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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
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 Posted - 23 Jun 2005 : 21:40:22
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Hello, everyone!
I´m planning the start of one campaign in the Unapprocheable East, and I´m in need of some informations that, if one of you have to share with this humble dwarf, I will stay very glad, so, let´s to it:
- There is some source of taer lore beyond the Unapprocheable East book? One of my players is creating a taer druid of Auril and he (and I) are looking for more info to roleplay better the character.
- There is in some old and dust tome some list of Rashemaar male and female names? I´m looking at the names in the Unapprocheable East and Spellbound tomes, and creating something paralel with the names already created, but if this list exist in some book, will turn my job a little more easy  .
Thanks in advance,
Yuri "Chosen of Moradin" Peixoto
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Edited by - Chosen of Moradin on 23 Jun 2005 21:47:24
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jun 2005 : 22:20:40
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The Spellbound box set from 2e.
One of the Liriel novels takes place in Rasheman.
Races of Faerun should have info on the humans of that nation.....
Page 12 of the FRCS has a small list of male/female names. :) |
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Kentinal
Great Reader
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Posted - 23 Jun 2005 : 22:24:08
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| You might find addition lore resourses here: http://www.toril.info/FR6.htm a colection of official and fan created material. |
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
5402 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jun 2005 : 23:11:26
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I would definately read the Liriel books for background, especially the final book in the series, which features several creatures that are statted in Unapproachable East and in Frostburn.
Oddly enough, given the threads I've been on recently, many of the names that seem to come up for Rashemen have a slavic feel to them, though I wouldn't do too many flat out slavic names, take a slavic name and change it slightly.
And if you see a large bald Rashemi berserker with a hampster on his shoulder, be nice to him . . . he's had a lot of head wounds and has lost his witch. |
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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1120 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jun 2005 : 13:33:48
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My 100th post! Urra!!! But... wait...
Chosen of Moradin looks in disbelief at Kuje, Kentinal, KnightErrantJr, Wooly, Sage, SB, Krashos, Dargoth and others...
Wow. It´s better that I work more hard in my runes
Kuje, thank you! I stay so centered in the Regional sourcebooks (Spellbound and Unapprocheable East) that I forget to look at the list in the FRCS! It´s happen sometimes. I´m already looking the Rashemi info in the Races of Faerun (I´m giving all the relevant infos to the players, translating the books entries to easy reference to them - that don´t speak english - and preparing that to be a great campaign)
Kentinal, thanks for the link! An awesome collection of easter lore! I´m searching for some stuff there, thank you.
KnightErrantJR, thanks, too. I´m doing some research in slavic names to work on them, and give to my rashemaar player a great scope of options.
When I have all the stuff gathered, I will start to post the campaign in the Adventures thread, and I´m open to receive any feedback of my friend scribes here. |
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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1120 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jun 2005 : 13:35:23
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| I was forgeting... what´s the name of Liriel books? |
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Forge
Learned Scribe
USA
218 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jun 2005 : 13:56:30
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First one was "Daughter of the Drow" I believe. I lost track after that.
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
2104 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jun 2005 : 13:58:07
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| The Shadows & Starlight trilogy 1 - Daughter of the Drow; 2 - Tangled Webs; and 3 - Windwalker. It's the last one that contains the most information on Rashemen, although seeing as they're so good I'd recommend reading all three anyway |
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
5402 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jun 2005 : 14:25:00
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| While the Windwalker has the most info on Rashemen in it, you do get several glimpses at the culture from Fyodor's comments and stories as well. |
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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1120 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jun 2005 : 18:12:20
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KnightErrantJR, Kajehase and Forge, thank you! Muito Obrigado!
