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Jun 7, 2012 -- 1:42PM, morandir62 wrote:

Finished Week 3

1. Race of elemental infused humanoids
2. Created when an ice moon struck Toril millennia ago
3. Nation located between Chessenta and the Vilhon Wilds

Disappointed by another wallpaper though

wered you find #1s clue

Week 2 Clue (6/01)

The immense, labyrinthine dungeon beneath Waterdeep.

The planar demesne once home to Ghaunadaur.

Waterdhavian guild that serves as an academy for the study of the arcane arts.

Shout of Triumph for Week 2's Puzzle!   Interesting Secret Lore unlocked ....

Jun 7, 2012 -- 7:15PM, magnusprime27 wrote:

Jun 7, 2012 -- 1:42PM, morandir62 wrote:

Finished Week 3

1. Race of elemental infused humanoids
2. Created when an ice moon struck Toril millennia ago
3. Nation located between Chessenta and the Vilhon Wilds

Disappointed by another wallpaper though

wered you find #1s clue

With the other two clues, I was able to surmise the answer to the first – it took a while – those revealing the question.

Week 3 Clue (6/07)

Race of elemental infused humanoids  

Created when an ice moon struck Toril millennia ago

Nation located between Chessenta and the Vilhon Wilds

Jun 7, 2012 -- 9:54AM, WotC_Trevor wrote:

New clue posted, and awesome work Plague!

Thanks Trevor!

I wish there'd be more people sharing their success though... 

Well, more people would be interested if the lore rewards were better, duh.

Week 4 clues:

#1: This “Living City” stands upon the eastern shore of the Dragon Reach.

#2: The region in which the nation of Vesperin resides.

Missing the 3rd.

regards


- lordofmasks

Week 4 Clues are all out there now.

Done!

Jun 13, 2012 -- 5:40AM, Irennan wrote:

Well, more people would be interested if the lore rewards were better, duh.

I am not so sure--I am not really in it for the prizes, more just to have fun & I am struggling to have fun with these clues...

If there was a way to 'figure out' the clue, I would be enjoying this a lot more--and if  the way one figured it out was to play in encounters, that would be even better!

So far all of these questions have been very much like the crossword puzzle hints--either you know them or you do not [and for the record, I don't know the answers at all--ever]. I could Google Vesperin & then poke around some FR site and have an answer in ... let me see copy past, search, first hit, done--took less then 30 seconds but was not that vast an amount of fun...I would like to see a model in which players actually have a way to figure out the answers...

Personally I’m in it for the Lore.  The prizes are lame by comparison.  I don’t use wallpapers and e-book excerpts aren’t enough to waste my money on an e-book.

As far as clues for playing encounters; it would be nice if the was a site close to me.  But as others have bemoaned there are actually very few.  I also don’t use Facebook or Twitter, and won’t even go to these sites for the clues.

While the crossword hints may not seem like a challenge, try just working off one clue.  Then when you “Google Vesperin & then poke around some FR site” you may find some lore you may have forgotten about or give you an idea for your game.

Since I run my own campaign, stealing ideas is fun.  I have never actually Forgotten Realms, but enjoy reading through the sourcebooks.

Drow have always been an evil antagonist in my campaign, never a player race, since Eclavdra first appeared.  While I prefer to use Erelhei-Cinlu over Menzoberranzan I love anything that deals with their evil machinations.

Grr cant find this one: The region in which the nation of Vesperin reside. 

regions aren't specified.. its going to be something silly i'm betting. 

Weak Sauce

The lands that used to be know as The Vast,until the Spellplague hit.

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week #4:

This “Living City” stands upon the eastern shore of the Dragon Reach.


Rabens Bluff



The region in which the nation of Vesperin resides.



The Vast



City of the Hammer delved by dwarves in the Year of the Ensorcelled Kings.


Sabreen


-lordofmasks

Just updated with the next clue for week 5. As a quick note, you'll need to wait until the site updates tomorrow (6/20) before you can enter the answer from this clue.

Week #5 Done:





-lordofmasks

The 4th picture in the reward preview screams Eilistraee and Vhaeraun. Really glad to see 'em again .

