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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
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 Posted - 03 Aug 2005 : 12:20:44
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Well Elminster did spend some time in the Nine Hells so its quite likely that he encountered lawyers 
Don't forget that Waterdeep was briefly infested with lawyers... It took a plot of Khelben's to get rid of them. This was around issue 23 of the AD&D comic.
"Uh, Kyri... Got a deck of cards?" 
Lol
Let me guess the Shadow Thieves hired a Mage to get back at Waterdeep for kicking them out. The Mage did his job by casting multiple Halasters Fetch to summon a host of lawyers into Waterdeep
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36910 Posts |
Posted - 03 Aug 2005 : 12:39:48
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Originally posted by Dargoth
Lol
Let me guess the Shadow Thieves hired a Mage to get back at Waterdeep for kicking them out. The Mage did his job by casting multiple Halasters Fetch to summon a host of lawyers into Waterdeep
No, much simpler. Khelben got back from someplace, and discovered that the City had entered into a contract with lawyers for them to help out with legal procedures. And of course, once the lawyers were there, they weren't going to leave. So Khelben hatched a plot to get rid of them. The quote comes from when Khelben left Onyx and Kyri alone on their wedding night.  |
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
2104 Posts |
Posted - 03 Aug 2005 : 13:52:33
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Ah yes... Those dwarves have some interesting wedding-rites, bedchamber trek indeed
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Melfius
Senior Scribe
USA
516 Posts |
Posted - 03 Aug 2005 : 13:57:24
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| Has anyone noticed that all the pictures of Asmodeus make him look like a lawyer? |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 03 Aug 2005 : 14:36:10
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Originally posted by Dargoth
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Originally posted by George Krashos
It's not a deity, it's got to be Larloch. Isn't he responsible for everything?
-- George Krashos
*smirk*
That reminds me of that old 90s song about Jeff Kennet
Hehe... I remember that one . The extended version is even better  .
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Has anyone noticed that all the pictures of Asmodeus make him look like a lawyer?
That's just what the artist wants you to think. He wants you to dislike Asmodeus. But he's really a good guy... honest .
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36910 Posts |
Posted - 03 Aug 2005 : 17:04:52
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But he's really a good guy... honest .
Asmodeus or the artist?
And though this has been an amusing threadjack, we should return to the original topic. |
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
5056 Posts |
Posted - 03 Aug 2005 : 21:51:29
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Speaking of which, WotC has put up Part 1 of The Coinkind, Ed's latest Realmslore. Links, anyone?
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Alaundo
Head Moderator
United Kingdom
5696 Posts |
Posted - 03 Aug 2005 : 22:04:37
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
Speaking of which, WotC has put up Part 1 of The Coinkind, Ed's latest Realmslore. Links, anyone?
love,
THO
Well met
Indeed, and here is the scroll in question (Wooly had already brought this scroll over to us on the previous page). Thank ye for the notification, Hooded One, nevertheless. I'll take a read through Ed's latest work in a moment |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36910 Posts |
Posted - 03 Aug 2005 : 23:24:14
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
Speaking of which, WotC has put up Part 1 of The Coinkind, Ed's latest Realmslore. Links, anyone?
love,
THO
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
5056 Posts |
Posted - 04 Aug 2005 : 02:20:15
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Oh, Wooly, you only needed to ask.
Here . . . .
Dost thou like what thou dost see?
(A more important question: how long can hamsters hold their breaths? While using their tongues?)
Just an INNOCENT question, Alaundo, from a lass trying to improve her er, grasp of biology. Ahem. 
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Alaundo
Head Moderator
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Posted - 04 Aug 2005 : 08:44:37
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
Oh, Wooly, you only needed to ask.
Here . . . .
Dost thou like what thou dost see?
(A more important question: how long can hamsters hold their breaths? While using their tongues?)
Just an INNOCENT question, Alaundo, from a lass trying to improve her er, grasp of biology. Ahem.
love to all,
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Lady Kazandra
Senior Scribe
Australia
921 Posts |
Posted - 17 Aug 2005 : 07:14:04
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Who would ever have thought it would turn out like this?
I was kind of hoping it was some indirect plot by a deity, but this is actually more interesting. I think I'll try to include Jaranthra whenever I run a campaign in either Suzail, Waterdeep, Arabel, and/or Everlund.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 17 Aug 2005 : 15:00:36
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
The Coinkind (Part Two) is up. I like the revelation of who the Coinkind is.
I'm glad the revelation of the Coinkind ended as something else other than a deity. The more and more I thought about it during the intervening period between the articles, the more and more I hoped it was something more... earthly .
