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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
6666 Posts |
 Posted - 22 Oct 2016 : 07:58:04
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Now that Ed has let the tarrasque out of the bag on social media, I can't wait for his first DMs Guild piece which will involve a visit by Mirt to Ormpur, a small "dungeon" set there and ... Volo's Guide to Ormpur. Sheer bliss.
-- George Krashos
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"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus |
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BARDOBARBAROS
Senior Scribe
Greece
581 Posts |
Posted - 22 Oct 2016 : 08:14:10
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| Great News!!! |
BARDOBARBAROS DOES NOT KILL.
HE DECAPITATES!!!
"The city changes, but the fools within it remain always the same" (Edwin Odesseiron- Baldur's gate 2) |
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
United Kingdom
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Irennan
Great Reader
Italy
3806 Posts |
Posted - 22 Oct 2016 : 13:17:13
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| Great news indeed, I'm looking forward to it. |
Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things. |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3287 Posts |
Posted - 22 Oct 2016 : 16:01:23
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"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 |
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Irennan
Great Reader
Italy
3806 Posts |
Posted - 22 Oct 2016 : 16:03:24
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Originally posted by Brimstone
What did I miss?
Ed's publishing short stories, mini Volo's guides and adventures on the DMGuild. |
Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things. |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3287 Posts |
Posted - 22 Oct 2016 : 16:07:52
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Originally posted by Irennan
quote:
Originally posted by Brimstone
What did I miss?
Ed's publishing short stories, mini Volo's guides and adventures on the DMGuild.
SWEET!  |
"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 |
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Seravin
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1288 Posts |
Posted - 22 Oct 2016 : 16:56:02
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| How do we convince him to do Volo's Guide to the Moonsea?! :) |
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Arivia
Great Reader
Canada
2965 Posts |
Posted - 22 Oct 2016 : 19:00:38
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| Nice! Super excited for this. |
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Irennan
Great Reader
Italy
3806 Posts |
Posted - 22 Oct 2016 : 19:15:59
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Originally posted by Seravin
How do we convince him to do Volo's Guide to the Moonsea?! :)
Ed has said that he'd rather write many Volo's guide to small regions or single settlements, than fewer but larger guides to whole regions. |
Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things. |
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Seravin
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1288 Posts |
Posted - 22 Oct 2016 : 20:08:18
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| I wonder what era the guides will be set in. Praying the 1300s like the other guides. |
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Irennan
Great Reader
Italy
3806 Posts |
Posted - 22 Oct 2016 : 20:18:22
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Originally posted by Seravin
I wonder what era the guides will be set in. Praying the 1300s like the other guides.
I have a feeling that they will be set in the modern era, tbh, judging from this comment:
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I'm afraid there is no "Volo's Guide to Sword Coast 2." Volo is mentioned in passing in Death Masks and other recent novels. He is the author of the just-released Dungeonology (Matt Forbeck wrote that book and voiced Volo), and I wrote Elminster's introduction (it's in an envelope at the beginning of the book). Elminster and Volo spar in the margins throughout the forthcoming Volo's Guide To Monsters (I wrote them both; the Wizards staffers wrote the meaty monster lore they comment on). Also, coming soon from my pen and DM's Guild, Mirt the Moneylender visits Ormpur, the City of Saffron, is a short fiction tale and an associated "dungeon"...and soon to follow, also from DM's Guild, you'll see Volo's Guide to Ormpur.
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Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things. |
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sno4wy
Senior Scribe
USA
466 Posts |
Posted - 26 Oct 2016 : 17:32:55
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This is super exciting!
Sorry if this has been covered elsewhere, but is anyone able to tell me how Volo is still alive? I couldn't find much information on the FR Wiki about the man himself, other than that he's a scholar and minor wizard. He appears to be human, is it by blessings of the gods and/or his association with Elminster that his life has been extended?
