@TheEdVerse,
Another, unrelated question. On your map of the Realms, 2E or 3E, I can't find a drain for the Sea of Fallen Stars.1/3
— Random.Queriant (@RandomQueriant) November 9, 2019
Some of those rivers which drain to the ocean come within a few dozen miles of other rivers which drain into the Sea of Fallen Stars, in terrain that isn’t particularly mountainous.Does the Sea drain into the Ocean? Does it evaporate such that it doesn't need to? Does it drain into the Underdark?
And even if it does drain to the ocean, why hasn't anyone cut a canal so it drains somewhere more convenient? Like the Lake of Steam or Lake Esmel?3/3
— Random.Queriant (@RandomQueriant) November 9, 2019
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1. As covered in existing Realmslore, the Sea of Fallen Stars drains into the Underdark.
2. That’s right. Just as in many, many “well-watered” places in the real world2)
3. As for the canal idea: someone did. See the Watercourse trilogy (of FR novels) by Phil Athans. :}#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 10, 2019
I may have to seek out those books. I didn’t want to throw around words like Karst, as, really, all I know are the words, but I get your meaning.
Thank you for the answers. There's LOTS of karst terrain in the Realms (e.g. in the Dales, Cormanthor, Cormyr, Tethyr, the Border Kingdoms, eastern Amn, eastern Sword Coast North) as karst = lots of caves = monster lairs, adventurer caches, "dungeon" entrances = lots of adventure opportunities.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 10, 2019