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Warrax
Learned Scribe
Canada
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 Posted - 04 Sep 2007 : 03:00:10
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Na-Gang
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
348 Posts |
Posted - 04 Sep 2007 : 10:53:33
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Originally posted by Zanan
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Originally posted by Na-Gang
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Originally posted by Jamallo Kreen
The Plains of Purple Dust. YES! More, more, more! The Imaskari imperial capital apparently popped up in 1374 or thenabouts, so the area is probably shrouded by a mist of NDA, but whatever Ed can tell us to promote our interest in this region would be gratefully appreciated!
Excuse me? Imaskar's back? Wherein didst this happen?
Part at least returned with Deep Imaskar. Lore on that can be gleaned from Underdark. A recent novel also featured a pair of Imaskari, quite good a read as well - if only I could remember its title.
Oh right. The original post mentioned the return of the capital city and I thought I'd missed the reappearance of Inupras, but I see now the poster was referring to Ilphemon's City of the Great Seal instead. Thanks though! |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 04 Sep 2007 : 14:02:51
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Originally posted by Kuje
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
(the long-suffering Kuje, for one)
Grins and sighs. Thinks I need a refresher on what I asked so long ago because I don't recall what it was I asked way back in 2004. :)... Uh... is that my moon question? Or the dozens of others? 
I know I've got more than a few left hanging from '04. In fact, this reminds me of something I was going to do last week.
Ed, expect an email shortly.
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dravenloft
Acolyte
USA
35 Posts |
Posted - 04 Sep 2007 : 21:31:35
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I've a question for Ed regarding martial arts (not to mean just hand to hand, but all forms of martial combat) in the Heartlands primarily, but any part of Toril he feels is of special interest would be a blessing as well.
Recently I've been reading Silver Shadows, and it got me to thinking: What are these various fighting styles referred to? What are the differences in prefered technique, weapon, tactics, style, etc... of a Dalesman vs a Waterhavian or Cormyte or Sembian? I also was wondering what changes come up where magic comes in. Elaine makes the reference to Arilyn's 2-handed style being a side-effect of her moonblade having increased speed and power. Would it be accurate to say that enchanted swords are awkward to wield before the user gets the hang of them?
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 05 Sep 2007 : 00:28:49
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Well met again, fellow scribes. By the warmly willing loins of Sharess, Warrax, Ed likes you! He has promptly plunged ahead to answer your THIRD lore-query in a row: “Has anyone asked about Azalar, Dove's son?”
Ed replies:
Florin had something to do with Azalar’s coming into being, too. :}
Azalar was reared on Evermeet and (in his later youth) in the Elven Court woods, is a ranger with the same heroic tendencies as his father, and appears in the recent SHADOWDALE: The Scouring of the Land adventure (Eric Boyd and I put our heads together, and I said yes to his planned - - and superbly presented - - use of Azalar). That’s what The Sage meant when he suggested you “take a look” at that adventure. If I can possibly arrange an opportunity. I will write and publish (on the Wizards website, perhaps) a short story of Azalar somewhere, somewhen.
Just not now. Not with three unfinished novels still on this year's platter.
So saith Ed. Still riding hard to meet those deadlines, with the world-weary grace of the scarred and seasoned (with chocolate sauce, yummm) veteran. 
love to all,
THO
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Blueblade
Senior Scribe
USA
804 Posts |
Posted - 05 Sep 2007 : 01:19:11
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Hi Ed and THO, another Cormyr-specific Realmslore question for you.
In any society, things go in and out of fashion, and stuff the nobility does filters down to lower classes, whereupon the nobility hastily abandon it and "move on" into new "exclusively noble" things. I'm thinking of drinks and games (cards, dice; while-away-an-evening amongst family members or friends, not "go out and be seen James Bond casino cutthroat" stuff).
Can you enlighten us all, however sketchily, on recent shifts in what (of these sorts of things) are fashionable among the nobles; what's "hot," what's "passé," and so on. I know these things go by generations, too, so do young nobles spurn some of the stuff their elders cleave to?
Thanks!
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Malcolm
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 05 Sep 2007 : 01:22:17
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I was just going to ask the same sort of question about drinking, smoking, and "casual around the house" wear (if your house happens to be a noble mansion or castle, that is), so . . . can I attach my query to Blueblade's?
Pretty please, lovely Lady THO? I'll (chuckles, clears throat) make it up to you . . .
