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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aimon" data-source="post: 5552030" data-attributes="member: 96734"><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Hi.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">When I started my current campaign with my sons, I decided to use the Points of Light "setting", but to place it into the Forgotten Realms, since they (my sons) knew that world from the Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale and Neverwinter Nights games.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I looked for a place that would fit, eventually settling on the area of Sembia, in the Dalelands, since it had some fitting similarities.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">For example:</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: white"><span style="font-size: 12px">-</span>         </span><span style="color: white"><span style="font-size: 12px">The [Forgotten Realms] Thunder Peaks would correspond to the [Nentir Vale] Cairngorm Peaks;</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: white"><span style="font-size: 12px">-</span>         </span><span style="color: white"><span style="font-size: 12px">Archenbridge [FR] would correspond to Harkenwold [NV];</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: white"><span style="font-size: 12px">-</span>         </span><span style="color: white"><span style="font-size: 12px">Archwood [FR] would correspond to Harken Forest [NV];</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: white"><span style="font-size: 12px">-</span>         </span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Arkhen</span><span style="color: white"> River [FR] would correspond to the Winter River [NV];</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">When I heard about the expanded map from "Conquest of Nerath", I was a little bit afraid that I might have to disassociate my "world" from the Realms, since it would not fit anymore (however loosely).</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Now, however, I am pleased to see that it still fits, somewhat, somewhere in the Sea of Fallen Stars.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Not only that, but there seems to be an eerie semi-symmetry between the Points of Light setting, that area of the Realms, and the area of Oerth mentioned by Alasomorph.  (Dragon's Island in Oerth, Dragon Isle in the Realms).</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Anyway, just wanted to share this.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>

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