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Cormanthyr: Empire of Elves

by Steven E. Schend and Kevin Melka

Credits

Design: Steven E. Schend and Kevin Melka

Design & Development (A RCANE A GE Campaign Basics): Jim Butler & Steven E. Schend

Design & Development (The Elven Mindset): Ed Greenwood, Colin McComb, Roger E. Moore, & Steven E. Schend

Development/Design Aides: Brion Babula, Eric L. Boyd, Elaine Cunningham, Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb,

Colin McComb, Roger E. Moore, Bryon Wischstadt

Research Assistance: Tyler Bannister, Grant Christie, Brian Fields, Aaron Losey, Peggy McLaughlin, Toby Mekelburg,

Bobby Nichols, Josh Powell, Peter Shackleton, Hauke Stammer, Shane Voelker, Bryon Wichstadt;

and AOL subscribers Jhoebryn, KBOZ74, Phillip aka Sleyvas, Rygad, and Whalejudge.

Editing: Dale Donovan and Anne Brown

Brand Management: David Wise

Art Direction: Dawn Murin and Paul Hanchette

Cover Art: Alan Pollack/Todd Lockwood

Interior Art: Jeff Easley

Graphic Design and Production: Dee Barnett

Typography: Angelika Lokotz

Cartography: Dennis Kauth

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T ABLE OF C ONTENTS

CAMPAIGN INTRODUCTION. .............. 3

Time Traveling Campaigns. ................ 3

A RCANE A GE ® Campaigns. .................. 7

Campaign Mechanics & Details ............. 8

THE TANGLED VALE ............. 98

History ............................... 98

MYSTERIES OF ELVEN COURT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

History .............................. 106

Old Elven Court & Environs .............. 107

Elven Court Today ..................... 109

THE ELVEN MINDSET. .................. 14

Misconceptions about Elves. ............... 14

Elven Attitudes about the NTelQuess. ....... 14

Elven Motivations & Activities ............. 15

Elven Faculties. ........................ 16

Elven Death. ........................... 17

Elves of the Realms. ..................... 18

A Brief Note on Elven Equipment. .......... 19

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The Rulers of Cormanthyr ............... 111

Coronals Defenders. .................... 118

Notables of Art ........................ 120

111

MAGIC OF THE PEOPLE ............ 123

Elven Attitudes and Beliefs on Magic ....... 124

High Magic .......................... 124

The Forms of High Magic. ............... 126

To Wield High Magic ................... 127

High Magic Advancement and

Accessibility Table ................... 128

High Magic Rituals .................... 130

High Magic Consequences Table. .......... 131

THE ELVEN AGES ...................... 20

Elven Concepts of Time & Histories ........ .20

Elven History on Faerûn. ................ .20

History of Cormanthyr ................. .24

Elven Timeline of Faerûn ................ 29

CORMANTHYRS CIVILIZATION .......... .43

Settlements of the Realm. ................. 43

Leadership of the Realm .................. 45

Defense of the Realm. .................... 47

Arts of the Realm.. ..................... 50

Beliefs of the Realm. ..................... 52

MYTHALS ........................... 139

General Construction and Theory ......... 139

The Powers of Mythals .................. 141

The Dangers of Mythals. ................. 142

Myth Drannors Mythal ................. 142

MYTH DRANNOR, CITY OF SONG ......... .54

Prehistory of the City .................... 54

Living Myth Drannor .................... 57

Physical Myth Drannor. .................. 62

Tour of the City. ........................ 64

Sites & Landmarks. ..................... 69

Cormanthor ........................... 71

Sheshyrinnam ......................... 74

Kerradunath ........................... 77

Dlabraddath ........................... 79

Myth Drannor Key Cross-Reference. ......... 85

MAGICAL ITEMS ...................... 119

Miscellaneous Magical Items ............. 149

TelKiira [Lore Gems) .................. 152

Artifacts ............................ 153

The Elfblades of Cormanthyr ............. 154

APPENDIX:

SECRETS OF WINDSONG TOWER ...... 157

Secret Structures. ...................... 157

Secret Sages & Students ................. 157

Secret Knowledge ...................... 158

Secret Treasures ....................... 158

Secret Agendas ........................ 160

SEMBERHOLME ...................... .86

History ............................... 86

Lake Sember ........................... 94

CORMANTHYRS CITIZENRY

C AMPAIGN I NTRODUCTION

he Advanced Dungeons and Dragons® Game has presented its fans with

two decades of adventure and excitement galore. All of its worlds are

rife with history and legend, of which the player characters found many

lost tomes, ancient artifacts, and oft-told epics. Now, with the

Forgotten Realms® Arcane Age® line, you and your players can par-

ticipate in the legends as they happen! Step into the past and experience the

sights, sounds, and wonders of fabled Myth Drannor at its height. Walk the wooded

glades of Cormanthyr, the last major elven empire on Faerûn, and discover secrets lost

to the Realms of the present day (1370 DR). Unless noted otherwise, this product pre-

sents the Forgotten Realms as it stood 720 years ago in the Year of the Falling Tower

(650 DR).