I realize that that tidbit fundamentally doesn't matter, as it's always been about the substance of his guides than the "man" himself. However, is there more information about the Volo behind the guides, at the very least, secrets into his longevity? |
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Irennan
Great Reader
Italy
3806 Posts |
Posted - 26 Oct 2016 : 17:37:59
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| Mystra made him a chosen. She did that as a contingency (since she had foreseen the Spellplague) and hid parts of her essence in the most unsuspectable people, Volo among them. Ed drops this tidbit, among many others, in Death Masks. |
Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things. |
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sno4wy
Senior Scribe
USA
466 Posts |
Posted - 26 Oct 2016 : 18:20:09
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Originally posted by Irennan
Mystra made him a chosen. She did that as a contingency (since she had foreseen the Spellplague) and hid parts of her essence in the most unsuspectable people, Volo among them. Ed drops this tidbit, among many others, in Death Masks.
Thank you! I haven't read Death Masks yet. This is good to know. :D I guess although Volo is hardly unsuspectable to us, in the Realms he'd just be the equivalent of a wandering journalist who pens things that are perhaps most notable in his world as getting on Elminster's nerves. Sounds more like someone with a death wish than normal Chosen material, huh? XD |
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Irennan
Great Reader
Italy
3806 Posts |
Posted - 26 Oct 2016 : 19:46:07
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| It's a bit convenient. There are countless anonymous people after all, so it could have been anyone. Volo just got lucky I guess. Although it does make sense, if you think about it, since his proven ability to survive and run away may have led Mystra to think that he would not only be an unsuspectable recipient, but also hard to kill. In any case, it brings Volo back and allows for more books, which is just so needed in this era of the Realms. |
Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 29 Oct 2016 : 23:45:53
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Looking forward to this. I do love me some "Volo's Guides". 
Maybe he and I can reconcile with Realmslore, since I am re-doing the FR maps based on the Fonstad ones, which he says are 'the closest thing to my originals'. |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Marco Volo
Learned Scribe
France
204 Posts |
Posted - 31 Oct 2016 : 08:18:22
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| Great news ! Thanks, George |
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Gelcur
Senior Scribe
523 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jul 2024 : 10:59:10
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| Did these ever come out? Maybe I missed them. |
The party come to a town befallen by hysteria
Rogue: So what's in the general store?
DM: What are you looking for?
Rogue: Whatevers in the store.
DM: Like what?
Rogue: Everything.
DM: There is a lot of stuff.
Rogue: Is there a cart outside?
DM: (rolls) Yes.
Rogue: We'll take it all, we may need it for the greater good. |
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Seravin
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1288 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jul 2024 : 22:20:46
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| I see some noise about it from 2023, but nothing recent. I don't think they ever came out. Yet another disappointment for us Realms lore fans. |
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Delnyn
Senior Scribe
USA
953 Posts |
Posted - 20 Aug 2024 : 00:13:20
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Originally posted by Irennan
It's a bit convenient. There are countless anonymous people after all, so it could have been anyone. Volo just got lucky I guess. Although it does make sense, if you think about it, since his proven ability to survive and run away may have led Mystra to think that he would not only be an unsuspectable recipient, but also hard to kill. In any case, it brings Volo back and allows for more books, which is just so needed in this era of the Realms.
I strongly doubt Volo has any clue about being a Chosen. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
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ElfBane
Learned Scribe
USA
285 Posts |
Posted - 20 Aug 2024 : 09:37:45
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| Is there a God/Goddess of Bards? I would think that if Volo was a Chosen of anything, it would be something tied to entertainment. SOMETHING gives him his immortality! |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 20 Aug 2024 : 23:14:12
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| It all started with Mirt, didn't it? |
[/Ayrik] |
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TomCosta
Forgotten Realms Designer
USA
971 Posts |
Posted - 21 Aug 2024 : 17:53:47
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| Bards tend to worship Oghma and/or Milil, at least your stereotypical musician type, though other options certainly exist like Lliira or Gargauth for more sinister bards perhaps, among others. |
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ElfBane
Learned Scribe
USA
285 Posts |
Posted - 22 Aug 2024 : 09:21:39
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Originally posted by TomCosta
Bards tend to worship Oghma and/or Milil, at least your stereotypical musician type, though other options certainly exist like Lliira or Gargauth for more sinister bards perhaps, among others.
Thanks for the reply! |
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