D&D 5E An Introduction to the Forgotten Realms

[MerricB]

Great information, like the most of the stuff you post on your site, Merric. Random question re: the policing of Baldur's Gate. Is there any sort of tension between the Flaming Fists and the City Watch that polices the Upper City? Seems like a weird situation...

I think the tension is between the Patriars (the nobles) and the Flaming Fist actually - the Patriars like having their own police force, and not having to deal with the mercenary scum. It's a place that is very much divided by social class. With the leader of the Flaming Fist having recently risen to be a Grand Duke, it's possible this may be changing... but quite possibly not as well!

I'll have a better look at Murder in Baldur's Gate tomorrow to see if I can answer you better.

Cheers!

 

[MerricB]

Part four is up! I've optimistically called it An Introduction to the Forgotten Realms: The Gods of Good, but I only had enough space to cover five of the several thousand gods. And I'm not entirely sure Mystra is Neutral Good!

Cheers!

 

[PnPgamer]

I know that drizzt is all mielikki, but ive read quite a few and i am not sure if catti-brie follows her... I am behind on my readings though.

 

[Zardnaar]

IIRC the 3E era Waterdeep had a population of around 120 000k not 1.2 million.

 

[MerricB]

I know that drizzt is all mielikki, but ive read quite a few and i am not sure if catti-brie follows her... I am behind on my readings though.

Catti-Brie is one of the Chosen of Mielikki, per the latest books. (Sundering onwards).

Cheers!

 

[PnPgamer]

Catti-Brie is one of the Chosen of Mielikki, per the latest books. (Sundering onwards).

Cheers!

Oh...Now I know...

 

[MerricB]

Part 5: Five Gods of Neutrality, although I completely managed to not include Mask, which is a mistake. Oh well - I'll get to him in a later article!

Cheers!

 

[MerricB]

Part 6: Gods of Evil

Five of them. Can you guess which five before looking at the article?

Cheers!

 

[Irennan]

Part 6: Gods of Evil

Five of them. Can you guess which five before looking at the article?

Cheers!

No Shar, or Myrkul? I feel that they are more relevant than Auril and Lolth on a global scale (even if Lolth has probably been featured more than Myrkul in published material).

Drizzt is far from being the only one who has given Lolth the middle finger: Eilistraee and Vhaeraun (Lolth's and Corellon's two children) and their followers also do that. Unlike Drizzt, they also actively seek to free other drow from her domain and (in the past, at least) have come to pose a considerable threat to her supremacy. Both brother and sister were thought gone and defeated by their mother after 3e (1370s DR), but Ed Greenwood has recently confirmed that they are back (circa 1480s DR), alive and kicking, with a resurgence of their followers' activities.

 

[MerricB]

No Shar, or Myrkul? I feel that they are more relevant than Auril and Lolth on a global scale (even if Lolth has probably been featured more than Myrkul in published material).

Drizzt is far from being the only one who has given Lolth the middle finger: Eilistraee and Vhaeraun (Lolth's and Corellon's two children) and their followers also do that. Unlike Drizzt, they actively seek to free other drow from her domain and (in the past at least) have come to pose a considerable threat to her supremacy. Both brother and sister were thought gone and defeated by their mother after 3e (1370s DR), but Ed Greenwood has recently confirmed that they are back (circa 1480s DR), alive and kicking, with a resurgence of their followers' activities.

Shar almost made it in. However, given Lolth will likely be a major figure in Out of the Abyss, I thought she warranted a mention.