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#1 dazzlerdal Jun 19, 2014 3:46:27	Hi all.   I have recently started a fan web magazine called Forgotten Realms Alternate Dimensions. It is dedicated to providing a home for people to show off their unique version of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting as they play it.   Below are a number of links associated with the fan magazine. We are up to issue 3 now (links below available for download) and i am releasing daily blogs on Tumblr about articles in the previous and upcoming issues (these then get forwarded onto twitter and facebook).   One important thing to mention is this work is entirely non canon, and no one makes any money out of it. Its just for fun and to share ideas.   Issue 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx2yr4B9kIXPRFRuc2pWU2g4cGc/edit?usp=sharing Issue 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx2yr4B9kIXPY0dNTW5PdXY0akU/edit?usp=sharing Issue 3: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx2yr4B9kIXPNDc4VUJtcDR3bE0/edit?usp=sharing Issue 4: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx2yr4B9kIXPRk5HczdLeHRDbEk/edit?usp=sharing Issue 5: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx2yr4B9kIXPMFI3eEZPYk12TnM/edit?usp=sharing Tumblr Blog: http://faerunalternatedimensions.tumblr.com/ Twitter Feed: https://twitter.com/FRAltDimensions Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005172404865&fref=ts I am looking for people to contribute articles or ideas for the magazine. The articles can be on anything to do with the Forgotten Realms. I have written a number of articles including a Wyrms of the North homage, NPC focus articles, alternate timelines, alternate histories, deity focus articles, adventure paths, fan fiction, and just recently for issue 5 i have finished a first draft of a campaign set during the Conquest of Unther.   If you have any work you would like publishing then by all means get in touch. I am on candlekeep every day (my username is dazzlerdal) or you can leave a message for me here or contact me on Tumblr, facebook, or twitter (links above).   Issue 4 will be ready for release end of July and i am trying to release one issue each month so keep an eye out for more news.   If you dont have any articles you want to publish but you are interested in helping in other ways then i am looking for artists, people to help with all the marketing and blog maintenance, proof readers, and generally a few extra brains to work with collaboratively on my own articles. As a bonus, anyone who helps out gets to see the issues in advance and can help it evolve.   Oh and i hope you enjoy the magazine, please let me know what you think  :D
#2 dazzlerdal Jun 22, 2014 1:11:25	Here are the contents for Issue III   Deities With a Difference: Tiamat Ryan Rahuba Presents: Shifters – A Racial Description Alternate Dimensions Focus On: Damara – Higenzi the Witch When is a House Rule Not a House Rule: Skills Deities With a Difference: Bahamut The Bloodstone Lands Adventure Path: Episode 2 Alternate Dimensions Focus On: Damara – Order of Fallen Princes Laerakond: The Barrier Mountains Rulesword: Trimming 3rd Edition One Step at a Time Alternate Dimensions Focus On: Damara – The Bloodfeathers Lineage The Knights Below: Adventure Path – Episode 3 The Knights Below: Campaign Journal This Issue ends the look at the Bloodstone Lands with a focus Tiamat and Bahamut, a feature on the main antagonist of Damara's history, as well as a new organisation and a look at the entire Bloodfeathers lineage.   I am doing a brief intro into each article on Tumblr, Facebook, and Twitter. And once the issue is released then i will do another focus on each article and go through the inspiration for the work (citing sources for information) and how i came up with the alternate version.
#3 dazzlerdal Jun 26, 2014 1:40:24	Issue III of Forgotten Realms Alternate Dimensions is now available   Issue III: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx2yr4B9kIXPNDc4VUJtcDR3bE0/edit?usp=sharing   If anyone has any feedback (positive or negative, although please keep it constructive) then by all means share.   The download is available from Candlekeep, Piazza, Paizo, Enworld, and Tumblr so there shouldnt be any trouble in obtaining a copy (if you want it).   And if anyone wants to get involved or get something included then by all means get in touch.
