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Realmspace, The Faerun Solar System - D&D Lore
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@kennybridges1284 5 жыл бұрын
The crystal spheres are absolutely true 3D spheres, but appear like flat walls from the inside and outside, just due to the sheer size of them; keep in mind these things have a radius of double the length from the sun to the farthest planet in the system!
@richmcgee434 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, beat me to it. What gets me is he was running a graphic that was almost certainly from a ringworld (maybe THE Ringworld from Niven) when he said it, so presumably he'd read the descriptions there. Ringworlds are another (much, much smaller) megastructure where scale makes the local curvature imperceptible.
@sergersgerhersh6594 5 жыл бұрын
Spelljammer really really really needs to be adapted for the 5th edition. It's such an amazing setting to play it. You can literally go anywhere in the universe, including other settings like Greyhawk , Krynn or Ebberon or custom ones. Not to mention the awesome 80s style Heavy Metal/Thor Ragnarok/Star Treky vibes it gives...
@brianreisbeck6592 4 жыл бұрын
@Babes & Board Games I was curious about spelljamming travel to the Crimson Sphere also...a google search gave me the below thoughts/comments: The old Dragon comic Yamara had Yamara and company visit Athas (the world of "Hard Fun") via spelljammer back in the 90's so I'd say there's at least some precedent. In that comic the cleric is still able to reach his deity despite the Dark Sun rules saying otherwise. I think opening the sphere just massively upsets the status quo in Athas, with impacts on economy, religion, ecology, etc. The easy answer is that you could get to Athas via spelljamming, but it's so far outside the flow that the journey would take years, or maybe even decades. Then once you got inside the sphere, your helm would shut down, because the normal magic doesn't exist. So you'd just drift along through wildspace until you ran out of air, unless you have a psionic or lifejamming helm. In short, it's possible, but improbable that anybody would stumble upon it by chance, and even more unlikely that they'd get back out again. Thus only the most learned of sages would even know of its existence, much less how to to get there.
@kalebwilson3946 2 жыл бұрын
I hope wherever you are, you’re enjoying the new content that’s coming out for 5e
@kurtweinstein8450 5 жыл бұрын
Spelljammer is such a wonderful, wacky mix of Ptolemaic and Copurnican models. I love it.
@AlanAndrei 5 жыл бұрын
Classic TSR Golden Age - what s not to love from that era?
@AlexMcGaughan 5 жыл бұрын
nerd ;)
@professionalprettyorc6143 5 жыл бұрын
This video has given me a thousand ideas for my own setting.
@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын
Great! :D
@liondovegm 2 жыл бұрын
It's been two years. Setting status update?
@orhansumen 5 жыл бұрын
been playing FR for 2 decades and never heard any of this! nice!
@soshp 5 жыл бұрын
I really wish this was multiple videos. This would make an excellent series!
@PN15NotAvailable 5 жыл бұрын
Love it! More info on an otherwise little explained topic.
@DerekDunfield 5 жыл бұрын
Would love to see more Spelljammer videos!
@r.r815 5 жыл бұрын
To travel the sun why not just polymorph into a fire elemental?
@r.r815 5 жыл бұрын
@Mr420Spy why
@jacobvanveit3437 5 жыл бұрын
I can’t see why this wouldn’t work. An excellent idea and a cool way of visiting the sun in a high level adventure
@rianrodrigues8195 5 жыл бұрын
Love your videos, Jorfffffdan!
@nickr1818 5 жыл бұрын
I was going to suggest a series on the different factions of the planescape setting. Then you went to spelljammer and I couldn't be happier.
@oysterstu4822 5 жыл бұрын
This was such a cool video!! Every time I watch I just fall in love with D&D all over again. Thank you!
@risso2309 5 жыл бұрын
Whoever made that realistic picture of Toril deserves an award.
@sportszahn 5 жыл бұрын
Great video.i miss playing the spelljammer system. I learned something new too
@TheMimiSard 5 жыл бұрын
The Mindflayers around Glyth are now dead as Atropus thought they looked tasty.
@ewoljn 5 жыл бұрын
That planet pun...that is amazing.
@iGuttsi 5 жыл бұрын
You could say it was... A Stellar pun
@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын
I'm Jorphdan and I approve this pun.
@Deathven1482 2 жыл бұрын
Funny how this came up after the Spelljammer announcement. Excellent timing once again YT.
@RobertCharlesW 5 жыл бұрын
Hearing about entire planet of the beholders is interesting.