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Blueblade
Senior Scribe
USA
804 Posts |
Posted - 05 Sep 2007 : 01:28:32
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Okay, you've got me going, Malcolm!
I'VE got another question, too, this one about clothing in "right now" Realms-time Cormyr. Are there any local (specific to Suzail, Marsember, or Arabel) ways of signalling, by what clothing and accessories are worn and how they're worn, that I the wearer am:
• interested in a night of dalliance?
• selling my favours?
• interested in being hired for adventuring and/or shady pursuits of some sort?
• NOT interested in being propositioned?
Thanks in advance. Ed's mountain of questions must be sinking his part of Ontario, by now . . .
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Warrax
Learned Scribe
Canada
128 Posts |
Posted - 05 Sep 2007 : 03:33:00
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It looks like I really have to get that book, then, if only to voice my thanks for all of Ed's ridiculously speedy replies...
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
3567 Posts |
Posted - 05 Sep 2007 : 14:11:06
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No, I don’t mean I’m waiting for you wearing nothing but a smile and a black ribbon choker around my throat . .
*****Sighs contentedly...leans back in his chair and lights his favorite pipe......and ponders which deity would honor a pact to see this come to pass....
knowing all the while, that what'ere the cost...'twould not be to high! |
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"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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Jamallo Kreen
Master of Realmslore
USA
1537 Posts |
Posted - 05 Sep 2007 : 19:38:20
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Originally posted by Blueblade
Okay, you've got me going, Malcolm!
I'VE got another question, too, this one about clothing in "right now" Realms-time Cormyr. Are there any local (specific to Suzail, Marsember, or Arabel) ways of signalling, by what clothing and accessories are worn and how they're worn, that I the wearer am:
• interested in a night of dalliance?
• selling my favours?
• interested in being hired for adventuring and/or shady pursuits of some sort?
• NOT interested in being propositioned?
Thanks in advance. Ed's mountain of questions must be sinking his part of Ontario, by now . . .
Blueblade
Oh, that is rich!
Do, please, Ed, tell us how these same things are signalled in other areas, too (aside from the obvious sign of wearing armor and weapons when walking into a tavern in some rich neighborhood, of course).
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Jamallo Kreen
Master of Realmslore
USA
1537 Posts |
Posted - 05 Sep 2007 : 19:44:05
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Well met.
Ed, I've been looking through Forgotten Realms Adventures (old 2nd edition stuff for those of you unfamiliar with it), and I thought it would be lovely if you'd give us a list of the major sages of the Realms (yea, even unto Kara-Tur and Zakhara and Maztica), with their 3rd edition levels. I'm sure that could be spread out over a few posts to help ease our pangs of Dragon's death. Please enlearn us, Ed!
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dravenloft
Acolyte
USA
35 Posts |
Posted - 05 Sep 2007 : 21:47:57
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Another question for Ed.
What sorts of fiction are popular, or wide spread in Faerûn? I've seen many mentions of bodice ripper and torrid romance chapbooks. Are there others? Also, do the various races have their own favourite types of book? I mean, what do elves read for fun? Or halflings, gnomes and dwarves?
thanks.
P.S. Thanks for the Realms. I'm too lazy to world build myself, and all too often other game worlds seem too caught up in mechanics or in focusing on a specific story to fit the sorts of games and systems I like to play. |
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Warrax
Learned Scribe
Canada
128 Posts |
Posted - 05 Sep 2007 : 22:37:52
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| I have a question about how you initially went about building the Realms, Ed. There's a big piece that you wrote posted on Pages from the Sages about how you started writing stories and so forth, but there had to have been a beginning moment of conception, right? What was the first thing you remember designing for the setting and how did you expand from there? |
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
5056 Posts |
Posted - 06 Sep 2007 : 03:54:06
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Hello again, all. This time Ed tenders an answer (of sorts) to one of Jamallo Kreen’s recent queries (regarding War Wizard prying into the minds of “house wizards” attached to Cormyrean noble houses who don’t already happen to be undercover War Wizards): “Well met! Pray tell us, Ed, what spells do the War Wizards use to do this mind reaming? As a DM I want to know.”
Ed replies:
Sorry; firm and strong NDAs apply to the specific nature of the spells. I can say that aside from Vangey and Laspeera, all War Wizards (even Caladnei) have to physically touch a wizard to do this “mind-reaming.” For what it looks and feels like, when mind-reaming is done to a non-wizard, see the interrogation scene wherein Caladnei probes Narnra, in ELMINSTER’S DAUGHTER. (Weaker minds than those of the prober - - target minds that are without training in the Art or an aptitude for it, that is - - can often be mind-reamed at a distance.)