#4 dazzlerdal Jul 13, 2014 12:08:36	Just thought i would add a teaser from issue 4, and one of my reasonings why the capital of Mulhorand is called Skuld (meaning city of shadow).   Matet and Semktet: The gods of the Mulhorandi, Untheric, and Akanic pantheons all travelled to Toril in separate space barges constructed in a joint effort between their most skilled gods. The Akanic pantheon travelled in the Galley of the Gods as constructed by Enki. The Mulhorandi pantheon travelled in a great war galley named Matet and led the way for the three space barges using the artefact known as the Beacon of Light. The Matet means “Light of the Stars” in the Mulan language, and it was a wondrous sight to behold. A huge metallic galley filled with armaments and defences enough to take on any threat they encountered in the void above. It was also blessed with an intelligence all of its own and possessed the ability to repair itself of the damage it sustained. Travelling through the great void was not without its own trials, and the pantheons faced centuries of peril and epic adventures. Along the way their spacecraft suffered much damage so that once they reached the planet Toril their vessels were but a shadow of their former glory. The Muhorandi vessel was renamed Semktet (“Shadow of the Stars”) as it neared it’s destination it passed through a dark nebula that had once been the home of Shar long ago. Something within this nebula infested the barge giving it a dark and evil personality of its own, the ship’s form changed to a simpler, plainer, shadowy vessel more befitting its new name. Upon reaching Toril the Mulan gods liberated their people and set them free wandering the land for a new home. Unwilling to leave Semktet behind, the Mulhorandi gods dragged it across the plains for miles before settling on the eastern shores of the Alamber Sea. There they thrust Semktet deep beneath the earth and set atop it Re’s great tower with the Beacon of Light atop it so that Semktet would be forever under guard. Unfortunately great tragedy struck the Mulhorandi over the years, Re was killed in the Orcgate Wars, and the Beacon of Light was stolen from its sentinel position. Now Skuld, the City of Shadow is in danger of becoming closer to its name than the inhabitants could imagine.
#5 dazzlerdal Sep 05, 2014 1:12:07	Issue IV of Forgotten Realms Alternate Dimensions is now available.   Issue 4: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx2yr4B9kIXPRk5HczdLeHRDbEk/edit?usp=sharing   The contents for Issue IV are as follows:   Alternate Dimensions Presents: Old Empires - Mythology The Adventures of Aytros Falconwing: On The Run (Part 1) Alternate Dimensions Presents: The Mulhorandi-Untheric Pantheon When is a House Rule Not a House Rule: Skills Alternate Dimensions Presents: Old Empires – A History of Akanu Deities With A Difference: Gilgeam The Bloodstone Lands: Adventure Path - Episode 3 Alternate Dimensions Presents: Old Empires – An Alternate Timeline Deities With a Difference: Tchazzar Rulesword: Trimming 3rd Edition One Step at a Time Laerakond: The Sea of Fire The Knights Below: Adventure Path – Episode 4 The Knights Below: Campaign Journal
#6 dazzlerdal Sep 05, 2014 1:14:07	Issue V of Forgotten Realms Alternate Dimensions is now available   Issue V: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx2yr4B9kIXPMFI3eEZPYk12TnM/edit?usp=sharing   The contents for Issue V is as follows   Dragons of the South: Alasklerbanbastos “The Great Bone Wyrm” Welcome to the Jungle: The Magic of Maztica When is a House Rule Not a House Rule: Skills Alternate Dimensions Presents: Old Empires – A History of Thay The Bloodstone Lands: Adventure Path – Episode 4 Alternate Dimensions Presents: Old Empires – A Modern Timeline Deities With a Difference: Set Laerakond: The Hundar Isles Rulesword: Trimming 3rd Edition One Step at a Time Alternate Dimensions Presents: The Church of the Dark Lady Alternate Dimensions Presents: The Conquest of Unther Campaign The Knights Below: Adventure Path – Episode 5 The Knights Below: Campaign Journal     Im proud to announce the addition of Jon Hild's Maztica related series of articles entitled "Welcome to the Jungle".   If anyone wants to get involved or contribute then please get in touch.