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RandoTheCat
Acolyte
USA
19 Posts |
 Posted - 05 Nov 2022 : 12:27:43
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Poll Question:
Originally I was going to do a poll about which nation in Faerun is your favorite, but there are a LOT of nations.
So I'll now do which Dale in the Dalelands is your favorite! Sadly I won't be including Dales that got removed from the Dalelands (Moondale, Sessrendale, Tarkhaldale, and Teshendale).
Mod edit: Fixed a misspelling in the Subject. 
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Edited by - RandoTheCat on 16 Nov 2022 21:17:49
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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RandoTheCat
Acolyte
USA
19 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2022 : 14:06:27
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| My top 3 would have to be Featherdale, Harrowdale, and Mistledale. |
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deserk
Learned Scribe
Norway
238 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2022 : 17:25:37
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| Quite like fond of all the Dales, though my favourites would be Archendale and Deepingdale. Archendale I feel is punching way above it's weight, being a quite organized and militaristic state compared to the rest of the Dales and managing to hold back the invasive influence of Sembia nearly all by itself. Deepingdale is interesting in being one of the last major sanctuaries of Elvish culture left in Cormanthor, that is until the reclamation of Myth Drannor in the 1370s. |
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The Masked Mage
Great Reader
USA
2420 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2022 : 20:21:06
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| Skipping Daggerdale and Deepingdale as well?? |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
4211 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2022 : 20:58:34
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Daggerdale wasn't an option, so I chose Scardale.
I like Daggerdale because of its location to lots of adventure locations:
Desert, Check
Forest, Check
Mountains, Check
etc.
It is also a great place to fight the Zhents, explore ruins, and maybe later found your own holdings.
Of the available options, I chose Scardale because it is a favorite of mine from playing an old character of mine. Grayson Haeldreth, former War Wizard of Cormyr (2e era). Hauling around his bow and blade, Grayson had many adventures in Scardale:
Fighting Pirates, exploring the elven woods, fending off Zhents and so much more. The port city was a nice add as well; something other dales don't really get much thought on. Lots of cutthroat intrigue and so on. |
The Old Grey Box and AD&D for me! |
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The Masked Mage
Great Reader
USA
2420 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2022 : 21:00:54
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Originally posted by Dalor Darden
Daggerdale wasn't an option, so I chose Scardale.
I like Daggerdale because of its location to lots of adventure locations:
Desert, Check
Forest, Check
Mountains, Check
etc.
It is also a great place to fight the Zhents, explore ruins, and maybe later found your own holdings.
Of the available options, I chose Scardale because it is a favorite of mine from playing an old character of mine. Grayson Haeldreth, former War Wizard of Cormyr (2e era). Hauling around his bow and blade, Grayson had many adventures in Scardale:
Fighting Pirates, exploring the elven woods, fending off Zhents and so much more. The port city was a nice add as well; something other dales don't really get much thought on. Lots of cutthroat intrigue and so on.
Don't forget, Daggerdale also has a couple notable ruins (old castles), gemstone mines beneath the hills, and known passages connecting to the Underdark. Check Check Check :P |
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RandoTheCat
Acolyte
USA
19 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2022 : 02:12:29
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Mine would be Featherdale, mostly because of the old Volo's guidebooks. I'd like to imagine Feather Falls being like the waterfalls I've seen before where I live.
I also enjoy the description of Blackfeather bridge in the book, and I am excited to see how much of a larger town it comes to be due to trade.
Also, chill farmers, what's not to love? |
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Azar
Master of Realmslore
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Seravin
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1288 Posts |
Posted - 08 Nov 2022 : 23:21:35
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Mistledale. I just am a sucker for Ashabenford and it seems like the best dale to live in.
I mean...Shadowdale is the obvious choice too. |
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RandoTheCat
Acolyte
USA
19 Posts |
Posted - 08 Nov 2022 : 23:44:59
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| Mistledale is great! They survive the brunt of attacks from incoming armies, they defeated Lashan (With some help), and all of it is very peaceful, as long as you don't go into the beast country west of Peldan's Helm. All of the stores and inns in Ashabenford are great too! Especially with the popular brewery there, the dale is bound to always get trade. |
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The Masked Mage
Great Reader
USA
2420 Posts |
Posted - 09 Nov 2022 : 08:35:58
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Originally posted by Seravin
Mistledale. I just am a sucker for Ashabenford and it seems like the best dale to live in.
I mean...Shadowdale is the obvious choice too.
I'd say Shadowdale is the least appealing. Its residents are constantly getting killed despite being protected by archmages and the knights. Add to this it is pretty much the battle ground every time someone wants a war. Not a good place to settle down. |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
4211 Posts |
Posted - 09 Nov 2022 : 19:32:53
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Originally posted by The Masked Mage
quote:
Originally posted by Dalor Darden
Daggerdale wasn't an option, so I chose Scardale.
