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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jester47" data-source="post: 753875" data-attributes="member: 2238">[PLAIN]Re: Re: Re: Re: [FR] Campaign Setting interpretation diatribe[/PLAIN]I have never seen that side of it Patrick, but now that you mention it, I can see it existing, and yes, that would really ruin it.  So I will keep it like this:Used at appropriate levels the notables can be used as NPCs.  Thier access is by nature mostly limited to region of residence, and thier time is most likely commited elsewhere. Heroes will hear talk of them but almost never meet them.  The chosen of Mystra are mentally unbalanced.  All of them.  Elminster, the silverhand sisters, blackstaff, all of them.  However these insanities manifest themselves in different ways:  Simbuls violent and short temper, constant shapechangeing habit and poor hair grooming, storm silverhand's judge,jury and executioner attitude, not to mention elminsters... plus a level of randyness.  Khelben's intimidation and manipulation and absoluteism in rules, and haunted past indicates some insanity, but he seems the most stable of the lot.  Alustriel will cry when told an even moderatlely sad story, and for all indications her insanity makes her overemotional.Elminster:  Most likely insane.  This is a result of old age and being a chosen of Mystra.  He has not given a straight answer to a question in decades.  Often crosses paths with heroes and offers information that lost its use only minutes before.  Tends to wander.  Has a strange obsession with geography of the realms.  Known for many unfinished projects, most notably his collection of ecologies.  It is theorised that his more recent adventures have resulted from attempts to con more powerful beings into killing him.  This helps to keep it in the Sword and Sorcery venue and not the soap opera venue.Aaron</blockquote>

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