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deserk
Learned Scribe
Norway
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 Posted - 26 Jul 2022 : 18:36:44
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| Appreciate the work you do here, compiling Ed's answers from Twitter, questing gm. I wonder, any chance you could post some questions to Ed on behalf of other Candlekeepers? I've tried personally asking several lore questions to the sage himself on Twitter but it doesn't seem like they reach Ed's feed. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1143 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jul 2022 : 10:07:24
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On Thay vs the Underdark
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1551954763977265153
Jul 26, 2022
@Esapenpen
Yo @TheEdVerse if the entirety of thay invaded the underdark who would win?
@TheEdVerse
The watching, waiting scavengers.
Ahem.
The Underdark, of course.
Even a really, REALLY big ship is dwarfed and engulfed by the ocean. |
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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
11691 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jul 2022 : 13:44:19
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| can't believe that last one had to even be asked.... seems obvious. |
Alavairthae, may your skill prevail
Phillip aka Sleyvas |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
6643 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jul 2022 : 16:25:38
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Originally posted by sleyvas
can't believe that last one had to even be asked.... seems obvious.
Yes, definitely a  question.
-- George Krashos |
"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1143 Posts |
Posted - 01 Aug 2022 : 10:53:59
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On Amarune's Almanac: Biomes
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1553945349479358464
Aug 1, 2022
@vorpaldicepress
You can now buy Amarune's Almanac: Biomes of the Realms at #DMsGuild
This bundle includes all 8 volumes of Amarune's Almanac, over 400 pages of #realmslore, character options, monsters, and more
Created in part by @TheEdVerse himself along with an awesome creative team!
<https://twitter.com/vorpaldicepress/status/1553886088896331779/photo/1>
@TheEdVerse
This is useful to any DM using any campaign setting for any FRP: useful and harmful plants, beasties, and conditions likely to be encountered during overland travel.
And it was a lot of fun to work on! |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1143 Posts |
Posted - 02 Aug 2022 : 10:27:30
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On imprisoning evil spellcasters
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1554167844597809154
@NormanTel
Hi! I am wondering how evil spell users are imprisoned? Revel's End might be the answer, but what about the low-level, not-really-boss-enemy spell user? How does a small town/village deal with minor criminals? I haven't found anything on that issue.
@TheEdVerse
Coverage is slight because this almost always has to roleplayed out (unless it's history/backstory). If a community doesn't feel safe with a low-level evil spellcaster in their midst, they'll drive that person out of the community. Most living beings need to sleep and spellcasters need to study/concentrate to regain most spells and to experiment with new ones, so community harassment CAN drive such a person away (they're already foes). If the community doesn't want to do this personally, they may hire adventurers (such as the PCs) to do it. This is one reason why evil spellcasters often try to hide their true natures or seek seclusion (dwelling out of town, in a place they can trap or defend or equip with "pet" monsters).
In the "home" Realms campaign, such beings usually AREN'T imprisoned: they're sentenced to do a service (task) involving travel (often with a geas or more powerful cleric/local arms of a faith oversight to make sure they keep at it) that will keep them busy for a time AND give them some personal benefit (and likely some new personal foes/rivals) to further occupy their time. Lessening their inclination and time to harass the community in future.
Many sentences in the Realms are fines (if you can't pay, you may flee, so the community exiles you without formally doing so) or tasks (so the community gets a benefit rather than just an expense [incarceration]), as opposed to imprisonment. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1143 Posts |
Posted - 07 Aug 2022 : 02:54:33
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On the Spellplague affecting the multiverse
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1555958795813240835
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1555964317115236357
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1556307186309120001
Aug 7, 2022
@pauloalmeida074
Greetings again, Mr. @TheEdVerse
I hope you are well.
If the deities of the Forgotten Realms only have powers and influence inside Realmspace, how could Mystra's death and the Spellplague affect the entire Multiverse?
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@TheEdVerse
See all the connecting lines on the multiverse diagram? Everything's linked and affects everything else, like ripples (or a tsunami) in a pond.
The same way a power station or even a lone transformer blowing out can take down not just "its local section" but a big adjacent area.
