Talk:Elminster

message: It says Elminster is an alter ego of Ed Greenwood on the inside of the back cover for the paperback version of Elminster: The Making of a Mage. Here is the short passage displayed under the title "About the Author": Ed Greenwood created the FORGOTTEN REALMS® setting nearly forty years ago when he wanted a place to set the stories he was telling to his friends. Since then he's written a heaping pile of novels, short stories, articles, and roleplaying game product set in the lands of Faerûn. Among his most recent novels are Silverfall and Elminster in Hell for Wizards of the Coast, and The Kingless Land and The Vacant Throne for Tor Books. Ed lives in a book-crammed house in Ontario, Canada, but admits he is happiest when walking the shadow-lined streets of Waterdeep with his alter ego, Elminster, by his side. I hope that clarifies some things.  ⇒  JarlaxleArtemis 22:42, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alter ego of Greenwood 

message: I asked Ed if the last sentence of that blurb accurately reported any statement of his, and here is his reply:No, of course not. WotC authors are often asked to provide “sell copy” for book jackets, though it NEVER reaches print un-tinkered-with, but in the old TSR days, writers were rarely invited to do so. I had never seen that blurb until a copy of the book was brought to me for signing at a convention, and I certainly never wrote a word of it. No, I have never said Elminster is my “alter ego.” TSR has, many times; a practice that began in GenCon pre-registration blurb booklets, describing the seminars I did in costume, acting the part of Elminster - - ALSO a practice TSR asked me to begin and carry on. When they, many years later, asked me to leave the costume at home, I happily did so. Those robes are hot. :}
To reiterate: I have never, ever said that Elminster is my alter ego or wish fulfillment character, or thought that way for one minute. I will never use any Realms characters in that manner, because doing so would ruin the whole fun of creating the world and its characters, and watching what happens and how they evolve. Just as all of the gamers who have played various PC adventurers in my Realms sessions over the years are playing roles, not themselves.He's clarified as much on several occasions, such as the interview in Dragon #335. 'Elminster is Ed Greenwood's alter ego' is a hoary internet canard that has long ago been debunked and is without basis in the sources. Neither this misconception nor the supposition that it's widespread is verifiable per Wikipedia's criteria; it's misleading and inappropriate to perpetuate such misinformation, which is no more than gossip, on a page purporting to describe the character Elminster.
(As well, look at Wikipedia's own entry for 'alter ego': it doesn't remotely fit.)
If you'd like to discuss this matter with me, other Realms experts, or Ed himself, I invite you to the forums at candlekeep.com, where Ed posted the confirmation above.
Faraer 14:56, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re: Alter ego of Greenwood 

message: This honestly has any thing to do with Elminster ? Neither a novel nor a story but a fictional character. Does NovelsWikiProject seeks to include EVERY FR or DND character ??
:Hey, if they want to, it's their organizational nightmare. Never get between a fool and his folly, as my papa used to say. --Agamemnon2 18:19, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: What is this ??

message: Clearer information would be really helpful.
"Elminster Today
Elminster is currently secretly helping a small group of adventurers near Westgate at the Reddansyr Village, investigating the destiny of the clone of Manshoon, and unmasking the real leader of NightMasks of Westgate, the Night King known as "The Faceless" (the Manshoon clone, now know as Orbakh), three years after the Manshoon Wars in the year of 1373 DR.
He has also aided the protagonist of the Baldur's Gate RPG series and his/her companions, making occasional appearances in the game; both to check on their progress, and to impart wisdom in regards to their quest in the Bhaal crisis."
The pc games are set alongside the Avatar Series which one can assume is before the Shadow of the Avatar Series, which is in his past when he was dealing with Bhaal and blowing him to smithereens with the help of Ariel Manx who later became the new Mystra.
I know this because at the end of Baldurs Gate 2 (expansion) Throne of Bhaal- Cyric appears in the protagonists pocket realm in the last self challenge thingy saying he only just recovered from a bout of madness, also still trying to take over Bhaal's realm.. The bout of madness was only just ended with the Avatar Series 5th book.
While Elminster has shown up in the game, those two sentences right next to each other are misleading, as I mistook this at first to be what Elminster was doing present day.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucifer Manx (talk • contribs) 21:23, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This illustrates well why we're not supposed to use words like "current" or "recent" - they quickly become outdated. The video game-specific information should probably also be separated out, ala Drizzt Do'Urden#Other media. 67.175.176.178 (talk) 23:38, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Elminster Today" 

message: why would a caster select some levels in melee? and even then its only a few levels, his hp would not only be too low but he couldn't fight correctly.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.138.2.164 (talk) 13:42, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  class is correct or not