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Cards77
Senior Scribe
USA
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 Posted - 24 Aug 2014 : 19:05:46
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I've been searching through various sources on the Evermoors. I will soon be sending my PC's there and am looking for ideas on locations to flesh out. Many locations are mentioned or alluded to, but they are few.
I'm looking to build a list of known locations and their descriptions, which I can then flesh out. Also if you have any locations that you have used in your game in the Evermoors feel free to post those as well.
Everyone in my group is fascinated with the Evermoors, and I've been doing a lot of research on the climate, terrain, ecology, etc to try and make it was detailed as possible.
i want to provide LOTS of exploration features and locaitons, ancient tombs, natural caverns, landmarks, rivers etc.
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
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Posted - 27 Aug 2014 : 07:57:55
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Can't recall any "locations" in the Evermoors, although Ed once gave the following thumbnail RW-equivalent description of the place:
Trollmoors/Evermoors: the high, bleak moors of Scotland: lots of bare rock, scrub lichen, stunted shrubbery, frost, and clawingly cold wind, with small “winding crack” ravines holding more lush greenery. Ground-hugging junipers, “wandering star” ground cedars, and so on.
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"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus |
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ericlboyd
Forgotten Realms Designer
USA
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Posted - 27 Aug 2014 : 10:43:27
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Originally posted by George Krashos
Can't recall any "locations" in the Evermoors, although Ed once gave the following thumbnail RW-equivalent description of the place:
Trollmoors/Evermoors: the high, bleak moors of Scotland: lots of bare rock, scrub lichen, stunted shrubbery, frost, and clawingly cold wind, with small “winding crack” ravines holding more lush greenery. Ground-hugging junipers, “wandering star” ground cedars, and so on.
-- George Krashos
I think one of the early Drizzt novels (Streams of Silver?) had the characters wander through the Evermoors, so there might be some descriptive text therein.
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BEAST
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 27 Aug 2014 : 20:34:28
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Originally posted by ericlboyd
I think one of the early Drizzt novels (Streams of Silver?) had the characters wander through the Evermoors, so there might be some descriptive text therein.
--Eric
Aye, that's the one, Eric.
I recall scrags, trolls, bog blokes, and a giant purple worm during their excursion through the area.
None of the landmarks had any particular name, but the chapters in that area were very descriptive. |
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--Drizzt Do'Urden (The Pirate King, Part 1: Chapter 2)
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Cards77
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 28 Aug 2014 : 00:45:52
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| I recall reading those chapters vaguely. There are locations marked on the map: The Old Man, Startop, The Laughingflow river, but I haven't seen anything regarding what they are, nor any dungeons located within the Evermoors. |
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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 28 Aug 2014 : 00:48:40
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| It occurs to me that since Streams of Silver was one of the earlier Realms novels, there may be a map of the Evermoors in the print Forgotten Realms Atlas. I'm at work and cannot check this, though... |
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BEAST
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 28 Aug 2014 : 03:07:06
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
It occurs to me that since Streams of Silver was one of the earlier Realms novels, there may be a map of the Evermoors in the print Forgotten Realms Atlas. I'm at work and cannot check this, though...
p.63 is probably the best map of the area, but it still doesn't show any named landmarks besides the rivers that run through it (Tom Skerritt, Brad Pitt, and Craig Sheffer-style  ). |
"'You don't know my history,' he said dryly."
--Drizzt Do'Urden (The Pirate King, Part 1: Chapter 2)
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
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Posted - 07 Sep 2014 : 13:50:45
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Just found something for you: Ed's "Elminster's Guide to the Realms" article in Dragon #292 - The Sleeping Dragon. It details an "oddity of the Sword Coast North" located in the Evermoors.
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Cards77
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 08 Sep 2014 : 00:54:49
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quote:
Originally posted by George Krashos
Just found something for you: Ed's "Elminster's Guide to the Realms" article in Dragon #292 - The Sleeping Dragon. It details an "oddity of the Sword Coast North" located in the Evermoors.
-- George Krashos
Oooo thank you I will check that out. I'm curious since there ARE a number of named landmarks that appear on several versions of maps (startop, Old Man), yet no description of them exists it seems. |
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Locations within the Evermoors