@emmet_harris 5 жыл бұрын
toh-RILL. You're right. Never knew. Been saying TOR-ill for 30 years.
@AryadiSubagio 5 жыл бұрын
You make me wanna play a spelljammer campaign
@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself 5 жыл бұрын
This lore is how I introduce new players to my campaign.
@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын
Fun!
@MegaDman16 5 жыл бұрын
Please make more videos like this!
@alyxtheexorcist 6 ай бұрын
Currently designing my own Crystal Sphere setting for 5e. :)
@edwardharris9974 5 жыл бұрын
Space adventures, am I right. But seriously. This sounds fun!!
@KorhalKk 11 ай бұрын
Toril's sun has a city inside, portals to the Fire Elemental Plane and to the heavens.
@tonyabbate1599 5 жыл бұрын
Excellent Now we have a place to put all of our halflings !
@AlanAndrei 5 жыл бұрын
More Spelljammer videos would hit the sweet spot!
@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын
I'll see what I can come up with :)
@valorin5762 5 жыл бұрын
So through the last week I've been immersing myself with D&D lore via your videos while doing other things, and I really enjoy this. Okay, the themesong playing at the end of each episode annoys me a lot by now, but this is the best web resource especially for Forgotten Realms lore I found so far! I'm a veteran AD&D player from back then, travelling Faerun and also Planescape for some time now and was a bit lazy catching up with all the stuff that happened since the Time of Troubles. Your videos helped me a great deal to finally catch up and transport my D&D5 campaign to where Faerun is now. The videos about gods and races are especially great for educating players during character creation. Stellar work. :)
@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, glad I was able to help you out with some lore! :D
@RPGmodsFan 5 жыл бұрын
Now, all we need to do is find the Faerun equivalent to the Barrier Peaks. Send an Expedition there. Repair the spaceship, then take off to...
@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself 5 жыл бұрын
There are a couple spelljammer ships scattered about Faerûn.
@kurtweinstein8450 5 жыл бұрын
Undermountain has a spelljammer ship. The most active Spelljammer port is at the center of the great mountains which exist at the intersection of Faerun, Kara-Tur, and Zakhara.
@sharkforce8147 5 жыл бұрын
@@kurtweinstein8450 that's probably the most overt one. the most active one is actually probably waterdeep, it's just that the ships land out in the ocean and sail in to look normal (at the specific "request" of the lords of waterdeep... as in, "we request that you land out of sight, and in exchange you can request that we don't seize your ship and everything on it and throw the lot of you in jail for violating our rules". apparently they're concerned that people will think space-stuff is better than non-space equivalents (ie bread from space is more exotic) and that's why the requirement is there). in fact, disappointingly most of the ports on toril are not particularly friendly. there are a few dedicated spelljammer ports (as opposed to being a regular port that spelljamming ships can trade at), but they're mostly run by not particularly friendly people...
@MostcallmeTim 5 жыл бұрын
So, on multiple occasions, Chris Perkins mentions that Toril is, in fact, our earth anciently. Gary Gygax himself imagined himself being visited by Elminster and the two had conversations. You can listen to about specifically on the Dragon Talk Podcast "Matthew Mercer & Chris Perkins on Waterdeep" posted Oct. 9th, 2018. So wouldn't the solar system basically be the same as today only billions of years ago? I mean it doesn't matter which is why D&D is so cool but I thought I would share. Personally, in my games, I image Faerun as its own sphere and the majority of the Mulhorandi coming from our Egypt and thus our dimension/sphere.
@The_Petrichor 5 жыл бұрын
...so how does realm space coincide with the geometry of the far planes like Mt Celestia, Bytopia, The Nine Hells and the rest?
@user-vm9xz4kv9z 2 жыл бұрын
Worlds in the phlogiston share the same cosmology, Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance share the same outerplanes, though each has their own Feywild and Shadowfell echoes
@oscarsiri2763 3 жыл бұрын
VERY interesting. and maybe one day you can make a video of the Star System where Abeir ended up to be!
@misomiso8228 5 жыл бұрын
Love your videos Jordan.
@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks :D
@danielpiechowicz2898 5 жыл бұрын
I wanted spaceships in my campaign, now I know why.
@PenelopeStoneVT 4 жыл бұрын
I rolled 1 on my Will save against that horrible pun, and laughed at it Dx
@wesmaass4669 5 жыл бұрын
Love Spelljammer.
