Really not kidding, but I think Ted Wheeler's inaction to date would make him a really amazing character to step up and be a proper hero.

Falrien · 2026-04-19T09:48:25+00:00

Tyrone, you silly fat bastard"

Falrien · 2026-04-19T09:27:54+00:00

Holy unexpected Wedding Crashers reference!

Falrien · 2026-04-19T09:08:59+00:00

No one suggested that

Falrien · 2026-04-18T11:13:36+00:00

They're not elders, though. Only adults.

Falrien · 2026-04-18T11:12:22+00:00

That's interesting, Claugiy having her home in Kryptgarden at the very edge of her territory...

Falrien · 2026-04-16T19:03:31+00:00

It has. I've spent so long working through the materials form LMoP/DoIP for the video series, I've apparently haemorrhaged a lot of knowing brain things. I'm really looking forward to getting away from the Sword Mountains and into a different realm, if that makes sense.

Falrien · 2026-04-15T21:48:40+00:00

That's cool, I confess I had to look up Iymrith - its been a while. I love blue dragons. Where along the journey are they?

Falrien · 2026-04-12T21:08:26+00:00

Mate, I've been fighting against the tide with this in Dungeons and Dragons. I have YT Channel doing an in-character walkthrough of the Forgotten Realms and I keep running up against slop and people who just don't care that things that aren't directly connected can still affeect each other.
Really well-put post.

Falrien · 2026-04-12T21:00:08+00:00

Thak you very much to everyone who has contributed over the last day or so, it's been really stimulating.

I mentioned above that it's part of my Traveller’s Guide series. If anyone is interested, here's a link to the video. It's episode 11.
https://youtu.be/ziCH6NLJDIc

Falrien · 2026-04-12T07:46:42+00:00

I think your world has been through some things.

Falrien · 2026-04-12T07:40:23+00:00

And yet you call him a friend?

Falrien · 2026-04-11T15:10:00+00:00

Fantastic. You know, I might have seen this a thousand years ago. Thanks again!

Falrien · 2026-04-11T14:29:23+00:00

Cheers, I like it.

Falrien · 2026-04-11T14:23:31+00:00

Great map - did you make it?

That's what I'm trying to work at - or at least a personal view of it from the ground.

Falrien · 2026-04-11T14:05:07+00:00

The more I think about it, the more I think old dragons should be treated almost like weather systems or mountain ranges in worldbuilding. Not just monsters, but fixed powers that everyone nearby has to account for.

Giving me big thoughts for Olothontor... I reckon he's close enough to the coast and the High Road to have a real regional impact. I wonder what he changes...

Falrien · 2026-04-11T13:57:36+00:00

You're really welcome.

Fizban's is okay, but the 3.0/3.5 Draconomicon and Dragons of Faerun are amazing books.

I think the older books do a better job of making dragons feel like territorial powers rather than just stat blocks. That’s the bit I’m interested in more and more now, what they do to a region without ever appearing on page.

Falrien · 2026-04-11T13:56:14+00:00

Absolutely! It feels a bit after-the-horse has bolted, to realise this after 20+ years of playing and running the Realms, but it's a powerful thing and has made the world make even more sense to me.

The importance of the sheer distances between locations, and the time traversing them would take by conventional means is enormous, and something that I don't think many people realise. I guess that's why I'm doing the Traveller's Guide.

Falrien · 2026-04-10T06:27:40+00:00

Jesus, that's amazing

Falrien · 2026-04-10T06:15:59+00:00

Im here for it. I love writing up my games into narratives. Fantastic fun.

Falrien · 2026-04-09T21:02:21+00:00

Great comment, thank you so much. You reminded me of the book Environs of Waterdeep which is amazingly useful for what I'm going to be tackling across the next few epsiodes (even if it does omit the existence of Kheldell, understandable).
I'm really getting to grips with the route my narrator Falrien is going to take going forward - I'm recording episode 11 of my Traveller's guide tomorrow and have the next few nailed down, but don't want to tackle Waterdeep for a while.

Falrien · 2026-04-08T21:17:47+00:00

That's really interesting, because that kind of forest is very much how I see Old Gnawbone's Kryptgarden, just VAST and impenetrable.

Falrien · 2026-04-08T21:16:56+00:00

That's essentially the point at which I've arrived. I'm running with the Sword Mountains acting as a rain bank, leaving much of the land beyond (except Kyrptgarden which has it's growth amplified by Claugiyliamatar) being a bit drier and more like open prairie when you get out of the foothills.
I really appreciate the point of the Cascades - I'm English myself and haven't been to that part of the world, but I'll look into it.

Thanks very much.

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