@MageInTheBooth
I was under the assumption that the bigger deal for the multiverse was that Dweomerheart exploded. That's the part that feels more like a Planescape-level event, compared to the Spellplague itself.
Does that sound about right, or is there more to it?
@TheEdVerse
You have it right. In this case, that had the much wider effect. The analogy I like to use is a frame of billiard balls on a tilted table. Take away the frame, and a few balls will shift. Pull a "bottom" ball right out of the array: BIG SHIFT.
@MageInTheBooth
Based on the 4e talk yesterday, I'm wondering what you would name the Spellplague era from a planar PoV?
To folk of Toril, "Spellplague" is all they need, but for the folk in Sigil seeing gods die, Ethereal disappear, the Blood War halt, etc - what do they call it?
@TheEdVerse
Flippant response: Tuesday.
Serious response: a bad reordering, one of many they’ve seen, so they’d likely dub it something like “the Passing of the Ethereal” to distinguish it from other planar storms.
- Edited on 8/8/2022 to add new tweet |
Edited by - questing gm on 08 Aug 2022 10:24:55 |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1143 Posts |
Posted - 07 Aug 2022 : 02:56:49
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On weapons dealing extra damage to the unholy and unnatural
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1555967806935547906
Aug 7, 2022
@Minja2005
In Forgotten Realms are there swords that do extra damage to the unholy and the unnatural? Thanks. Love all of your books
@TheEdVerse
Yes. Sun blades, holy avengers, and many, many others. All magic swords in the core D&D rules can be found in the Realms. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1143 Posts |
Posted - 07 Aug 2022 : 03:05:55
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On emotionally weak and inexperienced Telamont
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1555978843646824448
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1556305532205531136
Aug 7, 2022
@Mannimark2
Ed....is it really fair to portray a 2000-year-old wizard as being so emotionally weak and inexperienced? When I imagine Telamont I can't help but feel like he'd be extremely mature and ground down by the weight of endless years. Especially if he's a 30th+ level wizard. =(
@TheEdVerse
Flippant response: How old are you? And you still think life is fair?
Serious response: One of the abiding themes I’ve been exploring in the Realms, for literally fifty-five years in my Realms fiction (yes, beginning before D&D existed), is the effects on sanity of longevity (grief upon grief of loved ones lost, the tragic and traumatizing experiences in a long, hard life, and outliving not just friends and acquaintances but entire realms) and of magic (having it flowing through you as you wield it, being hit by hostile magic, and having your own magical experiments go awry in your face). Not to mention “power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
What damage does all of that do?
What does it turn you into, and how do you cope? (The answer to that last one tells a writer or a DM a lot about how to run or portray a character.)
I’m not the only one to explore such themes, by any means. Paul Kemp’s SUPERB novels show us how many of the Thultanthans are affected as their lives unfold, and the writers and designers at Wizards showed us Modenkainen’s recent mental troubles (that Elminster nursed him back from).
In the case of Telamont, he is indeed mature and very capable and accomplished. He’s also ground down by all those years, to the point of being broken.
Very broken.
He copes by clinging to a front or public act of being in absolute control, of foreseeing things and planning and always being capably in charge. Yet this act is increasingly a hollow shell. Telamont can’t abandon it, because he sees Thultanthar as his; he is the city, and the city is him, and that’s what makes him important and essential. Without it, he’s nothing, and lost.
Yet it’s always an act, and he knows it, and occasionally it shows.
I wish I could be in the fairness business, I really do. But I’m in the trying to convince everyone that this fantasy is real, so it matters to us all business. Sorry.
@Bravesword
@TheEdVerse, I always imagined how a person should handle all the burden of an “eternal” life without losing some portion of its sanity. I consider that only some beings become used to live for such a long time, like dragons, elves and other races that have such longevity. That being said, what do you believe that a powerful wizard or entity that outlives his normal lifespan should do to keep its sanity? Figures like Larloch, Szass Tam and even good persons like the Shrinshee, Congenio Ioun and our Old Sage Elminster that lived over a millenia, how they should manage it and why only some of them are successfull in this task?