@drokangel 2 жыл бұрын
Now there’s a character called H’Catha Slim in Legends Of The Multiverse
@misomiso8228 2 жыл бұрын
0:01 If you're still looking for topics, maybe try the Spelljammer Adventures 'Under the Dark fist' and the 'Goblins Return' duology. They are the tow big campaign adventures for Spelljammer and both are noteworthy. I actually think Under the Dark Fist is much better, almost Star Wars like in it's scope, but Goblins Return has a lot of flavour because of the blood feud between the Elves and the Scro.
@mrl9418 5 жыл бұрын
I waited so long for the hay to make a comeback
@SergeantRAD 2 жыл бұрын
Spelljammers is coming out soon for 5e. I can't wait. I am new to D&D, but I prefer SCI FI vs Fantasy. Now I see there will be a marry of the two. This should be exciting. Again, tho' this video is 3 years old. Thank you for your info. well put together and not boring at all. Very informative leaving you with just enough info to understand without feeling too geeky about it.
@Jorphdan 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I'm excited for 5e Spelljammer too!
@vivianmendespaioli7740 5 жыл бұрын
As I still play 2nd Ed. I use Spelljammer a lot. Had great stories running on realmspace and always got my players imagination afire. Nice video.
@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын
Yay spell jammer!
@thiagodalbo2905 5 жыл бұрын
dude, I never knew abouth any of this. This is the wierdest thing I have ever seen abouth FR. I some what love it haha,
@iGuttsi 5 жыл бұрын
If this interested you, The Mighty Glue Stick (AJ Pickett)has many videos on spelljammer and this topic
@martinnoel1894 5 жыл бұрын
Seconded. Seems batshit crazy at times, but still interesting.
@waywardsage 4 жыл бұрын
I still have all my Spelljammer boxed sets!!
@Ausferius 5 жыл бұрын
The other planets are inhabited! Whaaaaa! (head explodes)
@Mentalist547 5 жыл бұрын
Jorphdan thank you for all your videos!!!
@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! :)
@Eldagusto 5 жыл бұрын
Neat. It would be cool to play in a game where the planet your on has a portal to the moon or another planet and it’s involved in each other’s history.
@NidhCthon 2 жыл бұрын
Great lore! Seems Crystal spheres are gone, but a lot else remains in 5th.
@genghisgalahad8465 5 жыл бұрын
Wow!!! My first reaction to a Jorphdan video unbeknownst to me until now! Celestial #ForgottenRealms #Realmspace
@natewasylik1576 5 жыл бұрын
Genghis Galahad new
@stephentaylor6726 3 жыл бұрын
'...well, I PLANET!!!' BOO!!!! You've shamed your self beyond repair...theres only one way out now...**slides a sword across the table** You know what to do...
@tylerbrown7687 5 жыл бұрын
SPELLJAMMER!!!!! MOAR!!!
@dndjunkie6702 4 жыл бұрын
Forgot about the tower around the last planet that is as big as a small moon. You showed a picture of it.
@tayloromodeo1997 2 жыл бұрын
Ian so sad I have almost finished this series…. Great channel buddy
@Jorphdan 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Should have a greyspace video out this week!
@davidberkowitz7411 5 жыл бұрын
Wizards need to update realm space and make Pluto a planet.
@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself 5 жыл бұрын
LOL! Fantasy astronomy, I love it.
@kurtweinstein8450 5 жыл бұрын
It's a dwarf planet. Guess it has a lot of dwarves.
@Digitalhdwmn 4 жыл бұрын
@@kurtweinstein8450 ice dwarves
@goatsuckervonsasquatch7756 5 жыл бұрын
This is great
@evantyler8647 5 жыл бұрын
You should cover some of these planets in more detail. And also the moon.
@dumbbass8867 5 жыл бұрын
Are the outer planes inside or outside of the crystal spheres? What about the far realm?
@aztec8874 4 жыл бұрын
As someone who always has to tell people how to pronounce my name, I feel you
@thomaslambert6007 3 жыл бұрын
keep having pun, please!
@leftistadvocate9718 4 жыл бұрын
not going to lie some of those worlds just sound like repeats of outer and inner planes
@IShotTheDeathstar 4 жыл бұрын
Nice vid, very informative! Although I have never heard someone butcher the pronunciation of Phlogiston so bad in my life. 🤣 thanks for the 😆!
@yourfavoritesteve 3 жыл бұрын
If your party wants to go to the sun without dying, just have them go at night. Duh...
