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Jess Lebow
Forgotten Realms Author
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 Posted - 03 Jun 2006 : 21:53:34
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On another note...
I just found out yesterday that I will be attending GenCon this year.
I'll be demoing the Pirate of the Burning Seas MMO (I'm now the lead writer and content designer for this cool new game), and I'm going to try to get some time to sign books.
If any of you are going to make it to the con, I would love to meet you and get a chance to chat in person.
You should all come. We'll make a party out of it.
-Jess |
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Steven Schend
Forgotten Realms Designer & Author
USA
1715 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jun 2006 : 16:38:15
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quote:
Originally posted by Jess Lebow
On another note...
I just found out yesterday that I will be attending GenCon this year.
You should all come. We'll make a party out of it.
-Jess
Ye owe me a beer, Jess, if only for setting up half your back characters in Erlkazar.  Nah--but we will have to toast the land of 5 barons with some ale, indeed.
Steven |
For current projects and general natter, see www.steveneschend.com
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Jess Lebow
Forgotten Realms Author
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Posted - 04 Jun 2006 : 18:31:47
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| You can count on it. An ale in each hand, we will while the night away. :) |
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Steven Schend
Forgotten Realms Designer & Author
USA
1715 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jun 2006 : 18:50:35
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Originally posted by Jess Lebow
You can count on it. An ale in each hand, we will while the night away. :)
If there's two-fisted drinking to be had, we'd best invite Ed along as well to train us in its proper Realmsian methods (and drinking songs).
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For current projects and general natter, see www.steveneschend.com
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Jess Lebow
Forgotten Realms Author
43 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jun 2006 : 22:14:55
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| Then we best invite Ed! |
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EytanBernstein
Forgotten Realms Designer
USA
704 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jun 2006 : 01:51:09
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| I'll be at Gen Con as well, so I'll have to say hello to you all at some point. |
http://eytanbernstein.com - the official website of Eytan Bernstein |
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Ethriel
Learned Scribe
USA
272 Posts |
Posted - 02 Jan 2007 : 20:04:46
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| Out of curiosity, JEss, has any luck come across for writing a followup to MoC? It's such a great cliffhanger |
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Renzokuken
Acolyte
USA
38 Posts |
Posted - 23 May 2007 : 01:48:45
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| Hey Jess. What is this I hear about "Obsidian Citadel"? Do tell! |
Currently reading: Dark Elf Trilogy (FR) |
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Zanan
Senior Scribe
Germany
942 Posts |
Posted - 23 Mar 2008 : 09:33:18
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Hello Mr. Lebow!
While reading & reviewing Realms of War, I noted "Elestam's Crusaders" in your short story The Siege of Zerith Hold. Are those crusaders your invention or have they been mentioned in a sourcebook before?
Thanks for that great story,
Zanan! |
Cave quid dicis, quando et cui!
Gæð a wyrd swa hio scel!
In memory of Alura Durshavin.
Visit my "Homepage" to find A Guide to the Drow NPCs of Faerûn, Drow and non-Drow PrC and much more. |
Edited by - Zanan on 23 Mar 2008 09:38:14 |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3287 Posts |
Posted - 07 May 2008 : 22:30:44
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-Jess I finished Reading Obsidian Ridge GOOD BOOK,GREAT READ. I have a couple of questions for ya about the Cellar. #1 is it your creation. #2 where in Erlkazar is it at. #3 Who built or created it. #4 What type of monsters(besides Clusterfang and the Helmed Horrors) are in it? The reason I ask is I would like to eventually use the Idea in A Realms Campaign. Thanks.
Brimstone |
"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
Alaundo of Candlekeep |
Edited by - Brimstone on 07 May 2008 22:34:12 |
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Zanan
Senior Scribe
Germany
942 Posts |
Posted - 09 May 2008 : 22:15:17
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Reading the Obsidian Ridge right now and couldn't help but think of Ultima Underworld - The Stygian Abyss when the Cellar appeared.
BTW, who selected the cross at the beginning of each chapter?
BTW II ... nay not BTW, NB it should be: great novel! |
Cave quid dicis, quando et cui!
Gæð a wyrd swa hio scel!