@TheEdVerse
I think those who remain (relatively) sane over very long lifespans do so by not only having hobbies they truly enjoy, that involve doing something physical (like cleaning up a stream’s flow or sculpting soft stones in the landscape into staring faces), but who also devote themselves to helping other beings in ongoing efforts or causes that they know will never been “finished” (the Srinshee guided the elves, El served Mystra as a Chosen, and so on). It’s this devotion and caring for others that helps get past the pain of losing specific other loved ones, the affirmation that although a kingdom may fall and get swept away, I personally can take a hand to build up another. Larloch delights in manipulating events everywhere “unseen,” Szass Tam tries over and over again with power schemes that he ties not just to his personal gain but the gain of Thay and what he’s trying to shape Thay into, and so on.
This would be why some self-centered dragons or even liches do whimsical things, sometimes aiding adventurers who attack them “for no good and obvious reason.”
- Edited on 8/8/2022 to add new tweet |
Edited by - questing gm on 08 Aug 2022 10:20:22 |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1143 Posts |
Posted - 07 Aug 2022 : 03:13:07
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On games the inhabitants of the Realms play
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1555987110338887680
Aug 7, 2022
@WorldIsSquare
Hey @TheEdVerse! The Witcher has Gwent, Final Fantasy has Tetra Master, but what game do the inhabitants of the Realms play?
Is there a card game? A dice game? Maybe even a type of boardgame?
@TheEdVerse
There are many, with a few covered in published Realmslore down the years (see Volo’s Guide to Cormyr) and a handy reference at: https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Games_(in-universe).
Also, see my 2020 Twitter replies of March 4, July 3, July 4, Sept 30, and Nov 26, my 2021 replies of Feb 7, 2021, Feb 27, 2021, and many, many other tweets. This gets asked a lot. ;}
If you read my 2016 novel DEATH MASKS, you’ll even see a scene in which folk are playing the Lords of Waterdeep boardgame. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1143 Posts |
Posted - 07 Aug 2022 : 12:23:23
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On bioluminescent plants in the Realms
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1556142269023019008
Aug 7, 2022
@AugustoCLock
Were there are bioluminescent plants in the Realms? Bonus points if fern-like, or associated with the Feywild
@TheEdVerse
Yes. See Amarune's Almanacs, as well as MANY other published Realmslore sources. Yes to fern-like, and yes to Feywild. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1143 Posts |
Posted - 13 Aug 2022 : 06:14:45
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On Ed's recommended 5E supplements
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1558187046807691265
Aug 13, 2022
@Cole_Laws
I've recently purchased your book, "Thay - Land of the Red Wizards". I love everything that has to do with worldbuilding and anything that supplements 5e to make the Forgotten Realms richer for my party. Any other notable 5e supplements that you would recommend? <3
@TheEdVerse
Sure!
The Border Kingdoms (2018), Elminster's Candlekeep Companion (2020), Darkhold: Secrets of the Zhentarim (2020), Rashemen Campaign Guide (2021), and the Amarune's Almanac series (all DM's Guild and I had a hand in all of them). Enjoy! |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1143 Posts |
Posted - 15 Aug 2022 : 11:05:32
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On popular condiments in the Yawning Portal
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1559000877930799104
Aug 15, 2022
@ericremyjordan
I’m wonder @TheEdVerse what condiments were popular in the Yawning Portal with quipper and chips? Shadowdark ale is a perfect complement, but not really a condiment #129315;
@TheEdVerse
Three condiments are most popular: Seaturtle gravy (brown, thick, is pretty close to beef gravy); Hundur sauce (tamarind and clam sauce, is medium-hot sour-sweet); and Secomber sour vinegar (made from unripe sour dry white grapes grown in halfling vineyards northwest of Secomber).
Some folk also like to garnish with lemon (flesh only, sliced into “shards”) or "blood sauce" from Calimshan (very mild tomato-based chili sauce, like unsweetened thick ketchup). |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1143 Posts |
Posted - 24 Aug 2022 : 12:58:14
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On "Eater of Dwarves” (or something similar) in the Dwarven tongue
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1562239625372000256
Aug 24, 2022
@VernieriElias
@TheEdVerse a very specific question:
How would on say “Eater of Dwarves” (or something similar) in the Dwarven tongue in Faerun?
