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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
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 Posted - 12 May 2005 : 05:19:15
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Gack! I just checked the site like half an hour ago, and saw nothing! Those evil gits did it to me again... I must smite them, I think. 
Yeah, I checked a couple of times during the day and began to think they might not post anything at all. Thus, what happens, not one, but two Realms articles. |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
6680 Posts |
Posted - 26 May 2005 : 04:45:30
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Part 8 is up. I'll let SB provide the link.
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"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus |
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
4607 Posts |
Posted - 26 May 2005 : 04:49:28
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“I am the King of Rome, and above grammar”
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"Its good to be the King!"
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 26 May 2005 : 04:53:13
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Originally posted by George Krashos
Part 8 is up. I'll let SB provide the link.
-- George Krashos
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rl/20050525a |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Master of Mischief
USA
36910 Posts |
Posted - 26 May 2005 : 05:54:10
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| Milady Hooded One, know you what the next cycle of Realmslore will include? |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 26 May 2005 : 06:02:45
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Kuje
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Originally posted by George Krashos
Part 8 is up. I'll let SB provide the link.
-- George Krashos
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rl/20050525a
SB, you've changed! 
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For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 26 May 2005 : 06:52:23
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Milady Hooded One, know you what the next cycle of Realmslore will include?
Indeed. And possibly, how many articles will the next cycle comprise?
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
5056 Posts |
Posted - 27 May 2005 : 02:12:32
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I honestly don't know, fellow scribes. Ed's handed in one series (on a place in the Realms) that's just as long as the Hammerstars saga, but most of the others are short (two-parters or four-parters). Remember, these are written "to order" - - a WotC person chooses the topics, number of articles for each . . . and what order they'll appear on the site in, too.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36910 Posts |
Posted - 27 May 2005 : 05:00:51
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
I honestly don't know, fellow scribes. Ed's handed in one series (on a place in the Realms) that's just as long as the Hammerstars saga, but most of the others are short (two-parters or four-parters). Remember, these are written "to order" - - a WotC person chooses the topics, number of articles for each . . . and what order they'll appear on the site in, too.
love,
THO
D'oh! I was hoping you could clue us in...
However, did you not at some time in the past mention some Waterdhavian lore Ed had written for the site? With the imminent arrival of the City of Splendors sourcebook, maybe we'll get a special treat from the website.  |
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khorne
Master of Realmslore
Finland
1073 Posts |
Posted - 27 May 2005 : 18:19:33
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36910 Posts |
Posted - 27 May 2005 : 23:36:10
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Originally posted by khorne
Maybe some scribe could post these articels on candlekeep so that they never will be lost?(I read on the wizards site that they get taken down after a while)
Permission would likely have to be obtained from Wizards to do that...
And really, I've not seen too many articles disappear from their site. They might be difficult to find, but they're usually still there, somewhere. I only know of a couple of articles that seemed to have actually been removed from the site, and those disappeared years ago.
I know more than a couple of us have a habit of copying new articles and such from the website into Word documents, so we've always got them handy. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 28 May 2005 : 03:07:00
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I know more than a couple of us have a habit of copying new articles and such from the website into Word documents, so we've always got them handy.
I've got mine!
In fact, I'm looking at my open file now. I've been wanting to add some campaign note additions to Ed's original works for a long time now, and I'm finally finding the time to do it...  .
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warlockco
Master of Realmslore
USA
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 28 May 2005 : 06:12:18
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I used to do that. With SageOS, I could simply integrate the basic HTML documents into the core prog and access them directly from my own desktop.
But since I've updated my OS, I've had to drop that particular function, at least for the moment, because I've restructured the way SageBROWSER accesses and downloads HTML documents and other web files.
Plus, having the Realmslore in neat and organised files keep everything sorted and makes them easier to search through when I'm looking for a particular reference.
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warlockco
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36910 Posts |
Posted - 28 May 2005 : 07:03:28
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
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Posted - 28 May 2005 : 07:39:55
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There is a rumour going around that I have found god. I think is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.
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warlockco
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 28 May 2005 : 08:16:34
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I stick with keeping them in Word, because it's easier to share them out and/or manipulate them.
Yep, but that falls into one of these days....
