens Bluff; 1991, TSR, Inc.
- "Signs Painted", Polyhedron #70; April, 1992; TSR, Inc.
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 13 May 2013 : 15:56:41
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Hi, all. Ed is snowed-under-busy right now, but I can answer Markustay's latest:
In Cormyr, the equivalent of "off to the salt mines!" is: "sent to do roadwork in the Stonelands."
That's the common saying and belief, that is, but it isn't true. What actually happens is chain-gang roadwork in the West Reach (that is, along the road west of High Horn, that eventually finds its way down to the bridge at Fallen Men). There are constant small rockslides and erosion damage, and an ongoing tree planting and grass planting program, to try to anchor tje thin soils and build them up. There's also a slow effort to make timber trestles and bridges smaller, by making more use of rock fill and culverts, so arsonists from an invading force can't so easily "cut" the road in so many places.
There are also some slate quarries along this road, that prisoners and debtors are occasionally put to work in.
This lore comes from Ed, of course, through play and my pesky questions to him, down the years.
love,
THO
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
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Posted - 13 May 2013 : 20:29:29
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Thank you for the quick response, THO.
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paladinnicolas
Seeker
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Posted - 16 May 2013 : 15:22:09
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| This may be an easy question, but due to my having read mostly Eberron products I would like to know its answer. Does Ed intend the Forgotten Realms Tyr to be the same Earth Norse deity? Planescape materials suggest so, but I have seen mistakes concerning campaign settings in materials from other lines. |
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Sightless
Senior Scribe
USA
608 Posts |
Posted - 16 May 2013 : 15:54:03
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| I do apologize for this, if this question has been asked before, but what happened to Lady Noumea after she left candlekeep? I know in Elmenster's daughter she's a miner character, but her life interested me. |
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TBeholder
Great Reader
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Posted - 17 May 2013 : 12:58:02
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Originally posted by Razz
1) History in the Realms is obviously highly sought after as we all know. But I wonder exactly how it is that there are issue of there being gaps in history, considering how easily one can go to the many long-lived races or magically life-extended beings that are out there. If one was curious on events during Myth Drannor's siege, for example, how difficult is it to simply find an elf that is over 700 years of age or even a dragon, or some mage that has magically extended their life?
I'm not Ed, obviously, but the answer is rather transparent. It's at best the first step, because - okay, you asked them... now what?
Did you read "Evermeet: Island of Elves"? Remember how the compilation was put on hold, with Khelben hinting that Danilo would need to join the ranks of those who "magically extended their life" to see it again? After his elven sources managed to completely omit all and any traces of an insignificant trifle colloquially known as the Descent of the Drow and of Dracorage, except one indirect mention the true horrid meaning of which his source couldn't know? (I love Elaine Cunningham's books for having fun with handling "in-Universe" view like this).
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And even I make no pretense Of having more than common sense -R.W.Wood
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Sunderstone
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 17 May 2013 : 14:26:01
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
Hi again, all. Sunderstone, I too would love it if Ed got the chance to tell more tales about Piergeiron, Madeiron, and Texter. The first two appear very briefly in CITY OF SPLENDORS, the novel Ed and Elaine Cunningham collaborated on, and Texter is in one of Elaine's novels (DREAM SPHERES, I think, though I'm on assignment and away from my books right now, and can't check to see if I've remembered rightly).
gomez, I can't clean out my overflowing inbox right now, and the system won't let me answer you directly until I do, but the answers are: yes, I don't mind, and let me look for something suitable.
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love to all,
THO
THO,
Just finished City of Splendours! It was a great story, thanks for the recommend! It definitely left me wanting more of Piergeron, Texter and Madeiron. The little of Piergeron and Texter were great and with the little bit we saw, it was a nice contrast of how they serve in their roles as Paladins of Tyr. It left me certainly wanting more. Of course the few glimpses of Madeiron were great too and there definitely has to be a unique story to an eight foot guy with his interesting personality traits becoming a paladin and champion to Piergeron.
Hoping Ed finds an opportunity in his busy life to entertain with a tale with these three center stage.
Thanks! |
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gomez
Learned Scribe
Netherlands
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xaeyruudh
Master of Realmslore
USA
1853 Posts |
Posted - 17 May 2013 : 17:31:29
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| I'm blanking at the moment on where Ed is in relation to Ottawa but I hope the groundshaking hasn't caused him any trouble? |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 17 May 2013 : 17:42:54
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Just saw the report... hope everything is good on his end.
