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| description = '''Volo's Complete Guide to the Behaviour of Nymphs''' is a common [[Books|Book]]. It contains an exchange between the wizard Elminster and [[Volo|Volothamp Geddarm]] on the ''detailed research'' conducted by Volo himself. <!-- This is the first text that will appear on the page. Briefly describe what the item is and what makes it noteworthy. --> | |||
| description = '''Volo's Complete Guide to the Behaviour of Nymphs''' contains an exchange between the wizard | |||
| quote = The heavily edited draft of a book that examines the activities of nymphs in GREAT detail. | | quote = The heavily edited draft of a book that examines the activities of nymphs in GREAT detail. | ||
| book text = [The book is handwritten in a swinging scrawl. The red ink of an eager editor slashes through most of its contents. Two inscriptions, each in a different hand, are scribbled inside the cover:] | | book text = [The book is handwritten in a swinging scrawl. The red ink of an eager editor slashes through most of its contents. Two inscriptions, each in a different hand, are scribbled inside the cover:] | ||
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Absolutely not. | Absolutely not. | ||
E | E | ||
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Dearest Elminster, | Dearest Elminster, | ||
While you may lack imagination, nymphs, I assure you, do not. Nor does the public that eagerly awaits this work. I will refrain from publishing this piece for now, but only that I may conduct a more extensive bout of research. | While you may lack imagination, nymphs, I assure you, do not. Nor does the public that eagerly awaits this work. I will refrain from publishing this piece for now, but only that I may conduct a more extensive bout of research. | ||
Your friend these many years, | Your friend these many years, | ||
Volothamp Geddarm | Volothamp Geddarm | ||
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* | * Found at the [[Emerald Grove]], near Volo. {{coords|186|545}} | ||
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== Trivia == | |||
* This book also appeared in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neverwinter_Nights_2:_Storm_of_Zehir Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir], set in the Forgotten Realms as well, around 100 years before [[Baldur's Gate 3]]. | |||
* Ed Greenwood, creator of the Forgotten Realms, mentioned in a [https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1235719179539484678F tweet] that Volo never got to publish the book on his own. He ended up publishing it as ''Nymphs In Need (Of My Embraces)'' under the pseudonym ''Valhalaeria the Vaunted''. | * Ed Greenwood, creator of the Forgotten Realms, mentioned in a [https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1235719179539484678F tweet] that Volo never got to publish the book on his own. He ended up publishing it as ''Nymphs In Need (Of My Embraces)'' under the pseudonym ''Valhalaeria the Vaunted''. | ||