Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
What's so great about Elminster?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Coroc" data-source="post: 7477525" data-attributes="member: 6895991"><p>[MENTION=23751]Maxperson[/MENTION] back in the 90s Elminster was for FR what Mordenkainen and the rest of the Circle of 8 was for Greyhawk, and Fizban for Dragonlance.</p><p></p><p>FR back then was an interesting alternative setting with its own flavor, you had the undermountain / underdark myth drannnor, things like dead magic and wild magic zones and mythals. These were very much FR gimmicks, like Psionics in Athas or dragonmarks in Eberron. It was new and cool and the setting was not such a kitchen sink as it is today.</p><p></p><p>NPCs like Elminster back then served some purposes, being a mentor, being the balancing force of good versus many evil threats and therefore logic:</p><p></p><p>Imagine FR with all the drow and orc hordes Zhentarim, undead, some eveil dragons: Who keeps them at bay if they go for an all out attack? There have to be some strong forces of good to keep up a "balance of power" for pure logic reasons. NPCs like that could interfere in scenarios to even the odds like a when an end boss would summon an avatar of an evil deity or some demon overlord to his aid in the end fight, a sort of Gandalf on the bridge scenario, the players still got to fight the end boss but the out of their league mob is occupied with Elminster.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coroc, post: 7477525, member: 6895991"] [MENTION=23751]Maxperson[/MENTION] back in the 90s Elminster was for FR what Mordenkainen and the rest of the Circle of 8 was for Greyhawk, and Fizban for Dragonlance. FR back then was an interesting alternative setting with its own flavor, you had the undermountain / underdark myth drannnor, things like dead magic and wild magic zones and mythals. These were very much FR gimmicks, like Psionics in Athas or dragonmarks in Eberron. It was new and cool and the setting was not such a kitchen sink as it is today. NPCs like Elminster back then served some purposes, being a mentor, being the balancing force of good versus many evil threats and therefore logic: Imagine FR with all the drow and orc hordes Zhentarim, undead, some eveil dragons: Who keeps them at bay if they go for an all out attack? There have to be some strong forces of good to keep up a "balance of power" for pure logic reasons. NPCs like that could interfere in scenarios to even the odds like a when an end boss would summon an avatar of an evil deity or some demon overlord to his aid in the end fight, a sort of Gandalf on the bridge scenario, the players still got to fight the end boss but the out of their league mob is occupied with Elminster. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
What's so great about Elminster?
Top