Talk:Everburning oil

How is this different from alchemist's fire? ~ Lhynard (talk) 15:24, January 12, 2016 (UTC)


 * Hmm, other than alchemist's fire seems to be a 3rd edition invention while Greek fire is a 2nd edition substance modeled on the real-world item...? Alchemist's fire ignites by itself when exposed to air, Greek fire has to be ignited (though it does so easily), I would say, so there really seems to be a difference. Daranios (talk) 18:50, January 12, 2016 (UTC)


 * Ok. I actually never knew that AF was a 3e invention. ~ Lhynard (talk) 19:06, January 12, 2016 (UTC)

Should this actually be called greek fire if Greece doesn't exist in the Realms?? Artemaz (talk) 20:24, January 12, 2016 (UTC)


 * This bothers me also, but I think it comes straight from a sourcebook, the idea being that powerful magicians learned the Earth name via traveling through portals. ~ Lhynard (talk) 20:32, January 12, 2016 (UTC)


 * Actually, there were more Realms sourcebooks calling it "Greek fire" than anything else (well, "Greek fire" being in the Player's Handbook). Maybe this (is there word analogous to anachronism for locations?) was the reason they introduced alchemist's fire in 3rd edition? I guess The City of Ravens Bluff tried to solve that problem by introducing the name "everburning oil" and relegating "Greek fire" to a term used "in some wizards' tomes". Daranios (talk) 20:42, January 12, 2016 (UTC)


 * Apart from considering it a translating-into-English-problem, one more explanation how the word "Greek" might have entered Faerûnian languages comes to mind: The deities dominating Olympus are officially know as the Greek pantheon. One of their ranks, Tyche, was also a Faerûnian deity. Daranios (talk) 19:23, January 13, 2016 (UTC)


 * Yes, both ideas make sense. I don't personally like it, but the fact is that Earth is considered a part of Realmslore. ~ Lhynard (talk) 12:15, January 14, 2016 (UTC)


 * That reminds me of the French windows in Chessenta in Maiden of Pain. :) There's also a small cult of Poseidon in the Impilturan navy, Saint Dionysus, etc. Ultimately, we have to view it as a translation convention, but as Earth and Ed Greenwood both exist in the multiverse, there's an easy explanation. — BadCatMan (talk) 13:00, January 14, 2016 (UTC)