I am looking for an article. I read it a while ago, but have lost it before I could save the url. I don't think it was on DnD Beyond, but perhaps someone here has read it and remembers where it was. I realise that it's a long shot...
I am pretty sure it was all about the individual components that make up a standard-issue longsword in the Forgotten Realms. So the writer took the leather grip, and looked into where that leather came from, and how it was traded through to those that eventually put it on the weapon. They would look at the steel for the blade etc etc. I think it was called a weapon map, but searching for that is misleading to a search engine. It was a great way of thinking about the industries of a region, and how geography comes into play with trade routes. A useful world building tool.
By the way, I am looking to find the article again not to find out what makes up a longsword, but to re-visit the concept of fleshing out a region through this method.
Any ideas?
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Hey all!
I am looking for an article. I read it a while ago, but have lost it before I could save the url. I don't think it was on DnD Beyond, but perhaps someone here has read it and remembers where it was. I realise that it's a long shot...
I am pretty sure it was all about the individual components that make up a standard-issue longsword in the Forgotten Realms. So the writer took the leather grip, and looked into where that leather came from, and how it was traded through to those that eventually put it on the weapon. They would look at the steel for the blade etc etc. I think it was called a weapon map, but searching for that is misleading to a search engine. It was a great way of thinking about the industries of a region, and how geography comes into play with trade routes. A useful world building tool.
By the way, I am looking to find the article again not to find out what makes up a longsword, but to re-visit the concept of fleshing out a region through this method.
Any ideas?