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questing gm
Senior Scribe
Malaysia
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 Posted - 21 May 2023 : 09:01:49
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On the Luiren-Mystara portal
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1657965745723121670
May 15, 2023
@Artie_Pavlov
Hi @TheEdVerse the argument over the luiren-mystara portal as been going in circles. Could you please elaborate on its use and the halfling merchants passing through?
@TheEdVerse
Sure. See the realmslore channel in Greenwood's Grotto for my lore reply.
(Folks, it's a free Discord server, full of Realms fans having fun. Come on over, the spells and knights and crazed wizards and mumbling sages are fine!)
From Discord:
Sure. The portal was used in the 1330s DR for certain hin families to travel from Luiren to the Five Shires, and vice versa (emigrating), and thereafter saw use for about twenty years by enterprising hin merchants transporting small but valuable items (such as gems, medicines, drugs, rare material components for arcane spells, and wizard’s workbooks [that describe the casting of a spell in exhaustive detail, with all incantations and particulars of material components, so someone with the Gift and sufficient mastery {ability to handle arcane spells of that particular level} can read a workbook entry and write a spell scroll from it, though the workbook entry is not itself a spell scroll and so can pass through this sort of portal unscathed].
Then there was some sort of disaster involving the deaths of merchants passing through the portal; they were stabbed en passant, perhaps by someone lurking “within” the portal somehow, who stole some items from the merchants. So the use of the portal stopped, and one of the Seven Sisters “hid” the Luiren end of the portal magically, and a druid did a little work to hide it physically (it was in a forested ravine, which is now tangled with thick growth and crisscrossing fallen trees).
Elminster is of the opinion that the portal is still functioning, and can readily be found at the Five Shires end (in the forested hills north of Shadowgate and southwest of Ringrise), but there’s the little matter of the dagger-wielding murderer (who if mortal, is likely dead or old and feeble indeed now, but what if they’re an outsider or abomination or undead or a group of guardians rather than an individual?). |
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questing gm
Senior Scribe
Malaysia
652 Posts |
Posted - 21 May 2023 : 13:35:46
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Greetings all. Just a bit of housekeeping moving forward.
I was absent from the forums because I kept getting warnings that the site was unsecure, and since I was hit by a rash of hacking attacks on multiple platforms, I wasn't keen on taking chances where my security could be compromised. Having not seen any change to the situation here in the past few months (and the attacks having died down), I decided to try resuming some activity here, despite the risk, but you can bet I would hurriedly disappear again if I sense any compromise.
The other thing I wanted to discuss for the posterity of this scroll. Since the introduction of Mr. Greenwood's new Pateron, YouTube, and Discord, his Twitter account has increasingly been used as a promotional platform for materials that come out of the abovementioned platforms, and slapped with the #realmlslore tag during my searches.
These are often promotional tweets and links to said material, so while they don't always answer specific questions asked to him, I wonder if this is the sort of material that should be in this scroll (I've already filtered them for my last round of new updates). So should I include them here or not?
If this discussion should be taken elsewhere or to another scroll, I submit to the wisdom of the mods. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 22 May 2023 : 03:45:47
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Well, this is a Forgotten Realms forum, and I started this particular thread with an eye towards sharing the Realmslore Ed was sharing elsewhere.
I would not be adverse to having his Realmslore from Discord or any other places shared in this or other discussions here; it is my opinion, though, that we should stick with his Realmslore and only include other stuff if it connects back to the Realms. |
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questing gm
Senior Scribe
Malaysia
652 Posts |
Posted - 23 May 2023 : 14:05:35
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On rubber in Faerun
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1660856798092439552 https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1661566939251060736
May 23, 2023
@dreadhelm
It seems weird to me that Doric has that peculiar slingshot bracer on her arm in the @DnDMovie. Do they have rubber in Faerun?
<https://twitter.com/dreadhelm/status/1660740075863396373/photo/1>
@paladin_polite
Maybe it’s a rubbery tendon from some sort of exotic monster #129300;
@TheEdVerse
You have put thy finger upon the truth of it! However, this "monster" is narthea ["Nar-THEE-ah"], a "creeping" (mobile) semi-intelligent vine known to druids of the Sword Coast and Moonsea North forests.
@KyreneZA
Is that the Common or Elvish name for the plant?
@TheEdVerse
It's the Elvish name, but there's no commonly-accepted Common equivalent name yet, as so few humans (and non-human traders) know of the existence of the vine, let alone its uses.
- Edited on 25/5/23 to add new tweet. |
Edited by - questing gm on 25 May 2023 10:13:06 |
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questing gm
Senior Scribe
Malaysia
652 Posts |
Posted - 30 May 2023 : 12:45:34
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On War Wizards of Cormyr entertain any non human races - specifically elves?
May 27, 2023
@d_lewisphoto
Ed, I’ve been catching up on the many YouTube and various outlets recently. But can you settle a matter. My dnd group is wondering if the warwizards of cormyr would entertain any non human races - specifically elves?
@TheEdVerse
As members? Yes, but warily (mind-reaming as well as tests and a thorough scour of background/history). So they're very rare. |
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questing gm
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Malaysia
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questing gm
Senior Scribe
Malaysia
652 Posts |
Posted - 30 May 2023 : 14:18:10
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On legends/records exist about spellfire?
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1663186289259081728 https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1663188399732269056 https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1663191368498401280
May 29, 2023
@ItalianKarsus
@TheEdVerse hello, Sage, once more.
What legends/records exist about spellfire? In the novel it seemed to be craved as a proven weapon, yet Dammasae was unknown, Shoulree Talaeth remembered but by Elminster, Illiph Traun passed into obscurity, and Evaereol Rathrane knew nothing.
@ItalianKarsus
Follow-up question - do Evaereol Rathrane and Saeraede Lyonora use the same stat-block, so to speak?
Final question - are "lich lords" such as Illiph Traun distinct from demiliches? What does Fzoul mean by calling him a lichnee?
@TheEdVerse
Spellfire was a legend among sages of the Art, the sort of thing gossiped about by mages.
So when Shandril came along seeming to have it, a scramble ensued.
It's one of those things "seen elsewhere, long ago," but it was assumed a rare few had it but kept it hidden.
@ItalianKarsus
I see.... guess torching the dracoliches and nigh-slaying Manshoon may have added to the urgency, in hindsight.
Thank you for your answer!
@TheEdVerse
Yes, spellfire was suddenly on the scene and very real, so everyone of power wanted to have it, or make sure no one else had it. And the Chosen wanted to ensure Shandril got to go on living (free, instead of someone's captive) for a while.
@ItalianKarsus
I thank you for the clarification. I'll push my luck... Illiph Traun resembles a demilich to us, but is named alternatively "lichnee" and "lich lord" by Fzoul and the beholders.
Was he a demilich, or are lich lords their own critter? Did Fzoul mean something specific by lichnee?
@TheEdVerse
"Lichnee" is a collective term (like "football fan" or "angler") for anyone who has attained lichdom. A "lich lord" is any sort of advanced lich who became so by their own actions, as opposed to having it happen to them through time and the actions of others. |
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