There are defter and swifter spells that work on minds trained to (and with the aptitude for) the Art than shown in that scene, and a mind can be overwhelmed and “forced” with comparative ease (and so, little damage due to mental fighting, because it lasts such a short time) by three or more as-powerful wizards’ minds; War Wizards customarily perform such reamings with five or six, some of them passively observing in the mental link so as to pounce on suppressed or avoided memories.
I can also say that less than twenty senior War Wizards know how to cast and lead a mind-reaming, though many more have participated in reamings launched by others. Chosen of Mystra and many archwizards have developed more sophisticated (less brute-force, more precise, and sometimes even unnoticed by the recipient) equivalents to the mind-reaming magics Vangerdahast inherited from previous Royal Magicians of Cormyr (Baerauble, in his last years, experimented with the first clumsy beginnings of such spells).
It is a “low treason” (punishable by death, feebleminding, or permanent exile from the realm under the Brand of Azuth’s Disfavour, which is a magical marking, ceremonially applied by clergy of Azuth, that forbids clergy of Azuth or Mystra from aiding the marked miscreant, and forbids any user of the Weave from training the marked miscreant) crime to mind-ream anyone in Cormyr without the express consent of the Royal Magician or the Court Wizard (one and the same person during Vangerdahast’s time, of course) or Sage Royal or an Obarskyr (or, by the Decree of Azoun’s Ascension, prepared by Vangey and enacted into law as the first ruling deed of Azoun IV, Laspeera or any alarphon).
At least one past monarch of Cormyr (Salember) had a wizard of Selgaunt he (correctly) suspected of magically peering into his mind captured in Sembia. The wizard was then blinded, his tongue cut out and all his fingers severed, and he was returned to his abode for his servants (who hated and feared him, and took their revenges on the unfortunate without going to the city authorities) to find.
So saith Ed. Who has revealed a wealth of lore about Cormyr here at the Keep, yet (of course) only scratched the surface. He will return with another lore reply as usual on the morrow.
love to all,
THO
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Sanishiver
Senior Scribe
USA
476 Posts |
Posted - 06 Sep 2007 : 05:41:02
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Hello THO/Ed,
Awhile back you helped me with a very useful response on what would happen if a bubble of heavy magic were to burst forth in Cormyr.
I’d like to supplement that question/answer with a follow up, also for the aid of my Realms Campaign.
Suppose there exists a modified ‘layer’ of magic all through Cormyr that is somewhat like a mythal, but vastly larger in size and much, much more subtle in effect (or better described as the Weave all throughout Cormyr, but modified long ago by Giants and/or Dragons in certain ways), where this layer of magic allowed an ancient being like The Devil Dragon to snatch any War Wizard into her maw that used a Teleport spell in the opening stages of the War, and to this day prevents dragons within its confines from succumbing to rage whenever the King Killer star shines in the night sky.
Now suppose rumor surfaces amongst dragons and their ilk of the impending approach of the King Killer star in current-day Faerûn, with a second rumor that the old Realm of Thauglamorious will protect any dragon in its confines from the star’s effects, thanks in part to a freak occurrence of heavy magic bursting forth in Cormyr, that has rejuvenated the last great quasi-mythal (for lack of a better term) known to Dragon Kin in the Realms.
Now suppose some of these dragons decide to up and relocate themselves (many with their hoards!) to Cormyr to ride out rage, and/or seek out Thaug’s lair in the hope they’ll to gain control of the quasi-mythal.
....with all this supposed, and keeping in mind Cormyr is still dealing with the after-effects of the Heavy Magic discharge, I have three general questions:
1) How might Cormyr respond if 10-20 such dragons relocated to Cormyr from all over the Realms over a short time –say 1 to 2 months?
2) How might you (if you were the DM) drive your Epic Level players batty....er, rather, ‘make things interesting’ for them (with one of them a fledgling Baron of the Stonelands) if Cormyr gave *the players* the job of sorting out lair locations and imposing Cormyrean law (such as it is) upon any dragons found in the Realm?
3) Are their Draconic rules of behaviour ala the Feint of Honor Illiphar and Thauglamorious abided by that might govern the ways in which these 10 - 20 Dragons seek to influence Cormyr and its environs as they compete with each other for lair locations and in their efforts to unearth lore about the Quasi-Mythal?
