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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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 Posted - 12 Sep 2005 : 15:32:25
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My personal spin on Silverymoon's mythal is that the mythal is a remnant of an elven city that once stood there. After the city was abandoned, the mythal eventually weakened and/or became dormant.
When Silverymoon was built, the effects of the mythal weren't strong enough to be noticed. But the years of life in the city, along with the amount of magic that's been cast, has revitalized the mythal. Maybe a special ritual, recently conducted, was needed to fully reawaken it...
Anyway, that's one way of explaining how Silverymoon went from just heavily warded to a full-on mythal city. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 12 Sep 2005 : 15:59:44
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Actually, that's not bad.
I've laid suggestions in my campaigns about ancient habitations in and around the Silverymoon area. It wouldn't take much to extend that line of thinking and suggest that at some point in the ancient past... a mythal-like energy field was raised around the old city to protect it from something.
I'd divert from here though... Perhaps it was raised in haste, and not properly tended to after it was created. This led to significant degradation and as time passed and arcane attention on the mythal decreased, the field decayed... almost to a point where it completely collapsed. Current practitioners of the Art have tried to supplement its abilities with magic wards of their own devising, but this has only met with limited success -- as such, the mythal of Silverymoon today is much weaker when compared to what it was during the days of the ancient city.
Of course, this changes the lore a little. However, it really all depends on how strong the DM believes the mythal was during the time of the ancient elven city like Wooly suggested. It's in keeping with my general campaign though. Without specific knowledge, the inhabitants of today could believe that the mythal is powerful enough.
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Melfius
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 12 Sep 2005 : 18:06:30
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| Not a bad idea, Wooly. In one of my campaigns, I had my PCs present when Alustriel led the creation of the mythal for Silverymoon. |
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AlacLuin
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Posted - 13 Sep 2005 : 01:06:57
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I've had this discussion about Silverymoon's "mythal"
first point is WotC's current definition of a "Mythal" (As seen in LEoF)
"Any permanent magical ward or Field raised via epic magic can be considered a Mythal"
This same tome does offer the distinction between 3 different type of "Mythals"
There are...
True Mythals- consist of most of the ancient Elvin realms, many are listed in Magic of Faerun
Wizard Mythals- as the creation of the "true Mythal" type has been forgotten by it's time, Myth Drannor is an example of of a Wizard Mythal, but LEoF does call this a true Mythal.
Near Mythal- This is where Silverymoon fits in, at least until LEoF changed the History to make it a Wizard Mythal
WotC did change the History to accommodate things, even if they didn't need to change it.
It is LEoF that states Alustriel (and others) Raised the Mythal in 843 DR.
While the North has
“843 The High Lady Amaara, Elué, Elénaril, Lynx, and three other mages casting in concert create the magical Moonbridge of Silverymoon, replacing the stone bridge that lasted over four centuries.”
Ok, Elue is Alustriel, but here their involvement is limited to the Bridge only.
So, are Silverymoon's Wards a Mythal?
If you accept the expanding definition of what a Mythal is, yes it is.
If one wants to make the distinction between a Near Mythal and a True Mythal, no it's not the same.
Now, I'd most likely have less issues if it was stated Ecamane Truesilver raised a Wizard Mythal.
Is any of this really going to effect game play?
No, not at all.
Am I being nit picky?
Maybe, OK, Sure I am. |
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