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Lore and Information on Blackmoor D20 Map Locations?
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(01-01-2025, 02:11 PM)aldarron Wrote: Not necessarily.  There is no particular reason to think the wine bottle or the king list in the desk drawer is from a post-Uther  age. Actually there are several reasons to think otherwise.

I had to go back to the source to check the details, but as I seemed to recall the information about the rulers goes back to DA1 p 20. This section lists all the rulers who reigned the Empire of Thonia during the last centuring before the Great Rain of Fire. Ning I is specifically mentioned as a ruler who reigned for 16 years and the timeframe matches Zompatore's timeline. The Wine bottle mentioned elsewhere could be a reference to the same ruler, but it could also be dedicated to a different person with the same name.


Quote:First, the general description of the layout and contents of the Comeback Inn go back to Arneson. Yes TSR totally re-wrote it to fit the time travel narrative that allowed them to shoe-horn the setting into ancient Mystara, but the Inn was fleshed out to some extent by Arneson prior to turning over materials to TSR. So it's conceivable that Arneson came up with the name - maybe.

We don't know exactly how the writing process between Ritchie and Arneson worked do we? But I would actually go farther than you do. I think most of the material in the DA modules did come from Arneson. Especially things like details on NPCs, their horses, the names of swords, interior of the Comeback Inn, various locations etc.

In any case, Arneson did give final approval of DA1-3 so IMO it all counts as his work.

I also think the overall framework of the DA modules, having them placed in the past etc could have been part of the legal negotiations between Arneson and TSR. The DA modules explicitly state "Dave Arneson was the co-creator of D&D" which is something Arneson likely asked for.

Ultimately, this is why I rate the DA modules as the epitome of Blackmoor material.


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