Jun 21, 2012 -- 8:03AM, Irennan wrote:

The 4th picture in the reward preview screams Eilistraee and Vhaeraun. Glad to see 'em again .

Can you paste it here ? 

Jun 22, 2012 -- 3:30AM, Plaguescarred wrote:

Jun 21, 2012 -- 8:03AM, Irennan wrote:

The 4th picture in the reward preview screams Eilistraee and Vhaeraun. Glad to see 'em again .

Can you paste it here ? 

Sure thing. It is a map of some cave in the Feywild Underdark (looks like a sort of new ''home plane'' for the two of them), from the upcoming Menzo book.

Grotto of Silver and Shadow

Awesome thanks !

Jun 22, 2012 -- 6:56AM, Plaguescarred wrote:

Awesome thanks !

You're welcome. And awesome indeed.

Strangely, for one of the answers it wouldn't accept an apostrophe, but when I finally thought to take it out the answer then showed the apostrophe in the term.

Someone please tell me the drow exile's name! I find my lack of knowledge skill disturbing.

Week 5 Clue (6/19)

Demonic handmaiden of Lolth.

Drow exile who defeated the legendary beholder Many Eyes.

Drow term meaning “chosen one”.

Jun 23, 2012 -- 1:40AM, yazgang wrote:

Someone please tell me the drow exile's name! I find my lack of knowledge skill disturbing.

Menzoberra the Kinless.

From what source?

[edit] Nevermind I found it several pages after the place was described as a great cavern serving as a giant spider lair known by dwarves as Araurilcaurak.

I would consider refugee a better term than exile

It's from the Forgotten Realms. The drow who -alas- founded Menzoberranzan

For both the Week 5 and Week 6 answers with apostrophes, you have to enter them without the apostrophe for the system to take them.  It then displays them with the apostrophe just to drive you insane.  Damn drow!

Week 6 Clue (6/25)

Jun 28, 2012 -- 6:25AM, Plaguescarred wrote:

[...]

An imprisoned entity that sends visions to spellscarred beings across Faerûn.

I'm totally clueless about this. Any help would be appreciated.

Jun 28, 2012 -- 8:12AM, Irennan wrote:

Jun 28, 2012 -- 6:25AM, Plaguescarred wrote:

[...]

An imprisoned entity that sends visions to spellscarred beings across Faerûn.

I'm totally clueless about this. Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you, lordofmasks

The lore is great, again.  The bonus fails again.

Where can one find the "D&D Championship adventure Trial by Shadow"? 

[edit] and is it Zekk or Zek?

Jun 28, 2012 -- 12:05PM, morandir62 wrote:

Where can one find the "D&D Championship adventure Trial by Shadow"?

The D&D Championship takes place every year at Gen Con and is a really cool challenge. An insane adventure using pregens and designed to challenge the party in many different ways. Tables are scored on time, goals, damage taken and so forth until only one table emerges from the final round. The top three teams get a really sweet set of prizes.

You can read about all the Gen Con events here. (Ashes of Athas, Living Forgotten Realms, and Living Divine events are described in more detail here. Gen Con slot times can be found here.)

Jun 28, 2012 -- 12:15PM, Alphastream1 wrote:

Jun 28, 2012 -- 12:05PM, morandir62 wrote:

Where can one find the "D&D Championship adventure Trial by Shadow"?

The D&D Championship takes place every year at Gen Con and is a really cool challenge. An insane adventure using pregens and designed to challenge the party in many different ways. Tables are scored on time, goals, damage taken and so forth until only one table emerges from the final round. The top three teams get a really sweet set of prizes.

Thought as much.

Once upon a time these adventures were published after the event by TSR.  Maybe WotC should reimplement this approach again.  Especially since there are many enthusiasts who are unable to attend events such as GenCon, Pax, and even Encounters [no FLGS].

Jun 28, 2012 -- 12:39PM, morandir62 wrote:

Once upon a time these adventures were published after the event by TSR.  Maybe WotC should reimplement this approach again.  Especially since there are many enthusiasts who are unable to attend events such as GenCon, Pax, and even Encounters [no FLGS].

