The secrecy of the Lord’s helps with corruption. Since no one knows who the lords are that means anyone can be a lord. So nobles and businesses end up not getting into dark dealings for fear of accidentally putting themselves to a secret lord
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for not trying to narrate these videos like it's a god damn game trailer. Just the straight up lore and I LOVE it! Subscribing now.
Southern Ward, not South ward :), Citizens would correct that mistake as it is named for the Southern immigrants that populate it rather than it's positional placement within Waterdeep itself. (As per Dragon Heist.) I also believe the City of the Dead is open again... At least as of 1492DR
Definitely appreciate any and all time you can dedicate to this. Im a new DM and your vids have been very helpful and enjoyable. If you do plan a follow up, I'd love to know more about the Masked Lords. Not history, but the actual mechanics/details of how they work together and rule the city. I get the sense that they're made up of various key influential figures throughout the city but not necessarily from people with well defined political power (or maybe I'm making that up :-). My campaign will likely swing through Waterdeep and I thought I might try my hand at some political intrigue for my players but I'm having a hell of a time tracking down more substantial info on how the lords actually run things.
When it comes to a city like water deep would you make the city or find one online to have a map for dming a campaign. I’m relatively new to dming and your videos are really helping me learn about the forgotten realms.
The official Waterdeep map is good to have, but be aware that it is BIG. There is a danger of feeling overwhelmed. What I like to do is pick out at most two to three places from each ward, and limit your and the other players' vision to those locations. Then, when you are ready to expand, take clues from the PCs for what other areas "pop into existence" in the city.
Thanks for this video! I just joined an Adventurer's League campaign taking place in Waterdeep and needed a simple overview of the city. This fit the bill nicely.
I was thinking about this, jorphdan, but it would be super cool if you could make a list of source books and/or adventure modules that take place in the locales you cover. I don't know about other people, but I get pretty excited about running stuff in the areas and relating to the events you've covered so a written catalogue would be amazing. That's probably a lot of work, but maybe you could make it a patron reward or something. Anyways, just a thought. Your channel is amazing the way it is.
That would be cool, great idea. You're right it would be a lot of work, and perhaps Matt Colville's Adventure Lookup would be of assistance. I searched Waterdeep for example and found loads of results. Still I'll keep it in mind, I do need to figure out those Patreon rewards :) www.adventurelookup.com/adventures/
Hey Dude Love the series. It would be really great if you could do a video that went breifly through each of the empires that has fallen in FR history. I don't mean a video for each Empire, I mean a succinct timeline of the FR empires, as in the lore it is often said that there have been many empire before (the Elves have had several I think), but it is very difficult to understand how they all line up. There are timelines out there, but they are incredibly confusing! Mny thks dude. Best
They're in the Forgotten Realms playlist (which is large). I made a quick Villains playlist ruclips.net/p/PLJqE7QBvDyc-8OqFNJdP8a88WuEFT4FmI But you're looking for this video on Undermountain - ruclips.net/video/H6xVUtRBeMQ/видео.html
The High house of Wonders is a temple to Gond in Baldurs Gate! House of wonder is the mystra temple in Waterdeep. So that's the wrong picture. But loving the video's, so keep it up!
Sorry that wasn’t a very detailed comment, but I was just happy to see a channel exploring the Realms in manageable bites. I also appreciate the fact that you cover topics from multiple eras instead of just 5th edition. I prefer the old school stuff but am trying to remain current to some degree. I just feel that current Wizards of the Coast management does not appreciate their older fans. Thanks for making a great channel and take care until next time!
According to some of the companion information for Dragon Heist, Waterdeep actually semi-openly worships Umberlee. Not in the "we're evil" sense, but in the "please don't destroy our ships or harbor with terrible sea storms" sense. Every year there is a festival called Fleetswake, winnings from the various competitions are donated, and guards will collect donations from taverns. All donations are dumped in the harbor and guarded by the Merfolk. She even has a temple on the beach called "The Queenspire". Dragon Heist has a lot of great info about Waterdeep.
I suspect any uppity guild lord would be judiciously nominated to be a masked lord, and so they'd quickly revert to defending the status quo covertly. The system works.
Another great video, if a bit rushed and missing some details. Forgotten Realms was always my favorite campaign setting in D&D, right along side Ravenloft (Fuck Strahd, that vampiric douche nozzle!) I still have the complete boxset for Forgotten Realms in its entirety and mint conditon from Second Edition. Really need to upgrade my D&D book collection to 5th Edition and find a new group of people to play with, even if it's online via Twitch or something.
Hi! I'm really enjoying your videos. Regarding Waterdeep, I was wondering, where did you get the information of the undead creature ravaging the city and being locked up in the city of the dead? I can't find it anywhere, but would like to use it in a campaign I DM.