@TheEdVerse
Eater of Dwarves = Arg-Ahrraem
From arg: devour, eat (implies completely consume, finish) + ahrraem: the term used by the dwarves to mean themselves as a race |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1143 Posts |
Posted - 27 Aug 2022 : 03:43:35
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On broadsheets in Neverwinter
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1563190498864402432
Aug 26, 2022
@BaronCelric
Are broadsheets only available in large cities, or do they make their way into the surrounding countryside?
What are the broadsheets called in Neverwinter? I'd like to introduce gossip/background info in an adventure like Lost Mines of Phandelver in them.
@TheEdVerse
Via merchants and small peddlers, they make their ways everywhere, but can take months to travel across the Heartlands.
Neverwinter has: Neverwinter Nights (scandal, gossip, high society, ads for clubs and eateries and feasts); The Word (daily news and rumors), The Quill of Amandros (recent competitor to the Word, far less respectful of powerful citizens and civic government); Lahrassa's Laugh (poems, short fiction, gossip; infamous for vicious satires of prominent locals, done in the style of bad chapbook fiction). |
Edited by - questing gm on 27 Aug 2022 03:44:38 |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1143 Posts |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1143 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2022 : 11:15:48
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On worg worshipping gods
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1563892202958364672
Aug 28, 2022
@lsalgado97
@TheEdVerse do worgs in Faerun worship any gods? Being intelligent as they are and having their own speech, I believe religion would be a thing, albeit not as organized as humanoids'. Would they worship the same god as their goblinoid masters, or do their own thing?
@TheEdVerse
They worship Malar, as "The Great One," who rewards them when they pass by accepting them into the Great Hunt that never ends; bloodlust time, when they can savage former masters along with all other juicy prey. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1143 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2022 : 11:19:33
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On paladins running out of spells
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1564034833164439552
Aug 29, 2022
@andy1973
One thing that strikes me...is that a paladin is a servitor of a deity...so how can said paladin run out of spells?
@TheEdVerse
In the Realms, even deities can run out of spells if Mystra or Ao throttle their access.
And paladins are mortal servants of deities, not pass-through conduits for the god's unfettered divine power. (If they were, their mortal frames would be destroyed.) |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1143 Posts |
Posted - 30 Aug 2022 : 10:23:34
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On Corrant
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1564268620565430277
Aug 29, 2022
@XolahProphet
The ruined city of Corrant, about a Km across. A well-planned balance of aquatic stone ruins to overgrown wide tracts of water marsh. A temple was at the center of the ruin. Now back above ground for 100 years in a wet, Naga filled area. Do you have a map, Sir?
@TheEdVerse
I’m afraid not. Developing Corrant was an in-house staff project; the only draft map I saw was a very rough sketch, and I don’t have a copy. It would be covered under my NDA, anyway.
Corrant and other Cities of the Sword look rather like many North American college campuses: grand buildings seemingly built at random, rather than with any sort of urban planning (grid streets, or grand straight avenues, separating areas of like-use structures). Hodgepodges, in other words.
It’s important to remember that temples in Jhaamdath were like lounges/clubs, because for many in the urban part of the psiocracy (as opposed to farmers), faiths were a “hobby diversion” (like being the fan of a modern real-world football club) pursued for entertainment/a personal edge (like being part of a betting pool), NOT exalted. So temples wouldn’t be at a center site of any importance, unless they took over a building erected for another purpose.
Auppenser was the exception, but devout worship of him was personal mental development, pursued through private meditation, NOT in “great holy rites” in a big building. Faithful were encouraged to find their ideal “private place” to “be one with the god,” and it was often a corner of a garden, or even in a closet. If you wanted guidance, you met with a psiarch. Usually in his or her topiary-filled personal back garden, where they had constructed THEIR ideal private place. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1143 Posts |
Posted - 30 Aug 2022 : 10:31:57
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On Telpir as of 1357 DR
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1564273994685157377
@rwgs76
Dear Mr. @TheEdVerse , as of 1357 DR, is Telpir an independent city-state or part of Turmish? If the former, what kind of government does it have? What title does its monarch / ruler receive? Thanks in advance.
