I would actually call it a requirement. And then you also need the permission of the people invovled with the spell, etc.

But if you're going to PnP around me, anyways, I expect you to follow PnP, and yes, cast an equivalent level spell.

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No specific titles are mentioned, so I doubt you'll find much detail elsewhere; the second edition deity trilogy is the definite source for such information, and there's none there. Heartwarder is not a clergy rank per se, they are the specialty priests of the church.

Hey, could someone please provide me any information on the Feytouched subrace? Their origins, any quirks, any settlements, favoured weapons, common alignments, etc? The entry on the sidebar is still "coming soon" sadly.

"Feytouched are a widely varied group of beings -- some are wispy and beautiful, while others are ugly and brutish. Some resemble elves, with pointed ears and almond-shaped eyes. Others look more like trolls, with warty skin and disproportioned limbs. Regardless, all feytouched have at least one feature or characteristic that is out of the norm -- vibrantly colored hair, feathered eyebrows, or a propensity for speaking in rhyme, for example. Despite their actual appearance, all feytouched are highly charismatic beings that draw attention wherever they go.

Feytouched have no cohesive culture; either they become isolated loners, or they immerse themselves in cosmopolitan society, sampling everything life has to offer. They are also drawn to the same natural settings that other fey called home. Most fey respond favorably to feytouched and consider them distant cousins."

- http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20030405a
This is an Exceprt of the Fiend Folio. I have a copy in pdf and hardcover, so I will see if there is anymore information in it later if you need more.

I have found reference on the Candlekeep forums to a rank of Aesthete. FYI, Lliiran ecclesiastical ranks may include Festbringers and Profitprophets and Sharessin may be known as Indulgents. According to the poster on that forum, they all derive from a 2e book Warriors & Priests of the Realms. I've not been able to find anything else, and I've looked. I ended by making up my own titles for the Sharessan hierarchy (Indulgent, Hedonate, Sybarine, Voluptuary, Sensualite ).

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Quick question,

Is there any lore around pertaining to Shadow Elves? All I know is that they'r underdark elves which allied with Drow at some point in history. Hehe.

Both the Shadow Elf and Snow Elf lore on AmiaWiki is completely incorrect in regards to Amian lore. You can find a complete description/history of Shadow Elves in in Rules & Lore forum, the Races topic.

That:
(excerpt from a PM when I did the elven lore thread)




The thread is here: http://www.amiaworld.net/phpBB2/viewtop ... 953#270953

Mind that shadow elves are an Amian thing, they do not exist in the Realms IIRC.

Monks of the Old Order do not worship any deity, but are devoted to the philosophy espoused by a deity who is either now dead, or has never existed on the Material Plane of Toril. The monks contradict themselves on this point, but the deity's identity isn't important to them, it's the message they care about. The Old Order never has huge monasteries, but has spread widely throughout Faerun. Monks of the Older Order can multiclass freely as rogues, sorcerers, and shadowdancers, but must maintain more monk levels then their combined levels of other classes.

The Church of Bane

The black haired man's skin was pale where it wasn't bruised. His armor-clad attendants half dragged him in front of the Imperceptor. Surrounding the man's chair were a dozen headless corpses, all of which the beaten man recognized as the corpses of his friends.

"Koryn Bersk, you have been found guilty of worshipping Cyric in defiance of the will of Bane. What do you have to say in your defence?"

Koyrn was silent. His jaw was broken.

"Very well. Your punishment is about to be enacted." The Imperceptor loomed in front of him, an apparition of mail and black cloth. The man's gauntleted finger stabbed at his chest, trailing green flames. Koyrn whimpered as the flames seared the word HERETIC across his chest. The Imperceptor stood back, and at his nod the guards released the prisoner, who collapsed at a low kneel. A moment later, the man's head was severed and his body fell next to those of his former companions.

"Bring in the next one," ordered the cleric of Bane.


