If you were recreating Volothamp in 5e what would you put him at for class, race, level?

March 22, 2024Zoltar Leave a comment

@Hayate_MasaruIf you were recreating Volothamp in 5e what would you put him at for Class, race, background, level? He's IN the 5e Realms! See Volo's Guide To Monsters, Dungeonology, and certain issues od Dragon Plus (mid-level wizard and low-level rogue)

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 15, 2017

@Hayate_MasaruPerfect, been looking around but was having trouble finding decent info on the subject. Thanks. A pleasure! 8th or 9th level wizard, 3 or 4th eogue…and a bunch of ODD (and I do mean odd) magic items. Including a healing ring.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 15, 2017

@Hayate_MasaruYour awesome! Thanks for the tips my group may love or hate me now lol. A pleasure! Remember, Volo has the darndest luck for staying alive. Through crazy pratfalls and insane coincidences. Mystra's on his side!

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 15, 2017

Do firearms such as muskets, blunderbusses exist in the Forgotten Realms?

March 21, 2024Zoltar Leave a comment

@TheEdVerse @Sernett @ChrisPerkinsDnD Do firearms such as muskets, blunderbusses etc. exist in the Forgotten Realms? Are they common? #dnd

— Joshua Parry (@jvcparry) April 22, 2017

Primitive firearms do exist in the Realms but are not common. #WOTCstaff https://t.co/1NgPD39T2n

— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) April 22, 2017

@jvcparry @Sernett @ChrisPerkinsDnD Yes; see my Firearms articles in DRAGON # 60 and 70. Gunpowder doesn't work (combust) in the Realms, only smokepowder. Firearms VERY rare.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 22, 2017

@jvcparry @Sernett @ChrisPerkinsDnD 1/3) Bombards use the ground to take their recoil and great weight. Most Realms ships can't handle cannon recoils (wheeled shipboard …

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 22, 2017

@jvcparry @Sernett @ChrisPerkinsDnD 2/3) . . . carriages not invented yet). Airships can get hurled backwards by cannonfire. So most warships use rams, side-shears (against oar

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 22, 2017

@jvcparry @Sernett @ChrisPerkinsDnD 3/4) …s and enemy hull), ballistae (volleys of javelins or heavy crossbow bolts) or mangonels hurling "firepots." Fireballs burn NOT sink

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 22, 2017

@jvcparry @Sernett @ChrisPerkinsDnD 4/4) . . . right away. Many ships carry sandbags, water cistern to quench deck fires. MOST pirates: crossbow volley, then storm and board.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 22, 2017

@jvcparry @Sernett @ChrisPerkinsDnD A pleasure! :}

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 22, 2017

@techjunkie30 @jvcparry @Sernett @ChrisPerkinsDnD What is the difference between gunpowder and smoke powder? And of course gunpowder won't ignite (work at all) in the Realms. Saltpeter (by itself) will burn, not explode. Smokepowder will.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 24, 2017

@jvcparry @techjunkie30 @Sernett @ChrisPerkinsDnDIs there a canon reason for this? 1/2) In-game: the Firelord (Kossuth) decreed it so; natural or creature-made attempts to combine ingredients into what we would call …

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 24, 2017

@jvcparry @techjunkie30 @Sernett @ChrisPerkinsDnD 2/3)…gunpowder are absorbed by him (no blast as he takes energy). Out-of-game: TSR execs decided "no firearms," Jeff Grubb later came up..

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 24, 2017

@jvcparry @techjunkie30 @Sernett @ChrisPerkinsDnD 3/3) with smokepowder for the giff in Spelljammer. The ingredients for which are completely different than gunpowder's.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 24, 2017

Are there any adamantine mines in the Sword Coast?