I like Daggerdale because of its location to lots of adventure locations:
Desert, Check
Forest, Check
Mountains, Check
etc.
It is also a great place to fight the Zhents, explore ruins, and maybe later found your own holdings.
Of the available options, I chose Scardale because it is a favorite of mine from playing an old character of mine. Grayson Haeldreth, former War Wizard of Cormyr (2e era). Hauling around his bow and blade, Grayson had many adventures in Scardale:
Fighting Pirates, exploring the elven woods, fending off Zhents and so much more. The port city was a nice add as well; something other dales don't really get much thought on. Lots of cutthroat intrigue and so on.
Don't forget, Daggerdale also has a couple notable ruins (old castles), gemstone mines beneath the hills, and known passages connecting to the Underdark. Check Check Check :P
Well, either the options were changed or Daggerdale was missed by me in the first run on voting?
Anyway, Daggerdale has always been my favorite Dale for adventuring. |
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RandoTheCat
Acolyte
USA
19 Posts |
Posted - 09 Nov 2022 : 20:43:29
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| I always think that an idealistic backwater place that suddenly gets put in the spotlit isn't that idealistic anymore. Afterall, you aren't in Shadowdale, you are pretty much in Elmister and every other famous person that lives there's Dale |
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The Arcanamach
Master of Realmslore
1847 Posts |
Posted - 14 Nov 2022 : 15:18:32
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Daggerdale - Mistledale - Archendale
Daggerdale has a bit of everything
Mistledale mainly because I've campaigned there and really liked the area
Archendale for the fact that it really isn't a 'dale' anymore, it's more akin to Sembia these days and that makes it interesting |
I have a dream that one day, all game worlds will exist as one. |
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Kelcimer
Learned Scribe
USA
136 Posts |
Posted - 15 Nov 2022 : 06:33:32
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| Battledale. My third campaign started and finished there. The start was the players being hold hunters and that was terrific. I wanted to have a couple small adventures before they got the hook for the big continent spanning adventure. If I had to do it again, I would have not gone that route, because my favorite parts pf the campaign were whenever they got back to Battledale (which they did a few times during the campaign). At the time I thought it would be a way to interact with various far flung parts of Faerun as a precursor to future visits, but as it turned out, I never found a reason to go back to most of those places. |
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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
11829 Posts |
Posted - 15 Nov 2022 : 15:05:35
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| Tarkhaldale |
Alavairthae, may your skill prevail
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Azar
Master of Realmslore
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36804 Posts |
Posted - 15 Nov 2022 : 18:56:03
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Originally posted by Azar
Earnhardt.
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Seethyr
Master of Realmslore
USA
1151 Posts |
Posted - 16 Nov 2022 : 22:50:53
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| Scardale, while kicking the snot out of some guy named Lashan, is my first FR Adventure ever so yeahhh...that was an easy one. |
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MrMcQ
Acolyte
3 Posts |
Posted - 18 Nov 2022 : 10:29:32
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| For adventure Daggerdale, but I'd retire in Deepingdale |
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Delnyn
Senior Scribe
USA
958 Posts |
Posted - 07 Jul 2023 : 21:28:01
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quote:
Originally posted by Seethyr
Scardale, while kicking the snot out of some guy named Lashan, is my first FR Adventure ever so yeahhh...that was an easy one.
Lashan was reborn as a nycaloth, so he now is a better challenge. |
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TomCosta
Forgotten Realms Designer
USA
971 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jul 2023 : 22:48:46
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| I'm with Sleyvas, Tarkhaldale. |
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GRYPHON
Senior Scribe
USA
527 Posts |
Posted - 11 Aug 2023 : 08:26:36
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| Shadowdale. |
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DoveArrow
Learned Scribe
105 Posts |
Posted - 11 Aug 2023 : 15:20:51
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| I'm going to go with Mistledale, primarily because I used it in an adventure I put up on the DMs Guild. It was a good location that had all of the sites I needed to convert the adventure from a personal campaign setting I wrote. |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
6666 Posts |
Posted - 12 Aug 2023 : 03:41:33
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Dragondale.
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"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36804 Posts |
Posted - 12 Aug 2023 : 05:32:08
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quote:
Originally posted by George Krashos
Dragondale.
-- George Krashos
You really like teasing us with bits like this, don't you? |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
6666 Posts |
Posted - 12 Aug 2023 : 14:02:16
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quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
quote:
Originally posted by George Krashos
Dragondale.
-- George Krashos
You really like teasing us with bits like this, don't you?
Yeah, I kind of do.
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Which Dale in the Dalelands is the your favorite?
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