Adventurers' Tales
At last, the promise of the Satanic Panic is fulfilled as Ed Greenwood finally teaches us how to cast actual magical spells! (In Faerûn.) Watch Spellcasting 101 for all the details. And you can work some magic in this world by signing up to Ed's Patreon so he can conjure up more lore like this.
This is how you cast arcane magics in the Forgotten Realms the RIGHT way!
Let's learn the intricate steps of spellcasting, including material components, somatic gestures, and popular incantations. I will uncover what actually goes into casting a fireball, magic missiles, lightning bolt, and more. We'll also unravel the unique customization of spells by Weavemasters.
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We also got lost in Halaster Blackcloak's dungeon. For some time.
- Oloré, fellow travelers and sages! 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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Waukeen was the goddess of commerce for much of the continent of Faerûn. She was known as the Merchant's Friend for her guiding hand in all forms of commerce (legal and otherwise); as Liberty's Maiden for her support of free and fair trade through honest bargaining based on supply and demand; and as the Golden Lady for her unabashed belief in the accumulation of wealth and, most importantly, the use of those riches to improve civilization for everyone. She was a relatively young deity, driven to accomplish her goals quickly and completely so she could move on to the next one. This impatient streak often led her to try alternate methods when "business as usual" resulted in an impasse, and manifested itself in her church which sometimes let the ends justify the means.
Her stubbornness likely led to her downfall during the Time of Troubles when she, like almost every other deity in the Faerûnian pantheon, was cast down to Toril and forced to inhabit the Prime Material Plane in avatar form. She joined up with Lliira and hatched a plan to get back to her realm in the Outlands, first by attempting to bribe Helm, who was guarding the Celestial Staircase, and then by striking a bargain with an archfiend of the Abyss, Lord Graz'zt. Unable to leave Toril in divine form, she temporarily bequeathed her divinity and portfolio to Lliira, only to be betrayed by Graz'zt and held prisoner for twelve years. During her long absence, not even Lliira knew her whereabouts and the church of Waukeen began to decline rapidly.
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Today in the Realms...
...it is 20 Hammer, or the 20th of Deepwinter. Selûne is a waxing crescent moon 
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Realmslore
- The Simbul's tonguelash was a strange spell created by the Witch-Queen of Aglarond that conjured a spectral extension of the caster's own tongue. Prehensile and snake-like, it could hold and manipulate objects or other appendages, but the Simbul preferred to slap people in the eyes with hers.
- The Wheloon Natives were a faction of prisoners within the Wheloon Prison, comprising those who'd simply been living there before they were unfairly incarcerated. They organized around the Chauntean Harvest Hall and banded together for defense against the Sharrans and other criminals.
- Protection from dragon breath was a rare spell most often found written on scrolls that protected, of course, against dragon breath, no matter the kind of dragon or the kind of breath, whether fiery, cold, acidic, lightning, or merely bad.
- An altispinax was a species of carnivorous dinosaur found within the Chultan swamps. They were known for their sail backs, camouflage, sharp teeth, and ability to make sounds from deep bellowing roars to a trilling similar to birdsong.
- Ratlarbig was a clifftop fortress that overlooked Lennahc Hsilgne in the Whamite Isles. It took a tax of gold from all traders who sailed past and was involved in a series of wild conflicts between various nations and pirates of the isles. (The names are probably a coincidence, really.)
- Hellball was a spell of epic magic that invoked a sphere of acid, fire, electricity, and sonic energy that devastated great areas, and sometimes even their own casters. The few survivors called the results "hell on earth", hence the name.
- Stone cursed were humanoids that had been petrified and restored not with stone to flesh but through alchemical rituals that left them in an animated statue-like state with a dim echo of their former life and a drive to. urder the living, though sadly not the alchemist who did this to them.
- A giant whip spider was a species of giant spider that hunted with its powerful pincers rather than webs and venom, and named for its long whip-like feelers. A mated pair would trap maimed victims alive under rocks, lay their eggs in their bodies, and leave their offspring to eat their way out.
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