Recent content by Maxperson

Why does it matter if it's fluff or not?

It's more than what's in the PHB and DMG. Modern wizards of the Realms don't have as much knowledge as the Netherese wizards gained from those scrolls, and the Netherese never learned all that the scrolls contained. No matter how much they learned of a specialty, there was more there to learn...

I don't agree with that. While they do detail the foundations of magic that all the races of Faerun use, they go much farther into that knowledge than any race alive. The Netherese quickly surpassed even elven high magic and no other country had magic that compared. It was the knowledge of...

They were far more than a spellbook. They basically had limitless knowledge of spells, theories of magic, knowledge of the foundations that all magic on Toril was based on, and more. The more you learned, the more new and advanced knowledge you uncovered when you read them. The Arcanus...

Not first hand, but passed down to children and grandchildren. Recorded in books. Taught in history lessons. Elves are a very learned race. The knowledge would readily available for those who are interested in history. Moon Elves lived in Netheril in large numbers through its entire...

Or any of the many, many elves who lived there for the entire time Netheril existed and wrote it down.

There are elven towns and villages all over the place. Hell, there were elves living in Netheril up until the fall in multiple towns/cities. You're vastly overestimating the amount of lost knowledge. Elves lose cities, but the knowledge is much harder for them to lose. You don't need a full...

It's not pure speculation. It's reasoning based on fact. It takes a rare book that they don't already have just to get inside the keep. That excludes 99.99% of the population from ever getting in, and that .01 might be an overestimation on how many get inside. Rare books that Candlekeep...

Low magic to me is how I described it. Three half-caster classes running around isn't low magic magic to me. :)

Yeah. They could use that or make another one. A non-magical Bard is also a possibility.

Isn't there a non-magical ranger in a UA? I thought there was.

The setting would use fighter and rogue, the non-magical versions only. I know there's a non-magical ranger out there. That one would be allowed. Magic could be a feat tree. Your 1st level Magic Initiate feat could give you one cantrip and one first level spell. At 4th level the next feat...

Not a chance. 99.99% of humans will never enter the keep to gain that knowledge. Any elf can just walk over to a historian down the block to get it.

So would all the elves who have even a passing interest in history. They'd go to elven teachers and learn about history, including the detailed information the Moon Elves have on Netheril. And no, it would not take an elven scholar to specialize in Netheril to have common historical knowledge...

@Zardnaar, I just pulled out my 2e Netheril stuff and the Eaerlanni Elves(Moon Elves) were a major force inside of Netheril up until the floating cities came to be. At that point they let go of their holdings, but it doesn't say that they left. They had major holdings all the way through the...