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Thojan Ralwens
Acolyte
Belgium
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 Posted - 12 Feb 2019 : 20:28:07
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Do some of you have informations about specific prisons in Faerūn ?
I'm interested in dark, miserable, but non-utterly-evil facilities in the north-west quadrant of Faerūn (nor south nor east of the Sea of the Fallen Stars). Pre-Spellplague era.
Many thanks
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Cards77
Senior Scribe
USA
745 Posts |
Posted - 12 Feb 2019 : 21:09:35
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I don't know. Imprisonment seems to be temporary just until punishment is meted out, either torture, death or enslavement/labor.
Long term imprisonment doesn't seem to be a thing. |
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Thojan Ralwens
Acolyte
Belgium
30 Posts |
Posted - 12 Feb 2019 : 21:57:31
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| That's what it seems to me too. I'm still looking. |
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Zeromaru X
Great Reader
Colombia
2474 Posts |
Posted - 12 Feb 2019 : 22:13:40
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| I don't have access to it right now, but it you can, I recommend you to read "Ed Greenwood presents: Elminster's Forgotten Realms". I sure there Ed revealed the legal system of Waterdeep. |
Instead of seeking change, you prefer a void, merciless abyss of a world... |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 12 Feb 2019 : 22:14:57
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| The wide open road of exile seems more likely than a long term prison...at least for any crime not covered by fines, lashes and such. |
The Old Grey Box and AD&D for me! |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
6666 Posts |
Posted - 13 Feb 2019 : 01:30:05
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I've created two prisons of sorts for Impiltur but that's not in the area you want.
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"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus |
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Thauramarth
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
729 Posts |
Posted - 13 Feb 2019 : 07:11:19
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| I dont know of anything that is specifc to the Realms, but if you happen to have access to Dungeon #36, there is an adventure called « Granite Mountain Prison », which is set in a prison. I have used that one as a prison run by (in various campaigns) the Zhentarim or Zhentilar, Luskan, the High King of the Moonshaes (pre-Tristan Kendrick) orthe Red Wizards. |
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Zeromaru X
Great Reader
Colombia
2474 Posts |
Posted - 13 Feb 2019 : 09:58:10
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Now that I think about it, the Peninsula District of Neverwinter had originally a prison in the Neverwinter Nights game.
It was destroyed in the game, tho |
Instead of seeking change, you prefer a void, merciless abyss of a world... |
Edited by - Zeromaru X on 13 Feb 2019 09:59:42 |
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Thojan Ralwens
Acolyte
Belgium
30 Posts |
Posted - 13 Feb 2019 : 10:27:31
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I thought about that. It's on my list. Felt to me the prison was a bit too grand (for gameplay reasons). How much are video games considered canon ? Is there a fleshed-out prison in the Baldur's Gate saga ?
I'm really looking for realmslore, names of prison, etc. I've read the legal system already, thanks.
I don't own any magazines, as I always thought it was general RPG-D&D stuff, but I recently realized it contains realmslore also. But I think a large part was "previewed" in the magazines before being published in hardcover products. Am I missing a mother lode ?
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Barastir
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1600 Posts |
Posted - 13 Feb 2019 : 10:56:40
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Originally posted by Zeromaru X
(...) I recommend you to read "Ed Greenwood presents: Elminster's Forgotten Realms". I sure there Ed revealed the legal system of Waterdeep.
Waterdeep's legal system is (also?) found in 1e Waterdeep and the North and in the 2e City of Splendors boxed set. And I think there is something about legal systems in the fantastic Ed Greenwood presents Elminster's Forgotten Realms. |
"Goodness is not a natural state, but must be
fought for to be attained and maintained.
Lead by example.
Let your deeds speak your intentions.
Goodness radiated from the heart."
The Paladin's Virtues, excerpt from the "Quentin's Monograph"
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Thojan Ralwens
Acolyte
Belgium
30 Posts |
Posted - 13 Feb 2019 : 11:41:20
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quote:
Originally posted by Barastir
(...) And I think there is something about legal systems in the fantastic Ed Greenwood presents Elminster's Forgotten Realms.
That's where I read it. I'm still looking for similar products to that gem, but present publications doesn't even seems related to the Realms, even when the title implies so. |
Edited by - Thojan Ralwens on 13 Feb 2019 11:41:46 |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3287 Posts |
Posted - 14 Feb 2019 : 02:35:39
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Undermountain? 
Recently re-watched Man of Steel and it has me contemplating a prison like the "Phantom Zone" for the Lords Alliance/Lords of Waterdeep/insert whoever you choose. |
"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."
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cpthero2
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 28 Feb 2020 : 07:47:40
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Seeker Ralwens,
Here is a link to some of the prisons. I don't think is comprehensive by any means.
https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Prisons
Best regards,
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Originally posted by Thojan Ralwens
Do some of you have informations about specific prisons in Faerūn ?
I'm interested in dark, miserable, but non-utterly-evil facilities in the north-west quadrant of Faerūn (nor south nor east of the Sea of the Fallen Stars). Pre-Spellplague era.
Many thanks
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Higher Atlar
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Thojan Ralwens
Acolyte
Belgium
30 Posts |
Posted - 28 Feb 2020 : 08:28:02
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| Thank you cpthero2. I'm always glad to discover something on the FR wiki. |
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cpthero2
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 28 Feb 2020 : 21:29:14
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Seeker Ralwens,
You are quite welcome good sir!
Best regards,
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Originally posted by Thojan Ralwens
Thank you cpthero2. I'm always glad to discover something on the FR wiki.
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