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 17 May 2013 : 23:48:12
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Hi, all.
Everything is fine. Ed felt the quake when making tea, as a brief, loud, but gentle rumble.
As for Ed (usually) is . . .
If you drew a diagonal ENE line from Toronto to Ottawa, went halfway along it, and drew an arc at that halfway point (okay, draw a circle, using Toronto as the axis), Ed would be where that arc, following it to the right or "down," hit the north shore of Lake Ontario, a little above "Toronto-as-horizontal." If you drew a line due south from where Ed lives, across Lake Ontario, you'd pretty much hit Rochester, New York.
Enough geometry.
Eilserus, still away from proper Net access, so can't clear out my inbox, and so can't send PMs. Got your message and will check with Ed as to what can be said, okay?
love to all,
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Blueblade
Senior Scribe
USA
804 Posts |
Posted - 17 May 2013 : 23:53:21
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Hi, Ed and THO.
Just saw that Ed has contributed to Hillfolk. So that goes along with The Awakened, The Emerald Spire, The Secret Fire expansion book, The Shadowlands, Red Aegis . . . anything ELSE Ed can tell us about? 
I know there's more, but I already know about the Tor steampunk novel and When The Villain Comes Home 2 (oh, and the Baldur's Gate adventure and that Ed has SOMETHING to do with something at GenCon, plus presumably this year's Spin A Yarn story must be written by now). I'm wondering if there's anything in the works in addition to those that Ed can tell us about right now.
Or is the rest of it under wraps?
Wheedle, wheedle, plead . . .
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Joebing
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 18 May 2013 : 14:28:16
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| A question for Ed: Curious about Sumbral, the never-seen NPC wizard from "The Whistling Skeleton" in Dragon 200. My players just ran through TWS and are itching to face him, because the spectral face following them drives them nuts, as do loose ends. Is there any more info you could share on him? |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 18 May 2013 : 15:06:31
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Thats the problem with this (Earth) setting... too many damn CSE's*.
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"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 18 May 2013 : 15:52:32
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Heh. Well put.
Markustay, re. your query about black nobility, here's Ed's reply:
RACES OF FAERUN is the master guide to such matters, but there are many black nobles in Calimshan and in the lands near the Utter East. BTW, "dusky-skinned" means just that: light brown (not "black") - - and there are nobles of this "coffee-with-cream/manila envelope" skin hue aplenty in Turmish, the Tashalar, and the Vilhon.
In Cormyr, black nobility are few, and all of them are descended from individuals ennobled for service to the Crown (usually battlefield bravery as Purple Dragons defending various Obarskyrs, down the years). Nobles marry other nobles and wealthy folk (in the case of Cormyrean nobles, these wealthy sorts are most often Sembians), not along color lines, so over time everything gets racially mixed. By the mid-1300s, the visibly black noble houses of Cormyr (all of them minor) are the houses of Domrith, Hartel, Hethemer, Kallowsar, Lornsar, Sundever, and Torith. The Master Chirurgeon of the Realm (senior Court surgeon; one Andor Velantur; styled "Lord" but a life peer rather than a title that will outlive him) is black. BTW, the polite Inner Sea term for black is "nightskin." (Many of the rude terms allude to crossbreeding with drow.)
Hope this helps.
So saith Ed. Creator of Cormyr and most of its nobles. Who is hard at work on the Realms right now.
love,
THO
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 18 May 2013 : 16:37:48
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...And here's another from Ed, hot out of my e-mail inbox:
Back in February (p 13 of this thread), The Masked Mage asked: "I've come up with another question for you, this one is in regard to elven mantle stones, or "thaelkiira" as they were named by George Krashos. This is the thread I've got going on the topic:
http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17590
In your article 'The Magic Of Myth Drannor' you state: "many mantles could call on the powers of magical items borne by their wearer, or spells memorized by them. The Coronal's mantle could even tap into the power of his thrones (the Living Seat on the Isle of Estel and the Throne of the Coronal in the Chamber of the Court) and certain other sources of ancient power in the realm, such as the Vault of Ages, if these were nearby."
Here is my question on this topic for you: How does this work? Could you go into further details about this process?"
