Is there any canonical instances of time travel in the realms? I know a few sources dealing with Netheril, but think non-canon.No. :}

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 31, 2017

I see many ducks, but not two. Repeat, I see no paradox. Follow up question, were there canonical instances of time travel before someone time traveled? It IS before, and there are no canonical instances. There are just tales.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 16, 2017

There’s a 4e scenario of Baba Yaga’s Dancing Hut, where she has a soviet ww2 tank in one of the rooms. Published in one of the Dragon magz That's no proof of time travel, but rather of travel between worlds.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017

@ChrisPerkinsDnD How many Masked Lords of Waterdeep are there/can there be at one time?

— Dan Locke (@Foobadoo) June 14, 2016

It goes up and down. There are fewer now, thanks to recent events (see DEATH MASKS, the new novel by @TheEdVerse ). https://t.co/HbanI5OsGD

— (((Chris Perkins))) (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) June 14, 2016

@BittersTweet @ChrisPerkinsDnD @Foobadoo No. Existing Masked Lords must vote you in. Open Lord knows all identities and controls slate.1/2

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 15, 2016

@BittersTweet @ChrisPerkinsDnD @Foobadoo (Slate of candidates to possibly become Lords.) DEATH MASKS looks at violently creating vacancies.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 15, 2016

@BittersTweet @ChrisPerkinsDnD @Foobadoo Also, no Masked Lord would wear a "standard hood." They have special enchanted ones: illo in CoS hc

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 16, 2016

The full magnificence of the Richard Wright cover for DEATH MASKS, my latest Realms novel. Creepily beautiful! pic.twitter.com/3g1dfpBd1k

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 19, 2016

…do other lords claim their holdings? I’m unclear how the masked lords work. If there is one novel that explains best, point me please. #dnd Death Masks shows us most re. the Masked Lords. But what "holdings"? Behind their lordships, all (usually) have "secret identities." Or to..

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017

..put it another way, a real-world Representative (Congress) might use his or her position for personal gain, but the role is debate and…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017

…lawmaking, with every one of them having a private life before and after serving in office. The Masked Lords meet to decide policy and…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017

…pass laws (decrees), but any wealth, city property, etc. they personally possess is theirs, not tied to their offices. (The NOBLE …

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017

… "Lords of Waterdeep" are different than the Masked Lords, though a particular individual might be both a titled noble lord and a…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017

… Hidden/Masked Lord of Waterdeep. Some Masked Lords are paupers, or have lowly jobs and social status when not wearing their masks. …

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017

… The masks are to conceal their true identities so pressure can't be put on them to vote or speak this way or that, and Ahghairon, at…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017

… The masks are to conceal their true identities so pressure can't be put on them to vote or speak this way or that, and Ahghairon, at…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017

…least, intended the Lords to have representatives from all walks of life (genders, ages, races) to achieve wider experience/views and…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017

…therefore better governance. (Masked Lords don't have holdings attached to their lordships.) Hope this helps…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017

Thank you! It is helpful. Yes, I connected Lord with its usage as a holder of land in feudal settings. I will have a look at Death Masks.Because I am now curious as to how legislators would be chosen anonymously.

— Bruce Logan (@BruceKLogan) September 17, 2017

The Open Lord approaches candidates privately/secretly, after the existing Lords choose the shortlist in closed-door (private from the…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017

…rest of the city) debate. (In other words, it's like a closed-membership club, with blackballs, etc.) Just as there are laws established

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017

…in the real world for how officeholders get chosen in extraordinary circumstances (like all the Masked Lords being wiped out, for…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017

…example) Waterdeep has them, too: certain Guildmasters, notably the head of the Watchful Order, and Noble Lords, and the Open Lord AND…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017

…Lord Mage (Blackstaff) of the city, if they've survived, too, choose the snortlist to repopulate the Masked Lords. (It's never…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017

…happened.) By "noble Lords" here, I meant that the heads of 12 specific noble families have the duty to meet and choose. Accepting a…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017

…Lordship (Masked Lord) is always voluntary, but sometimes life applies intense pressure to accept or decline. :}

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017

P.S. "Snortlist" wasn't a typo. From the "home" (original) Realms campaign, that was my players' nickname for the secret roster of…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017

…folks to be approached, alluding to derisive snorts that would greet unpopular choices. The in-game term is "our Chosen" (to distinguish

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017

…from the "Chosen" mortal servants of various gods).

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017

@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