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<blockquote data-quote="pukunui" data-source="post: 6573623" data-attributes="member: 54629">The absence of any mention of the Sundering in Lost Mine of Phandelver, Hoard of the Dragon Queen, and The Rise of Tiamat is most likely deliberate. The devs have gone on record as saying that they left the dates for those adventures vague on purpose so they could be adapted for any era.That being said, it's easy enough to figure out their default dates. Mt Hotenow, a volcano near Neverwinter, erupted in 1451 DR. Lost Mine indicates that it takes place thirty years later, which would put it somewhere around 1481 DR. This could theoretically make it a pre-Sundering adventure, as that RSE didn't start until 1485 DR. I personally think it's meant to be closer to forty years, with LMoP taking place in 1488 DR or so. As for HotDQ &amp; RoT, the Adventurers League set its Tyranny of Dragons storyline in 1489 DR. Also, RoT makes a reference to the end of the Sundering having put a crimp on the meddling of the gods in the Realms. (Hence why Tiamat is having to go to such great lengths to break into the Realms.)Princes of the Apocalypse, meanwhile, does have a specific date: 1491 DR. I haven't got PotA yet, so I can't say if it makes any mention of the Sundering or not, but since it's been a few years in-universe (the Sundering ended in 1487 DR), you could argue that that sort of pub talk has died down as folks have moved on to talk about current affairs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pukunui, post: 6573623, member: 54629"] The absence of any mention of the Sundering in [I]Lost Mine of Phandelver[/I], [I]Hoard of the Dragon Queen[/I], and [I]The Rise of Tiamat[/I] is most likely deliberate. The devs have gone on record as saying that they left the dates for those adventures vague on purpose so they could be adapted for any era. That being said, it's easy enough to figure out their default dates. Mt Hotenow, a volcano near Neverwinter, erupted in 1451 DR. [I]Lost Mine[/I] indicates that it takes place thirty years later, which would put it somewhere around 1481 DR. This could theoretically make it a [I]pre[/I]-Sundering adventure, as that RSE didn't start until 1485 DR. I personally think it's meant to be closer to forty years, with LMoP taking place in 1488 DR or so. As for HotDQ & RoT, the Adventurers League set its Tyranny of Dragons storyline in 1489 DR. Also, RoT makes a reference to the end of the Sundering having put a crimp on the meddling of the gods in the Realms. (Hence why Tiamat is having to go to such great lengths to break into the Realms.) [I]Princes of the Apocalypse[/I], meanwhile, does have a specific date: 1491 DR. I haven't got PotA yet, so I can't say if it makes any mention of the Sundering or not, but since it's been a few years in-universe (the Sundering ended in 1487 DR), you could argue that that sort of pub talk has died down as folks have moved on to talk about current affairs. [/QUOTE]

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