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#1 blackmasque Jan 13, 2009 21:05:36	I've see before, like in The Grand History of Faerun, names in the timeline like "Days of Thunder" and "Age of Humanity" and a few others. Two questions: (A) What is the total list? (B) Are these universal terms, or general terms? Like for example, in the game I am wrapping up, if I mentioned the "Age of Humanity", would all characters know what this meant? Is the "Age of Humanity" different for different races? Do Elves consider it starting in whenever, Gnomes starting in whenever, and so on?
#2 18DELTA Jan 13, 2009 22:05:08	-Pre-Spellplague, Post-Spellplague. ;) 18DELTA (CHOSEN OF HE WHO BROUGHT YOU THE SPELLPLAGUE, LORD CYRIC!) :P
#3 markustay63 Jan 13, 2009 23:58:58	'Ages' are not used IG at all, and are only including in the timeline mostly as reference points (Pre-history, ancient history, recent history, etc...). If you want, you could always have some Elven texts refer to them that way, but I really doubt anyone else has been around long-enough to record all those ages.
#4 BadCatMan Jan 14, 2009 0:15:48	Those names are really just chapter titles for tGHotR, to sort the prehistory into various "eras" for ease of use. While most elves would recognise the Crown Wars, and I think I've heard "Days of Thunder" elsewhere, the rest all seem to be new and are probably never used in the setting and rarely if ever in other books.
#5 Stigger Jan 14, 2009 2:41:32	I could see sages using them, though I doubt most commoners would be aware of the distinctions.
#6 the_shaman Jan 14, 2009 6:56:11	I would imagine different races have different "ages", kind of like the different calendars on earth. It does not make sense for dwarves to reference anything by the Crown Wars.
#7 aardwolf Jan 14, 2009 7:53:19	defining FR in terms of ages is IMO something convienient for GHOTR but it is kinda cool that they are adding it in
#8 rinonalyrna_fathomlin Jan 14, 2009 9:53:42	I could see sages using them, though I doubt most commoners would be aware of the distinctions. I agree, most people are concerned about the here and now (their own lives), not what happened 10,000 years ago.
#9 lord_karsus Jan 14, 2009 11:36:33	I could see sages using them, though I doubt most commoners would be aware of the distinctions. -Commoners have Intelligences of 10, and with the DC of decent knowledge concerning things like the Crown Wars as needing 15, 20, 25, and so on, they aren't going to know much, if anything.
#10 Stigger Jan 14, 2009 12:15:01	And as Rino said, they'd have little interest in them anyway. Think of it sort of like the various geological ages that have been named and classified... they're fairly arbitrary, and for the most part meaningless unless you have an interest in geology or paleontology, but they're still there and in use. Just not in widespread use for your average person.
#11 BadCatMan Jan 14, 2009 19:04:48	Faerun's history is far too fluid and continuous to divide up neatly into eras the way one might do to Dragonlance. There's no real point at which anyone can say "here everything changes". Not even the fall of Netheril. At least, until that damned Spellplague. Individual races and regions and cultures might have their own names for certain phases of history though. Like the Age Of Glorious Fools, the last few centuries of Vast history with a plague of adventurers.
#12 lord_karsus Jan 16, 2009 11:18:00	-Concerning the different time conventions and such of Elves, this information can be found in Elves of Faerûn.
#13 markustay63 Jan 16, 2009 12:25:28	Post 1384 DR will be known as the Age of Stupidity in future texts. :D
#14 18DELTA Jan 16, 2009 14:35:40	-Concerning the different time conventions and such of Elves, this information can be found in Elves of Faerûn. -Whats that? :P 18DELTA (CHOSEN OF CYRIC) :D
#15 blackmasque Jan 17, 2009 12:35:16	So basically anything I make up is anything I make up. Good to know, thanks.
#16 18DELTA Jan 17, 2009 14:53:09	-Pretty much. Good gaming. 18DELTA (CHOSEN OF CYRIC) ;)