Classic adventures like G1-2-3 started as RPGA competitive convention events, but that was back in a time when there were very few other sources of adventures. There are many more sources of adventures today and the economic landscape is very different. Also, the time required for distribution may seem small, but it can be substantial enough to bring release into question. And then there is the question of benefit. Some of the Gen Con Championships from fairly recent years (perhaps even 4E, if not late 3E) were released, but those were not high demand in any way, shape, or form.

There is a benefit to exclusivity. If Encounters were available for download even after the season it would likely cause many to no longer play them in stores. The D&D Championship is meant to be a Gen Con event - it is all about the big event and competing in that setting. The special events are meant to draw players to Gen Con. Knowing you will otherwise miss the events is one of the reasons why you attend.

I would like to see more adventures used in organized play released, don't get me wrong, but this isn't a simple or black-and-white issue.

I do think there are great opportunities to share certain events. The drow PAX East adventure, for example, may have been a better choice for Free RPG Day, as it would have been low level and themed to all of the Drow offerings (including the current Encounter season... it could have even provided XP toward joining Encounters if you had missed some sessions). And, it could then have been available for download to create even more incentive.

Another example is the Gardmore Abbey preview adventure. I think that could have really created interest in the boxed set product because it is such a fantastic way to extend the play experience. It's a shame, really.

Finally, I think organized play for some settings, such as Ashes of Athas, makes a lot of sense. It helps provide content for settings where there is a lack of content and showcases what organized play has to offer. One of the keys (and it isn't simple) is figuring out when to release the content - you don't want to remove the incentive to attend big conventions or any other conventions that also host the content.

New clue posted. All the week 6 clues are out there now.

Week 7 Clues are out:


Clue 1: Rolling farmland and forested vales scattered around the periphery of the Cormanthor forest.

Clue 2: Human deity often depicted as a golden-skinned youth.

Clue 3: House of renegade drow who have infested the forest of Cormanthor for over a century.


*but no reward yet!

-lordofmasks

Jul 4, 2012 -- 12:16PM, lordofmasks wrote:

*but no reward yet!

-lordofmasks

I noticed that too. What's up with that?

The clues were easy, the lore thin, and the reward missing

I thought the solution was always drink your ovaltine?

For the first time I just cannot find the answer to the first and last clues, any idea where can I find them? I'm just not too much of a forgotten realms fan to know this.

I found all three answers within the pages of the Forgotten Realms wikia.

Jul 6, 2012 -- 12:33PM, xohar17 wrote:

For the first time I just cannot find the answer to the first and last clues, any idea where can I find them? I'm just not too much of a forgotten realms fan to know this.

They are:

Spoiler: Show

Still missing the reward!!!

-lordofmasks

Previous week really sucked. I hope for some nice preview for this one (hopefully not some random ''come to the GenCon to play it'' adventure).

Jul 9, 2012 -- 1:41AM, lordofmasks wrote:

Still missing the reward!!!

-lordofmasks

Oh.  The reward, it seems, is given to you if you go to Gen-Con.  LAME.

On to Week 8, I guess.

Jul 11, 2012 -- 9:02PM, Marandahir wrote:

Oh.  The reward, it seems, is given to you if you go to Gen-Con.  LAME.

Where'd you find that out? I wouldn't complain if they actually stated it on the page.

fwiw: The week 7 lore says "Played “The Sun Never Rises” at PAX East? Now run this thrilling Gen Con exclusive from the drow’s point of view!"

This is evidently refering to the D&D special adventure "The Dawn of Night" which is going to be one of the events at PAX prime (probably Gen-Con too). By saying "run this exclusive", I'm guessing they were intending to make it available to run (which probably wouldn't be a good idea to do as a download before PAX prime).

Jul 12, 2012 -- 9:30AM, mvincent wrote:

fwiw: The week 7 lore says "Played “The Sun Never Rises” at PAX East? Now run this thrilling Gen Con exclusive from the drow’s point of view!"