As always, thank you in advance for your help and advice, for dropping hints here at the ‘Keep that turned me on to this campaign idea, and for sharing so much more of the Realms with us.
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Jamallo Kreen
Master of Realmslore
USA
1537 Posts |
Posted - 06 Sep 2007 : 21:36:32
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Well met, all!
Ed, I have a question prompted by Paul S. Kemp's Erevis Cale trilogy. In Selgaunt time reckoning seems tied to "clock time," and Cale apparently gets his nightly zap from Mask at Midnight by the clock, not at the mid-point between sunset and sunrise. The temple bells apparently don't ring between 10 p.m. (by the clock) and some time around dawn (probably the "fifth" or "sixth hour," again "by the clock").
I know that I have asked you about timepieces of the Realms before, but this goes a bit deeper: are there places in the Realms where people's minds have become attuned to "clock time" (as opposed to "local time" gauged by the Sun and Selune), and if so which locales are they? Athens anciently had a mechanical clock which was frequently consulted by the citizens, but do some areas of the Realms have a significant public clock by which people set their personal schedule? Or are such precise time reckonings just a convenience for authors who don't want to bog down their books with the minutiae of describing to us clock-users that hours are variable when using sundials, and noon and midnight occur at a different "time" every day? As I said before, Ed, please enlearn us! (We, after all, can't mind-ream you of all your Realmslore at once -- it's against the law.... )
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
5056 Posts |
Posted - 07 Sep 2007 : 03:19:59
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Hi again, fellow scribes. I bring you the latest lore-reply from Ed of the Greenwood, the time to a query that Blueblade posted on behalf of another Realms fan: “If someone ends up "on the run" from the law in Amn, and flees to Waterdeep, or Cormyr, or Sembia, do any of those places have "agreements" with Amn that mean the running person is automatically "in trouble with the law" and subject to immediate arrest from local lawkeepers, the moment they get news from Amn (and how soon and how ungarbled and/or detailed would that "news" be?)?
I talked to this guy” [the “another Realms fan”] “for a little while, and we're both well aware that bounty hunters or others from Amn could of course follow the running person and try to take revenge or capture him - - but if the running person hasn't offended against rulers back in Amn, would "the law" in any of those three places give an official hoot about the runner's alleged crimes committed in Amn?
Thanks, Blueblade”
Ed replies:
None of those places have agreements that deem the fleeing person “automatically” afoul of lawkeepers in the place fled to, but all of them by custom have requested the arrest of runaways who have murdered or tried to murder heads of state or (truly) high-ranking courtiers - - and those arrests (and returns of the arrested to the place fled from) have been made where possible.
However, if the runaway merely stole a crown or plundered a royal treasury, or is alleged to have beaten (but not deliberately set out to murder) a ruler, or eloped with an heir or had an illicit love affair with an heir (as opposed to kidnapping or raping an heir), or there is any doubt about the story of the offense, or the ruler “wounded” in some way by the runaway is of a place not part of the same political alliance or on friendly terms with the place fled to, such a request will be ignored.
Bounty hunters acting openly in defiance of local laws would NOT be ignored, which is why most such “snatchers” do just that: covertly kidnap a quarry and spirit them back out of the place they’re captured in, to face justice in the place they fled from.
So, no, the intrepid adventurer who robs one of the rulers of Amn (perhaps punching a few guards getting away, or stealing a kiss or two from the ruler’s loved one) and races to Waterdeep would NOT be arrested by the Lords of Waterdeep, but probably would be chased by divers bounty hunters, or even assailed by Waterdhavian bounty hunters if he bragged too loudly or news about him travelled swiftly and loudly enough.
So saith Ed. Who has dealt with such matters a time or two in our ‘home’ Realms campaign. The time Torm seduced a baroness of Tethyr, for example.
love to all,
THO
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Blueblade
Senior Scribe
USA
804 Posts |
Posted - 08 Sep 2007 : 21:41:32
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Hi again, Ed and Lady THO, another FR question for the Master:
what reputation do the War Wizards of Cormyr have in Sembia? Zhentil Keep? The Sword Coast cities, like Waterdeep? Silverymoon?
Whew. Lots of question marks, so I'll stop now.
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
5056 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2007 : 01:47:53
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Hello again, all. This time Ed responds to Skeptic, re. this: “A first question to Ed about some of his past novels (others will come). I recently noticed that in Elminster in Myth Drannor elven sub-races are not mentioned at all. Why?”