This is an older video so I don't remember 100% where I got that info specifically. But! In the DnD 3.5 book City of Splendors - Waterdeep, they talk about the Merfolk and Sea Elves of Deepwater Harbor working for the City Watch to defend against sea threats. Page 19 :)
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@jorphdan, at 4:36 you mentioned an undead in the city of the dead, causing them to wall it up. I can't find any references to that. Do you have more information on where that's written about?
I think this takes place in the novel "Blackstaff Tower" by Ed Greenwood. And as I research I'm not sure walled up was the right wording but rather they lock up the city of the dead at night because undead roam about and it's unsafe. Sorry it's been a while since I've made this video and I'm trying to reverse my script to find out where I got the info.
That's fine. One of my players watched the video, and he took that part to heart, so his character is terrified of the City of the Dead. I'm letting him run with it, but I wanted to make sure if there was actual lore, I incorporated it into my story. I'll check out the novel, but based on what you said I think I have a good plan. Thanks for your videos!!
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That's known as Dale Reckoning, it's when some elves and humans erected a stone that symbolized a more openness between humans and elves. I talk about it a bit in this Myth Drannor video. ruclips.net/video/zTx3UMDBcFs/видео.htmlm11s
so, why did you post a pic of the High House of Wonder ( a temple of Gond ) when you were talking about the House of Wonder ( Mystra )? they look totally different. the only reason i know this is because i have a deep gnome gunsmith player who visits there often. not trying to bitch. just pointing out a flaw in your presentation ( let the hate comments flow... i wont be reading them )
_Southern_ Ward. It's _Southern_ Ward. Not "South". Say that in Waterdeep and the Waterdhavians will either mock you, correct you, or think you a fool. The reason being, that area was settled by and is predominantly populated by people from Southern Faerun. ...not to be a total nit-picking nerd or anything...
The secrecy of the Lord’s helps with corruption. Since no one knows who the lords are that means anyone can be a lord. So nobles and businesses end up not getting into dark dealings for fear of accidentally putting themselves to a secret lord
Also, no one knows who to bribe.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for not trying to narrate these videos like it's a god damn game trailer. Just the straight up lore and I LOVE it! Subscribing now.
Welcome!
Waterdeep was the starting location of the neverwinter nights expansion, hordes of the underdark. Also, great video as always.
I've played the Cania out of Hordes of the Underdark. Still only ever beat M probably 4 times though. Building characters is half the damn battle lol
Southern Ward, not South ward :), Citizens would correct that mistake as it is named for the Southern immigrants that populate it rather than it's positional placement within Waterdeep itself. (As per Dragon Heist.) I also believe the City of the Dead is open again... At least as of 1492DR
I was just about to say… my character, a Waterdhavian local, would have called Jordphan a tourist over that. :P
Great video - though note Waterdavians will mock people for calling the Southern Ward the South ward.
apparentally one new canonical update to Waterdeep is that founder of Acquisitions Incorporated Omin Dram is a masked Lord
waterdeep, always a fun place to read about. thanks for another great video
+joshpwnsnoobs woo!
Awesomely written video once again, but no mention of Durnan and the Yawning Portal Inn? Undermountain??
Yes these Videos are always short and missing a lot of important details.
Gah true! This one was a bit rushed because of real life this month. I'll have to do a follow up video! Thanks for the comment :D
A separate video for Undermountain does make a lot more sense.
Definitely appreciate any and all time you can dedicate to this. Im a new DM and your vids have been very helpful and enjoyable. If you do plan a follow up, I'd love to know more about the Masked Lords. Not history, but the actual mechanics/details of how they work together and rule the city. I get the sense that they're made up of various key influential figures throughout the city but not necessarily from people with well defined political power (or maybe I'm making that up :-). My campaign will likely swing through Waterdeep and I thought I might try my hand at some political intrigue for my players but I'm having a hell of a time tracking down more substantial info on how the lords actually run things.
When it comes to a city like water deep would you make the city or find one online to have a map for dming a campaign. I’m relatively new to dming and your videos are really helping me learn about the forgotten realms.
I'd use the existing waterdeep City, pick out main locations you'd like your players to visit
Someone made an interactive map for it (and a few other places too): www.aidedd.org/atlas/index.php?map=W&l=1
The official Waterdeep map is good to have, but be aware that it is BIG. There is a danger of feeling overwhelmed. What I like to do is pick out at most two to three places from each ward, and limit your and the other players' vision to those locations.
Then, when you are ready to expand, take clues from the PCs for what other areas "pop into existence" in the city.
@@liesdamnlies3372 Dear lord the people who put these kinds of things together are legends in their own right.
