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Or any of the many, many elves who lived there for the entire time Netheril existed and wrote it down.

There are elven towns and villages all over the place. Hell, there were elves living in Netheril up until the fall in multiple towns/cities. You're vastly overestimating the amount of lost knowledge. Elves lose cities, but the knowledge is much harder for them to lose. You don't need a full...

It's not pure speculation. It's reasoning based on fact. It takes a rare book that they don't already have just to get inside the keep. That excludes 99.99% of the population from ever getting in, and that .01 might be an overestimation on how many get inside. Rare books that Candlekeep...

Low magic to me is how I described it. Three half-caster classes running around isn't low magic magic to me. :)

Yeah. They could use that or make another one. A non-magical Bard is also a possibility.

Isn't there a non-magical ranger in a UA? I thought there was.

The setting would use fighter and rogue, the non-magical versions only. I know there's a non-magical ranger out there. That one would be allowed. Magic could be a feat tree. Your 1st level Magic Initiate feat could give you one cantrip and one first level spell. At 4th level the next feat...

Not a chance. 99.99% of humans will never enter the keep to gain that knowledge. Any elf can just walk over to a historian down the block to get it.

So would all the elves who have even a passing interest in history. They'd go to elven teachers and learn about history, including the detailed information the Moon Elves have on Netheril. And no, it would not take an elven scholar to specialize in Netheril to have common historical knowledge...

@Zardnaar, I just pulled out my 2e Netheril stuff and the Eaerlanni Elves(Moon Elves) were a major force inside of Netheril up until the floating cities came to be. At that point they let go of their holdings, but it doesn't say that they left. They had major holdings all the way through the...

Why do you assume that elves are stupid and have no knowledge that they learn, like history? They are a very intelligent, old, and learned race. They don't grow up in ignorance and hope they run across stuff. They are taught by their elders. There would be elven historians that know things...

All of the settings use the default lore for elves unless they specifically say otherwise. Settings can change the default lore, but if they don't, the default stands. The Forgotten Realms lore for Sun Elves say that they recall and emphasize their history and strive for excellence(good note...

It is Forgotten Realms unless something in the Forgotten Realms elvish lore contradicts it. Have you seen anything that contradicts it? I haven't.

5 flying cities survived, not 2. The cities of Anauria, Asram, and Hlondath were high enough that when Mystra was born from the ashes of Mystral, she was able to slow their fall and they landed safely. All of their knowledge and population survived. Those cities did eventually fall, but it...

Mordenkainen's. Still part of the game as it has not been replaced by anything in 5.5e.