In memory of Alura Durshavin.
Visit my "Homepage" to find A Guide to the Drow NPCs of Faerûn, Drow and non-Drow PrC and much more. |
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Kyrene
Senior Scribe
South Africa
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3287 Posts |
Posted - 07 Nov 2008 : 05:41:53
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quote:
Originally posted by Brimstone
-Jess I finished Reading Obsidian Ridge GOOD BOOK,GREAT READ. I have a couple of questions for ya about the Cellar. #1 is it your creation. #2 where in Erlkazar is it at. #3 Who built or created it. #4 What type of monsters(besides Clusterfang and the Helmed Horrors) are in it? The reason I ask is I would like to eventually use the Idea in A Realms Campaign. Thanks.
Brimstone
-I would like to bump these questions. 
BRIMSTONE  |
"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
Alaundo of Candlekeep |
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shoonvii
Acolyte
USA
12 Posts |
Posted - 12 Dec 2008 : 07:45:09
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| Indeed, I'd like to know what those monsters were that comprised Xeries' legions. Some sort of demon or devil? Abishai maybe? |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 17 Dec 2010 : 20:40:22
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Guess Jess doesn't come around here anymore - maybe he heard 'we bite'. LOL 
I was also curious about 'the Cellar' - would that be a cellar within the ruins of Dajaan, or is this located elsewhere? |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
Posted - 17 Dec 2010 : 23:47:59
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Originally posted by Markustay
Guess Jess doesn't come around here anymore - maybe he heard 'we bite'. LOL
I was also curious about 'the Cellar' - would that be a cellar within the ruins of Dajaan, or is this located elsewhere?
You may find it more effective tracking Jess down elsewhere. He hasn't been active here at Candlekeep since May '08. |
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Jess Lebow
Forgotten Realms Author
43 Posts |
Posted - 27 Dec 2010 : 06:08:16
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Originally posted by Ethriel
Out of curiosity, JEss, has any luck come across for writing a followup to MoC? It's such a great cliffhanger
Hi,
Okay, so this reply is almost 4 years late, but . . .
No luck so far, and I suspect with the change in the FR timeline there is very little chance of it happening in the future. I have always wanted to continue that story. Maybe if there is some retrospective fiction line set up in FR. |
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Jess Lebow
Forgotten Realms Author
43 Posts |
Posted - 27 Dec 2010 : 06:11:02
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Originally posted by Zanan
Hello Mr. Lebow!
While reading & reviewing Realms of War, I noted "Elestam's Crusaders" in your short story The Siege of Zerith Hold. Are those crusaders your invention or have they been mentioned in a sourcebook before?
Thanks for that great story,
Zanan!
Hello,
If my memory serves me correctly, there was only a couple of lines written about the Crusaders in an old box set. It was really just background info that helped tie Erlkazar together. I believe our esteemed Mr. Schend was the creator of this elite group. |
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Jess Lebow
Forgotten Realms Author
43 Posts |
Posted - 27 Dec 2010 : 06:18:18
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Originally posted by Brimstone
-Jess I finished Reading Obsidian Ridge GOOD BOOK,GREAT READ. I have a couple of questions for ya about the Cellar. #1 is it your creation. #2 where in Erlkazar is it at. #3 Who built or created it. #4 What type of monsters(besides Clusterfang and the Helmed Horrors) are in it? The reason I ask is I would like to eventually use the Idea in A Realms Campaign. Thanks.
Brimstone
Hi,
I hope you went ahead and used the Cellar in your campaign already, and that my tardiness didn't slow you down.
The Cellar was in fact my creation. I always envisioned it existing in a pocket dimension, sort of stuck between planes of existence.
I'm not sure who originally built it. I sort of thought that its beginnings were a mystery. By the time it appears in my story it has transformed several times. The first known inhabitant of the Cellar was a very rich man, who lived peacefully, secluded, within its confines for more than half of his life. After his death, the gateway into the Cellar changed hands many times, and eventually it became a sort of labyrinth, meant to protect tremendous treasure through the use of traps and monsters.
As far as monsters for your campaign, I think the sky is the limit. If you can envision the creature living underground, you can probably find it in the cellar. Though, it would have to be pretty tough to survive in such a place.
