@TheEdVerse sorry to bother you sir. I don't know who else to ask. I'm dming a Forgotten Realms game taking place on a sailing ship on Wizards Reach near Thay. _Question: how would the party navigate the ship to the city waterdeep? Suggested waterways traveled? Thanks again Sir
— Legacy Gaming Company (@company_legacy) February 21, 2020
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Well, that depends on the size of the ship (will it fit through the canals?) and whether or not the events of The Watercourse Trilogy by Phil Athans have happened yet, in the Realms of your game. If the answer is “no” to2)
…either, the party can’t navigate the ship to Waterdeep except by flying it or sailing it through a gate/portal, as there’s no water connection between the Sea of Swords and the Sea of Fallen Stars.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 22, 2020
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In the Watercourse trilogy one can read of the building a canal from Innarlith on the Lake of Steam through to the Nagaflow, connecting the Sea of Fallen Stars with the Shining Sea, so the ship could sail around to Waterdeep.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 22, 2020
Sir, thank you. I can't believe you would answer me. Thanks..pertaining to the same topic I'm not sure how to interpret (2) different maps I am seeing in an image search. Both are post spellplague maps because I'm seeing the gulf of luiren .
— Legacy Gaming Company (@company_legacy) February 22, 2020
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There is a water outflow connecting the Moon Stair to the sea, BUT it’s shallow, narrow, and rocky; no ship would make the journey intact. Some goods could make it, on “flexible” (rope-joined, so the logs would flex over rocks 2)
…rather than shatter against them) rafts, that have cargoes securely lashed to them, and are steered by the use of long guideropes from BOTH banks (pull on one, let out line on the other = raft is dragged toward the pulling…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 22, 2020
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…line). If magical means could hold the ship aloft, the outflow does provide a clear path south to the sea, yes.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 22, 2020