Ed replies:
The various elven sub-races aren’t really mentioned because editors got to such mentions and almost entirely removed them (although if you set my novel down beside Steven Schend’s superb CORMANTHYR, you can rapidly confirm the sub-races that various “probable” [from my descriptions in the narrative] moon or gold elven families truly are). I was well over my wordcount when I turned in that book, so I really can’t kick at any editorial prunings.
So saith Ed. Creator of Myth Drannor and so on. Who says a little more about such matters in the annotations in THE ANNOTATED ELMINSTER (wherein, so far as Ed knows, the text of ELMINSTER IN MYTH DRANNOR will appear unaltered from its published version).
love to all,
THO
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
3567 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2007 : 02:03:46
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
So saith Ed. Creator of Myth Drannor and so on. Who says a little more about such matters in the annotations in THE ANNOTATED ELMINSTER (wherein, so far as Ed knows, the text of ELMINSTER IN MYTH DRANNOR will appear unaltered from its published version).
love to all,
THO
Ohhhhhhh...very interesting!!
This all but answered my question. I wondered if Ed kept copies of his books before the editing happened to them?
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A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka
"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
5056 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2007 : 02:27:20
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Ed has copies of the original versions of MOST of his books. The one exception is SPELLFIRE, written in those BC (Before Computer) days. Ed had so little turnaround time for his final draft that he had to take his almost-500-page photocopy "master copy" of the first draft, and generate a second draft by cutting and pasting retained paragraphs between newly-typed ones - - which is why the twice-as-long-as-printed original can't be pieced together again.
And Red Walker, if you ever saw Ed's bookshelves, you'd not hint at being allowed to help organize them. Strong, intrepid adventurers have descended into Ed's writing cellar in search of classic fantasy tomes . . . and never been seen again.
Ed usually sits naked in the dark, the glow of the computer screen the only eerie light source, as he types at lightning speed and the books on the tiers upon tiers of shelves behind him LEAN forward to try to read over his shoulder . . .
Think I'm just kidding?
Heh. Heh. Steven Schend, at least, knows better.
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
3567 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2007 : 02:36:29
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
Ed has copies of the original versions of MOST of his books. The one exception is SPELLFIRE, written in those BC (Before Computer) days. Ed had so little turnaround time for his final draft that he had to take his almost-500-page photocopy "master copy" of the first draft, and generate a second draft by cutting and pasting retained paragraphs between newly-typed ones - - which is why the twice-as-long-as-printed original can't be pieced together again.
And Red Walker, if you ever saw Ed's bookshelves, you'd not hint at being allowed to help organize them. Strong, intrepid adventurers have descended into Ed's writing cellar in search of classic fantasy tomes . . . and never been seen again.
Ed usually sits naked in the dark, the glow of the computer screen the only eerie light source, as he types at lightning speed and the books on the tiers upon tiers of shelves behind him LEAN forward to try to read over his shoulder . . .
Think I'm just kidding?
Heh. Heh. Steven Schend, at least, knows better.
love to all,
THO
THO, you are incorrigable!!!!
Aha! So those intrepid adventurers who try to put their hands where they dont' belong are transmuted into living books.
Brilliant!!
And I believe you, after all Steven always knows better!!
P.S. The Swords of Dragonfire is just the latest of Ed's works to go onto my Re-read for the pleasure of it stack!! |
A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka
"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 09 Sep 2007 : 02:42:35
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Well, now. You SAY I'm incorrigible (she purred provocatively) . . . but are you prepared to help me prove it?
love,
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
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Posted - 09 Sep 2007 : 03:22:53
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
Well, now. You SAY I'm incorrigible (she purred provocatively) . . . but are you prepared to help me prove it?
love,
THO
Your wish is my command my Lady!! As long as it's just you and your black choker!! ;) |
A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka
"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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AlorinDawn
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 09 Sep 2007 : 08:05:01
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Originally posted by The Red Walker
quote:
Originally posted by The Hooded One
Well, now. You SAY I'm incorrigible (she purred provocatively) . . . but are you prepared to help me prove it?
love,
THO
Your wish is my command my Lady!! As long as it's just you and your black choker!! ;)
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
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Posted - 09 Sep 2007 : 12:03:36
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Ed did tell me at GEN-CON that he made a recent discovery in his basement. A box next to his furnace/boiler that had had the misfortune of suffering water damage and then being warmed up so that its contents fused into one totally solid mass - he described it as like a huge, thick cracker. He could (barely) identify what the contents had been but they were unfortunately gone for good ...
