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.

  • RobotZap10000@feddit.nlEnglish
    4·
    4 months ago

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

  • Ahdok@ttrpg.network
    3·
    4 months 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.

  • Ahdok@ttrpg.network
    3·
    4 months ago

    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.networkOP
      1·
      4 months 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…