I love your content man! Really well presented and good pointers towards more references! Keep it up and have a thumbs up :)
Thanks for this video! I just joined an Adventurer's League campaign taking place in Waterdeep and needed a simple overview of the city. This fit the bill nicely.
Waterdeep reminds me of São Paulo regarding its cosmopolitan trait.
So Waterdeep is the New York of Faerun
Yep, and Balders gate is like the Gotham of Faerum
wow im about to run the dragon hesit and this is soooo helpful!!!
I was thinking about this, jorphdan, but it would be super cool if you could make a list of source books and/or adventure modules that take place in the locales you cover. I don't know about other people, but I get pretty excited about running stuff in the areas and relating to the events you've covered so a written catalogue would be amazing. That's probably a lot of work, but maybe you could make it a patron reward or something. Anyways, just a thought. Your channel is amazing the way it is.
That would be cool, great idea. You're right it would be a lot of work, and perhaps Matt Colville's Adventure Lookup would be of assistance. I searched Waterdeep for example and found loads of results. Still I'll keep it in mind, I do need to figure out those Patreon rewards :)
www.adventurelookup.com/adventures/
I've been playing FR and Waterdeep since the 80s. There's tons of source material out there. I still use it, despite playing a different rpg system.
Thank you so much for you videos!
Thanks a lot. Am passing them on to my players who are new to the realms.
Hey Dude Love the series. It would be really great if you could do a video that went breifly through each of the empires that has fallen in FR history.
I don't mean a video for each Empire, I mean a succinct timeline of the FR empires, as in the lore it is often said that there have been many empire before (the Elves have had several I think), but it is very difficult to understand how they all line up.
There are timelines out there, but they are incredibly confusing!
Mny thks dude.
Best
Great Idea. There's been a few people asking for like "intro videos". I'll see what I can come up with!
Please do a series on Kara Tur. I don't think one 5 min videp will do it justice though ;)
Great video! Waterdeep has always been my favorite city in the realms.
It's like the song goes, "One night in Waterdeep and the world's your oyster ..."
No mention of the statues? Shocking!
Definitely saving this video for later reference
My players will be going to Waterdeep soon so this will come in handy.
Bet this’ll get a ton of hits in the wake of Dragon heist :D
Here's hoping! Be sure to share it :D
That's why I am here^^
This was a good one. thanks for the great series.
Thanks for the Video. Playing a Paladin of Siamorphe from Waterdeep, need as much info as I can get.
That was somewhat useful thank you
You won't pass a FFVI city by me without me spotting it instantly lol
Thank you for this video. I plan to run a sandbox campaign set here! :)
awesome! I recommend "Volo's Guide to Waterdeep (2e)" and "City of Splendors: Waterdeep (3.5)" to help your sandbox!
What happened to your Dragon Heist villains youtube videos? I can't find Cassalanter.
They're in the Forgotten Realms playlist (which is large). I made a quick Villains playlist ruclips.net/p/PLJqE7QBvDyc-8OqFNJdP8a88WuEFT4FmI
But you're looking for this video on Undermountain - ruclips.net/video/H6xVUtRBeMQ/видео.html
I read somewhere that the population of Waterdeep was at 348,000.
The High house of Wonders is a temple to Gond in Baldurs Gate! House of wonder is the mystra temple in Waterdeep. So that's the wrong picture. But loving the video's, so keep it up!
I fondly remember an evil 3.5 campaign where we took over waterdeep and made it the Capitol of our new empire.
The masks only became a thing after the guildmaster rebellion because all of them were known and thus easy to kill.
Good to know, thanks for the comment :D
Loving this channel!
Thanks! :D
Sorry that wasn’t a very detailed comment, but I was just happy to see a channel exploring the Realms in manageable bites. I also appreciate the fact that you cover topics from multiple eras instead of just 5th edition. I prefer the old school stuff but am trying to remain current to some degree. I just feel that current Wizards of the Coast management does not appreciate their older fans. Thanks for making a great channel and take care until next time!
Thank you Jorphdan!
I would also wager knowing True Names of a ruler would make it target for magics.
According to some of the companion information for Dragon Heist, Waterdeep actually semi-openly worships Umberlee. Not in the "we're evil" sense, but in the "please don't destroy our ships or harbor with terrible sea storms" sense. Every year there is a festival called Fleetswake, winnings from the various competitions are donated, and guards will collect donations from taverns. All donations are dumped in the harbor and guarded by the Merfolk. She even has a temple on the beach called "The Queenspire". Dragon Heist has a lot of great info about Waterdeep.
I see that FF3 pic in there, Jorphdan.
sssshhhh!
I suspect any uppity guild lord would be judiciously nominated to be a masked lord, and so they'd quickly revert to defending the status quo covertly. The system works.