@TheEdVerse
Telpir is (and was, in 1357) a “friendly ally” of Turmish, with a firm trading pact that included “port haven” rights (damaged ship of either can enter the “approach waters” of the other’s harbor, fly the distress flag, and are entitled to a speedy tow and repair, not having to negotiate for such services). At times, the citizenry of Telpir was dominated by folk from Turmish. However, it was never “part” of Turmish. Its border with Turmish was within sight of Telpir’s city walls (which formed a semicircle around the landward edges of the city, not extending along its shore), a low drystone wall marked by rickety wooden lookout towers that had a history of falling down during fierce storms.
Telpir had a voting advisory council of nine elected by in-city landowners (every four summers), the Archave, who made overall policy decisions and conveyed them to a ruling Lord of Telpir, who was responsible for policing and sanitation and law courts, and other “daily operational” matters. Some Lords “creatively interpreted” the policy directives sent by the Council, and others acted more as a spokesperson/figurehead. Most of the time, the head of the Tower of the Morning (Telpiran temple of Lathander) had as much influence with the Lord as the Archave did. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1143 Posts |
Posted - 05 Sep 2022 : 10:23:00
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On trade between Hlondeth and the Naga/Serpent folk in the Sespech region
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1566632438696185856
Sep 5, 2022
@XolahProphet
I have a suspicion there's some sort of trade between Hlondeth and the Naga/Serpent folk south, in the Sespech region.
I was wondering if that thought holds water.
Also, could any Sarrukh still be alive in that area?
@TheEdVerse
Heh. Your suspicion is very correct. From the south: wine, scents, herbs, spices, and poisons. From the north: textiles (used mainly for awnings), mosaic tiles, and aloe-based ointments.
Sarrukh: I've never see any, but it's possible. They're GOOD at staying hidden. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1143 Posts |
Posted - 11 Sep 2022 : 02:59:09
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On dwarf solemn oaths
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1568670356046598147
Sep 11, 2022
@Greysil_Tassyr
Friend Ed, this will hopefully be a quick and easy question... When a dwarf wants to swear an oath (of the solemn vow variety), what would they swear by? Their axe? Their father's beard? Moradin? Something else?
@TheEdVerse
Popular solemn dwarf oaths:
By the beards of my ancestors
On the grave of my grandsire/grandmare/father/mother
By the gods who blessed my birth
By the honor of the [[my clan]] |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1143 Posts |
Posted - 24 Sep 2022 : 02:50:06
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On city serfs
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1573098101476589568
Sep 23, 2022
@damondion45
@TheEdVerse does any FR novel show an example of a city equivalent of serfs? I would like my Waterdhavian noble to be responsible/protective for more then the household servants Could they be more then employees? Tenants, archery and sword teachers, smiths
@TheEdVerse
Not that I know of. I avoided historical serfdom in the Realms. However, quite a few nobles have a few "swordsworn" or "bloodsworn" loyal retainers that they enter into personal oaths with, as well as "just" paid servants and tenants.
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1143 Posts |
Posted - 24 Sep 2022 : 03:07:19
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On black dragon names
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1573100399405715457
Sep 23, 2022
@webjr1981
Can you help me name a Young Black Dragon? It has several Shambling Mounds as servants and lives in a swamp.
@TheEdVerse
Sure!
Take your pick: Aerammarglas, Glazalarlam, Imrylgloth, Ralaglaud, Voarulglammandar. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1143 Posts |
Posted - 24 Sep 2022 : 07:03:25
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On Ilamatari clerics self flagellating
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1573498429891821587
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1573501286758105095
Sep 24, 2022
@icequeenerika
To @TheEdVerse how important is seeking out suffering and pain as religious or holy ritual for the faithful of Ilmater? Prayers from the Faithful mentions a “First Suffering” and subsequent rituals done by the martyr Althea the Abased to the point where she has to walk with two canes. Are all of Ilmater’s rituals like this? Would it be possible for a priest of Ilmater to focus on healing and carrying the pain of the indigent and oppressed and NEVER undergo rituals of receiving pain from themselves or others? Is there possibly a difference in beliefs between worshipers who do perform self-flagellation and the like and others who do not but accept pain and suffering to aid others? Thanks in advance for any thoughts on the subject.
