how does adoption work in the realms? i dont see an entry for it anywhere, heh. just walk in and take any child you want? or…?Adoption is administered by temples (and shrines, and traveling priests). They determine matches, give guidance to (&watch) adoptive parents

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 5, 2017

is an Eldritch Knight fighter magic enough to be a Cormyrean War Wizard?I've always imagined most war wizards were evokers or abjurers myself

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) September 3, 2017

Good Sir,
I’m going to be placing a chaotic dwarf on trial.Shift of political power, he lost.Any inside info on this process?ThxHeh. What is the jurisdiction trying the dwarf? Waterdeep? Cormyr? Sembia? Outside the Realms? (Matters. ;} )

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 11, 2017

NE of Neverwinter. It’s a clan he helped start, but he’s not the ‘ideal dwarf’ to some, and after a shift in power, the ruling tribunal is headed by someone who just doesn't like him and wants his name separated from the history.

— Adam (@TheOneXalted) September 11, 2017

Ah. This would be a gathering of clan elders, matriarchs and patriarchs, all voting: any matriarch's vote counts double vs. a patriarch. …

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 11, 2017

The head of the tribunal would state what they want to happen to the dwarf on trial, and the elders would debate and demand any evidence…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 11, 2017

Never knew dwarves were more of a matriarchal society. Very cool!
Would there be any universal law governing dwarf behavior? Not these days. Too many clans have had to do too many things just to survive. In GENERAL, dwarves cleave to their family over others, …

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 11, 2017

Thank you Sir for the responses and for taking the time to do so.
Any chance the NDA’s on the Deep Imaskari are lessening? Lol! Heh. No. ;} But maintain hope…one never knows. ;}

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 11, 2017

"good old days" (that weren't good, for the most part) see my DWARVES DEEP.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 11, 2017

Are Sapphiraktar & the Twisted Rune still active in the Realms? And Would they align with the Zhents?Heh. We dare not say. ;}
And they're not allies anyone sane would trust. But then, the Zhents aren't…ahem (fades back into the shadows)

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 11, 2017

Tabaxi Forge Cleric

What Deity does he worship?I'd go with Gond – invention ties in with tabaxi curiosity

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) August 9, 2017

Hey there Ed! Could you help me with understanding how Luiren is pronounced? Depends on where you're from in the Realms. "Loo-er-en" is Sword Coast AND in Luiren, "Lurr-en" is Vilhon Reach and eastern Inner Sea.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 22, 2017

A pleasure! Always ha[ppy to talk Realmslore!

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 22, 2017

Shocked that Lords Alliance have not set up a banking system yet. #DnD #ForgottenRealms Lore pic.twitter.com/mdfOdfiYLl

— Faerûn History (@FaerunHistory) August 8, 2017

They have. For large payments and transfers, done in the Faerunian version of IOUs (bank drafts) and far more rarely, gems or trade bars.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 9, 2017

Finance construction, but no paying with check at the potion shop? I guess thats what tabs are for?Notes-of-hand (IOUs) have been used at FR city shops since the early 1200s DR. Guilds and local merchants (who own property) can run tabs.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 9, 2017

I would assume the problem remains… Prhaps differently in regards to currency. Partic the exchange rate for local currency in/out of area.Folks, a banking system has little effect on varying values of currencies. Walk into your local real-world bank with foreign currency and…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 10, 2017

…try to "change" it into your local currency. Banks add fees or don't, follow a central (in the US, "federal") rate of exhange or don't.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 10, 2017

In the city I grew up in, I even get different rates of exchange for the same currency WITHIN the same bank branch, depending on how MUCH..

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 10, 2017

…banks doesn't iron out most "foreign currency valuations" differences. Try it the next time you go far aboard and come back with…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 10, 2017

…"strange" money, if you believe me not. Currency exchanges can be even wilder, depending on what currencies they're trying to unload…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 10, 2017

…or stock up on. There are folks in Canada, the US, the UK (and presumably many other countries, whom I don't happen to know personally)..

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 10, 2017

…who make a daily living off the differing values of currencies they sell and buy. I crafted things in the Realms to be like the real…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 10, 2017

…world in this regard.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 10, 2017

Because differences in currency are one more great "quiet" driver of Realms adventures/stories, at the gaming table and in fiction. :}

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 10, 2017

😏 and here in America it isnt uncommon to find a Canadian dime in your pocket 😏 they do look nearly identicle in a handful of coins 😏And vice versa, too. American coins are mixed in with Canadian, here in Canada, and have been all my life. Most Canadian banks, BTW, won't..

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 11, 2017

..deal in coins at all. I keep mine for paying road tolls Stateside. ;} Similarly, in the Realms, some moneylenders/changers won't deal in..

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 11, 2017

..particular things. Which is why gold coins (for their gold value), trade bars (for their metal value), and gems are more "universal."

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 11, 2017

Who would win in a fight, the Tarrasque or the Walking Statues of Waterdeep? It depends. ;} (If one at a time, and the terrain.) But in Waterdeep, with multiple statues and the harbor or sea right at hand for …

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 3, 2017

…drowning the beastie after it's been crushed and pinned under multiple statues, my money would be on the statues. Every time.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 3, 2017