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Mystra first appeared within Dungeons & Dragons as one of the deities featured in Ed Greenwood's article "Down-to-earth Divinity" in Dragon #54 (October 1981). Mystra is introduced as the Lady of Mysteries, the goddess of magic, a lawful neutral greater goddess from the plane of Nirvana. The article notes that Mystra is a manifestation of the ...
Ed Greenwood Presents Waterdeep, Book 1, by Steven E. Schend, Jaleigh Johnson, Erik Scott de Bie (containing Blackstaff Tower, Mistshore, and Downshadow) (paperback, July 2011, ISBN 978-0-7869-5818-4)
In 1996, the setting was revised and re-released under the AD&D: Odyssey line as three fully online products available for free download. [15] This range included the base Savage Coast Campaign Book by Tim Beach and Bruce Heard , a supplement Savage Coast: Orc's Head , and a Monstrous Compendium Appendix.
In the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy role-playing game, rule books contain all the elements of playing the game: rules to the game, how to play, options for gameplay, stat blocks and lore of monsters, and tables the Dungeon Master or player would roll dice for to add more of a random effect to the game.
Much of the history of the Forgotten Realms detailed in novels and source books concerns the actions of various deities and The Chosen (mortal representatives with a portion of their deities' power) such as Elminster, Fzoul Chembryl, Midnight (who later became the new embodiment of the goddess of magic, Mystra [23]: 140 ), and the Seven Sisters ...
This 192-page book begins with a one-page introduction written from the perspective of the fictional character Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun.. Chapter 1: Understanding Magic, on pages 4–11, describes the nature of magic in the Forgotten Realms, including the deities who most represent magic: Mystryl, Mystra, and Midnight, Azuth, Savras, Shar, and Velsharoon.
Dark Tower was ranked the 21st greatest Dungeons & Dragons adventure of all time by Dungeon magazine in 2004, on the 30th anniversary of the Dungeons & Dragons game. [11] This is most noteworthy because Dark Tower was the only adventure module to make this list that was not produced by TSR, Inc. , the direct antecedent of Wizards of the Coast .
When the goddess of magic is murdered, Elminster's world shatters. Once the most powerful wizard in the world, he is now a tired old man; his habit of saving the world has resulted in a number of enemies. Elminster is also feeding powerful magic items to the Simbul, his lover, to keep her sane, but collecting these items leads his enemies to him.