The dread deity Bane is alive again and closing his hand about Faerun. Bane's return has made an impression on the good people of Faerun, for only now do they realize how easy they've had it for the past fourteen years, with the evil deities fighting each other and in some cases enacting purges among their own ranks. The forces of Bane are marshaled and stand ready with firm faith in their reborn deity. Aided by the Zhentarim and dark magic, the Banites are a threat to the safety of all Faerun. Because he has always been more appealing than Cyric or Xvim, Bane is drawing his lost worshippers back to the fold and gaining converts from the disillusioned members of other evil faiths.

Brief History

Bane was a scourge upon the world for hundreds of years. Controlling, intellegent, and incredibly evil, his servants were the source of much misery. When Bane was slain by Torm during the Time of Troubles, the common folk rejoiced, only to find his successors, Xvim and Cyric, to be almost as much trouble, although certainly not as intellegent or competent. Now that Bane has returned, he is showing the competence and power that made him feared for centuries. Though he battles with Cyric frequently and still must face his traditional foes, the Black Hand is confident and plans to lead his church in conquest of all Faerun.

The Organization

The church of Bane is well organized, well equipped, and populated by people who understand the need for order and enjoy hurting those weaker than they. This combination of qualities makes the church of Bane a more credible threat than the church of Cyric, despite the Dark Sun's greater numbers and his worshippers' willingness to sacrifice themselves willingly in a killing frenzy.

These statistics refer to the church of Bane as a whole:
Headquarters: Zhentil Keep, the Moonsea.
Members: Roughly 8000 clergy and 135,000 worshippers.
Hierarchy: Militaristic.
Leader: Fzoul Chembryl, chosen of Bane.
Religion: Bane.
Alignment: LE, NE, LN
Secrecy: Low
Symbol: Bane's symbol has undergone changes since his rebirth. While it was once an upright black hand on a red shield, some elements of Xvim's symbol (Green glowing eyes in darkness or on a black hand.) have been retained, and Bane's church now rallies behind a black fist with beams of green light being pressed from it.

Hierarchy

As both a lawful entity and the deity of Tyranny, Bane expects a well-defined structure for his church and compliance in all given orders. The head of the church is Fzoul Chembryl, who has absolute authority over all other members of the church. Headquartered in Zhentil Keep, the church is organized like a military unit, with each temple having a clear chain of command and the temple leaders (refered to as Imperceptors) reporting to a Senior Cleric of a region, who reports to Fzoul or one of his direct underlings.

(...)


Motivation and goals

The church's goals are simple--convert all to the worship of Bane, and destroy those who do not convert. It is presumed that some exceptions would be made for servants of allied deities (such as Loviatar, Malar, Mask, and Talona). In the meantime, people should be made to fear Bane so that they invoke his name in fear and to ward him off, which gives him some small power.

The church of Bane uses force and persuasion to control territory, whether by marching armies against reticent towns or by bribing bored nobles with slaves, riches, and offers of power. With it's close ties to the Zhentarim the church has been able to focus on the subtler methods of conversion, leaving the more direct methods to the Black Network.


Recruiting

Given that it wishes to convert everyone to worshipping Bane, the church is very open to new recruits. Anyone can swear loyalty to Bane and join the church. However, the church expects loyalty and is not stupid, so it performs alignment checks on new recruits (with detect chaos and detect good) to see if they are fakers or potential saboteurs. Even those with alignment differences are given the opportunity to convert (often with an atonement spell.) for Bane recognizes the value of those who have seen the lure of good and turned away from it to serve evil (one of the most powerful servants is a blackguard of this type, after all).


Allies

Followers of Bane can enlist the aid of his servitor deities Loviatar, Malar, Mask, and Talona, although their alliance is more a pact of mutual nonaggression than true friendship. The greatest ally of the Banites is the Zhentarim, and all followers of Bane are being taught how to read Zhentarim safe-markings and proper countersigns to give an agent of the Black Network.