Plus I currently don't have word at the moment, I do but it is Office 97 and that doesn't get along with XP too well   So have to suffer with crappy Works for the moment.    |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 09 Jun 2005 : 05:46:49
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For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 09 Jun 2005 : 06:07:10
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Originally posted by Kuje
YAY! Ed brought Luruar back! WOTC removed it because it was "to hard" to pronounce.
Hoorah!.... Luruar received a mention.
Here's to the next few parts of this new and intriguing series.
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warlockco
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 09 Jun 2005 : 07:03:09
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Originally posted by Kuje
YAY! Ed brought Luruar back! WOTC removed it because it was "to hard" to pronounce.
Edit: grrr, don't you hate it when you type something and it don't take.
Too hard to pronounce never stopped them before with alot of words. |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
6680 Posts |
Posted - 09 Jun 2005 : 07:06:46
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This is an interesting one, isn't it? Of course, it makes no sense as written so far, but the title seems to imply that there are layers of misdirection/tall tales or plain untruths (that are taken as gospel) by sections of Realms society. I know that Steven Schend has long stated (and snuck into many 2E products) that Khelben is a master at such disinformation and has 'set up' many tales and whispers of lore over the centuries that in the present-day Realms are taken to be true. In fact, Khelben has even written books by 'sages' and 'loremasters' analysing information that he seeks to be made 'true' or believed, thereby lending such untruths legitimacy. It's a long endgame that Khelben plays and I'm wondering whether Ed is alluding to similar stuff in this latest Realmslore installment. I'm very, very intrigued. Oh, and welcome back, Luruar!
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 09 Jun 2005 : 12:53:50
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| Ah yes, that's why I love Khelbun. I think this is going in that direction as well, that there are many rumors that are a lot different than what the actual truth is. It will be interesting to see if at the end of the the installment we see what seed of truth led to this tale. |
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 09 Jun 2005 : 15:05:56
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Krash, you're reading this rightly. This is a two-parter, and the second offering relates something of how distorted "lore" like Tharnwood grow (with sages' and minstrels' embellishments) over time.
In other words - - these two pieces were supposed to be published alongside Lost Empires - - Ed's underscoring an "out" or "elbow room" for all Realms historians, and DMs, to twist lore to their own purposes, for their own campaigns, and not get tripped up on "but the books say this" arguments.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 09 Jun 2005 : 15:18:47
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
In other words - - these two pieces were supposed to be published alongside Lost Empires - - Ed's underscoring an "out" or "elbow room" for all Realms historians, and DMs, to twist lore to their own purposes, for their own campaigns, and not get tripped up on "but the books say this" arguments.
love,
THO
And so we learn how "Realmslore" is truly born... not through careful study and research, but by rumor, hearsay, and gossip... .
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36910 Posts |
Posted - 09 Jun 2005 : 17:29:17
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
In other words - - these two pieces were supposed to be published alongside Lost Empires - - Ed's underscoring an "out" or "elbow room" for all Realms historians, and DMs, to twist lore to their own purposes, for their own campaigns, and not get tripped up on "but the books say this" arguments.
love,
THO
And so we learn how "Realmslore" is truly born... not through careful study and research, but by rumor, hearsay, and gossip... .
That's not what I heard! A friend of a friend of a friend, who knows someone's cousin's roommate, told me something entirely different... |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Steven Schend
Forgotten Realms Designer & Author
USA
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Posted - 10 Jun 2005 : 15:38:21
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
In other words - - these two pieces were supposed to be published alongside Lost Empires - - Ed's underscoring an "out" or "elbow room" for all Realms historians, and DMs, to twist lore to their own purposes, for their own campaigns, and not get tripped up on "but the books say this" arguments.
love,
THO
And so we learn how "Realmslore" is truly born... not through careful study and research, but by rumor, hearsay, and gossip... .
Now why shouldn't Realmslore be cobbled together just like real-world histories? 
Steven
"Every death of a king is awash in rumor, gossip, and intrigues, lest ye be the one bearin' the stab wounds...."
--Jhanar of Khoblan's Mill, circa the Year of the Bent Coin, in his journals bound at Candlekeep as "A Wanderers' Log of the Sword Coast" |
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