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Nokom
Learned Scribe
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 Posted - 01 Aug 2006 : 21:50:43
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I heard that Elminster went to earth. Is this true? If so in what novel? Was it in modern day earth?
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Kuje
Great Reader
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Posted - 01 Aug 2006 : 21:56:06
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Originally posted by Nokom
I heard that Elminster went to earth. Is this true? If so in what novel? Was it in modern day earth?
He has because of Ed's Wizard Three articles in Dragon. Elminster also has, in his Safehold, according to the Realmspace Spelljammer sourcebook, two other portals to earth. One to Ed's study and another to Yellowstone in 1894. THO has also told us that the Knight's have visited Earth before. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 01 Aug 2006 : 22:34:27
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He has because of Ed's Wizard Three articles in Dragon.
And not just in those articles -- he's popped up in a lot of Ed's articles, with the Old Mage dropping in on Ed and sharing Realmslore.
Khelben has too, as have some of the Seven Sisters. |
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Neriandal Freit
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 01 Aug 2006 : 23:01:28
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One must wonder how they dress...
One must also wonder how magic works here..:/ |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 01 Aug 2006 : 23:35:47
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Originally posted by Neriandal Freit
One must wonder how they dress...
One must also wonder how magic works here..:/
One of the Dragons Three articles says that magic still exists on Earth, at least on D&D Earth, but most people don't know that they can use it or that they don't believe that it exists.
Edit: Oh yeah, Eric Boyd has also said that the Mulan's were taken from ancient Earth and brought to Faerun/Toril. :) |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Edited by - Kuje on 01 Aug 2006 23:41:50 |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 02 Aug 2006 : 00:34:17
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Originally posted by Kuje
One to Ed's study and another to Yellowstone in 1894. THO has also told us that the Knight's have visited Earth before.
Hmmm, he likes 19th century Yellowstone? I wonder what inspired that...  |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 02 Aug 2006 : 00:40:56
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
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Originally posted by Kuje
One to Ed's study and another to Yellowstone in 1894. THO has also told us that the Knight's have visited Earth before.
Hmmm, he likes 19th century Yellowstone? I wonder what inspired that...
Probably because that was before we, as humans, decided to try to "fix" Yellowstone and what nature created without our help. :) |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Edited by - Kuje on 02 Aug 2006 00:54:06 |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 02 Aug 2006 : 00:48:56
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Probably because that was before we, as humans, decided to try to "fix" it. :)
I see. If I were El, I'd make a portal to Death Valley, California. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 02 Aug 2006 : 01:04:27
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Originally posted by Kuje
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Originally posted by Nokom
I heard that Elminster went to earth. Is this true? If so in what novel? Was it in modern day earth?
He has because of Ed's Wizard Three articles in Dragon. Elminster also has, in his Safehold, according to the Realmspace Spelljammer sourcebook, two other portals to earth. One to Ed's study and another to Yellowstone in 1894. THO has also told us that the Knight's have visited Earth before.
Ed's talked about this somewhat in his replies here at Candlekeep.
Nokom, you might also want to read through those as well.
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FridayThe13th
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 02 Aug 2006 : 05:18:44
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 02 Aug 2006 : 05:30:18
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Originally posted by FridayThe13th
I thought Elminster was supposed to BE Ed. Like his alter ego in a different prime material.
No. And I'll say it again. NO. This has never been the case and even Ed has said, repeatedly, that El is not his alter ego. |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 02 Aug 2006 : 05:33:31
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 02 Aug 2006 : 07:20:03
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Originally posted by Kuje
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Originally posted by FridayThe13th
I thought Elminster was supposed to BE Ed. Like his alter ego in a different prime material.
No. And I'll say it again. NO. This has never been the case and even Ed has said, repeatedly, that El is not his alter ego.
And I just want to reinforce this, since it's important and often a point of contention for some scribes -- the "alter ego" perspective has never been anything that Ed himself has championed or promoted in his own written material.
For those with an interest in Ed's thoughts on this issue, I would suggest you look through his scrolls here at Candlekeep where the question itself has been dealt with numerous times.
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