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Count me in for the fan magazine! I can also contribute in the other projects

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Originally posted by sleyvas

By the way, I'll post more later on this, but the "spirit beasts" or Telthors of Rashemen would work well in Maztica

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Originally posted by dazzlerdal

Ahh the Spirit Realms, I remember when we dreamt that idea up on a complete tangent about Narauthmault.

Since originally theorising on how they came into being I have decided that the Faerie Plane is actually a transitional plane that was once in alignment with Toril but was shunted out with various disasters (the Sundering, the Tearfall, the Code of Reversion, etc).

As it is a transitional plane beings from Faerie can partially enter the material plane much like ethereal beings can partially enter the material plane. What we see as faeries are actually fey beings that are half in our world and half in their own. When they possess a creature (for fun and out of inquisitiveness) there is a chance the fey creature can leave something behind when the possession ends, a telthor or spirit beast forms out of the memory of that possession.

Incidentally I have shadows as the manifested versions of creatures from the shadow plane.

So ages ago these fey and shadow manifestations were much more common because Toril was in alignment with these two transitional planes. Then they got knocked out of alignment (and the shadow plane became known as a demi plane). Gradually they have been drifting back into alignment until in the present age (1360s for me) they are now back in alignment - the demi plane of shadow is now a full plane of shadow.

Just what I'm thinking. Of course the alignment of places in Toril is not uniform. Faerun is way out of sync because most of the events happened there. The further you travel from faerun the greater in sync the shadow and faerie planes were. Therefore Kara Tur and Maztica would have had telthors and shadows in almost as much abundance as in the distant past (which isn't much because how many ethereal creatures are encountered now, not loads, just some).

By the way, sorry for thread derailing.

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Originally posted by paladinnicolas

Awesome! Thanks Seethyr

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Originally posted by Markustay

Anyone have a physical copy of City of Gold?

My pdf copy is missing a map piece, and I am right in the middle of trying to piece the map back together. I used to have these maps, but like everything else, they were lost in the fire. The piece that says 'Dog People' was scanned twice, hence the problem (pieces 6 & 7 of the 8 are the same). If anyone has a better pdf, or can scan e that page, I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks - Mark

EDIT: Nevermind - I found another pdf of it on my computer, scanned at a higher resolution, that has the missing piece. Now I have one piece that doesn't match the others, but oh well. I'm not going to start over. its just for reference, after all.

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Originally posted by Markustay

Well, this (map) project is on the back-back burner for now. I have no idea if Seethyr is continuing this.

I am trying to finish one map today which I shouldn't have even bothered with (it was just too cool once I began paying around), and then I still want to re-release my Eastern Heartlands map (Director's Cut), and finally finish the last couple of things I never got to on my Shaareach map (which will be another re-release).

And all of that, before I get back to the actual NEW project I am doing. And once the first two installments of THAT is done, I'll get back to Returned Abeir & Maztica... maybe. Although, honestly, I'm just not 'into it' that much anymore (the hybrid version). I think Ed's RA lore would be better-served somewhere 'closer to home', as in, 'Faerûn proper'. Halruaa-lovers weren't too thrilled with my last solution, so I'm still mulling it all over. Perhaps in place of Lantan? (and PLEASE, there can't possibly be that many 'Lantan lovers' out there, could there be? Who the heck was using it?!)

Dammit... now you have me thinking about this again... I may need to take some Ritalin...

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Originally posted by Gyor

In Volo's guide it has the Tabaxi worshipping the Cat Lord, not the Maztican Gods.

