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CorellonsDevout
Great Reader
USA
2708 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jul 2016 : 20:19:27
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I would also like to know where you can read up on thsee elves. |
Sweet water and light laughter |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
11809 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2016 : 22:23:32
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quote: Originally posted by CorellonsDevout
I would also like to know where you can read up on thsee elves.
Dragon Magazine #155 (March 1990) from 2nd edition (so it was around the same time that the City of Gold Lore was released <1992>, lending more credence). That issue also includes a decent amount of elven lore, including 6 lesser deities of the seldarine named
Araleth Letheranil (god of light), Kirith Sotheril (goddess of divination and enchantment magic), Melira Taralen (goddess of fine arts), Naris Analor (god of healing, suffering, and death), Tarsellis Meunnidiun (Patron of Snow Elves, Lord of Mountains), and Rellavar Danuvien (The Frost Sprite King, Warder against Elements) . These deities were revisited in dragon 236, wherein there are links to FR established in the allies list (Araleth is an ally of Selune, Taralen is an ally of Oghma and Milil, Naralis is an ally of Ilmater and Kelemvor, etc...)
Hmmmm, actually glad I dug into this.... the Dragon 236 update on the deities actually states that Tarsellis and Fenmarel are separate (in that they're allies and not an alias for Tarsellis). Both Fenmarel and Tarsellis are noted as having had a fling with Lolth before she was cast out. Ah, and actually that dragon entry for Rellavar Danuvien is kind of interesting since Aurilandur was known as the Frost Sprite Queen before becoming the Queen of Air and Darkness.... guessing the king and queen had a bad breakup when she was infected by the black gem. |
Alavairthae, may your skill prevail
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CorellonsDevout
Great Reader
USA
2708 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2016 : 22:37:31
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Is there a place I can access these articles? I had subscribed to Dragon magazine a few years ago, but I wasn't really reading it (not the biggest fan of pdfs) so I canceled my subscription. |
Sweet water and light laughter |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36798 Posts |
Posted - 13 Jul 2016 : 01:11:30
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quote: Originally posted by CorellonsDevout
Is there a place I can access these articles? I had subscribed to Dragon magazine a few years ago, but I wasn't really reading it (not the biggest fan of pdfs) so I canceled my subscription.
Those issues of Dragon were print issues; they rather predated the DDI. They do exist as pdfs, but it's possible to track down the print issues.
I actually don't know if those pdfs are distributed anywhere; I have them as part of the long-ago Dragon Magazine Archive CD-ROM set. |
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CorellonsDevout
Great Reader
USA
2708 Posts |
Posted - 13 Jul 2016 : 01:15:26
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True--I just assumed they were now in the archives, so to speak ^^; |
Sweet water and light laughter |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36798 Posts |
Posted - 13 Jul 2016 : 02:18:16
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quote: Originally posted by CorellonsDevout
True--I just assumed they were now in the archives, so to speak ^^;
I've never seen them legally distributed outside of the CD set; but I've also not looked. |
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The Masked Mage
Great Reader
USA
2420 Posts |
Posted - 13 Jul 2016 : 03:19:27
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You can get literally every issue of Dragon Magazine in PDF form - the first 250 are OCRd scans from the cd set the sold - the quality of many of the pictures from that product was terrible and still bothers me sometimes :P . Next bunch I'm assuming were just scans people made, so ymmv. The newest ones were made for PDf so are pristine files with perfect words and pictures.
No idea how legal it all is, but I know they all can be (or could be) bought from online retailers.
You should get them - Ed wrote a ton of articles for Dragon, so its a huge source of info on FR and a great window into the maker's head :). There is a significant amount of FR lore that never made it into any other source, as well as a lot that shaped future products (Pages From The Mages for example). |
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CorellonsDevout
Great Reader
USA
2708 Posts |
Posted - 13 Jul 2016 : 03:35:22
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Any ideas on where I can purchase them? |
Sweet water and light laughter |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31727 Posts |
Posted - 13 Jul 2016 : 04:27:22
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The DM's Guild, as I recall. I've noticed that they're featuring both the pre- and post-digital issues of DRAGON for purchase [as PDFs] and dowload.
If you're looking purely for printed issues, then I suggest nobleknight.com, for reasonably priced second-hand copies of almost the entire range of DRAGON Magazines. |
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CorellonsDevout
Great Reader
USA
2708 Posts |
Posted - 13 Jul 2016 : 05:04:00
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Thanks :) |
Sweet water and light laughter |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3287 Posts |
Posted - 13 Jul 2016 : 12:45:18
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Also check Half Priced Books if you have them in your area. I find all kinds of old Dungeon/Dragon magazines. Usually for around $1.00. |
"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 13 Jul 2016 12:45:52 |
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CorellonsDevout
Great Reader
USA
2708 Posts |
Posted - 13 Jul 2016 : 17:39:35
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We don't have half-pricedone books, but we do have Powells, which is a huge new and used bookstore. |
Sweet water and light laughter |
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Nacopa
Acolyte
USA
12 Posts |
Posted - 05 Aug 2016 : 07:43:21
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Because I'd love to read to my players box text that you've written, I would humbly suggest to have some form of flashback, clairvoyance or scrying of an event related to the royal bloodline. A tribket that can impart a memory as if it was your own, as one example. |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
6662 Posts |
Posted - 05 Aug 2016 : 08:00:31
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quote: Originally posted by The Masked Mage
You can get literally every issue of Dragon Magazine in PDF form - the first 250 are OCRd scans from the cd set the sold - the quality of many of the pictures from that product was terrible and still bothers me sometimes :P . Next bunch I'm assuming were just scans people made, so ymmv. The newest ones were made for PDf so are pristine files with perfect words and pictures.