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tauster
Senior Scribe
Germany
399 Posts |
Posted - 17 Aug 2005 : 18:45:37
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i agree: it´s better than (yet another) divine scheme (not that i don´t like them!) or dark-conspirancy-behind-an-innocent-disguise (which is what my players would immediately assume, given my style of weaving plots into plots into...)!
rather, it´s something of a very pleasant surprise, should the characters suss it.
also, that´s one of the rare kind of stories that you could use as adventures for young children. i don´t have children (heck, atm i don´t even have someone to make children with!  ), but i´m wondering for years what kind of adventure could be used to introduce roleplay at large (and realmsplay in particular!) to children, without the violence that is typical for 99,9% of all adventures. honestly: when have you played a session (let alone a whole adventure!) without wounding or killing enemies?
i believe roleplaying can be a fantastic instrument (pun intended) for "teaching" lessons of ethic and morale to children. the only thing that seems hard to do is finding proper themes (stories) and building adventures without hurting or killing your enemies, maybe even without thieving.
ups... sorry for kid-napping (no pun intended, i swear!) the thread! (given enough interest, we could open a new scroll) |
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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
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Posted - 17 Aug 2005 : 19:50:10
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Originally posted by Lady Kazandra
Who would ever have thought it would turn out like this?
I was kind of hoping it was some indirect plot by a deity, but this is actually more interesting. I think I'll try to include Jaranthra whenever I run a campaign in either Suzail, Waterdeep, Arabel, and/or Everlund.
And I echo you! Wow! Ed have this strange talent to make me almost cry even here in the job. But, dwarven tears apart, the simple (yet deep) nature of this article touch me too much, too. It made me remember of a paralel new that pass in brazilian tv last month: of a pretty girl, in his 20-23 years (I don´t remember exactly) that walk in the shadows of night, leaving clothes and food to the beggars and the drug adicts that live in the street. Always unidentified. She was murdered by two men that want to steal the car of her boyfriend. Well, the extraordinary in all of this (the fact that put this case in the tv) is the fact that she have a "vision" three days before his death, and "see" what will happen with her. And she don´t stop to live his life. She only explain to his mother and best friend all that she see, and beg for them to stay calm, and beg that all his organs was donated to transplants, in the end. A really, really, true knight, in soul and in deed.
And now, Mr. Ed give us the Coinkind. Wow! I´m really touched.
Well, let me go back to the forges before some elf see my tears coming back. |
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Reefy
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
892 Posts |
Posted - 18 Aug 2005 : 01:03:01
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| I have to agree, that is exactly the sort of Realmslore article that I love. It's short but very detailed and can be dropped into a campaign quite easily. Two thumbs up to Ed for this one. |
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
2104 Posts |
Posted - 31 Aug 2005 : 06:44:52
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| *rubs hands together* This seems very promising so far. |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
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Posted - 31 Aug 2005 : 07:54:00
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I knew this one was coming. More stuff for the East. Woohoo!
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
5056 Posts |
Posted - 01 Sep 2005 : 02:07:40
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There'll be nine Uthmere columns, if I remember rightly. Enough, along with the UE tome, to use it as a campaign base.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 01 Sep 2005 : 02:44:10
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Thank you Lady, for the information .
Now here's something I've been wanting to ask for a while. How does Ed decide which Realmslore topic he will cover in the online articles? Or does the WotC web publishing department suggest areas for coverage?
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Kuje
Great Reader
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Posted - 01 Sep 2005 : 02:49:32
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Originally posted by The Sage
Thank you Lady, for the information .
Now here's something I've been wanting to ask for a while. How does Ed decide which Realmslore topic he will cover in the online articles? Or does the WotC web publishing department suggest areas for coverage?
THO has said in the past that WOTC gives Ed a list of things they want and he has to decide what to write based on that list. :) |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 01 Sep 2005 : 03:18:29
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
There'll be nine Uthmere columns, if I remember rightly. Enough, along with the UE tome, to use it as a campaign base.
love,
THO
Ooh... Such a nice amount of lore! |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 01 Sep 2005 : 06:52:43
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Originally posted by Kuje
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Originally posted by The Sage
Thank you Lady, for the information .
Now here's something I've been wanting to ask for a while. How does Ed decide which Realmslore topic he will cover in the online articles? Or does the WotC web publishing department suggest areas for coverage?
THO has said in the past that WOTC gives Ed a list of things they want and he has to decide what to write based on that list. :)
Thanks Kuje .
As it happens, I just found THO's previous reply about 15 minutes ago... .
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Faraer
Great Reader
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Posted - 01 Sep 2005 : 09:15:18
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| Although Ed has asked us what we'd like to see "Realmslore" cover, so presumably he also suggests subjects to Wizards. |
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Wooly Rupert
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 14 Sep 2005 : 06:59:11
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And up for Part Three... nightly life in Uthmere.
That's a subject that doesn't get covered too often when it comes to the Realms. The City of Splendors novel provided us with an example of the nightly activities in Waterdeep, as have some other novels and sourcebooks covering various other cities and regions. But I doubt we've learned about everything regarding the revelry and night time activities that begin once the sun goes down.
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