#dnd #fearun Anyone knows what we’re the effects of Myth Drannor mythal?
— LowWisdomCzech (@LowWisdomCzech) February 17, 2019
Heh. My answer depends very much on when in the Realms you're speaking of (Realmsdate).
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 17, 2019
Current year in my game is 1492 DR. I know that the Netherese flying city crushed Drannor, but what were the effects the last time it was up?
— LowWisdomCzech (@LowWisdomCzech) February 17, 2019
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Thultanthar crashed atop Myth Drannor in 1487 DR, shattering Myth Drannor’s mythal into a wild state. It has since (by about late spring of 1489 DR) settled down somewhat (largely due to the Weave-repairing efforts of Mystra’s… …Chosen), but remains unpredictable (i.e. a DM should feel free to have it exhibit wild magic effects, allow some magics on some occasions but not on others, and so on). At night, deep blue glows flicker at random over the…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 18, 2019
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…ruined parts of the city (some areas weren’t damaged by the fall of the flying city at all, and others, including the site of the Tree of Life, were magically protected) as the mythal seethes. Mythal properties known to have …survived from before the fall of Shade to after (again, wavering and unpredictably, as noted) are a prohibition on teleportation into and out of the mythal area (attempts to go in arrive at spots outside, attempts to even… #Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 18, 2019
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…dimension door within fail utterly), the mythal wholly “drinks” energies of magic missiles and similar spells to replenish itself, and partially absorbs natural and magical lightnings, often deflecting what it doesn’t drink, 6)
…and the mythal also absorbs shockwaves (lessening the percussive effect of explosions, thunderwave spells, etc.) and excess heat, but “leaks” heat when the climate is cold (so no creature should die of exposure or freezing…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 18, 2019
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…while outside in winter, in the mythal area). Note that some of these properties were ‘turned off’ by powerful elf defenders of the city, and Chosen, during their defense of Myth Drannor just before the fall of Thultanthor.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 18, 2019