No idea how legal it all is, but I know they all can be (or could be) bought from online retailers.
You should get them - Ed wrote a ton of articles for Dragon, so its a huge source of info on FR and a great window into the maker's head :). There is a significant amount of FR lore that never made it into any other source, as well as a lot that shaped future products (Pages From The Mages for example).
There is an online archive of Dragon magazines from 1 to 250, all accessible in PDF format. PM me if you can't find it through a simple Google search.
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ElaineCunningham
Forgotten Realms Author
2396 Posts |
Posted - 09 Aug 2016 : 02:19:00
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quote: Originally posted by Nacopa
Because I'd love to read to my players box text that you've written, I would humbly suggest to have some form of flashback, clairvoyance or scrying of an event related to the royal bloodline. A tribket that can impart a memory as if it was your own, as one example.
This is a nifty idea, and it would be easy to incorporate. Thanks! |
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ElaineCunningham
Forgotten Realms Author
2396 Posts |
Posted - 16 Aug 2016 : 16:16:14
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Reposting this response to a question on my Q&A thread about the status of the proposed moonblade project and Reclamation:
The status is "unchanged," which is to say no additional progress has occurred.
Most of my time these days is spent working on a website startup and a nonfiction book. My current fiction project is "Burning," a short story for the anthology HATH NO FURY. There's a Kickstarter going on now, and it's nearly funded.
But I do plan to move forward with a DM Guild project. I think the "Lost Children of Evermeet" might be my best best--it's the most focused and contained of the topics I've pondered--but the research necessary for that will also help with the moonblade project. I don't have a long term schedule, but here are August's tasks, FYI:
- Read through Evermeet, compile info on the Moonflower royal family
- Brief narrative outline for the life story of each of the royal offspring
- Brainstorm possible adventure hooks
The reception to a small project of this nature will give me more info about how the DM Guild works and help me better assess if I can afford to spend the time that a moonblade product would require.
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BenN
Senior Scribe
Japan
382 Posts |
Posted - 17 Aug 2016 : 05:00:53
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Sounds great! I'm really looking forward to this! |
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Copper Elven Vampire
Master of Realmslore
1078 Posts |
Posted - 26 Nov 2016 : 15:03:10
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Elaine... Could you possibly add some information about House Ahmaquissar. They were in the Elves of Evermeet book, but little was said about them besides that they are the most fun-loving, adventurous Moon Elf House on Evermeet devoted to Erevan Ilesere. Just a hopeful thought. Thanks.
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The Masked Mage
Great Reader
USA
2420 Posts |
Posted - 03 Dec 2016 : 05:18:46
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quote: Originally posted by ElaineCunningham
Reposting this response to a question on my Q&A thread about the status of the proposed moonblade project and Reclamation:
The status is "unchanged," which is to say no additional progress has occurred.
Most of my time these days is spent working on a website startup and a nonfiction book. My current fiction project is "Burning," a short story for the anthology HATH NO FURY. There's a Kickstarter going on now, and it's nearly funded.
But I do plan to move forward with a DM Guild project. I think the "Lost Children of Evermeet" might be my best best--it's the most focused and contained of the topics I've pondered--but the research necessary for that will also help with the moonblade project. I don't have a long term schedule, but here are August's tasks, FYI:
- Read through Evermeet, compile info on the Moonflower royal family
- Brief narrative outline for the life story of each of the royal offspring
- Brainstorm possible adventure hooks
The reception to a small project of this nature will give me more info about how the DM Guild works and help me better assess if I can afford to spend the time that a moonblade product would require.
If you ever end up getting this done let me know... I think the biggest problem you have with response on DM guild will be getting the word out. I never see anything about new things there unless I search it for hours. |
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Barastir
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1600 Posts |
Posted - 11 Dec 2016 : 12:56:46
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Not sure if this project will come to fruition, but one more thing I think would be nice would be the inclusion of avariel, maybe the lost ones which supposedly traveled across the ocean and established a civilization in northern Maztica or beyond. |
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TBeholder
Great Reader
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Posted - 12 Dec 2016 : 00:47:00
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quote: Originally posted by Nacopa
A tribket that can impart a memory as if it was your own, as one example.
Isn't that what tel'kiira do? Minus the ongoing confusion part. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 12 Dec 2016 : 03:32:07
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In OD&D and even in 1e, we had unique magic items that were written-up in such a way that they were self-contained, and 'rules agnostic'. For example, you find a magicians hat - Roll a D6; on a '1' you pull a rabbit out of the hat, on a '2', a freshly cooked, hearty meal (upon eating provides the same benefits as 8 hrs of rest), on a '3'..., etc, etc, usable once per week (and I would assume that if you ever stuck the hat on a snowman's head, it would come to life... 'Do you want to build a snowman?")
Or, I am quite sure you could find volunteers to make some things multi-edition. PCs should be easy in regards of stats - not much has changed over the years where they're concerned. Character classes - that's where you'd need experts, especially with 3e's penchant for layering PrCs like crazy. You wouldn't even need to do it all at once - a books could come out with only 5e crunch, and then you could have 'web enhancements' for each edition that would warrant it. You'd always want to at least do 3e stats with the 5e ones, just for the Pathfinder players.
And as I have already said elsewhere, I can offer maps, but thats about it. |
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Adhriva
Learned Scribe
USA
147 Posts |
Posted - 12 Dec 2016 : 03:37:47
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The DMsGuild only allows for 5e, no other editions of the game are allowed. |
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