Hope that helps. |
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Jess Lebow
Forgotten Realms Author
43 Posts |
Posted - 27 Dec 2010 : 06:19:33
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Originally posted by Zanan
Reading the Obsidian Ridge right now and couldn't help but think of Ultima Underworld - The Stygian Abyss when the Cellar appeared.
BTW, who selected the cross at the beginning of each chapter?
BTW II ... nay not BTW, NB it should be: great novel!
I'm not sure who selected the cross. Probably the novels art director. I just handed over the text, and I got a pretty book back :) |
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Jess Lebow
Forgotten Realms Author
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Posted - 27 Dec 2010 : 06:21:52
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Originally posted by Kyrene
Jess, whatever happened to your short story Moonstone Mask since the Neverwinter Nights novel never saw the light of day?
It was never printed. I still have it somewhere. There really wasn't anything I could do with it when the book was shelved. It was too much of an FR story to really try to make it work in another world. So I just archived it. |
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Jess Lebow
Forgotten Realms Author
43 Posts |
Posted - 27 Dec 2010 : 06:26:18
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Originally posted by shoonvii
Indeed, I'd like to know what those monsters were that comprised Xeries' legions. Some sort of demon or devil? Abishai maybe?
Hi,
I made up Xeries creatures. I imagined that a guy with that kind of time on his hands would dabble in genetic/magical manipulation--especially given his history with magical research and the transformation he himself went through. Since I had used so many other creatures from the MM for the Cellar and other parts of the book, I really wanted to add something new. And since Xeries was sort of otherworldly, his unique circumstance gave me the opportunity to make up a new beast without upsetting the balance of creatures already in the game.
I don't think anyone ever did any stats for them. Could be fun to see what a designer would do with a creature like that. |
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Jess Lebow
Forgotten Realms Author
43 Posts |
Posted - 27 Dec 2010 : 06:28:33
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Originally posted by Markustay
Guess Jess doesn't come around here anymore - maybe he heard 'we bite'. LOL
I was also curious about 'the Cellar' - would that be a cellar within the ruins of Dajaan, or is this located elsewhere?
Yeah, sorry about leaving you guys hanging for so long--literally years.
I've since moved to China, Shanghai to be precise. I'm currently working for Ubisoft, and last year a published a book on beer (Called the Beer Devotional, if anyone is thirsty).
I'm not working on anything for Wizards at the moment, but I am dabbling with a book about my time in China.
Happy New Year :) |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3287 Posts |
Posted - 27 Dec 2010 : 08:48:55
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quote:
Originally posted by Jess Lebow
quote:
Originally posted by Brimstone
-Jess I finished Reading Obsidian Ridge GOOD BOOK,GREAT READ. I have a couple of questions for ya about the Cellar. #1 is it your creation. #2 where in Erlkazar is it at. #3 Who built or created it. #4 What type of monsters(besides Clusterfang and the Helmed Horrors) are in it? The reason I ask is I would like to eventually use the Idea in A Realms Campaign. Thanks.
Brimstone
Hi,
I hope you went ahead and used the Cellar in your campaign already, and that my tardiness didn't slow you down.
The Cellar was in fact my creation. I always envisioned it existing in a pocket dimension, sort of stuck between planes of existence.
I'm not sure who originally built it. I sort of thought that its beginnings were a mystery. By the time it appears in my story it has transformed several times. The first known inhabitant of the Cellar was a very rich man, who lived peacefully, secluded, within its confines for more than half of his life. After his death, the gateway into the Cellar changed hands many times, and eventually it became a sort of labyrinth, meant to protect tremendous treasure through the use of traps and monsters.
As far as monsters for your campaign, I think the sky is the limit. If you can envision the creature living underground, you can probably find it in the cellar. Though, it would have to be pretty tough to survive in such a place.
Hope that helps.
Thanks for the answer Jess!
Actually I haven't played D&D in around 2 years.
But when I do, I know that the 'Cellar' is an extra-dimensional contruct, I can place doorways to it anywhere now. Thanks! |
"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
Alaundo of Candlekeep |
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