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<blockquote data-quote="Scrivener of Doom" data-source="post: 6107177" data-attributes="member: 87576"><p>I'm doing the same right now.</p><p></p><p>Everything you need to know is in the <em>Neverwinter Campaign Setting</em> and the other two books you have. </p><p></p><p>My advice? Just stick to the 4E material for now and don't worry about the in-depth history of the location... unless/until you're scratching your head for adventure hooks. Personally, I find some of the best ideas by reading the older stuff (easy to find online) and focussing on specific locations.</p><p></p><p>If you want to see some of my ideas go here <a href="http://my-realms.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://my-realms.blogspot.com/</a> and use the "Neverwinter" tag or here <a href="http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/neverwinter-year-ageless-one" target="_blank">http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/neverwinter-year-ageless-one</a>.</p><p></p><p>As for Elminster, he plays no role in this area. Drizzt did (past tense) according to the (execrable) Salvatore novels but he is easily ignored and, in reality, has no effect on the current timeline in Neverwinter (which means you don't even have to ignore him).</p><p></p><p>In response to your specific question, I would answer that what affects Neverwinter now is almost completely described in the Neverwinter Campaign Setting and, if you really want to know more, you can read Salvatore's books that form the backstory - <em>Gauntlgrym</em> is the first. Personally, I don't like his writing style - or even his choice of characters or organisations - so I just read the summaries of the books off Wikipedia.</p><p></p><p>The TL; DR version is this: the Thayans caused a volcano to blow up almost destroying Neverwinter and now it is being rebuilt with several factions competing for the (former) ruins.</p><p></p><p>Make sure you do read the character themes in the NCS book as they provide a lot of detail in disgestible chunks. And may I also strongly recommend that your PCs also read the themes and choose one for each of their characters.</p><p></p><p>Please let me know if you have any more questions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scrivener of Doom, post: 6107177, member: 87576"] I'm doing the same right now. Everything you need to know is in the [I]Neverwinter Campaign Setting[/I] and the other two books you have. My advice? Just stick to the 4E material for now and don't worry about the in-depth history of the location... unless/until you're scratching your head for adventure hooks. Personally, I find some of the best ideas by reading the older stuff (easy to find online) and focussing on specific locations. If you want to see some of my ideas go here [URL]http://my-realms.blogspot.com/[/URL] and use the "Neverwinter" tag or here [URL]http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/neverwinter-year-ageless-one[/URL]. As for Elminster, he plays no role in this area. Drizzt did (past tense) according to the (execrable) Salvatore novels but he is easily ignored and, in reality, has no effect on the current timeline in Neverwinter (which means you don't even have to ignore him). In response to your specific question, I would answer that what affects Neverwinter now is almost completely described in the Neverwinter Campaign Setting and, if you really want to know more, you can read Salvatore's books that form the backstory - [I]Gauntlgrym[/I] is the first. Personally, I don't like his writing style - or even his choice of characters or organisations - so I just read the summaries of the books off Wikipedia. The TL; DR version is this: the Thayans caused a volcano to blow up almost destroying Neverwinter and now it is being rebuilt with several factions competing for the (former) ruins. Make sure you do read the character themes in the NCS book as they provide a lot of detail in disgestible chunks. And may I also strongly recommend that your PCs also read the themes and choose one for each of their characters. Please let me know if you have any more questions. [/QUOTE]
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