I was wondering if other people had done this and what they did?
I'll be replacing the Terra Incognita land beneath Maztica from this map as it fits closely enough. I was also thinking of having Stormreach be run by some of the Returned Abeirans.
For the giant history on this continent it follows pretty closely to that of the history elsewhere (as I believe this land might even be connected to the other continents in a supercontinent? Not 100% sure on that point). Their civilization rises, enters war with the dragons and so falls. Unlike the other giant kingdoms, the Xen'drik one was extremely magical in nature, and so they employed weapons against the dragons which created the peculiar environment in Xen'drik today. But they still lost the war.
However something I'm struggling a bit with is what is the slave race that now inhabits the giant ruins? I quite like the idea and want to keep it, however obviously it can't be drow as the elves weren't even on Toril at the beginning of the Dawn Ages and the drow-creation is tied into something else.
So can anyone suggest any good alternatives that would fit in the atmosphere and history of the Forgotten Realms?
That was very nice Markus, thankyou :D I'm extremely surprised to come in here and get that treat :D Thanks.
Hmm didn't Fearuns giants also have great magicians? The titans surely were. What did the Xendrik giants use the most, evocation magics?
And that, of course, is based on RW Rune-magic used by the Norse.
Like This? ;)
Impressive.
What I really want to do is finish the one I started doing awhile back, incorporating pieces of about ten different campaign worlds into one for my own games.
I saw something like that on the web once, but I can't find it now.
What did the Xendrik giants use the most, evocation magics?
No idea. These sort of questions are a bit beyond me ;)
Skulks could be a substitute for the drow. I don't know what you could use for the elves. Some other human derived races perhaps.
They used every kind of magic, as there were several giant realms on the continent. Transmutation seems to be one of the most used, since they'd had to create the elves out of something. Also, construct building may have been common. It was the Quori who created the Warforged, but the giants probably perfected the design.
Whe..we.wha?! Giants creating elves trough transmutation magics? Right.
Still the idea of a high magic giant continent is fascinating. The huge scale for play would be inspiring both tactically and lorewise.
Skulks could be a substitute for the drow. I don't know what you could use for the elves. Some other human derived races perhaps.
Realmsian slave race created by giants? Goliaths perhaps? Or hobgobbers!
I always love the way goblinkind organises cultures along their size, fits perfectly with role of servitude in an ancient past.Skulks could be a substitute for the drow. I don't know what you could use for the elves. Some other human derived races perhaps.
Interesting.. Any lore or anything on them for FR? Or they just a standard wild race that blends in well?
Realmsian slave race created by giants? Goliaths perhaps? Or hobgobbers!
I was looking for something exotic and different.
So Xendrik would contain races who escaped from the bondage of giants and lived through the disastrous nuke that killed the huge civilasation. Those races are more primal themselves but utilize powerfull giant artifects?
Realmsian slave race created by giants? Goliaths perhaps? Or hobgobbers!
Ogres would be my pick - in early D&D they were considered Goblinoids, believe it or not. They briefly became their own race (because of Dragonlance?), and eventually got shoe-horned into the Giants as a 'red-headed stepchild'.
Go with the Skullcrusher Ogres from MM3 - they also make excellent subs for the Icespire Ogres found in the Hartsvale. ;)
Actually I think the true origin of EBs elves wil be like this, eladrin were snactched from Thelanis (Feywild) and either through magic experimentation they were turned into elves. True eladrin still exist but are hidden away in that other Plane.
Which would be rather lame. Not the snatching from Thelanis part (that's quite likely), but the "suddenly there be eladrin" part.
@Suin: The elves were slaves to the giant kingdoms and revolted, after a few thousand years and a devastating war. The giants then created the drow as a tool to battle the elves.
Problem was that they had lost their connection to their home, which 'empowered' them. They brought a piece of it with them, but it wasn't toatally enough. After leaving their children were mortal - albeit long-lived (the Eladrin).
At a later date their children's children flee Faerie (Feywild) when Tintageer is destroyed and travel back to the Prime material, thus further diluting their blood and losing more connections. At that point the Eladrin became Elves, who were even shorter-lived then their forbears.
Ego Elves come from Eladrin who came from the Fey (Le'Shay) who were the original Creator Race. When the Elves fled Faerie they weren't really refugees - they were just 'coming home'.
Everything comes full circle - I'm a big fan of the 'Wheel of Time' approach. ;)
-Markus, come with me.
-Which Eberron continent is Xen'Drik? Is that the one with the war, someone magical wasteland and desert in nature?
-Ignore him, he's crazy.
-Markus, come with me.
-Which Eberron continent is Xen'Drik? Is that the one with the war, someone magical wasteland and desert in nature?
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-Waves bye-bye have fun in the padded room! :P
-Here you go! ;)
18DELTA (Chosen of Cyric) :D
18DELTA (Chosen of Cyric) :P
-Ignore him, he's crazy.
You mean he finally snapped?
Btw, on which page of Monster Mythology I can find this Black Diamond thingy?
18DELTA (Chosen of Cyric) ;)
You mean he finally snapped?
Btw, on which page of Monster Mythology I can find this Black Diamond thingy?
In the section under the Sylvan Gods, and mostlly in the stuff about The Queen of Air and Darkness.
And whilst doing research for something completely different, I found the current location of said gemstone in the 3e Realms.
-See here is a thread that I am not trying to bait anyone into a negative response Markus! :P :P :P
18DELTA (Chosen of Cyric who can see his undies!) :P
-Yeah, I saw that earlier, but it doesn't help me too much. Now I know (apparently) what Xen'Drik looks like, but I'm still not certain if that's the desert/magical wasteland-type continent that I know Eberron has. The unexplored, undetailed, "scary" one.
I believe you're thinking of the Mournland. That's the magical wasteland, which exists where one of the major nations had a little accident towards the end of the "Last War". That's on Khorvaire, the continent which is the default starting point.
Xen'drik has some desert, and rather more jungle. It was the home of the giants and their elven slaves, before the giants got the stuffing kicked out of their society and intelligence during an extra-planar invasion. Ruined giant cities, degenerate tribes of giants, mildly (and not so mildly) xenophobic drow, and missing explorers are expected. It's not conquistadors against aztecs, it's the search for El Dorado or the Lost World.
I believe you're thinking of the Mournland. That's the magical wasteland, which exists where one of the major nations had a little accident towards the end of the "Last War". That's on Khorvaire, the continent which is the default starting point.
-Yes, I think that was the one I was thinking of.
In the section under the Sylvan Gods, and mostlly in the stuff about The Queen of Air and Darkness.
Thank you. Are there two different Monster Mythology books? The entry for the sylvan gods in my copy is missing somehow.
Thank you. Are there two different Monster Mythology books? The entry for the sylvan gods in my copy is missing somehow.
-There's only one version of it. They should be on page 117.
18DELTA (Chosen of Cyric, who likes the Eberron setting)
-There's only one version of it. They should be on page 117.
Unless you are talking about Demi-human Deities, which is the Realms-specific tome of a similar nature.
I've seen at least one other person get the two confused before, so I just thought I'd mention it.