Talk:Spellmoot

Citations Problem
There is no way to remove the Citation Needed tag on the opening paragraph, because virtually everything we know about spellmoots is inferral. In "Ruins of Undermountain", in the same sentence, it is stated that Halaster Blackcloak is accredited with founding the magefair - with, in the same sentence, the appendix "(and the smaller, annual spellmoot)". In the Skullport sourcebook, it is simply mentioned that the Netherese founders of Skullport attended annual spellmoots. Since the term appears in no other sourcebook that I am aware of, it's a logical inferral that not only is a spellmoot a smaller, less grandiose magefair, but the term also fell out of favor as magefairs became more frequent.--Ranime Codexer (talk) 07:01, August 12, 2019 (UTC)


 * If nothing else is known, then we shouldn't infer anything. Our task here is simply to report the facts known from the sourcebooks, novels, etc. If something is unknown, then we leave that unstated in the article. It's not for us to fill in the blanks, but for readers (players and DMs) and future designers and novelists to expand on. We only put a theory in if it's incredibly obvious or unavoidable.


 * For example, while a Spellmoot could be just a smaller Magefair, it might also be something very specific and different, such as a meeting expressly for demonstrating new spells, or a market for trading spells, or a contest for biggest fireball, or whatever. It may be that Spellmoots were folded into Magefairs, but it's also possible Spellmoots are still carried on in some areas, and we just don't know its current status. So, I've removed the Magefair description and inferrals and left it only at what the books said, with a note about its possible disappearance. — BadCatMan (talk) 08:46, August 12, 2019 (UTC)