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– Danilo Thann to Master Harper Bran Skorlsun on receiving a Harper pin, Year of Maidens, 1361 DR

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As if to make up for the garlic pie last time, Juniper has gone for the sweet stuff this time, making the simple yet sumptuous Tantran Cherries—a true 'last kiss' dessert for Juniper's Companion to Venturesome Cookery.

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...As of 1358 DR, Tantran Cherries could be found in the Dalelands and the town of Shadowdale, home to the famous Elminster. Dalesmen liked their fresh sweet cherries dipped in semi-sweet or dark molten chocolate, then rolled in crushed pistachios and chilled to be eaten as soon as possible. For those who do not like dark chocolate, like yours truly, they used cherries preserved in sugar syrup or fresh cherries wrapped in a marzipan shell or a paste of sugar, syrup, and butter. And if no additional layers were made, dusted with edible decorative golden flakes. The cherries then were served on a bowl of sweet clotted cream, as is customary in Tantras, or dipped in slightly sweetened whipped cream flavored with a drop of Malatran vanilla. This recipe touches on all of the versions listed above and makes a simple treat that is worth quadrupling its weight in gold. Of course, Maztican chocolate is now quite common, even after the Spellplague years, with exported cocoa seeds now cultivated in several places in Faerûn, including the town of Suiter's Hill in the Vast that specializes in Maztican goods, despite being half the planet away from it.

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Current Clack

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• Stop the presses! We have special announcements about our upcoming and future projects—cookbooks, a virtual tabletop, and AI? Check it out!
• Wow, where did the time go? We wish we could say it was mostly into those strange other-world matters of real life, but more often than not it was just other areas of wiki life, as well as ample castings of forget spells. Work on The Forgotten Realms Wiki Presents Juniper's Companion to Venturesome Cookery is taking up a lot of our focus and energy and some things have gone on hold, yet it's nearing completion and we can't wait to show you all this big beautiful cookbook of ours. Until then, let's catch up on Current Clacks…
• ItalianKarsus visited Shadowdale, stopping by Warmfires House for a meal cooked by Rendal Ironguard and Crown & Raven Scriveners to have work done by Maervidal Iloster, but apparently got involved in some Zhentish intrigues when he drank some bad wine served by Nildon Baraejhe. We hope he recovers soon.
• SunderedShor took a trip aboard the Blue Glaucus submarine, only to be marooned at the bottom of the sea. Fortunately, this gave plenty of time to learn psionics from a spiritualist: aura sight, body weaponry, among others, and astral projection and metamorphosis might come in handy for an escape.
• ChloeLorde ventured into the ruins of Myth Drannor, donning cloak of sunlight, breath of vitality, the boots called Death's Deferral, and the belt known as Ophael's cincture for protection. She followed the directions of the guide Weikko Brightbeam, battled the undead dwarves of the Eternal Brigade and won a set of bracers of the battlerager, and finally confronted the glabrezu demon Zun'thar the Unbound.
• Artemaz is having a hot time in the City of Brass, entering via the Magma Gate and the Iskalat district, and having a cool-ish drink or three on the Street of the Vine. He took in the view of the flaming Naranj Canal, visited the Plaza of the Silver Chariot and the Palazzo of Stamping Hooves, and wisely avoided Scorpion Alley (it was full of scorpions).
• We say well met to Aeliren, who's been exploring Cormyr and met Magistrate Cornelius Latrimor and Oversword Edric Crastmere of Wheloon, the mysterious peasant girl Ana Brabener of Eveningstar, and the well-named treasure hunter Oriphaun Huntsilver. Aeliren also toured Granwell Keep and Beckside Castle.
• We've got a lot of other new editors to welcome too: Emperorkangxi told as all about the land of Laothan in Malatra; Shulllk heard the tale of the Beast Lord, the ghostly druid Voolad Espiral, while BedlamMarching was frightened off by the ghost of the Sharran priestess Eshayben; M. Alacant traded with Furjur the Flippant; PatoFR voyaged to Thay aboard the Shadovar flying fortress enclave Kolthunral; StorytellerMars adventured with the thri-kreen ranger Kalix; Pandinal read The Making of a Good Tyrant; and AntonKutovoi kept warm beneath a cloak of the yeti.
• And we welcome back others: Topaztube was transformed into a stone cursed creature; Darkwynters was robbed by the apostate cleric Krastius the Heretic; Lurker Z escaped the slaver Hafkris; and Eoliao sailed into Remichispace aboard a spelljammer.
• Until next time, aluve, as the drow say.