Another great video, if a bit rushed and missing some details.
Forgotten Realms was always my favorite campaign setting in D&D, right along side Ravenloft (Fuck Strahd, that vampiric douche nozzle!) I still have the complete boxset for Forgotten Realms in its entirety and mint conditon from Second Edition. Really need to upgrade my D&D book collection to 5th Edition and find a new group of people to play with, even if it's online via Twitch or something.
Hey you should do a video on the factions! Love the channel
should make a video about the dragon lance wars
Okay Jorfdan
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Hi! I'm really enjoying your videos. Regarding Waterdeep, I was wondering, where did you get the information of the undead creature ravaging the city and being locked up in the city of the dead? I can't find it anywhere, but would like to use it in a campaign I DM.
i couldnt find anything on the Merman's guarding the city port...i'd really like to know more!!!!
This is an older video so I don't remember 100% where I got that info specifically. But! In the DnD 3.5 book City of Splendors - Waterdeep, they talk about the Merfolk and Sea Elves of Deepwater Harbor working for the City Watch to defend against sea threats. Page 19 :)
@@Jorphdan damn thank you so much for the answer!!!!
Where did you find information about there are six masked lords?
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Poor Balder disappeared in Anchorome to the far west.
More partial to Baldur's Gate but Waterdeep is a lot closer to the village of Thundertree.
I need Icewind Dale Lore
@jorphdan, at 4:36 you mentioned an undead in the city of the dead, causing them to wall it up. I can't find any references to that. Do you have more information on where that's written about?
This is an older video so I'll have to go back over my notes to find the source. I'll get back to you on this :)
I think this takes place in the novel "Blackstaff Tower" by Ed Greenwood. And as I research I'm not sure walled up was the right wording but rather they lock up the city of the dead at night because undead roam about and it's unsafe. Sorry it's been a while since I've made this video and I'm trying to reverse my script to find out where I got the info.
That's fine. One of my players watched the video, and he took that part to heart, so his character is terrified of the City of the Dead. I'm letting him run with it, but I wanted to make sure if there was actual lore, I incorporated it into my story. I'll check out the novel, but based on what you said I think I have a good plan. Thanks for your videos!!
If Waterdeep is a city on the surface, would Watershallow be a city floating in the sky?
You should do Kara-tur in a future episode :D
I want to cover that and Zakhara at some point :D
Jorphdan awesome can't wait :D
Gale of waterdeep😅
Every thought about doing'Heros of The Forgotten Realms'?
Final Fantasy VI takes place in Forgotten Realms?
We need a dnd mmo Waterdeep would be so cool to explore in game.
Are you going to do a lore in Luskan?
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That picture at 31 seconds in, is that from a game? Looks pretty cool
Final Fantasy 6!
aah thanks a lot! will look that game up and probably play it :p
DO AN ICEWIND DALE VIDEO PLEEEEAAAASE!!!!!!
What is the DR event that your dayes ate zeroed to?
That's known as Dale Reckoning, it's when some elves and humans erected a stone that symbolized a more openness between humans and elves.
I talk about it a bit in this Myth Drannor video.
ruclips.net/video/zTx3UMDBcFs/видео.htmlm11s
Sune is pronounced Soo Nee :)
Halaster and Undermountain?
So basically Bravvos?
Jorfdan
Do the moonshae isles
+CaptainKapooya that's actually next week 😀
Yay lol I'm actually doing an adventure set there and I use all your videos to help me introduce tons of lore so I can't wait to see that video
🙃new sub here love the vids. Can you do one about Daggerford?
+Shawn Ramsey maybe! I'm mean no reason not to except time. I'll add it to my list
So when did that beholder take over?
Callum Lyall I don’t think Xanathar has taken over, he’s just part of a fairly large gang
One of the seasons in the Dragon Heist module is about Zanathar.
You need to do one on Luskan. A pirate city secretly ruled by a drow mercanary company.
ruclips.net/video/3q44YSDp0Ok/видео.html
so, why did you post a pic of the High House of Wonder ( a temple of Gond ) when you were talking about the House of Wonder ( Mystra )? they look totally different. the only reason i know this is because i have a deep gnome gunsmith player who visits there often. not trying to bitch. just pointing out a flaw in your presentation ( let the hate comments flow... i wont be reading them )
Gloomwrought may e
Nnnnnnnn Jordan here I.e. me dork master extrodinaire
_Southern_ Ward. It's _Southern_ Ward. Not "South". Say that in Waterdeep and the Waterdhavians will either mock you, correct you, or think you a fool. The reason being, that area was settled by and is predominantly populated by people from Southern Faerun.
...not to be a total nit-picking nerd or anything...