This is evidently refering to the D&D special adventure "The Dawn of Night" which is going to be one of the events at PAX prime (probably Gen-Con too). By saying "run this exclusive", I'm guessing they were intending to make it available to run (which probably wouldn't be a good idea to do as a download before PAX prime).

I think they mean 'play'. The adventure may be the same story, but now you play it as the evil drow instead of how you would have played at PAX as the heroes. I really like that concept and I'm excited to judge it for folks at Gen Con and PAX Prime!

If any WotC staffers are reading this:

I am loving this type of thing!

I look forward each week to plunging through forgotten lore in order to obtain some secret! Can we keep doing theis sort of thing (and make them more publicized)? In fact (if you ever run out) I bet readers can even offer suggestions for Trivia questions and secret rewards (Lair Assault tips, spoiler map, secret FAQ answers, rule adjudications, prop download, pdf of old material, etc.)

You guys have seriously created an incredibly cool idea here. Thank you.

Clues for Week #8:

1. Magical calamity that struck the world of Toril during the Year of Blue Fire.

2. Ancient Illuskan city delved by dwarven engineers of fabled Delzoun.

3. Matron Mother of the Menzoberranzan noble house whose members conceal their identities with veils or masks while in public.

Now Clue #3 is tricky... Spoiler: Show

Reward is awesome

-lordofmasks

Jul 13, 2012 -- 2:22AM, lordofmasks wrote:

Now Clue #3 is tricky

Thank you. I would never have gotten it without that clue, especially since it involved the deadly apostrophe trick _and_ was not the full name.

Wizards, it would be really nice if you could support logical variations of an answer, please!

Jul 13, 2012 -- 12:17PM, Alphastream1 wrote:

Jul 13, 2012 -- 2:22AM, lordofmasks wrote:

Now Clue #3 is tricky

Thank you. I would never have gotten it without that clue, especially since it involved the deadly apostrophe trick _and_ was not the full name.

Wizards, it would be really nice if you could support logical variations of an answer, please!

I dont get how to write it, it doesnt work for me as is written in the spoiler.

Got it, there was a speeling error.

With todays clue I got all the others by deduction:

Week #9 clues:

Jul 18, 2012 -- 1:10PM, lordofmasks wrote:

With todays clue I got all the others by deduction:
Week #9 clues:
Drow city located deep beneath the Skyfire Emirates.
The fabled Mithral Kingdom of Old Shanatar.
Every century this silver dragon masquerading as a dwarven king is freed from magical stasis as a solid mithral statue.

Thank you for the clues! Two questions:
- Where do you find these clues?
- Is it ok if we don't provide the actual answers (at least, not until maybe the next week)?

Ok...changed!
And like I said just through deduction after the first clue was given in the dnd homepage.

-lordofmasks

Every century this silver dragon masquerading as a dwarven king is freed from magical stasis as a solid mithral statue.

Spoiler: Show

they aren't asking for the kings's name =)

Dragons of Faerun [3.5]
Roll Call of Dragons Appendix

Indicates the spelling is ********zak, but the puzzle is spelled ********kaz

I have no idea as which is really correct

All week 9 clues are now posted and out there. Have fun!

Jul 18, 2012 -- 2:19PM, lordofmasks wrote:

the first clue was given in the dnd homepage.

Where? I don't see it on the homepage.

Jul 24, 2012 -- 2:18PM, Toki_Wartooth wrote:

Jul 18, 2012 -- 2:19PM, lordofmasks wrote:

the first clue was given in the dnd homepage.

Where? I don't see it on the homepage.

There's one clue on this page every week: www.wizards.com/dnd/Daily.aspx

The top box will often have that day's article, or if there are multiple articles that day, the one from a series (like Legends and Lore or Rule of Three) will be in that spot. The three boxes beneath that hold other stories. The third box has a ticker, so it will cycle from one story to the next. You can find the website clue in that box.

Other clues have been posted in this thread, twitter (by @Wizards_DnD), and also the D&D facebook page.

All week 10 clues are now out there. Have fun!

Week #10 Clues:



- lordofmasks

Done

#2: Formal name of the ruling drow house with the fewest high priestesses.