Enemies

Because it wishes to subvert and destroy all other faiths, the church of Bane is opposed by nearly every other church in Faerun (some of the weaker deities hope that by serving him they may survive). The rivalries with the churches of Helm, Illmater, Lathander, Mystra, Ohgma, Torm, and Tyr are particularly strong, and Banite clerics take great pains to kill clerics of these faiths in gruesome ways, leaving them to be discovered by unsuspecting innocents.

Cyric is Bane's greatest divine foe, for the Dark Sun wishes to reclaim the portions of his portfolio taken by Xvim, which were then passed to the new Bane. Bane has similar feelings for Cyric, and would love to crush the upstart under his heel, siezing his lost portfolios in return. Banites enjoy branding Cyricist corpses and altars with the word "heretic" as a warning to other followers of the Dark Sun.

The Banites are also opposed by the Harpers, the Lords' Alliance, the Emerald Enclave, and other groups that respect local governments and the freedom of people to make decisions about their lives.

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According to Faiths and Pantheons, he is the patron of wood elves and to a much lesser extent, wild elves. You could come up with a cultural essay on the developement of wild elven and wood elven religion, sure. The truth is much less interesting and quite gruesome, though:

Wood elves are a late addition to Forgotten Realms. They were invented for 3rd Edition and did not at all exist in earlier canon. Races of Faerûn presents them as a prominent elven subrace and the only one native to Toril; they evolved from wild and moon elves, apparently. However, you will not find a single mention of them as a seperate race anywhere in the original histories of the Crown Wars or the Founding Years, for example. Let's take Eaerlann: originally it was said to be a moon elven realm (Cormanthyr: Empire of the Elves), but in 3e lore it's a wood and moon elven nation with the latter as a minority (Lost Empires of Faerûn, Grand History of the Realms).

It is unclear whether Sy'Tel'Quessir refers to both wild and wood elves. Originally, it referred to "green elves, sylvan elves, forest elves, wood elves, wild elves". Wild elf was the most common term, though. Contrary to this, the physical description of these "wild elves" in Cormanthyr resembles that of the wood elves in RoF, not the wild elves. Their original personality and disposition towards other races is closer to modern wood elves as well, but their clothing, decoration and tribal culture are clearly present in modern wild elves. It's a mess and I hate wood elves for that!

Either way, druids of Rillifane are mentioned as common Wild Elven characters in Races of Faerûn.

Alright. Would need information about:

1. Healing matters trough magic and the Weave. This would mostly consider elfs.

2. Healing matters in normal way, salves and bandages I think..

3. Healing ways trough druidic spells and all

4. Plus info about faeries, about Growth cycle mostly. Graven wana discuss with you about certain matters. ^^'

1. Healing matters trough magic and the Weave. This would mostly consider elfs.

2. Healing matters in normal way, salves and bandages I think..

3. Healing ways trough druidic spells and all

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COMBAT

The normally carefree pixies ferociously attack evil creatures and unwanted intruders. They take full advantage of their invisibility and other abilities to harass and drive away opponents.

Greater Invisibility (Su): A pixie remains invisible even when it attacks. This ability is constant, but the pixie can suppress or resume it as a free action.

Spell-Like Abilities: 1/day—lesser confusion (DC 14), dancing lights, detect chaos, detect good, detect evil, detect law, detect thoughts (DC 15), dispel magic, entangle (DC 14), permanent image (DC 19; visual and auditory elements only), polymorph (self only). Caster level 8th. The save DCs are Charisma-based.

One pixie in ten can use irresistible dance (caster level 8th) once per day.

Special Arrows (Ex): Pixies sometimes employ arrows that deal no damage but can erase memory or put a creature to sleep.

Memory Loss: An opponent struck by this arrow must succeed on a DC 15 Will save or lose all memory. The save DC is Charisma-based and includes a +2 racial bonus. The subject retains skills, languages, and class abilities but forgets everything else until he or she receives a heal spell or memory restoration with limited wish, wish, or miracle.

Sleep: Any opponent struck by this arrow, regardless of Hit Dice, must succeed on a DC 15 Fortitude save or be affected as though by a sleep spell. The save DC is Charisma-based and

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Okay, I've got a wierd lore question- Could someone tell me more about the Road Wardens that are scattered about the island? Who they are, where they come from, who runs them?

hey i've got a question. Can someone help me find out more about the "true ressurection" spell.