March 21, 2024Zoltar Leave a comment

@MalignantMind1are there any adamantine mines, specifically in the northern sword coast region? "Adamantite" is the ore; adamantine is the derived alloy (see Dwarves Deep); most mines are E; SCoast ones are N of Tulrun's Tent (orc land)

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 14, 2017

Ed’s Naval Battle

March 21, 2024Zoltar Leave a comment

@ChrisPerkinsDnD @jvcparry you could make a case on a crossbow an than place a flask with some explosive in it. Would work as a improvised rocketlauncher

— Sirion Bloodmoon (@SirionBloodmoon) April 22, 2017

@jvcparry @SirionBloodmoon @ChrisPerkinsDnDTake a look at what @TheEdVerse suggested with the mangonel! I imagine alchemist’s fire is involved somewhere… 1/2) Heh. Not needed. Because: you need sails up to move in a naval battle, and unless you have magic to prevent sails burning away, a . . .

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 23, 2017

@jvcparry @SirionBloodmoon @ChrisPerkinsDnD 2/2) . . . volley of oil pots into your sails can leave you adrift at sea, no matter how the fight turns out. So: close fast, and board.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 23, 2017

@jvcparry @SirionBloodmoon @ChrisPerkinsDnD P.S. DON'T ram, because if your ship is crippled in the fray, you may need to seize your foe's, and sail it away…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 23, 2017

Is there a language that apprentice Wizards need to learn in the Realms?

March 20, 2024Zoltar Leave a comment

@benpheloung Howdy Ed. Is there a language (like Latin/Ancient Greek) that apprentice Wizards need to learn in the Realms? Yes for illusionists (2nd Ed: "secret language" their spells are written in). Unless they have access to newer spell "translations."Most do.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 24, 2017

Are the Cloud Giants that appear in “Death Masks” the same as the ones that show up in Storm Kings Thunder?

March 20, 2024Zoltar Leave a comment

@MileyMan1066are the Cloud Giants that appear in “Death Masks” meant to be the same as the ones that show up in WotC’s Storm Kings Thunder? Some of them, yes. ;} Like the human race, giant races aren't monolithic; they react to change differently & form fiercely opposed factions

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 20, 2017

@MileyMan1066Truth. Wasjust curious if the 2 incidents of the castle over waterdeep were meant to be the same thing, just using different names. Thnks! Different forays. Death Masks is first diplomatic foray, to soften Laeral up/train her to not instantly view flying castles as an attack.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 20, 2017

@MileyMan1066Ahh OK, this is immensely helpful! Was agonizing of timeline stuff. This clears it right up, thank you so much! A pleasure!
Best way to think of DEATH MASKS: It hints at many future things, found in game adventures,but covers few of them directly.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 20, 2017

Where would you recommend adding a new continent to Forgotten Realms?

March 20, 2024Zoltar Leave a comment

@literallymagicWhere would you recommend adding a new continent (which has, in this particular campaign, always been there) to Abeir-Toril? Depends entirely on climate you want to adventure in, trade ties with Faerun you want to have. SW of Chult is easiest for low impact.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 5, 2017

Forgotten Realms: where one may find info on The Ghost Holds and King of Ghosts? 👻

March 19, 2024Zoltar Leave a comment

@ThatNerdSean @ChrisPerkinsDnDwondering where one may find info on The Ghost Holds and King of Ghosts? In Volo's Guide To The Dalelands and glimpsed in my IDW "Forgotten Realms" comics (see Battledale).

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 30, 2017

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If you were recreating Volothamp in 5e what would you put him at for class, race, level?

Do firearms such as muskets, blunderbusses exist in the Forgotten Realms?

Are there any adamantine mines in the Sword Coast?

Ed’s Naval Battle

Is there a language that apprentice Wizards need to learn in the Realms?

Are the Cloud Giants that appear in “Death Masks” the same as the ones that show up in Storm Kings Thunder?

Where would you recommend adding a new continent to Forgotten Realms?

Forgotten Realms: where one may find info on The Ghost Holds and King of Ghosts? 👻

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