Ed responds:
There are NDAs here, so I can't go into proper detail, but here are the basics: the Coronal's mantle is attuned to those two thrones by means of complex additional enchantments [in theory, any mantle could be altered in this manner, but there's no way it could be done without the elves knowing and permitting it, because the crafting of those enchantments is such a long and painstaking process, requiring access to a throne and the mantle while it's going on].
This attunement means that while the Coronal is close to a particular throne (more or less within sight of it, though it can be hidden by walls or barriers but just as close, and the attunement still "works"), his mantle can call on the thrones as a power source (giant battery), AND channel some of their specifical magical powers and properties and "cast" or express these out of the mantle. For example, both thrones have the ability to prevent rain (or any liquid or mist/vapor) from falling on or reaching someone sitting on the throne, and for a small area all around/above/below the throne - - from simple rain or fog right up to a dragon's acid breath weapon. The Coronal's mantle automatically acquires the same property (always functioning, unless the Coronal wills it otherwise) while the Coronal is sufficiently close to one of his thrones.
Other throne abilities, particularly evocations and other attacks (such as flame strikes), must be deliberately willed by the Coronal to manifest out of his mantle.
I hope this helps. I'm being brief and vague here because I have to be.
So saith Ed. Creator of mythals, mantles, the Coronal, and those two thrones.
love,
THO
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Eilserus
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 18 May 2013 : 16:46:38
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
Hi, all.
Everything is fine. Ed felt the quake when making tea, as a brief, loud, but gentle rumble.
As for Ed (usually) is . . .
If you drew a diagonal ENE line from Toronto to Ottawa, went halfway along it, and drew an arc at that halfway point (okay, draw a circle, using Toronto as the axis), Ed would be where that arc, following it to the right or "down," hit the north shore of Lake Ontario, a little above "Toronto-as-horizontal." If you drew a line due south from where Ed lives, across Lake Ontario, you'd pretty much hit Rochester, New York.
Enough geometry.
Eilserus, still away from proper Net access, so can't clear out my inbox, and so can't send PMs. Got your message and will check with Ed as to what can be said, okay?
love to all,
THO
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 18 May 2013 : 17:36:28
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A pleasure, Eilserus.
I bring you now ANOTHER Ed reply, this one to Foxhelm re. his March 24th query: ". . . We know the realms has flying ships of various makes and models. As a fan of the Stargate series and Sci-Fi in general...
Has there been any mystical/technological development of ships, vessels or vehicles which have a teleporting transportation system? A ship which can teleport for long or short distances? Or one which can slip through another dimension/plane to shorten arrival times?
Yes, I know of the Shadowfell short cuts of the Shades/Sembia. But are there others as well? Elven trade companies which use short cuts through the Feywild? A church which uses a shortcut through the planes of their gods? Or even just as I said a teleporting ship which jumps from one point in Toril to another?
Can you talk about this or is it NDA? Or can we see this in a future article on Wizards of the Coast? Please and Thank you."
Ed replies:
Heh. It's almost entirely NDA. Yes, Wooly quite rightly pointed out that such ships do exist. However, they're rare, and ANY teleportation of large conglomerations of disparate elements (a ship with all its fittings, its hold full of cargo in various containers, the crew and all of their belongings and weapons, even the rats stowing away) is fraught with danger and difficulty, the least of which is the various individual elements ending up in different end spots. So it's definitely NOT a reliable, worthwhile method of bulk trade shipping.
Long, long ago (1979), I ran a Realms adventure in which a flying ship tried to teleport - - and reached its destination as a cloud of tumbling, flown-apart elements. That should be the result for any vessel not constructed for teleportation and magically prepared for teleportation (with lots of ward-spells or a mantle/mythal to contain and dimensionally anchor small portable elements to the main hull). A magically-warded container should keep its contents safely inside, but imagine a toolroom full of loose nails, pegs, tools, and so on as being a big collection of things that will fly in all directions at all velocities, upon arrival at a teleport "destination" (so, yes, potentially a lethal cloud of shrapnel).
So saith Ed. Who worked all of this stuff out even before he worked on SPELLJAMMER (one of the brilliant Jeff Grubb's zany fun brainchilds).
love,
THO
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 18 May 2013 : 17:43:58
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Hi again, all.
Joebing, your Sumbral question MAY still be NDA. Ed will check...
love,
THO |
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