What's New?

"Hear ye, Hear ye, Hear ye". The plump town crier stands at the gates of Candlekeep and as the last rings of the bell fade away and the murmers of the gathering townsfolk begin to die down, he unrolls a scroll produced from within his bright red embroidered cloak.  Then, clearing his throat, he begins...

This section contains details of recent additions to the Candlekeep site and well as news/press releases from Wizards of the Coast which relate to the Forgotten Realms Campaign.

Visit the Parchment Archives to see older items which were in previous pages of "What's New?".

Whats new on the Site

Date
 Item
16-AUG-2008

1) New product information pages for: The Fanged Crown, Mistshore, Downshadow, The Stowaway, The Pirate King, Plague of Spells, Corsair, Avenger, Unholy and The Fractured Sky.
2) Updated the Forgotten Realms Bibliography and 2008 FR Release Schedule.
3) Updated A Guide to the Tomes and Tales of the Realms, by Jason Chambers. Available in Traveler's Notebooks section.
4) Numerous maps of the Realms grace the tables of The Map Room: a map of Waterdeep, by Elliott Zastrow (This map is in Adobe PDF format and allows you to switch layers on for various elements). The Moonshae Isles, by James Blake, a new map of Halruaa and an update to the maps of The Stonelands by Markustay, as well as a new map of The Vilhon Reach.
5) A new tale for Arion Elenim, by Heath Harper, entitled Debts Repaid. Located in the Campaign Logs section.
6) Q3 and Q4 2007 entries, Q1 2008 entries of So Saith Ed - the wise words and lore of Ed Greenwood. Located in the Realmslore section.
7) A utility written by by Idan Mor, available for download in the Wondrous Treasures section. ' The Game Master's Battle Planner' runs on WinXP+ machines under the .NET framework and is written for D&D 3.5
8) A gaming article written by Alex Putnam, listing and detailing numerous exotic Faerûnian Firearms. Located in the Traveler's Notebooks section.
 9) A PDF entitled Draconic Hybrids, giving stats for various creatures of the Realms, mainly those from 'Cult of the Dragon': by Andrew Frey. Located in the Traveler's Notebooks section.
10) Synopsis update to The Dagger of Deliverance, by Dustin Naegel, located in the Shrine of Milil section.

19-MAR-2008 1) Updated product information pages for: The Fractured Sky, Shadowrealm, Swordmage, Realms of War, Undead, Blackstaff Tower, The Shield of Weeping Ghosts, Sentinelspire, The Sword Never Sleeps, Sea of Swords, Forgotten Realms Player's Guide and A Reader's Guide to R.A. Salvatore's Legend of Drizzt.
2) Another excellent PDF from FR authors Erik Scott de Bie and Thomas M. Costa; 'The Greater Treasure: A Heart of Darkness and Ynloeth's Legacy'. Expanding on characters from 'The Greater Treasure' short story in Realms of the Elves: Available in the Realmslore section.
3) An expansion on 'Racial Paragons', from the 'Unearthed Arcana' rulebook, by Jason Chambers. Available in the Traveler's Notebooks section.
4) A map of Glen, from Derek Hibberd's campaign, created in CC3. Available in The Map Room.
12-FEB-2008

1) Updated pages for: Ascendancy of the Last and Sentinelspire.
2) Two excellent PDF's from FR authors Erik Scott de Bie and Thomas M. Costa expanding on The Depths of Madness novel, by Eriks Scott de Bie: ' The Fox and the Dispossessed': Part 1 detailing Fox-at-twilight and Trickster-touched characters, and Part 2, expanding upon Gargan, Tlork and Goliath's in the Realms. Available in the Realmslore section.
3) More from the quill of KnightErrantJR: 'Of Conquests in Luiren' and 'A Disturbing Pattern: History of Valshar' PDF's, available for download in the Traveler's Notebooks section.
4) Inspired by an article in Dragon magazine, a planetouched race - The 'Hini'hinue', by Ergdusch. Available for download as a PDF in the Traveler's Notebooks section.
5) Updated the FR Novel Checklist, by Sir Urza .
6) An excellent new map for Erlkazar (combined with Valashar) in the Map Room, by Mark Taylor.
7) Updated credits for The Dagger of Deliverance, located in the Traveler's Notebooks section.

 

To see items dated previous to the last entry, visit the Parchment Archives.

Messages from the Scribes

From time to time, items concerning the operation of Candlekeep site, system announcements and general messages are issued by the Scribes.  This section contains these messages.  New messages also appear in duplicate above on the 'What's New' section of this page and on the 'Home Page'.  Click on a date below to view the message.

Date
 Item 
2004+ Note: Message's from the Scribes will now be announced in the Site Content section of the Candlekeep Forum.
17-APR-2004 Welcome to the latest member of the Candlekeep Head Scribes - Tethtoril.
09-MAR-2004 Message from the Scribes - Candlekeep is five years old!!! Also, request for another to join the ranks of the Head Scribes.
04-AUG-2003 Change to the email notification subscription, and site update frequency.
01-MAY-2002 Information on site downtime and the move to a new Web Server.
10-MAR-2002 Yet another note on site update frequency and missing submissions.
09-SEP-2001 A note on delayed site updates and a plea from Candlekeep - The "Master Scribe" offer.
08-JUL-2001 Candlekeep breaks the 100,000 visitor mark!!
13-SEP-2000 Message detailing system status and move to a new Web Host.
06-AUG-2000 Message detailing current site status, as well as an apology!
10-JUN-2000 Message regarding missing guestbook entries since 20 April 2000.
12-APR-2000 Message regarding the absorbtion of the FR-Zone web site from the REALMS-L Mailing List.
08-APR-2000 The site is back in full operation, system message regarding current status. ...and Happy Birthday to Candlekeep!!
19-MAR-2000 Very Important Message regarding recent site problems which has affected form submittions and email.
09-JAN-2000 Message regarding Web Server problems which affected the functionality of pages on the site which contain forms.
19-DEC-1999 System announcement regarding the move to a new Web Server.
14-DEC-1999 Important system message detailing problems over the past few days.  Please read if you access the site regularly and\or have submitted anything.
27-OCT-1999 A message of thanks from the Scribes of Candlekeep for everybody who has visited our site, submitted your entries and helped us break the barrier of 10,000 visitors.
22-OCT-1999 Important announcement about the sites transition to a new server and expected downtime due on 25th October 1999.
05-SEP-1999 Important message regarding submissions to the site.  Some data had been lost and server areas corrupt due to various problems.  A very black day!
19-JUN-1999 Some Incompatability problems with the Candlekeep site and Netscape Navigator and temporary Email problems to AOL members.
07-APR-1999 The site reaches 1,000 visitors within three weeks of the launch!
09-MAR-1999 The Candlekeep website is activated!
A welcome message from the scribes of Candlekeep and a taste of work in progress and coming soon.

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