[FR] Halaster is NOT a Chosen.

[BrooklynKnight]

I saw i thread a bit lower down where someone again assumed that Halaster was a chosen (due to Elminster in Hell).

Well, I got news for you.

During Gencon I was lucky enough to talk to Ed Greenwood himself (even got a picture which i'll post later).

Halaster is NOT a Chosen but has his own special deal with mystra. Those were Ed's exact words. What "special deal" means, I dont know, and he wouldnt say. But he did confirm that Halaster was not a chosen.

 

[Micar Sin]

I will simply point out that while Mr. Greenwood is the original creator of the world, and therefore his words may be canon, he also no longer owns the rights to that world, so whether or not he says Halaster is a chosen is quite possibly irrelevant...

 

[Volaran]

Well, the event in question took place in "Elminster in Hell", which he wrote. I presume that he is at least in a place to explain events in his own novels.

 

[BrooklynKnight]

Well, the event in question took place in "Elminster in Hell", which he wrote. I presume that he is at least in a place to explain events in his own novels.

thank you Volaran!

Micar: you can also ask Richard Baker (whos email i think is Richard.Baker@wizards.com or RBaker@wizards.com)
about it.

Since he's in FR R&D maybe HIS word will satisfy you.

 

[Numion]

I will simply point out that while Mr. Greenwood is the original creator of the world, and therefore his words may be canon, he also no longer owns the rights to that world, so whether or not he says Halaster is a chosen is quite possibly irrelevant...

Just like what Gary Gygax says on World of Greyhawk is irrelevant?

 

[hong]

Bah. The Enterprise would STILL win, with Halaster coming a distant second.

 

[Welverin]

Bah. The Enterprise would STILL win, with Halaster coming a distant second.

True, but I would lay bets that the Death Star would beat them both, due to the lack of snub fighters.

Back on topic, Halaster doesn't have the Chosen template in the FRCS and I don't recall him be named one in any other game books either (not that that means much).

 

[Mystery Man]

What "special deal" means, I dont know, and he wouldnt say. But he did confirm that Halaster was not a chosen.

You should have pinched him or something until he told you!

 

[Welverin]

You should have pinched him or something until he told you!

Like threaten to tell him about your favorite character in great and exacting detail.

 

[kreynolds]

True, but I would lay bets that the Death Star would beat them both, due to the lack of snub fighters.

Ah, but from what I can remember, the power output of a turbo laser is the equivalent of what a common navigational shield could completely absorb, and when considering the power of the deathstar's primary cannon, they wouldn't even get past a starship's (let alone a romulan warbird's!) primary shields! I remember an episode where...

...man, I'm lame.