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Tales From the Tables ep.52: Lady Mage of Waterdeep, part 2 (ttrpg.network)

submitted 1 day ago by DoodlePoodle@ttrpg.network to c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network

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Hear ye, hear ye! Tales From the Tables is back with episode 52: Lady Mage of Waterdeep, part 2.

Apologies, not very meme-y this time, still submitting for the sake of completion and popular demand :)

Our intrepid adventurers befriend Laeral Silverhand, and get to know the fames Lady Mage of Waterdeep from a different, personal side. It's very much a Laeral special, lovingly consulted with the man, the legend, Ed Greenwood. It saddens me that so many D&D players only know Laeral superficially, if at all.

"Ruler of Waterdeep" "Oh, she's a powerful wizard and very old, isn't she?" And that's about the extend of most players' knowledge... She's a truly fascinating character who's walked Faerun for over 7 centuries, with beautiful, oft heart-wrenching stories to tell. I do hope my little hints at but a handful of events from her past will encourage a few people to at least read up about her on the Forgotten Realms Wiki, or better yet, reach for the many amazing books by Ed Greenwood or Steven E. Schend.

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[–] ahdok@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I've been meaning to ask for a while, do you have any official character art reference sheets for Angela (and/or the others?)

[–] DoodlePoodle@ttrpg.network 1 points 10 hours ago

They did get some poster-style images for their "who's who" special, but other than that, not really. I really should set that up soon...

[–] ahdok@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 day ago

Your Laeral is very similar to the way I run Laeral in my games, which is lovely. I think she's a good character, the tragic "I live forever" schtick works well on a genuinely good, intellegent, competent leader type.

I do always feel that she makes friends with the PCs too easily in most of my games. (I have a similar problem running Vajra... which at least evens itself out a bit whenever the PCs suggest having the two of them meet up...) - but also, if you do (good-aligned) adventures out of Waterdeep for long enough, you should probably end up friends with both of them.

[–] TheGreatDarkness@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 day ago

Actually well written Lawful Good characters getting along is so rare :)

[–] RobotZap10000@feddit.nl 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Massively different lifespans really is a bitch. Especially when you start outliving generations upon generations of friends and relatives.

[–] Archpawn@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Once you're a high enough level you can cast Plane Shift and visit. Arguably, you can just use Sending. It can contact other planes, but I'm not sure if their soul in the afterlife technically qualifies as the same creature.

[–] ahdok@ttrpg.network 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's actually a significant issue in Waterdeep's setting that she can't just planeshift and visit Khelben, because of where his soul is.

(It's not somewhere you can planeshift to...)

[–] DoodlePoodle@ttrpg.network 1 points 10 hours ago

Yep, and that's why she and the current Blackstaff, Vajra... don't exactly mesh well on personal level. Although they're very professional about it and do work together for the good of Waterdeep, things are... a bit tense.

[–] Archpawn@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

How common is using Clone to live forever? The spell is cheap enough that even poor people can afford the material components (so long as they don't mind a squalid lifestyle), but I'm guessing there's not enough casters for everyone.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago

Oh not every Episode has to be meme-y; this one is quite beautiful and full of wisdom! If you have long life, dont just spend the majority of it in wallowing in sorrow, move on and focus on your self set goals.

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Just found you on Webtoon! Totally not going to binge the whole comic in an hour...