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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
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 Posted - 14 May 2013 : 22:08:35
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Just wondering, where's this "Larloch's destroyed at this moment" coming from? I'm kind of out of the loop on the 4e history, but this part piques my interest.
For that matter, I know nothing of all this "Neverwinter's destroyed"/"Thay and Netheril fighting" other than what I've seen here (I'm not a big RAS fan more due to the volume of stuff I have to read ahead of me and I'd hate to jump in at the end). Is there a good lore only 4e product that someone would recommend (or is the lore so bad people would recommend I shy away). |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 14 May 2013 : 23:25:10
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Originally posted by sleyvas
Just wondering, where's this "Larloch's destroyed at this moment" coming from? I'm kind of out of the loop on the 4e history, but this part piques my interest.
For that matter, I know nothing of all this "Neverwinter's destroyed"/"Thay and Netheril fighting" other than what I've seen here (I'm not a big RAS fan more due to the volume of stuff I have to read ahead of me and I'd hate to jump in at the end). Is there a good lore only 4e product that someone would recommend (or is the lore so bad people would recommend I shy away).
Not on top of my 4E lore, either, so I'm not familiar with the Larloch bit. For Neverwinter, though, the volcano that kept it warm erupted and did much damage to the city. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 15 May 2013 : 06:10:22
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Originally posted by sleyvas
Just wondering, where's this "Larloch's destroyed at this moment" coming from? I'm kind of out of the loop on the 4e history, but this part piques my interest.
Ed’s more dedicated fans or THO herself might be able to clarify that. I stopped reading the Sage of Shadowdale series after being tremendously disappointed with the first book. But I vaguely recall some scribes mentioned the Larloch bit in books 2–3, along with the blueflame items lore. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 15 May 2013 : 06:13:12
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Originally posted by _Jarlaxle_
Wasn't Szass Tam allready building the dread rings in the haunted lands trilogy before the spellplagaue struck? In this case the Neverwinter one can't have been buildt bevore the ones in Thay.
My memory’s a bit cloudy at the moment. I’ll have to double-check the timeline later. But I vaguely remember the construction of the Dread Rings in two different locations were done almost at the same time, not (as what I previously mentioned) before the other. |
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_Jarlaxle_
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 15 May 2013 : 08:29:18
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| Yes in Bury Elminster deep its revealed that the blue flame items where created by Larloch in scheme to restore himself with the stored magic in there (iirc). |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
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Posted - 15 May 2013 : 14:46:51
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Guess I don't have to read the next book now...  |
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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
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Posted - 15 May 2013 : 15:52:50
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Originally posted by _Jarlaxle_
Yes in Bury Elminster deep its revealed that the blue flame items where created by Larloch in scheme to restore himself with the stored magic in there (iirc).
I recall it saying Larloch was involved with the blueflame items. I don't recall it saying he was destroyed. Also, he made the blueflame items prior to the spellplague. I think it was meant as a form of contingency for him. |
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_Jarlaxle_
Senior Scribe
Germany
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Posted - 16 May 2013 : 08:48:37
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| I think it was not really clear if he was destroyed or just lost a (big?) part of his power. |
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silverwolfer
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 19 May 2013 : 02:30:58
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| I do have a question, what was up with Sazzam , doing the looking along all the different dimensions of reality, to figure out a way to fix one of his rings? |
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Dennis
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Posted - 19 May 2013 : 08:23:14
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I do have a question, what was up with Sazzam , doing the looking along all the different dimensions of reality, to figure out a way to fix one of his rings?
The Dread Rings were more of a “concept” than physical entities. The physical fortresses were merely focus points through which the magic can anchor in the Prime Material Plane. What the zulkirs and Aoth’s company destroyed was one of such concepts, thus disrupting the whole design. To fix that design, Szass Tam needed to see where the links of the DRs were, so he cast a spell that enabled him to see reality in nine dimensions. |
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Lord Bane
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 19 May 2013 : 10:09:59
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| Which pretty much should make everyone turn mad. Nine dimensions is even too much for Szass Tam to cope with. |
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Dennis
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Posted - 19 May 2013 : 10:47:03
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Which pretty much should make everyone turn mad. Nine dimensions is even too much for Szass Tam to cope with.
He did it one dimension at a time, starting with four. Nine is his limit. He nearly lost his bearing when he reached that number, and he admitted that if went to ten and beyond, he would be incapacitated for a long while.
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silverwolfer
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 19 May 2013 : 17:11:18
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| Hmm okay, can we just call him shazam from now on ? |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 20 May 2013 : 14:27:56
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I fail to see the connection. He certainly does not shout “Dreadlocks!” er, “Szass Tam!” and transforms into a chubby man in tights. |
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What's the latest info on Thay and Netheril?
