Adventurers' Tales
Curious about play-by-post role-playing, or looking for an actual-play game that isn't clamoring for your ears? Then have a read of Legacy of the Green Regent, our very own campaign set in the Forgotten Realms and using 3.5-edition Dungeons & Dragons rules, running through the classic RPGA campaign with Dungeon Master BadCatMan and our heroes Brace and Korrlan Splitbark, Taman Teinithra, Samophlange Skitterwidget, Ilrien, and Juniper Churlgo. In "Phantoms' Cloister", we're finally off on our next quest and arrive at the mysterious ruins of a forgotten monastery. Will we find more there than just crows?
The next day, they continued on their way and, around highsun, finally turned off the road, heading south into the forest's fringe, until they came to where a hill rose in the midst of a wide clearing. It was a well-defensible hill but, from a distance, it looked like it had nothing more than some peculiarly formed foliage around its crown. It was not until they were near the foot of the hill that the crumbling stone turrets, walls, and flagstones became apparent, grey stone turned soft and green beneath a shroud of moss, creeping vines, and tree roots.
A fat purple-black raven perched atop one of the broken towers, and cawed sharply into the clear twilight air.Current Clack
We also got lost in Halaster Blackcloak's dungeon. For some time.
- Oloré, fellow travelers and sages! Today is our 19th birthday! Help yourself to some cake, take a lolly bag, and run off to explore this big wide world of ours! Have fun!
- But first, clacks. Alas, it's been too long since we last shared news, and our clacks haven't been so current. But big things have been happening behind closed doors. You may have noticed our new Adventurers' Tales feature above, wherein we tell you about our creations, those of others in the RPG world that we like, and of course the works of Ed Greenwood, father of the Forgotten Realms. Yet we have more in store, and we can't wait to reveal them to you all. Until then, it's time to catch up and update.
- Running into a time dimensional, Lhynard was trapped within a temporal shell until he was rescued by a chronologian. Together, they fought off an ethereal filcher.
- Possessed Priest documented some figures of ancient Netheril: Shastin, a priestess of Mystryl; Radman, father of Karsus and namesake of his enclave; and Lady Aquesita, elder cousin of Karsus.
- Tyrusxl raided the green dragon Deathsleep's hoard and found an axe of the dwarvish lords and spider cloak and magical treasures going by names such as Lyre Lyre Pants on Fire, bottomless potion of swagger, Knight Vision Goggles, and the One Ring (really). There was also a reverse centaur, of all things.
- We say "well met" to new editors: ThaleiaFantasy, who delved into Undermountain with Corin Silvertor and Beckla Shadesar; EconomicDruid, who was turned down by the Valor's Call adventuring party; SnackcakesMcGee, who reported on the intoxicating tekkil; and Tankerthanker, who visited Port Nyanzaru and met such people as Pock-Marked Po and Soggy Wren. We also welcome TheDesFeux, who has raided the menageries and captured black willows, buckawns, and giant dragonflies, among others.
- And we say "well again" to Reesorville, who worked with Fador on Innarlith's canal; HellsCourtesy, who read of Barze's journey in The Great Diaspora of Netheril; Tsammarco, who explored the Eilistraean drow city of Imberlur; and Regis87, who, uh, ate some sushi.
- From the Red Wizards of Thay, alavairthae—"may your skill prevail."
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Their origins were clouded in mystery and speculation, but all legends agreed that they were once rulers of vast empires spanning the Prime Material, Astral, and Ethereal planes, which they kept under control by the use of their nautiloids. Their empire collapsed as a result of a revolt of the gith, their most prominent slaves. So violent was the gith uprising that, in less than a year, the entire illithid race was brought to the brink of extinction.
Forced to live in hiding, the mind flayers plotted in darkness their vengeance and the return of their empire. On Toril, some of their most important settlements included Oryndoll and Ch'Chitl, but countless smaller colonies existed. They were undisputed rulers of the planet Glyth, the sixth planet of Realmspace.
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The mysterious name, Xanathar, is whispered around the city of Waterdeep, and a group of adventurers are summoned by the Lords to investigate the threat. As the heroes descend into the sewers below, they make their way through trapped rooms and fight off numerous dungeon-dwelling creatures. Friends and new companions are to be found too, including a dwarven prince in peril and other adventurers who brave the depths. However, as the party gets deeper, even more threats arise... and eventually they find out who or what this Xanathar really is...
Today in the Realms...
...it is 5 Marpenoth, or the 5th of Leaffall. Selûne is a waning gibbous moon 
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Realmslore
- The Channath Vale was a narrow stretch of land along the southern edge of the Shaar that served as a major caravan thoroughfare between Lapaliiya to the west and the Great Rift to the east. The Vale was known for its overgrown jungles that were filled with dangerous creatures both mundane and magical.
- Pumpside was a neighborhood in the Southside District of Ravens Bluff. It was dominated by the House of War, the local temple of Tempus, which took up a quarter of the neighborhood. How the area acquired its name was forgotten, but sages suspected it had to do with an old horse-powered water pump that once stood there.
- A hoardstone was a draconic enchanted gemstone that increased the quality of all valuables around it, thus making them more valuable. Only dragons had the right mindsets to craft hoardstones, being able to grasp the "spirit" of what made an object valuable on an instinctual level.
- A hat of many spells was an unpredictable magical hat that allowed a wizard to attempt to literally "pull" most spells out of their hat. Failing this, it would produce a random magical effect. The wizard Presto was given such a hat by the Dungeon Master upon arriving in the Realm (no relation).
- Klevin Van'Sheran was a Tethyrian merchant—and secret agent of the Lords' Alliance—in Port Nyanzaru who specialized in trading Chultan clothes and wares. He was fascinated by Chultan culture and had adopted the clothes and mannerisms of a local, but remained generally disliked by his fellow citizens.
- The green dragon Deathsleep preyed on travelers and traders who passed through the Neverwinter Wood. His motivation for doing so was simply for sustenance as well as to add to his treasure hoard. This eventually drew the attention of a local band of adventurers who likely slayed him.
- Half-fey were beings born of a union between fey and another form of living creature. Their appearance could vary considerably depending on the exact coupling in question, but they always exhibited a few traits from their fey side, such as having knotty skin or butterfly-like wings.
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A maiden of pain versus a martyred champion of Ilmater.
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