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Mar 03, 2008 - 6:06AM
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Can others confirm that the list is accurate, by the way? I only have it from one source (the lfrseusa yahoo group) and it'd be nice to have some more voices saying that the list reflects the actual allocations.
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5 years ago ::
Mar 03, 2008 - 7:01AM
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OK I can confirm that the list given on the first post in this thread is correct - this matches with both the information I've received and what was announced at the LFR meeting at DDXP. With regards to some of the other comments in this thread: You will be able to play modules from any region, so the fact that (for example) Northern Europe and Russia have the Dalelands won't stop anyone else either playing adventures set there or writing adventures for there. For those of you looking for information on some of the regions check some of the articles on the Wizards site - I know there is one that covers (amongst others) Tymanther (found it - http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dn … 20080111a). With regards to the involvemnt (or otherwise) of authors I will say that there was a meeting for all the LFR admins at DDXP so we actually had a chance to chat with each other and put faces to the names. As well as Crhis Tulach being present there was also a certain Ed Greenwood who was excited as the rest of us about LFR and was perfectly willing to be kidnapped by myself and Mike Rizzo (POC for the Pacific region) for dinner and a much longer chat about all things Realms. Kithran LFR POC UK / Ireland / South Africa
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5 years ago ::
Mar 03, 2008 - 7:22AM
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I got a question about the Regions. Will the regions be made up of just those lands, or will they also encompass surrounding areas? For instance, is Waterdeep just the city of Waterdeep, or does it include some of the Sword Coast? Is Baldur's Gate just the city of Baldur's Gate, or does it include some of the Western Heartlands as well? And so on.
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5 years ago ::
Mar 03, 2008 - 8:14AM
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It's a very good question, GreenKnight.
I was wondering the same, because they didn't mention the Lands of Intrigue in any of the regions listed. So, being Baldur´s Gate situated near Amn, Tehyr and Calimshan, will these regions be independent or will they be part of a greater region formed by everything south of Baldur´s Gate?
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5 years ago ::
Mar 03, 2008 - 9:28AM
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The biggest city in the continent (bigger than Waterdeep??
I'm trying to think of how Claire put it... Biggest doesn't mean best? :P
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5 years ago ::
Mar 03, 2008 - 9:30AM
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I got a question about the Regions. Will the regions be made up of just those lands, or will they also encompass surrounding areas? For instance, is Waterdeep just the city of Waterdeep, or does it include some of the Sword Coast? Is Baldur's Gate just the city of Baldur's Gate, or does it include some of the Western Heartlands as well? And so on.
I've been told (and keep in mind that for LFR, I'm just a nobody who talks to somebodies) that the maps aren't completely set. It has been confirmed, though, that Waterdeep gets Undermountain. :D
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5 years ago ::
Mar 03, 2008 - 10:25AM
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Three boos for the midwest getting Waterdeep. I'd rather it were a blank slate to work with.
I agree, although I am happy we did not get Cormanthor. We just had a big sparsly populated forest region and I didn't want the same thing. I guess I can live with Waterdeep but I would have prefered a less well established region. At least we didn't get the Dale lands.
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5 years ago ::
Mar 03, 2008 - 11:35AM
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I agree, although I am happy we did not get Cormanthor. We just had a big sparsly populated forest region and I didn't want the same thing.
According to Tulach, Highfolk being a big forest region is part of the reason that North Central US didn't get a big forest region. When selecting regions, they went out of their way to ensure that locations got a different flavor in LFR than their Living Greyhawk regions had.
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5 years ago ::
Mar 03, 2008 - 11:44AM
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I repeat my previous post on these boards -- all of the regions are very cool, including East Rift, Akanûl and Dragon Coast, etc.
The List:
Australia/New Zealand/Pacific Asia – Dragon Coast
Northern Europe – Dalelands
Southern Europe – Impiltur
UK/Ireland/South Africa – Luruar (you know it as Silverymoon)
Canada – Akanûl
Northeast US – Cormyr
North Central US - Waterdeep
Western US – Moonshae Isles
Latin America/Caribbean – Baldur’s Gate
Southeastern US – Aglarond
Pacific US – East Rift
Waterdeep adventures may venture into surrounding areas although we are not quite sure where the outer boundaries are yet. For instance, can we fashion adventures into the High Forest? Not sure just yet. However, we have lots to occupy us in (and below) Waterdeep. Claire and I are looking forward to producing a great line of adventures. :-)
However, players will be able to play every regional (and core) adventure in LFR no matter where the player resides in the real world. Or skip some regions if the player decides he or she does not care for those adventures.
Keith Hoffman
LFR NC-USA Co-Writing Director (Waterdeep)
Keith Hoffman
LFR Writing Director for Waterdeep
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Mar 03, 2008 - 3:06PM
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I'm really excited about having Akanûl as the region for Canada. There's already a sense of the regional flavor that can be found in this article: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dn … entic=trueThere's really no other place like it in the Realms. The adventures from the Akanûl region should reflect that. My greatest hope in this is to capture that regional flavor and to deliver an awesome play experience at the same time. I can't wait, it's going to be awesome.
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