Âmesang
2016-04-21, 10:47 PM
So whilst researching potential EBERRON® crossovers with other campaign settings I learned of one such crossover with FORGOTTEN REALMS® via Dungeons & Dragons Online.
…without downloading and playing all through the game, however, my research has been unable to find any sort of date conversion between the two settings; i.e. XXXX DR = YYYY YK. From what I can gather, however, it appears to take place during or after the Spellplague afflicted Fearűn which would put it within the 4th Edition timeline (despite being a 3rd Edition-based game), though considering how long it lasted that could be anywhere between 1385 DR to 1479 DR.
EBERRON®, however, didn't seem to change at all with regards to time, keeping the previous starting year of 998 YK. Campaign crossovers always put a smile on my face, whether it's something like "The Wizards Three" or even the thought of who'd win between Elminster and Raistlin; I guess it just comes from my love of learning and discovery. (That reminds me, I need to track down a copy of "Archie Meets the Punisher.")
I already found a potential WORLD OF GREYHAWK® to FORGOTTEN REALMS® conversion in DRAGON #241 (letter from Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun to Mordenkainen: Ches 12, 1369 DR, "winter," and a letter from Johanna of Almor to Mordenkainen in response to Khelben's letter being forwarded: Wealsun 20, 585 CY, "low summer"). Now I just hope to find a reasonable conversion for EBERRON® since it completes the "big three" of 3rd Edition; even if DDO is non-canon, I'm hoping for something that sounds "official enough."
I especially enjoy the above conversion because, assuming The Shackled City Adventure Path ends the year before The Age of Worms Adventure Path, 594, that would correspond to 1378 — "Year of the Cauldron." Likewise, my Suel sorceress was born in 575 which corresponds to 1359 — "Year of the Serpent," and I recall arcane magic in Oerth was personified as "the Serpent" (at least as far as Vecna was concerned). Birth date determined because the minimum starting age for a human sorcerer is 16 and the typical starting year for an adventure is 591. That also causes 595 to correspond to 1379 — "Year of the Lost Keep," and I'd imagine Kyuss' Spire of Long Shadows is fairly lost.
…without downloading and playing all through the game, however, my research has been unable to find any sort of date conversion between the two settings; i.e. XXXX DR = YYYY YK. From what I can gather, however, it appears to take place during or after the Spellplague afflicted Fearűn which would put it within the 4th Edition timeline (despite being a 3rd Edition-based game), though considering how long it lasted that could be anywhere between 1385 DR to 1479 DR.
EBERRON®, however, didn't seem to change at all with regards to time, keeping the previous starting year of 998 YK. Campaign crossovers always put a smile on my face, whether it's something like "The Wizards Three" or even the thought of who'd win between Elminster and Raistlin; I guess it just comes from my love of learning and discovery. (That reminds me, I need to track down a copy of "Archie Meets the Punisher.")
I already found a potential WORLD OF GREYHAWK® to FORGOTTEN REALMS® conversion in DRAGON #241 (letter from Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun to Mordenkainen: Ches 12, 1369 DR, "winter," and a letter from Johanna of Almor to Mordenkainen in response to Khelben's letter being forwarded: Wealsun 20, 585 CY, "low summer"). Now I just hope to find a reasonable conversion for EBERRON® since it completes the "big three" of 3rd Edition; even if DDO is non-canon, I'm hoping for something that sounds "official enough."
I especially enjoy the above conversion because, assuming The Shackled City Adventure Path ends the year before The Age of Worms Adventure Path, 594, that would correspond to 1378 — "Year of the Cauldron." Likewise, my Suel sorceress was born in 575 which corresponds to 1359 — "Year of the Serpent," and I recall arcane magic in Oerth was personified as "the Serpent" (at least as far as Vecna was concerned). Birth date determined because the minimum starting age for a human sorcerer is 16 and the typical starting year for an adventure is 591. That also causes 595 to correspond to 1379 — "Year of the Lost Keep," and I'd imagine Kyuss' Spire of Long Shadows is fairly lost.