This was a tough one for me as I only have the Menzoberranzan – Box Set for a reference.  In this set there are two ruling houses that tie for the fewest HIGH priestesses, and the one with the least total priestesses was not it

Don’t forget to drop the apostrophe again

The lore was fresh as was the info on the Encounters.  Plus this cover art wasn’t ruined with writing.

All caught up through Week 10.  Love the Drow Puzzle Hunt!

The Encounters info was especially interesting. 

i'm stuck.. Formal name of the ruling drow house with the fewest high priestesses. can someone point me in the right direction? Are they talking about drow houses in Menzoberranzan only?
 

yes, the answer is the house with the fewest high priestesses.

and I'm stuck with the third question. Isn't the title of the individual tasked with lighting the great pillar of Narbondel, archmage? or am I thinking wrong?

and I'm stuck with the third question. Isn't the title of the individual tasked with lighting the great pillar of Narbondel, archmage? or am I thinking wrong?

Yeah, but you have to type Archmage of Menzoberranzan...

I must be trping a part goofy, Ive entered ever house in Menzoberranzan. can someone just spill it.

Spoiler: Show Yes, it won't accept the apostrophe.

Thank you, that was it..

All the week 11 clues are out there now. Good luck!

Strange, for me it ONLY accepts it if the Apostraphe is there.  @_@

Can't seem to find the third clue.  First two were easy enough to find and answer.  >_<

EDIT:  Ahhhh, nevermind.  You gave it out in this very discussion, but on the first page.  @_@

Excellent week 11 reward: next month's Lair Assault maps and cover art. Love it!

Week #11 Clues:




-lordofmasks

The week 12 clues are now all out there. Enjoy!

Week #12 clues:




-lordofmasks

Aug 8, 2012 -- 11:33AM, lordofmasks wrote:

Clue 1: A primeval elemental creature of godlike power.

Note that this isn't about a specific individual. Threw me off for a bit as I was over-thinking and typing tons of names I remembered...

I couldn't find the primeval elemantal creature, damn.

Aug 11, 2012 -- 1:15PM, yazgang wrote:

I couldn't find the primeval elemental creature, damn.

Additional hint:
Spoiler: Show

thanks for the additional hint, I didn't read Heroes of Elemental Chaos but I know the answer, I just need a different point of view

WEEK !#

#1 Human nation whose armies field Purple Dragon Knights and War Wizards.

#2 The dreaded Haunted Halls are located outside this idyllic village.

#3 ?? Is it out yet?

Week #13 Clues:

Done

Does anyone know which spelling of King Mith's draconic name is canon?

This is rather irksome to me my earliest reference has MITHBARAZAK, while the answer for Week 9 was MITHBARAKAZ. 

I’ve searched the "demon" web and found it both ways---even on the WotC Forums and at Candlekeep.

I swear this has been driving me nuts for the last 5 weeks

All the week 13 clues are up now. Sorry for the delay there. Hopefully you've all had fun with the questions, lore and rewaards!

Hi guys, a little late to the party but need a little help with several of the clues please.

Week 4

City of the Hammer delved by dwarves in the Year of the Ensorcelled Kings?

Week 6

Ancient civilization of artificers and slavers whose empire centered in modern day Raurin?

A confederation of drow settlements beneath Thay?

Week 8

Matron Mother of the Menzoberranzan noble house whose members conceal their identities with veils or masks while in public? (tried all sorts of spelling for zeerith, just wont go)

Week 9

not got any of them at all.

Week 11

Name of the great vale that separates the Lurkwood from the Spine of the World along the river Mirar?

Week 12

Also known as "the One Land"?

Week 13

third question.


All help greatly appreciated.

Week 4
Sarbreen

Week6
Imaskar
UndrekThoz

Week 8
Zeerith QXorlarrin

 
Week 9
Guallidurth
 Iltkazar
 Mithbarakaz

Week 11
 Valley of Khedrun

 Week 12
Faerun

Week 13
Kings Forest

Thanks morandir62, only one that doesnt register for some reason is Week 8 Zeerith QXorlarrin.

Sorry, it is just: QXorlarrin

cool, many thanks

So thats it for the Drow Puzzle hunt?