It has just occurred to me, that it will take me a lifetime to read all you have written. Lichdom beckons I fear… Heading for 400 books now (incl. co-written, anthologies), several thousand magazine articles, several hundred short stories, and ? poems ;}
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 13, 2017
Yep Lichdom it is… prepare the phylactery… Plays, I forgot the plays…and radio scripts, and movie scripts, and library pamphlets, and… ;}
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 14, 2017
How do FR banks protect against teleport or scrying? Buy perm Mord Priv Sanctum?FR banks have lead-lined vaults: no teleporting in or out. There are other defenses, too, but they prefer to keep them secret.
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 7, 2017
Thanks! So lead works in 5e? (Couldn't find it in books)
— Kerry Jordan (@kandidkerry) August 7, 2017
The rule: Realmslore holds as canon until contradicted by more recently published canon works. So if ever 'tis said lead doesn't work…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 7, 2017
…in a canon work, then it doesn't. And means Mystra, for reasons unknown to mortals, altered the Weave (herself) so that teleport…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 7, 2017
…spells used by mortal spellcasters work differently than they did before. (Of course, many mortal spellcasters are experimenting with…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 7, 2017
…magic, all the time, altering spells and enchantments. Sometimes the gods don't like the results, or love them, and make tinkerings of…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 7, 2017
…their own. Which mortals (and we chroniclers of the Realms) may or may not discover the hard way. :}
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 7, 2017
In daily operations in the Realms, moneylenders/moneychangers usually deter thoughts of swindles and robberies by making sure "everyone"…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 7, 2017
…knows they have hired mages present and vigilant. Also, many moneylending/changing operations, especially rural, are temples. Angering…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 7, 2017
…clergy is seldom prudent, and monies lost mean the community as a whole suffers (isn't there to be used for work, like wells for clean…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 7, 2017
…water and irrigation, the temple-to-temple item and message delivery service (equivalent of Post Office), and so on. So "bank robbers"…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 7, 2017
..are seldom folks who value civilization, or see a personal future need for some of its rules and services. (In the Realms as elsewhere,…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 7, 2017
…there is an interconnectedness of all things. Which back when I went to school, was usually out to us as "consider the consequences." :}
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 7, 2017
Howdy Ed. Can you tell us anything about the Hobgoblin pantheon before most of their gods were deposed by Maglubyet?Hobgoblin clergy fiercely disagree about the past, and lay "hobs" don't know what to believe. There is talk of "Uraum the First" (first hob)
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 3, 2017
Is Foilsunder the Green Dragon that ruined Sir Isteval’s leg in Winterwood?Heh. I'm not sure Sir Isteval got the number of the dragon that hit him. ;}
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 12, 2017
could a human paladin of tempus, serve a an additinonal god if he was a cleric of Waukeen? Kinda like a war dog/profiteer?DMs can rule as they like, but if I'm in the saddle: NO. A paladin of one deity is dedicated to that deity, as is a cleric. 1/2
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 19, 2017
Lay worshippers believe in, and can venerate, all deities, but clergy and paladins are dedicated. There are alliances among deities, though.
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 19, 2017
Thank you Ed! Always appreciate and love the knowledge for my players, game, and world building. 😀 A pleasure! Think of it this way: a DEITY may command or "lend" a mortal to the causes of another deity, but to be a cleric or paladin, …
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 19, 2017
…the mortal must dedicate themselves to 1 deity. Due to alliances (e.g. Triad) they may wind up aiding clergy and/or paladins of othergods
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 19, 2017
I have a question. An old question. Where was elminster during Shars Shadowstorm and the decimation of ordulin?Busy! See THE HERALD, my Sundering novel. (Its events overlap those of Paul Kemp's superb THE GODBORN, wherein Ordulin "bought it").
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 12, 2017
@ChrisPerkinsDnD sorry to bug you about this, but you mentioned a while ago that Omen Draun was going to be in a D&d story. Know the Title?
— PickpocketJames (@PickpocketJames) July 11, 2017
Omin Dran makes a brief appearance as a Lord of Waterdeep in the novel DEATH MASKS, by Ed Greenwood. #WOTCstaff https://t.co/cffikIhvaD
— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) July 11, 2017
with the abundance of magical creatures(and magic for that matter) what sorts of cuisine does the sword coast specialize in?The Sword Coast specializes in fresh fish, for obvious reasons. Inland: still plentiful wild game, roasted with wild-growing herbs & berries
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 17, 2017
