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by galadhion
Mon Jan 25, 2021 5:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Drow talk with Ed and Eric
Replies: 7
Views: 6865

Re: Drow talk with Ed and Eric

Jay uploaded the entire thing to his twitch channel. You can hear Ed talk about the origin of Eilistraee (a request from a Black editor at TSR to have a good drow god), the original intent with her, and how he came up with the name for her. You can also hear all my crazy ramblings about how to use E...
by galadhion
Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:16 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Drow talk with Ed and Eric
Replies: 7
Views: 6865

Drow talk with Ed and Eric

Hello all! Ed Greenwood and I will be discussing the drow on an upcoming twitch stream this Sunday, Jan. 24, 8:30 pm EST. We'll be discussing the differences of the drow between the Greyhawk and Forgotten Realms settings and taking questions from the listeners. Because we share a love of the Dark Ma...
by galadhion
Sat Sep 09, 2017 12:50 am
Forum: On Promoting Joy
Topic: More Drow Art Gallery
Replies: 19
Views: 12716

Re: More Drow Art Gallery

<t>In 5e, long swords do not have the finesse property. I wanted a finesse weapon for the sword dancers. So I made one up.<br/> <br/> Any curve to the Miyeritar blade is artistic interpretation. The curve is not inherent in the blade's description. I think Jose just likes curved blades because he is...
by galadhion
Fri Sep 08, 2017 2:49 pm
Forum: On Promoting Joy
Topic: More Drow Art Gallery
Replies: 19
Views: 12716

Re: More Drow Art Gallery

<t>It's not a scimitar, but a new weapon that I'm designing for the Eryndlyn book. The sword dancers used bastard swords in 2e which don't exist in 5e. Also, elves get Dex bonuses rather that Str bonuses and the Sword Dancers are always described as lithe and graceful. So I'm making a Miyeritar Blad...
by galadhion
Fri Sep 08, 2017 4:05 am
Forum: On Promoting Joy
Topic: More Drow Art Gallery
Replies: 19
Views: 12716

Re: More Drow Art Gallery

<r>Another piece came in! This one is of a swordsmith, making one of the special swords of the Sword Dancers. Ooooooh, it's gorgeous. Iillustration by Jose Ortiz!<br/> <br/> [img:3u73h8i0]<URL url="https://orig00.deviantart.net/6e30/f/2017/250/4/9/drow_swordsmith_by_galadhion-dbmq5j0.jpg"><LINK_TEXT...
by galadhion
Thu Sep 07, 2017 1:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Misty Forest Sanctuary
Replies: 5
Views: 5987

Re: Misty Forest Sanctuary

<t>[quote="Shir'le E. Illios":d7lbaa9w]As an anti-spam measure the forum is set to limit edits to within an hour (IIRC) of making the post. Only moderators can edit it after that. But I'll edit the post to update the link.[/quote:d7lbaa9w]<br/> <br/> Thank you for updating the link! It's much apprec...
by galadhion
Sat Sep 02, 2017 6:43 pm
Forum: On Promoting Joy
Topic: More Drow Art Gallery
Replies: 19
Views: 12716

Re: More Drow Art Gallery

Sounds about right to me! Archery is very useful for hunting and Eilistraee does have the divine command to feed and help those in need. Hunting is a great way to do that. So Faeryl it is!
by galadhion
Sat Sep 02, 2017 6:41 pm
Forum: On Promoting Joy
Topic: Eilistraee art
Replies: 97
Views: 60692

Re: Eilistraee art

<t>There's also an undercurrent of melancholy to Eilistraee too. She was used and betrayed by her mother and cast out of the Seldarine by her father (even if it was her own choice). Her followers are hunted by Lolth and commonly feared on the surface. She's been hurt so much over the ages. It's like...
by galadhion
Sat Sep 02, 2017 5:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Misty Forest Sanctuary
Replies: 5
Views: 5987

Re: Misty Forest Sanctuary

<r>[quote="galadhion":2jbg2w5k]I'm going to make it available on the DM's Guild soon, but I wanted to make it available to all of you. You can download it [url=<URL url="https://sta.sh/01lp0uzk2yqc:2jbg2w5k">https://sta.sh/01lp0uzk2yqc:2jbg2w5k</URL>]here[/url:2jbg2w5k] (click the download button on...
by galadhion
Sat Sep 02, 2017 5:32 am
Forum: On Promoting Joy
Topic: More Drow Art Gallery
Replies: 19
Views: 12716

Re: More Drow Art Gallery

That is what I wanted you to think by placing it there. :D That way, she could represent whomever you wanted it to represent. This is one of the many concept sketches we had for Eilistraeean drow to figure out how they would be armored and how they would move.
by galadhion
Sat Sep 02, 2017 3:06 am
Forum: On Promoting Joy
Topic: More Drow Art Gallery
Replies: 19
Views: 12716

Re: More Drow Art Gallery

<r>It was intended to be. My artist is a trained ballet dancer and captured the fluid grace perfectly, but she gave this character a quiver and no sword. Sword Dancers have a thing about not using bows and love their swords. But I loved the facial expression so I kept it. We'll have a lot more art l...
by galadhion
Fri Sep 01, 2017 7:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Misty Forest Sanctuary
Replies: 5
Views: 5987

Misty Forest Sanctuary

<r>Hello all!<br/> <br/> At this year's GenCon, several of us FR designers hosted a seminar where we discussed the future of the Realms. One of our big announcements was our intention to start putting "almost canon" products on the [url=http://www.dmsguild.com:mdlncd5h]DM's Guild[/url:mdlncd5h]. The...
by galadhion
Fri Sep 01, 2017 5:10 pm
Forum: On Promoting Joy
Topic: More Drow Art Gallery
Replies: 19
Views: 12716

More Drow Art Gallery

<r>Well met, Sword Dancers! I promised Irennan a copy of this image from a project I'm working on. I hope you enjoy it! I couldn't get the Drow Art Gallery topic to work (it kept crashing on page 3) so I made a new topic. I hope that is okay!<br/> [img:1jqshgr5]<URL url="https://pre03.deviantart.net...
by galadhion
Sat Aug 25, 2012 2:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Menzoberranzan: City of Intrigue
Replies: 82
Views: 69504

Re: Menzoberranzan: City of Intrigue

<t>When we were designing Menzoberranzan, Brian and I thought of Lolth as the ultimate mean girl. Her favor was all important, and she is notoriously fickle as to who gets it. She purposefully toys with her followers, encouraging some while ruining others, just to keep her followers off balance and ...
by galadhion
Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Menzoberranzan: City of Intrigue
Replies: 82
Views: 69504

Re: Menzoberranzan: City of Intrigue

<t>Hello everyone! I'm Eric Menge, the secondary author for Menzoberranzan with Brian James. My apologies for not posting earlier, but I didn't have anything I was able to share until the book was published. No that it had, I hope you will take a look at it. The art is incredible and there are many ...