I need to know if it requires the aid of a diety or is is completly arcane, or some of both.

Thanks.

Is Dragon Magazine considered a viable source for lore on a case-by-case basis?

The dwarven language in use today is
descended from the Elder tongue, a
speech of great antiquity. The Elder
tongue is thought by some to be the
source of the word “Faerun,” derived
from the word “runedar‚” meaning home
or familiar place. It has a long and complicated
vocabulary—little used by any
dwarf alive today, save for the recordkeeping
elders. The most commonlyheard
words of present-day dwarvish are
presented on the opposite page.
Some of the words given there are of
use to humans deciphering dwarven
place-names, some of which survive in
present-day use. Those trying to interpret
old treasure-verses or dwarven lore are
in even greater need of an elder dwarven
vocabulary

Dwarves prefer to write on stone
rather than on more perishable materials.
Stone walls, pillars, cairns, and standing
stones all over the Realms today bear the
Dethek runes used by dwarves down the
long ages since history in Faerun began. A
few dwarven writings are in ‘dead
tongues’ or in clan codes rather than Dethek
runes, which, thankfully for the
scholar, few clans use nowadays.

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Water genasi feel closest to their adopted race and indifferent to all others. Aquatic creatures and others who can naturally breathe water are treated less cooly (unless such a creature is a natural enemy of the genasi's adopted race, such as a sahuagin-raised genasi confronted by a triton). They hold no special animosity toward fiery creatures or fire genasi, and see a similarity between themselves and flying creatures, although they are quick to point out that natural fliers have to come to rest on land eventually while they and other sea creatures can live in the water indefinitely. They laugh at and ridicule aquaphobic creatures, and dwarves are frequently the target of their jokes and pranks (almost always involving a dunking).

Fire genasi consider themselves above all other races but accept humans because of their own human blood. Dwarves, gnomes, and halflings are too short to be taken seriously, elves are too focused on the long-term consequences, and half-orcs are too stupid. Earth genasi are too slow to act, water genasi too dispassionate, air genasi too flighty, and aasimar and tieflings too morose. Fire genasi quickly become impatient with the "failings" of other races and rarely make friends with anyone but humans or other fire genasi.

Although they are arrogant about their own abilities, air genasi are smart enough to recognize the talents of the elven race (including half-elves), and they share a similar enjoyment of open natural spaces. They consider dwarves homebound and close-minded, enjoying far too much the stony comfort of a cavern roof overhead. Gnomes are regarded much as dwarves, but the air genasi know that some gnomes love the open sky as much as the elves do, and these are tolerated.
Halflings wander as much as air genasi do, and so the hin are welcome traveling companions to the planetouched. Half-orcs are considered clumsy and brutish, but valuable allies in a fight, and so even the haughty air genasi choose their words carefully around these large halfbreeds. Humans are accepted, although air genasi consider a typical human's readiness to settle on an unclaimed plot of land annoying and pointless.
Aasimar, tieflings, and other kinds of genasi are in the same boat as far as air genasi are concerned. All are touched by something out of this world, but since no other "taint" is truly as awesome and inspiring as the element of air, air genasi tend to treat these beings as limited but interesting distant relations.

Earth Genasi get along well with gnomes and dwarves by find elves and half-elves too weak and puny to be taken seriously. Halflings would almost be in the same category as elves except that they show a remarkable talent for survival, which the genasi respect. Oddly enough, most elves and half-elves appreciate an earth genasi's ties to the land, even though the feeling is not reciprocated.
As earth genasi usually have human parents, they get along fine with humans. They have no bias for or against other kinds of planetouched, even the air genasi, whom they consider flighty but skilled. Half-orcs are intriguing to earth genasi, for they have the hot blood of a much stronger race tempered with human nature as much as earth genasi do, so the planetouched consider them lesser but similar kin.