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On the Night of Wailing, the drow became driders

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Azul  (LE)        'Giver of Rain, Taker of Breath'      Null (LE)           Dragon god of Death (Falazure)
Eha  (CN)               Wind Sprite (Breath)            Asterinian (CN)         Messenger of Asgorath
Kiltzi  (CG)          Health, Growth, & Love            Hlal (CG)           Humor, inventiveness, pleasure
Kukul  (N)         “Ancient Father of the Gods”         Io (N)                   Father of Dragonkind
Maztica  (N)          aspect of Earthmother             World Serpent (N)     Reality (Prime Material)
Nula  (CN)             Guardian of Animals              Kareska (CN)          Goddess of Dragon Magic
Plutoq  (LN)      Earth God (punishes insolence)        Lendys (LN)               God of Justice     
Qotal   (LG)          'The Feathered dragon'            Bahamut (LG)            'The Justicemaker'
Tezca  (CE)            God of sun and fire              Garyx (CE)          God of fire and destruction
Watil  (NG)               Guardian of Plants            Tamara (NG)              'Goddess of Life'
Zaltec  (CE)           Warbringer, Heart-Eater          Zehir (NE)             'The Dark Whisperer'

Theoretical:
Quetzalcoatl – Jazirian
Tlazolteotl - Sharess

From Anchoromé:
Coyote - Nathair Sgiathach (although I picture him having a Capuchan Monkey aspect in Maztica).
Raven - Asterinian

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Just for Shiggles (thanks Wooly ),

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Originally posted by Jürgen Hubert

Hello, everyone!

This is my first time posting on Candlekeep, though some here might recognize me from elsewhere. The establishment of the Dungeon Master's Guild rekindled my own interest in the Forgotten Realms, including writing material for the Forgotten Realms - and like Seethyr, I am especially fascinated by Maztica.

I have my own vision and interpretation of how Maztica may have changed due to its trip to Abeir and back again, focusing mainly on how invasive species and ideas have shaped the continent in the interim. I am still at the brainstorming phase, but my thoughts so far can be seen in this RPGNet thread.

Originally I was hesitant in coming here, not wishing to step on Seethyr's toes, but he just contacted me and we have come to an agreement that it is much better to collaborate and plunder each others' awesome ideas instead of not talking to each other. ;)

The main development threads will continue to be separate - this thread will be about Seethyr's interpretation while I will continue to discuss my interpretation on RPGNet. However, if you see something interesting there and come up with a way to fit it into this version of Maztica, don't hesitate to bring it up here. I shall certainly do the reverse over there. ;)

Beyond that, you might also be interested in the RPGNet thread for my discussions of official Maztica material, which I am currently reading through. I have finished with the Boxed Set - its discussion starts here, and am currently reading through "Ironhelm", the first Maztica novel, starting on this page.

I am looking forward to what we can come up with together!

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Originally posted by Jürgen Hubert

Hello, everyone!

This is my first time posting on Candlekeep, though some here might recognize me from elsewhere. The establishment of the Dungeon Master's Guild rekindled my own interest in the Forgotten Realms, including writing material for the Forgotten Realms - and like Seethyr, I am especially fascinated by Maztica.

I have my own vision and interpretation of how Maztica may have changed due to its trip to Abeir and back again, focusing mainly on how invasive species and ideas have shaped the continent in the interim. I am still at the brainstorming phase, but my thoughts so far can be seen in this RPGNet thread.

Originally I was hesitant in coming here, not wishing to step on Seethyr's toes, but he just contacted me and we have come to an agreement that it is much better to collaborate and plunder each others' awesome ideas instead of not talking to each other. ;)

The main development threads will continue to be separate - this thread will be about Seethyr's interpretation while I will continue to discuss my interpretation on RPGNet. However, if you see something interesting there and come up with a way to fit it into this version of Maztica, don't hesitate to bring it up here. I shall certainly do the reverse over there. ;)

Beyond that, you might also be interested in the RPGNet thread for my discussions of official Maztica material, which I am currently reading through. I have finished with the Boxed Set - its discussion starts here, and am currently reading through "Ironhelm", the first Maztica novel, starting on this page.

I am looking forward to what we can come up with together!

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As a short update, while I had taken a lengthy break from this project I am now back and I have restarted the RPGNet thread.

My current sub-project is to build the twin cities of Ulatos-Dragonport in greater detail - it is once more the primary port of entry for visitors from Faerun now that the Godless Time has ended, but it has gone through many changes in the intervening time. And visitors might find it all too easy to stumble into one of the many plots of a nation that has newly won its freedom, but which has not yet decided what kind of nation it wants to be...

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