Elaine Cuningham books, eh? This, solely, is a great motive for me buy these books. And lady Liriel is a very pretty girl  . I checked with my prefered bookstore. The books are aproximately U$ 6,00 each, with post taxes of U$ 3,00. US 21,00 in total. Very afordable
Now, it´s time to the worst part: pray to my overgod, reciting the supreme necessity os these books to my life (yes, yes, I´m talking about my wife  ) |
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
2104 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jun 2005 : 18:46:00
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21 USD for all three? I want to live in Brazil... at least during our summer
(The Swedish price for all three is closer to $31 |
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Forge
Learned Scribe
USA
218 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jun 2005 : 18:54:41
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| $21 per book? Can't get them all 3 for that much IN the US. Heck, you could prolly buy them in Brazil and ship them to US and still be ahead. |
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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1120 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jun 2005 : 19:15:24
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Hehehe, I love that bookstore for this. Every month we have some good books at a very afordable price (and because of this I buy of them: Ghostwalk, Unap. East, Faiths and Pantheons, CoSQ, PGtF...). Only to give an example, some of the oferts of that month:
Fiend Folio: U$ 13,00
Faiths and Pantheons: U$ 13,00
almost all FR novel (paperback): U$ 6,00
And that is beautiful: The Lone Drow Hardcover: U$ 10,00 
I will contact the leader of that thayan enclave... err... bookstore to see if A Thousand Orcs and Two Swords will hit this price, too. |
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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1120 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jun 2005 : 19:19:39
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$21 per book? Can't get them all 3 for that much IN the US. Heck, you could prolly buy them in Brazil and ship them to US and still be ahead.
No, my friend! U$ 21,00 for all the three books and the post taxes (well, I live more or les 2000 kilometers from the bookstore) |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 25 Jun 2005 : 02:35:21
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Originally posted by Chosen of Moradin
Hehehe, I love that bookstore for this. Every month we have some good books at a very afordable price (and because of this I buy of them: Ghostwalk, Unap. East, Faiths and Pantheons, CoSQ, PGtF...). Only to give an example, some of the oferts of that month:
Since I have the tome myself, I'd be interested to hear what you thought of Monte's Ghostwalk setting CoM? And also, its possibilities for use in an FR campaign?
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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1120 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2005 : 13:08:43
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by Chosen of Moradin
Hehehe, I love that bookstore for this. Every month we have some good books at a very afordable price (and because of this I buy of them: Ghostwalk, Unap. East, Faiths and Pantheons, CoSQ, PGtF...). Only to give an example, some of the oferts of that month:
Since I have the tome myself, I'd be interested to hear what you thought of Monte's Ghostwalk setting CoM? And also, its possibilities for use in an FR campaign?
Oh, that pretty tome is simply awesome! We´re talking about a very good and coherent fluffy book, and it is, IMHO one pattern that deserves a little more atention: to be coherent. I like too much of the options presented, and I find it easy to be inserted in the Realms (maybe, IMO, in the Endless Wastes, beyond the Raurin, but it is just one of many options). I don´t have done this (yet), but I´m using some good material from the book (doomspheres with eidolon levels are a pretty thing to be seen  ; one or more levels of eidoloncer to Syluné, too; the treatment given to the magical itens - with every iten receiving a history, never existing a simple sword +1; some of the monsters are easily adaptated to the Realms; and so on...) |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2005 : 15:19:27
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by Chosen of Moradin
Hehehe, I love that bookstore for this. Every month we have some good books at a very afordable price (and because of this I buy of them: Ghostwalk, Unap. East, Faiths and Pantheons, CoSQ, PGtF...). Only to give an example, some of the oferts of that month:
Since I have the tome myself, I'd be interested to hear what you thought of Monte's Ghostwalk setting CoM? And also, its possibilities for use in an FR campaign?
BTW, I thought SKR wrote Ghostwalk.... or am I thinking of a different book with the same name? |
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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1120 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2005 : 21:04:38
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| Monte and Sean wrote it. And Thomas Rheid was the editor. Look at this! One "aparition" of the "teamwork benefits" some years before the release of Heroes of Battle and DMG II!!! |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 29 Jun 2005 : 02:10:49
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Originally posted by Kuje
BTW, I thought SKR wrote Ghostwalk.... or am I thinking of a different book with the same name?