@shotsfiredgaming6924 5 жыл бұрын
Sooooo not the final frontier?
@andrewspeigel 5 жыл бұрын
Nice video! Anyone have an idea about the length between full moons of Selune?
@mikee2362 5 жыл бұрын
30 days
@theologamer 3 жыл бұрын
I understand everything here, but I have 2 questions: What is the "prime material plane"? Is it the entire "physical" part of the realm space crystal sphere, excluding the elemental planes and the planes of the Gods? Or does it include those areas? and are the elemental planes, like Fire, a part of the specific crystal sphere?
@evantyler8647 5 жыл бұрын
It really pisses me off when they say things like "no one knows why the glifs are there, what they say, or what they do." Like, you better add lore to this later!
@gabrielrussell5531 5 жыл бұрын
No love for the tears of Selune or the Rock of Braal?
@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah I felt the video was getting long enough as it was. Maybe I'll cover those separately along with a further in-depth on the moon.
@doug9964 Жыл бұрын
I am really enjoying your videos. My brother and I have started playing a spelljammer adventure. Do you award experience points if PCs capture a ship or helm? If yes, how do you determine the value?
@dovakiin4257 5 жыл бұрын
Wheres my elder evil moon Atropus?
@Markini47 3 ай бұрын
I’m too high for this video. But good job!
@blshouse 5 жыл бұрын
Halflings don't have darkvision to lose...
@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын
You are... correct! Page 7 of the Realmspace spelljammer book says "They do not have the ability to see into the infrared like other halfling races." Perhaps earlier editions Halflings had darkvision.
@agsilverradio2225 5 жыл бұрын
So the sun is the plane of fire, Mucury is the plane of earth, Venus is the plane of air, Earth is the prime meterial plane, and Mars is the Plane of water. Glyph is the plane of Ooze.
@lucca6153 5 жыл бұрын
I want to put my werewolf on the moon
@williamsmith1741 4 жыл бұрын
Question: I've seen it on a couple maps and have been curious about it, but haven't found anything about it from Google searches. I see on some maps of Realmspace a crystal looking structure that's bigger than a crystal sphere (downward pointing multifaceted pyramid with other crystals on top). In the map I'm looking at right now, it's in the Vodoni Empire, between the spheres of Zalani, Vodonika, and Vodoni. I was wondering what that is and if it's the "Eye of the Gods" that was created by the Vodoni? Thanks
@SimonAshworthWood 3 жыл бұрын
Heavenly bodies? You mean like aasimar & solar bodies?
@dillonkeller4477 3 жыл бұрын
How thick is a crystal sphere? Could there be a settlement on the inside surface?
@legogandalf5453 5 жыл бұрын
Could an azer or an efreet live on the sun?
@RPGDMCA 5 жыл бұрын
Do Ravnica and Ebberon have their own spheres? Can you Spelljam to them?
@Hakaanu 5 жыл бұрын
William Oswin that was the original intent of AD&D Spelljammer, to connect all campaign settings.
@mikee2362 5 жыл бұрын
@@Hakaanu you can jam to most spheres. there are some that are closed to protect the individual sphere. like the DARK SUN Sphere.
@charlemagnetheFranks 5 жыл бұрын
And that is why we're going to Dark Sun with spelljammer :-)
@InquisitorThomas 5 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure Eberron lore expressly says that Eberron is uniquely and intentionally cut off from the rest of the D&D multiverse, hence why Gods are far less influential in the setting.
@eeeisme7946 5 жыл бұрын
Is the "Dragon Lance" realm, or if so how is it, connected to Faerun Solar System?
@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын
Yep! Krynnspace is connected via the Phlogiston to Realmspace via Greyspace. Here's a picture that kinda explains it. digitalmarble.com/realmspace/spelljammer/junction.gif
@eeeisme7946 5 жыл бұрын
@@Jorphdan so Greyspace is the tube/tunnels that connects each realm/planet together in the pics. Am i getting that right cause i get confused on everything outside or is it off of Toril. Could you tell me if there are any Forgotten Realms books dealing with the inhabitants on Toril's moon & if so what's the names of them? I mostly read Forgotten Realms novels, but I have read a few Dragon Lance novels, so i was confused on if they were connected or not. Thanks so much on all your help
@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын
@@eeeisme7946 No Greyspace is another crystalsphere like Realmspace. It's home to the greyhawk setting. The tubes are the Phlogiston ... highways (?) that connect the two spheres. Not sure on novels I'd have to dig around for that information. I mostly get my info from source books.