@TheEdVerse
Most Ilmatari clergy who advance in the regard of the deity accept pain and suffering to aid others rather than self-inflicting.
Self-inflicting is usually done only as self-punishment for transgressions from tasks set for Ilmatari by superiors.
@icequeenerika
Great, thanks Ed!
@TheEdVerse
My pleasure.
In the original Realms campaign, the only Ilmatari cleric who sought out harm for himself was driven to do so by dream-visions that he believed were sent by the god as guidance.
Most Ilmatari thought self-harm was "cheap show" rather than real devotion.
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1143 Posts |
Posted - 24 Sep 2022 : 07:06:10
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Powerful magic in Cormyr
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1573499714451947522
Sep 24, 2022
@Greysil_Tassyr
Friend Ed, I find myself pondering Cormyr. A lot of very powerful types have been drawn there, over the millennia, and there's a heck of a lot of magic in its history. Is the Forest Kingdom home to something akin to the Athora?
And if so, do the rulers of the land have some connection to this thing?
@TheEdVerse
Yes, and yes, and NDA.
Which doesn't prevent me from reminding you of the Crystal Grot, and the vestige of Mystra, and the magic left behind with the Lords Who Sleep. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1143 Posts |
Posted - 26 Sep 2022 : 10:33:50
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On Illithid knowledge of the going ons on Toril
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1574052252104675328
Sep 25, 2022
@frank_oni_oni
Greetings sir.
"There is nothing on Toril they do not already know-" Kimmuriel
Would you agree that the illithids have the most total knowledge of the going ons on Toril?
@TheEdVerse
No. Illithids guard information jealously, not sharing outside of a community and seeking to tie personal status within a community to being "in the know," so they don't easily, widely, or swiftly share. This hampers their world-views in a heavy and ongoing manner. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1143 Posts |
Posted - 26 Sep 2022 : 10:41:55
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On dwarven heat sources for furnaces and forges
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1574059270886359044
Sep 25, 2022
@GHWorldsmith
@TheEdVerse how do Realms’ dwarves heat their furnaces and forges? I know one site (Sundbarr) has lava, another a trapped elemental. Do all dwarfholds have a unique or supernatural source? Seems if it was wood they’d cut so much there’d be eternal war ‘tween dwarves and druids?
@TheEdVerse
Almost all subterranean dwarven (and gnome) forges use "open" lava flows or the heat of nearby magma flows for their heat; dwarves are both efficient and see this as working with nature/the will of the gods. So, nothing "unique."
Dwarves prize "forgestones," rare enchanted items: very hard, durable (not brittle) stones, such as rock crystal, bearing permanent magics so they heat up and cool down on command, without themselves being harmed (so they can "power" a forge without need for fuel).
@GHWorldsmith
Thanks! I didn’t realize there was so much volcanic activity across the landscape.
@TheEdVerse
With dwarven plumbing to carry/pump heated water and so transfer heat over distances, the magma that's EVERYWHERE down deep enough can be brought upwards to the shallower Upperdark in select places. Dwarf communities develop around the rarer natural upvents. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 26 Sep 2022 : 10:48:42
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On beasts that exist for a moon druids wildshape
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1574060828730351616
Sep 25, 2022
@XolahProphet
I've hit a snag, an oversight! The lot is lost and missing, right! I need to know of beasts that exist for a moon druids wildshape, CR 6. Ones they've seen, common and rare and don't say mammoth or dinosaur.
Where to look, there's no Sespech book.
@TheEdVerse
A druid can wildshape any creature they've observed enough in the wild to understand its life particulars (so they're going to choose something climate-appropriate). Some popular choices: badger, bear, boar, capybara, python, stag, tapir, wildcat, wolverine. |
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