Astute players and Dungeon Masters

know what is to come (the inevitable

Fall of Myth Drannor), but dont let

the end ruin the grand vistas of

the current day. In many ways,

an A RCANE A GE campaign can

have more emotional reso-

nance for players and DMs,

both in this past era and in the

present. Introduce them to

great heroes who only exist in

myths, allow them to learn the

secrets forgotten in the future,

and bring the past to life as an

active and vital setting. Show the

players and their characters that the past

provides three options of travel, each with

heir benefits and drawbacks and

warnings to those who wander out

of their own eras. Next, it details

the races and classes available in

this era for the player charac-

ters; during the A RCANE A GE ,

elves were more powerful and

thus, there are a number of

major variations for the elves

to show the path of history and

how it has changed them.

DMs should bear in mind that

lengthy discussions on the history

and development of human spellcast-

ing are not herein. For the details and the

is not just some crumbling ruins, dusty arti-

facts, or names in a bookthe past was, as any time, a

time of life, laughter, and love, a simple thing that so

many forget as they rummage through a long-hidden

tomb. Since they know the final fate of these people,

the players will gain a greater sense of the tragedies

that brought this empire low long before they were

born. As well, it may teach those less-scrupulous char-

acters to think before robbing a tomb or desecrating

ruinsespecially if they get the chance to know the

kindly, self-sacrificing person buried therein.

full story of Netheril, see TSR #1147 F ORGOTTEN

R EALMS ® A RCANE A GE ® Netheril: Empire of Magic

boxed set.

Time Traveling

For decades, the player characters have heard the leg-

ends of Myth Drannor, tales of the splendored realm

where the elves and all the races gathered in harmony

and peace. In the Year of the Tankard (1370 DR), Myth

Drannor is a tumbled ruin riddled with creatures fell

and foul. Whatever the reasons, your characters intend

to part the mists of time and experience Myth Drannor

and its empire of Cormanthyr in its glory days. Know

that it is far simpler to make the decision than it is to

execute in action. . . .

This chapters purpose is to bring players and DMs

up to speed on a number of major rules adjustments

for this campaign. Though its a foregone conclusion

that the DM and players will enter the A RCANE A GE

campaigns, they must decide whether their characters

are natives of that time or time-travelers. A discussion

of time travel reveals the hows and whys of reaching

this 700-years-past realm from the modern Realms, and

Campaigns

Time travel has been possible both in the past and present

Realms, but it is never easy, never without sacrifice, and

never without consequence. Before the fall of Netheril in the

Year of Sundered Webs (-339 DR), the goddess Mystryl

strictly limited time travel to the past, since she was the god-

dess and guardian both of magic and time. Any methods used

to broach the time stream before -339 Dalereckoning,

whether they are the methods below or planar travel or

spells from the Chronomancer supplement or even wishes or

errands of the gods, automatically revert to the effects and

limitations of Mystryls own time conduit. The travelers

suffer all the drawbacks of their chosen mode of travel in ad-

dition to those of the time conduit, and neither of these ef-

fects can be avoided. Mystryl notices all time anomalies such

as time travelers, no matter their attempted method of entry,

and she either allows time travel to happen on her terms or

not at all. Characters attempting to time travel in other

planes and then enter the Prime Material at Toril will find

they cannot pierce the dimensional barriers or crystal sphere

leading to Abeir-Toril due to Mystryls opposition to their

alien existence in this time and place.

Time Conduits

Mystryl created the time conduit spell to allow travel

through time strictly on her terms. Wizards who sought to

bypass her rules of time travel through new spells ultimately

failed. No matter their methods, they found that Mystryls

time conduit spell was the only way to time travel. The offi-

cial A RCANE A GE timelines of the Realms are detailed in this

product and in the Netheril: Empire of Magic boxed set. De-

tails on the Fall of Netheril are found in the How the Mighty

are Fallen campaign expansion adventure, while the times

that bring Cormanthyr low are in the upcoming Fall of Myth

Drannor campaign accessory (June, 1998). Mystryls time-

travel magic is tied to annual cycles; spellcasters and their

companions who traveled back through time always arrive

on the first day of a new year, and the magic recalls them to

their original time at the end of the last day of that year. No

magic within the past or present timeline, not even an-

timagic shells or prismatic spheres, can prevent the recall

of a time-traveler back to his original time. There are a wide

range of side effects to travel by time conduits that were far

more surprising and disturbing to time-travelers; these are

noted below within the spell itself.

Ninth-Level Spell: Time Conduit

(Alteration, Chronomancy)

Range: 30 feet Components: V, S, M

Duration: Special Casting Time: 1 turn

Area of Effect: Special Saving Throw: None

Upon casting this spell, a shimmering, golden portal appears

somewhere within 30 feet of the caster (though the caster

has no control over where the portal appears). This golden

disk appears upon the fourth round of casting, and it grows,

expanding as if it were an opening eye until it reaches its

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