Bellows were items in the Realms often used by wizards and craftsmen to increase the airflow to a furnace and produce more heat.[1]
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Better bellows mean hotter fires; hotter fires mean purer metals; purer metals mean greater strength; stronger weapons or armor may save a warrior's life.
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Description[]
Bellows were typically made from wood and calfskin with a brass nozzle.[1]
Availability[]
- Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue sold bellows for around 5–10 gold pieces depending upon their size.[1]
- Ember Me More, a specialty shop in Ravens Bluff, sold bellows.[3]
Usages[]
Besides their use in forges, sizeable bellows were used in pipe organs to push air through pipes, thereby producing sound.[4] And there existed a bellows-powered variant of shawms developed by Faerûnian gnomes.[5]
Notable Users[]
- Bellows were favored by wizards and craftsmen.[1]
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Appearances[]
Adventures
Dungeon #8, "The Flowers of Flame" • Ruins of Adventure • Dungeon #15, "The Glass House" • Dungeon #20, "The Ship of Night" • Dungeon #29, "Ex Libris" • Storm King's Thunder • Tomb of Annihilation
Novels & Short Stories
Film & Television
Video Games
Gallery[]
A male domovoi pressing down upon a bellows.
A bellows sits to the side as the smuggler Ferret Jones sneaks into a forge.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Jeff Grubb, Julia Martin, Steven E. Schend et al (1992). Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue. (TSR, Inc), pp. 40, 58. ISBN 0-5607-6327-2.
- ↑ Larian Studios (October 2020). Designed by Swen Vincke, et al. Baldur's Gate III. Larian Studios.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (October 1998). The City of Ravens Bluff. Edited by John D. Rateliff. (TSR, Inc.), p. 118. ISBN 0-7869-1195-6.
- ↑ David Noonan, John D. Rateliff (December 2001). Song and Silence. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 47–48. ISBN 0-7869-1857-8.
- ↑ Steve Kenson, et al. (November 2015). Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide. Edited by Kim Mohan. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 124. ISBN 978-0-7869-6580-9.