Featured Article

Dethek was a runic script used by dwarves and a few other humanoid races to record language, usually by engraving stone or fine metal. Its runes were constructed from straight lines for easier carving in hard surfaces. There were runes for letters and numbers, as well as ideograms for certain ideas and concepts, but Dethek lacked punctuation.

The Dethek alphabet was transliterated like so:

The use of runes for writing dated back to the beginning of recorded history in Faerûn. One example of the spread of Dethek use was between the gold dwarves of the Great Rift and the people of Unther. Close association and trade led to the adoption of Dethek for recording the Untheric language. The Dethek system of writing went on to become the most widespread and popular runic script by the 14th century DR.

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Monster Manual 5th edition (revised) by Jeremy Crawford, F. Wesley Schneider et al. and officially published by Wizards of the Coast on February 18, 2025, is a core rulebook for the revised 5^th-edition Dungeons & Dragons^® rules, containing all the classic and new monsters, creatures, and non-player characters needed to run a campaign.

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The Ultimate Fantasy Bestiary

This revised and expanded Monster Manual contains a horde of creatures for the fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons^® game—a monstrous menagerie of familiar favorites like dragons, giants, and mind flayers, plus a host of new monsters like the arch-hag, the blob of annihilation, and the vampire warlock.

Populate your worlds and adventures with the hundreds of monsters provided and let their stories, illustrations, and easy-to-use stat blocks fuel your D&D adventures for years to come.

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Treasures of the Savage Frontier is a Dungeons and Dragons computer game developed by Stormfront Studios and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. It is the sequel to the popular Gateway to the Savage Frontier video games, and was the first ever role-playing video game to feature romance with an AI companion.

The players are the famed Heroes of Ascore who recently halted the Zhentarim's plans to conquer the Savage Frontier and the Moonsea. Continuing this journey of heroism, they are called upon to protect ambassadors from the Lords' Alliance. In a turn of events, the Zhentarim and their allies regroup, abduct the ambassadors one by one, and "replace" them. The new "ambassadors" of the Lords' Alliance smear the Heroes of Ascore as traitors, and the party must regain their well-earned name. Treasures of the Savage Frontier sees the party reaching new heights, from freeing the oppressed people of Farr Windward to slaying the great white dragon, Freezefire.

Today in the Realms...

...it is 1 Tarsakh, or the 1st of the Claw of Storms. Selûne is a full moon . On this day:

• Worshipers of Anhur begin a month-long tournament by nonlethal combat to determine the next Chosen of Anhur.
• Worshipers of the halfling deity Cyrrollalee celebrate Hearthday.
• Worshipers of the Red Knight celebrate the Queen's Gambit with feasting and gaming tournaments.
• Followers of Tyr perform the ritual of Seeing Justice at which a giant warhammer appears above the congregation glowing white hot.
• The celebration of Caravance marks the beginning of the Waukeentide festival in Waterdeep.
• In 1338 DR, the Battle of Mount Bogdo occurred in the Hordelands between the Tuigan/Naican alliance and the Commani.
• In 1373 DR, the avariel Taegan Nightwind told the Queen-Regent Sambryl and the Council of Lords of Impiltur of a Cult of the Dragon cell operating in Lyrabar and the Gray Forest.
• In 1374 DR, Dabron Sashenstar met in secret with an agent named Tuth to broker a Read more...

Realmslore

• Rosie Beestinger was the cartographer of Acquisitions Incorporated's "C" Team of adventurers. There were persistent rumors that she was connected to a number of nefarious halfling criminal organizations under the nickname "Grandmother Night".
• Tabac was a type of pipeweed grown in Chessenta and Tethyr, although it could be found all over Faerûn, even among goblin tribes. It was generally regarded as harsh and foul smelling, somewhat inferior to Maztican tabacco, though only connoisseurs could generally tell the difference.
• The marid Ibnul, who styled himself as "Potentate of the Ebbing Tides", "Caliph of the Eastern Currents", and "Sovereign of all Sharks", was tricked into entering into a genie contract by the pahari Busain. He was, by all accounts, both a braggart and a liar.
• Nepri was an efreeti who found himself dragged away from his native plane alongside a number of other fiery creatures and into a library in the ruins of Myth Drannor, which soon after came to be known as the Burning Library.
• The Umber Council was a trio of undead druids who led armies of shambling mounds through the Umber Marshes in pursuit of some unknown goal. They eventually caught the interest of the Red Wizards, who then immediately started plotting a way to seize control of their verdant battallions.

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Goldspires, the temple complex for Waukeen in Athkatla

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• Spells—Selected spells with special relations to the Forgotten Realms.

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