@eeeisme7946 5 жыл бұрын
@@Jorphdan Okay, now I'm getting it, sorry for being so confused on it. Now on those books, I can't even figure out what to put in to look up & find any books with a story envolving the adventures on Toril"s moon. I'm finding it very difficult so any help would be deeply appreciated, even if you're just able to point me in the right direction of any, would be very helpful. Thank you once again
@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063 2 жыл бұрын
I want to know more about salune
@johnnyscifi 3 жыл бұрын
Have they expanded the solar system of Abeir?
@Hero-yu4om 5 жыл бұрын
Thia was somewhat different, a welcome change i suppose
@InquisitorThomas 5 жыл бұрын
Doesn't Atropus also typically orbit around Glyph?
@Nickz666 5 жыл бұрын
Hell, I'm not to proud to admit that I laughed a bit at "Planet" I love puns.
@jaakkosippola7191 4 жыл бұрын
75 degrees and 40 degrees of what measurement? Celsius? Kelvin? Fahrenheit?
@Jorphdan 4 жыл бұрын
Good question! Fahrenheit
@elormandarken 5 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to if/ when they release spell jammer. I play neverwinter. In the next expansion mod16 which is set in undermountain they have found a spell jammer ship in one of the locations... Does this mean spell jammer is on the way??? As all things in neverwinter comes from wotc
@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын
I don't think spelljammer is on the way soon, but I do think WotC likes to sprinkler past items and lore into their adventures.
@georgelucas7125 5 жыл бұрын
What happened to Abeir?
@abacate4492 5 жыл бұрын
Does Ctulhu exist in Forgotten Realms?
@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын
There are elder gods but not Ctulhu specifically. Could be in your game though 😉
@karenlee3372 3 жыл бұрын
Do not give me any ideas.. right now the only thing I have is a campfire story of a handful of friends killing a dragon..
@frankhults827 Жыл бұрын
Lol. I plan- ER 😅
@robertwilson2516 5 жыл бұрын
Hey wait a minute you forgot about Atropus.
@braendyn 4 ай бұрын
so where is Krynn tho?
@gavinkoelsch5587 3 жыл бұрын
Is abeir also a planet or is it different
@Jorphdan 3 жыл бұрын
It is a planet but shifted away somewhere so not part of realmspace
@EmeraldTG 2 жыл бұрын
Wait where did Abeir go then?
@Jorphdan 2 жыл бұрын
No one really knows
@EmeraldTG 2 жыл бұрын
@@Jorphdan I'd like to think it's in the solar system with Toril. Maybe replace one planet or add it in somewhere.
@elf-lordsfriarofthemeadowl2039 5 жыл бұрын
so... basically what happens when you mix Fantasy with Science Fiction
@marcgregory3290 5 жыл бұрын
does anyone know if and/or when wizards is release this for 5e
@natewasylik1576 5 жыл бұрын
marc gregory This is 5e lore I believe. Just hard to come buy maybe
@Jorphdan 5 жыл бұрын
This isn't released for 5e yet, a lot of info I pulled from was from Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (2nd edition). But the lore often holds throughout editions unless an edition decides to change something. Since we have no information on Realmspace for 5e yet, the Spelljammer Book Realmspace is the best source.
@kurtweinstein8450 5 жыл бұрын
@@Jorphdan I think there is a spelljammer helm that can be found in the 5e Undermountain adventure.
@thesmilyguyguy9799 2 жыл бұрын
:-)
@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063 2 жыл бұрын
Sorry .. ( random thought) i just realized im stuck in my body. ( maybe im influenced by the video.)?
@battlepans1927 5 жыл бұрын
And like!
@natewasylik1576 5 жыл бұрын
Theoldfiend No one fucking cares
@battlepans1927 5 жыл бұрын
Nate Wasylik if you don’t care then why did you reply to it?
@battlepans1927 5 жыл бұрын
And first view!
@natewasylik1576 5 жыл бұрын
Theoldfiend No one gives a fuck
@battlepans1927 5 жыл бұрын
Apparently you do
@battlepans1927 5 жыл бұрын
First comment!
@natewasylik1576 5 жыл бұрын
Theoldfiend No one gives a shit
@battlepans1927 5 жыл бұрын
Why did you reply to this comment if you don’t give a shit?