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Ayrik
Great Reader
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 Posted - 01 Apr 2011 : 22:12:02
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Markustay
Hulburg might be a better choice then Phlan, considering your needs, and Rich Baker has developed some nice lore for the area
Thanx, Markus. That's an awesome page (and handy map). |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
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Posted - 01 Apr 2011 : 23:08:43
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Aye, it is nice lore...but not what I'm looking for honestly.
Rich wrote a good article there; but I prefer Hulburg as a nearly ransacked city with only the keep remaining.
Phlan will work better for me...as the party must head then to Melvaunt to catch a decent ship for the "trip to Hepmonoland" to get the potion they need...that gives more room on the north coast for the "Pomarj" area being the Thar/north-east coast of the Moonsea.  |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 02 Apr 2011 : 01:22:49
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| This is slightly OT here, but are there any good sources of info about Thentia? |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
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Posted - 02 Apr 2011 : 02:11:19
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Originally posted by Arik
This is slightly OT here, but are there any good sources of info about Thentia?
"The Moonsea" book and "Forgotten Realms Adventures" hardback are two sources right off the top of my head.
Later sources I don't reference too much. I'm becoming less useful by choice it would seem.  |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 02 Apr 2011 : 02:17:35
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| Yeah, I checked the basic books out as well, Thentia seems a little undeveloped in lore. |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 02 Apr 2011 : 02:42:25
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Originally posted by Arik
Yeah, I checked the basic books out as well, Thentia seems a little undeveloped in lore.
According to the hardback book "Forgotten Realms Adventures" it has some HIGHLY powerful Wizards that live there and protect the city. |
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Halidan
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 02 Apr 2011 : 20:46:08
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Originally posted by Markustay
Hulburg might be a better choice then Phlan, considering your needs, and Rich Baker has developed some nice lore for the area (which you could always backwards-port into the 3e era). They dealt with pirates, and even touched upon the situation in Sulasspryn.
How did I miss this article???? I'm always on the outlook for Thar lore. Thanks for the link Markustay.
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 02 Apr 2011 : 21:00:17
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I keep track of EVERYTHING that's got a map attached to it. 
I was actually considering a conversion-map, but honestly, I don't see the need. The area is really perfect for those three (four) super-modules.
@Dalor - if you place everything (which am sure you will), I would be happy to oblige with a map of your conversion, although I am sure a booklet-type conversion would serve better (like the ones Paizo used to do for their adventure-arcs).
What are you going to use for Hepmonaland? Chult's too far...
The Forest of Lethyr could work (its primal), but I think an overland journey would work better for that. I suppose Cormanthor, but its SO over-used; maybe the Flooded Forest region? |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 02 Apr 2011 : 21:17:24
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Originally posted by Markustay
I keep track of EVERYTHING that's got a map attached to it.
I was actually considering a conversion-map, but honestly, I don't see the need. The area is really perfect for those three (four) super-modules.
@Dalor - if you place everything (which am sure you will), I would be happy to oblige with a map of your conversion, although I am sure a booklet-type conversion would serve better (like the ones Paizo used to do for their adventure-arcs).
What are you going to use for Hepmonaland? Chult's too far...
The Forest of Lethyr could work (its primal), but I think an overland journey would work better for that. I suppose Cormanthor, but its SO over-used; maybe the Flooded Forest region?
I actually considered using one of the Pirate Isles...or maybe even the islands belonging to the Emerald Enclave or even our Ixinos.
I'm honestly stuck now trying to convince the wife that the Forgotten Realms is THE place for these modules instead of Golarion. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 02 Apr 2011 : 21:59:45
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Never disagree with the wife.
Sleeping on the couch gets very cold and lonely. 
Besides, she's right - Golarion's map was as beautiful as the 4eFR map was abysmally ugly. If I had the time, money, and inclination, I would be playing there myself. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 03 Apr 2011 : 02:50:34
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Originally posted by Markustay
Never disagree with the wife.
Sleeping on the couch gets very cold and lonely.
My wife won't banish me to the couch. It's a very comfortable couch! |
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Rhewtani
Senior Scribe
USA
508 Posts |
Posted - 06 Apr 2011 : 16:07:22
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Originally posted by Arik
This is slightly OT here, but are there any good sources of info about Thentia?
There shouldn't be...
Until the advent of 4E Thentia didn't have much more than the Moonsea supplement entries mentioned. When Baker took on Hulburg for the Swordmage series, Thentia got pulled into the fleshing out with it. Essentially that guy who fell in a well and became a lich in the Hulburg entry of Moonsea - well, the real story is that he was the ruler of Thentur, an empire in the 900s DR that was overthrown. Hulburg was given to the Hulmaster family during this time and has remained in the family's tenuous control into the 15th century - in some part due to the protection of the lich king Aesperus (see Realms of the Dead). |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 06 Apr 2011 : 18:30:52
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Another anthology I have overlooked and must track down.  |
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Rhewtani
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 23 Aug 2011 : 20:11:05
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| Just updating this for fun. I've run linked campaigns - Ruins of Adventure (1340) - Pools of Darkness (1350, based on the book and game) - and now, based on some information from Moonsea have ended up with the PCs living Hulburg in 1351, knights errant of phlan with one the heir apparent to the Harmach of Hulburg. Backwards working Baker's stuff and using all the old 2e stuff I can find has been fun, but there's still plenty of gaps in the northern moonsea lore. |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 22 Oct 2013 : 05:06:41
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Originally posted by Markustay
I keep track of EVERYTHING that's got a map attached to it.
I was actually considering a conversion-map, but honestly, I don't see the need. The area is really perfect for those three (four) super-modules.
@Dalor - if you place everything (which am sure you will), I would be happy to oblige with a map of your conversion, although I am sure a booklet-type conversion would serve better (like the ones Paizo used to do for their adventure-arcs).
What are you going to use for Hepmonaland? Chult's too far...
The Forest of Lethyr could work (its primal), but I think an overland journey would work better for that. I suppose Cormanthor, but its SO over-used; maybe the Flooded Forest region?
I made bold this part for Markus! You still interested in that map idea? |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 22 Oct 2013 : 12:55:00
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Sure, why not.
I'm in the middle of a couple of others, but I always have time for a good, solid conversion. |
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froglegg
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 11 Nov 2013 : 21:39:51
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Markustay
Never disagree with the wife.
Sleeping on the couch gets very cold and lonely.
My wife won't banish me to the couch. It's a very comfortable couch!
Same here.
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