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Aelf
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Posted - 13 Jul 2007 :  20:02:16  Show Profile Send Aelf a Private Message  Reply with Quote  Delete Topic
Hails, Good Sages!

I'm preparing to run a few sessions in Waterdeep (a first for me) and am seeking resources that describe the locales outside, but near the city.

From the novels, I know there are lots of manors scattered near and far but I suppose there also must be a few outlying villages. Any hooks would be useful too. (Perhaps what to expect in the Rat Hills, for example.) Here, I refer to places within a day's travel from the gates, not Daggerford or Goldenfields.

I own a copy of the 3.5 City of Splendors accessory, and am willing to pick up used/PDFs of 1st and 2nd edition products. I can't seem to recall which ones (if any) detailed what I'm looking for.

Any help is welcomed.


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Aelf, a bard of the Realms

turox
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Posted - 13 Jul 2007 :  20:10:48  Show Profile  Visit turox's Homepage Send turox a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Go here Web Enhancement Archive In there are 2 enhancements for CoS:Waterdeep. If I recall one of them talks about the lands around waterdeep in greater detail, I just can't remember which one it is or maybe both have more info about the lands around.

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AlorinDawn
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Posted - 13 Jul 2007 :  20:36:15  Show Profile  Visit AlorinDawn's Homepage Send AlorinDawn a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Aelf,

I recall a small forested area being described not far from the city in the novel Blackstaff.
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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 13 Jul 2007 :  21:05:39  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by turox

Go here Web Enhancement Archive In there are 2 enhancements for CoS:Waterdeep. If I recall one of them talks about the lands around waterdeep in greater detail, I just can't remember which one it is or maybe both have more info about the lands around.



It was the second one -- the fabled second web enhancement that we waited several months for.

http://shadow.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/we/20060503a

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The Sage
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Posted - 14 Jul 2007 :  00:41:04  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
You'll find that parts of Volo's Guide to the North and The North boxed set provide brief tidbits on the immediate areas around the City of Splendors.

There's bits in Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast too, that may prove useful.

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Also the Environs of Waterdeep article in Issue 128 of DRAGON, by (who else?) Ed Greenwood. He later detailed the Stag Lass ceremony in one of his far more recent "New Adventures of Volo" DRAGON columns.
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Aelf
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Posted - 15 Jul 2007 :  02:18:45  Show Profile Send Aelf a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Noble Sages,

Humble and heartful appreciation for the rapid and knowledgeable replies.

My game is better for it; I venture that all of our games are better thanks to you folk.


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Aelf, a bard of the Realms
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quote:
Originally posted by Aelf

My game is better for it; I venture that all of our games are better thanks to you folk.





Especially me. I'm just that charming and wonderful!

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