The Gnomish Islands of Lantan

[BentonNimbletoes]

I've read what they have to say about them on the Forgotten Realms wiki, but does anyone know what source book it comes out of? By the way, why not give us gnomes guns

[Luna]

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[jmbrosendo]

Try this:



http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=fr/pg20011010x



And this:

http://www.warhead.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk ... Lantan.htm

[BentonNimbletoes]

Thanks jmbrosendo,

The first link was helpful, it seemed to pretty much be what the Forgotten Realms wiki said, but the second one was confusing. I've read an interview with Ed Greenwood where he talks a little about Lantan and their gnomish inventors, but all this article shows is Lantana humans for some reason. It seems to smack of house-rules, or lore a player group made up.

[Maecius]

This is the write-up on Lantan from the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (page 148):

Folk hear tales of Lantan, "where Gond is worshiped and magic shunned." Most know very little more beyond the hearsay that Lantan is a strange and dangerous place where clockwork machines and infernal devices work great wonders and terrors at their makers' direction. Common wizardry pales in comparison.

The humans of the island of Lantan pioneer technological solutions to problems that citizens of Faerûn solve with magic. The faith of Gond rules the pleasant island realm, and its inhabitants farm, craft things, and experiment endlessly. The Lantanese inventors constantly create new "small wonders" for the greater glory of Gond, and sometimes sell or trade these devices for glass, charcoal, and other odd ingredients their clients require.

Some Lantanese devices popular on mainland Faerûn include wagon suspensions and repairable sectioned wagon wheels; self-filling oil lamps that never go out as long as an oil tank is kept filled; various light-beam and tripwire intruder alarms; intricate hinges, chains, clockwork time-release devices, hasps, locks, and castings with special features (such as "stabbing pins" that can be poisoned to deter thieves, key-hiding cavities, catches that can ring chimes to announce the opening of a portal, and so on). The Lantanese have also created wind-driven fans, "snap-together" weapons, grapnels that can disassembled and concealed in clothing, and a variety of intricate needles and tools for sewing and surgical uses.