As CoM just said, both Monte and SKR were involved with the Ghostwalk project.
In fact, I even recall Monte saying on his message boards that he contacted a number of other designers for their own thoughts about how the campaign setting might go. He said they were all very insightful. I would have like to have known who they were, because the credits page in the tome says little.
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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1120 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jun 2005 : 13:32:09
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In fact, I even recall Monte saying on his message boards that he contacted a number of other designers for their own thoughts about how the campaign setting might go. He said they were all very insightful. I would have like to have known who they were, because the credits page in the tome says little.
I want to know who they are, too.
And you, Sage, what are your impressions of the book?
And only to go back to the topic, my copy of Daughter of the Drow came to my house at this exact moment. Now, the sole problem is that I´m in my job . 7 hours to the final countdown...
Right now, I have this characters to my UE campaign:
- Aron Firemane, a male centaur ranger of Cormanthor. Aron only want to discover a little of the wonders of Faerûn, but he have no time to this. One encounter with Nashyim of the Desolated Wood and Vishara, the Arm of Mielikki (both from the Realm Personalities article) put him in contact with the menace of the Rotting Man. At a request of Vishara, Aron is going to help the Nentyar;
- "not named yet", a male taer druid of Auril. This quiet and contemplative taer is a real lover of the winter, but when all his tribe fell under a brutal slaughter caused by an unknows Red Wizard, his blood oath will send him right to the southern land... and the wrath of the winter will shake Thay forever...
- "not named yet" female mulan paladin of Horus-Re. She will have, when time comes, matters to discuss with the same Red Wizard that have given some troubles to the taer character. This, too, will be the motive to send that mulan to the northen lands;
- "not named yet", female rashemi wizard (ethran). Character in development. The only thing that I can say about her is: Her superior hathran will send the character as an aprentice to another hathran that is moving to Kront, in the Great Dale. The Witches don´t trust in that hathran, and the character will be one "spy" for them...
- well, my wife don´t choose his character, but she generally plays with a cleric.
- Valen Dyeros, male rashemi fighter (NPC). Valen is a good hearted fighter, created in the Dale, but with a profund love for the land of his ancestors, the North Country of Rashemen. Unknown to him, his life will change dramatically very soon.
Well, that is the group. I´m thinkin in use Nevron, zulkir of Conjuration (with some vile feats, prestige class and so), and the Rotting Man as the two prime villains. I´m developing Valen history (yes, Sage, you know the origin of this name ) as the surviving last heir of Raumathar Empire. Before the fall of Narfell and Raumathar, the greatest raumathari sage "see" the future, and change the babies, saving the last of the royal lineage. The infant was left with a poor rashemi family of the North Country, and in this near 1500 years, the Sage family have "guarded" the Dyeros family. Now, the actual descendant of the Sage are "spying" Valen, to see if he fits the ideal of long forgotten Raumathar, and if he will have the resolve to discover about himself, and his destiny.
Well, that is it. Krashos are giving me some help with Valen´s history (and I´m developing a complete genealogic tree for him) and campaign details. I will use, primary, the village of Kront (a good crossroad for all places in the UE), and I´m expecting to start the campaign in 20 days.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 29 Jun 2005 : 14:14:30
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Originally posted by Chosen of Moradin
I want to know who they are, too.
I might ask Monte on his boards when I'm over there next.
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And you, Sage, what are your impressions of the book?
I'll take this to a private scroll. That'll keep Big Al happy  .
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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1120 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jun 2005 : 22:15:48
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I'll take this to a private scroll. That'll keep Big Al happy
Yes, yes! Ghost tales are good in a campfire, between adventures, but I think that it´s a bad idea tell this tales in the rooms of the Keep, because they fright the scribes... A relative of a cousin of the girlfriend of a merchant friend of mine said me one time that are rooms full of ghost hamsters here...
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