-- George Krashos
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createvmind
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 09 Sep 2007 : 19:44:36
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Hello All,
Ed is it possible to get a little info in Elturel and how the city leader is managing to keep the city one of the "safest" havens within the Heartlands, is it with coin, fair leadership, iron rule? Has th city been infiltrated by tainted ones, zhents, Shadow thieves and other such organizations and is the ruler aware of this and able to pit them against each other? In your eyes has the city suffered any setbacks bringing the year current to 1375, the rage, drought, etc....
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 10 Sep 2007 : 03:57:21
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Hi, everybody. This time Ed responds to Kentinal’s query: “How does Ed feel about a Living RF, that most likely will have many players used to Living GH or other Living settings?”
and couldn’t resist also addressing Wooly Rupert’s followup: “Living RF? Rinonalyrna Fathomlin? I know what you mean, but that's one of those typos that's too fun to ignore!”
Ed would like it known that he’d far rather meet a living Rinonalyrna Fathomlin than a dead one, because he’d like to chat (over dinner, perhaps, and NO, fellow scribes, don’t go reading into that what I think you will! Ed still vaguely remembers how to be a perfect gentleman), but handed me this more serious reply:
The Realms hosted the Living City campaign for years, and although I’m no fan of metaplots developed in secrecy (without consultation with me or other “lorekeepers of the Realms”) or that reference real-modern-world people or business processes too closely, I quite enjoyed doing the CITY OF RAVENS BLUFF sourcebook that finally tied it all together.
So as long as we’re all on the same page regarding the “reach” of a Living RF campaign, I think it’ll be great, pouring a lot of life, verve, and adventuring energy into the Realms. I prefer the “superior roleplaying” over “getting points by doing this or that specific thing” tournament approach, and was vastly impressed by what I saw of Ian Richards, Ratty, Smiffy, and all the other dedicated, enthusiastic UK RPGA folks running the RPGA events at GenCon UK some years back; with Ian running the entire RPGA as he does now, a Living RF can only be a Very Good Thing.
Which I will await with interest (I’m still a Charter Life Member of the RPGA, and last time I checked was a 12th level judge and 6th level player, though that was over a decade, not to mention several computer breakdowns and points systems, ago).
Come to think of it, I’m still officially a Regional Director of the RPGA, empowered to write “certs” (though I understand certs no longer exist, and my Regional Directorship probably doesn’t either - - yet, ahem, please note no one ever bothered to actually TELL me so).
So saith Ed.
A public service announcement for scribes in the southern Ontario area (such as Warrax). Ed will travel to Australia to attend Reefcon, Spring Revel Down Under, and the Cairns Junior Writers' Festival (all in Cairns, Queensland) in early October, but "something secret" (I'm thinking an FR summit) means he will unfortunately miss Phantasm in Peterborough this year.
He will, however, for anyone wanting to travel to Port Hope, Ontario, be giving a reading at some point after 7 pm on Thursday, September 27th at the Port Hope Public Library (the main Mary J. Benson Branch, at 31 Queen Street, on the banks of the Ganaraska River just above where it empties into Lake Ontario; this is the library where Ed works part-time). It's actually the Annual General Meeting of the Friends of the Port Hope Public Library (one of those volunteer organizations that fundraise for libraries, and are typically dominated by seniors); Ed is evidentally the entertainment.
What he'll read from, he doesn't yet know (remember, he has three new novels out: DARK WARRIOR RISING from Tor; DARK LORD from Solaris; and SWORDS OF DRAGONFIRE from Wizards, but SWORDS is the book whose cover appears on the meeting notice, so Ed's leaning towards that. This is your chance to hear Ed (a superb reader) perform, and ask him about Realmslore, or getting published, or (ahem) signing the body part of your choice, WITHOUT the crowds of GenCon. Just a suggestion.
(And being as it's a library, they might even serve tea, coffee, and cookies. Or even gooey cake.) 
love to all,
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 10 Sep 2007 : 04:10:28
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quote:
Originally posted by The Hooded One
Ed will travel to Australia to attend Reefcon, Spring Revel Down Under, and the Cairns Junior Writers' Festival (all in Cairns, Queensland) in early October, but "something secret" (I'm thinking an FR summit) means he will unfortunately miss Phantasm in Peterborough this year.
[Ninth Doctor voice]Fantastic![/Ninth Doctor voice] 
It would seem as though the race is on.  I'll have to shuffle a few things around here, but I think I can probably make it by October.
I appreciate the details, my Lady.
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