A little late, but happy new year all! I can't really put together a cool box of boxes of last years work, as it is all still underwraps, but did you know the abominable yeti is size HUGE! #dnd #dnd5e #themoremonsteryouknow pic.twitter.com/ddUHnMXQqQ
— Shawn G. Wood (@thesgw) January 4, 2019
Thinking about writing a Adventurers League CCC adventure?
Thinking about writing a @DnD_AdvLeague CCC adventure? Make sure you contact Resource@dndadventurersleague.org and get the latest version of the CCC Creator's Pack. It is updated frequently and you want to be sure you have the latest rules!
— Greg Marks (@Skerrit7h3green) January 11, 2019
Common @DnD_AdvLeague CCC writer mistake: creating story awards with new rules. We don't want players having to track a bunch of new rules, so CCC SAs can't have any mechanical effects. If they are needed for a future adventure, put the rule in that adv where the DM needs it.
— Greg Marks (@Skerrit7h3green) January 10, 2019
Writing a @DnD_AdvLeague CCC adventure? Remember, they need to be in the Moonsea region. pic.twitter.com/rKgS2ZbS0c
— Greg Marks (@Skerrit7h3green) January 13, 2019
Related to this, when creating CCC for Moonsea, can locations and other information be used/referred to from prior editions that might be set in the area? (Respecting all copyright issues clearly). If I understand correctly, you are asking if you can use old reference material or use locations/people from previous editions? Absolutely.
— Greg Marks (@Skerrit7h3green) January 13, 2019
Frequently @DnD_AdvLeague CCC creators ask for exceptions to format/deadlines so they can "really show off their creativity" & get noticed. Lots of authors can be creative. You know what most can't do, follow the format and meet a deadline. You want to stand out? Try that first.
— Greg Marks (@Skerrit7h3green) January 16, 2019
Most? The # of CCCs accepted on time on the 1st pass & needing 0 changes is actually 0. The # that hit every deadline is <25%. We had been understanding in the past, but given the # of CCCs now we are installing more automation. The computer will not "give you a pass" when you are late
— Greg Marks (@Skerrit7h3green) January 16, 2019
More like “don’t you know that meeting deadlines and following templates are an important part of getting noticed? No? That’s wack.” We notice people all the time for reasons good & bad. 1 I find most confusing is someone who is especially difficult/rude interacting w/others in person & on social media, who then asks why they are not chosen for writing projects which by their nature require group interaction.
— Greg Marks (@Skerrit7h3green) January 16, 2019
From an outsider’s perspective, this is a smart way to do it, imo. The rules are there to make sure y’all have time to do what you need to do. Whenever someone asks you to bend the rules, it means you have to rearrange your own workflow to accommodate it, which is unfair to you. And unfair to others, since it means other shows work/attention needs to be bumped to accommodate the change.
— Greg Marks (@Skerrit7h3green) January 16, 2019
Your event producing a @DnD_AdvLeague CCC? Deadlines with the admins are firm, but its likely your authors/editors will let you down by a few days. Remember to pad their deadlines to give you time to complete the project. "My author was late" is not likely to get you more time
— Greg Marks (@Skerrit7h3green) January 17, 2019
Truth! I set the deadline for my CCC authors a month ahead of the Admin deadline. Out of 5 authors, 1 backed out before the deadline, 1 after, 2 were late, and only 1 made it on time. I had to write the other 2 myself, but I got them to the Admins on time. RESPECT THE DEADLINE! Someone turned it in on time? Who is this unicorn?
— Greg Marks (@Skerrit7h3green) January 17, 2019
Interested in writing a @DnD_AdvLeague CCC? In order to do so you need an event to sponsor your adventure. They need to get approved w/Community to host it. Then you submit a concept/outline to Resource to est. deadlines, and from there you work with Content to approve drafts.
— Greg Marks (@Skerrit7h3green) January 18, 2019
What’s the current status of the 7 Sisters & Elminster?
@TheEdVerse Working on an FR adventure about dealing with things left by the Simbul after her death. What's the current status of the other 7 Sisters & Elminster? After the Spellplague & the Sundering, did the coastline of Veltalar ever return to it's original level? #RealmsLore
— iJoshua, Taint of Konshu (@JoshuaNeverJosh) February 7, 2019
1) I’m always tempted to answer queries like this with: single, of course, but careful; you’re competing with Mystra!
SPOILERS, EVERYONE!!!!
But seriously: Laeral is Open Lord of Waterdeep and Elminster head of her City Watch (see DEATH MASKS). 2) Dove, Sylune, Qilue, and The Simbul are all “dead” but are now Voices In The Weave (see SPELLSTORM, THE HERALD and earlier Realmslore), and the current doings of Storm and Alustriel are NDA (so, warning, they WILL be…#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 7, 2019
3) …revealed, in time; see also SPELLSTORM and my tales of Mirt).
And yes, the shoreline of the Sea of Fallen Stars in the region of Veltalar/Velprintalar has returned to close to its former location. 4) “Old Velprintalar” has been slower to come back from half-ruined slum status, so it’s still a haven for monsters, outlaws, and fugitives from justice.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 7, 2019
Thanks. I’ll definitely check those books out. The adventure revolves around a cult who wants to deify the Simbul and Red Wizards competing to gobble up the Magic’s she left behind, w/ players caught in the middle, so Elminster & surviving Sisters getting involved seems logical. That is a GREAT adventure idea. Thumbs up!
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 8, 2019
If I was rewriting the Plane Shift Innistrad Inquisitor background to fit Forgotten Realms
and @ProJared for respective reasons, if I was rewriting the plane shift innistrad Inquisitor background to fit forgotten realms or just make it more generalized what/where/who would I use to replace: Saint Raban, Avacyn, and Thraben Or for the info in the background so when players look at they're not thrown off by MTG plane shift places and people, we generally Homebrew world's but I like staying in the forgotten realms so was curious what we could change to make fit either FR or overall generalized
— Drew Malland (@Aion1725) January 13, 2019
If I were writing it for a generic setting, I’d say “the writings of my faith,” “the laws of the church,” and “the central cathedral/temple of the church,” or something like that. That gives player and DM freedom to match it with any appropriate faith. #wotcstaff
— James Wyatt (@aquelajames) January 13, 2019
“There were seven kings, and they each had seven sons, and so—”
1)
“There were seven kings, and they each had seven sons, and so—”
“Yes, yes, I’ve HEARD the tale. The entire WORLD has heard the tale. The thing is, all those kings AND their princes are dead, yes? After all these years?”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 7, 2018
2)
“Oh? And you know this to be true HOW, precisely?”
“Well, it’s been two centuries now! Stands to reason…”
“Ho-ho-HOLD hard, there! You’re applying REASON to a prophecy? What’re you drinking? Because I want some!”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 7, 2018
Ravnica was “the Coruscant of D&D” but I always thought Sigil was Coruscant?
Question 4 @Gregtito ! Need clarification from both @JeremyECrawford and @ChrisPerkinsDnD at #PAXSouth #Ravnica was "the Coruscant of D&D" but I ALWAYS thought Sigil was Coruscant? so far all 5E Cosmology has been "inclusive" of old #DnD , this seems like the first "update"? pic.twitter.com/EVV0t4OXkk
— @schwarm (@schwarm) January 29, 2019
Wait. When did Sigil get world sized? The Donut is certainly big, yet I only got a big city vibe. Not this is a Ring World size. Could probably walk the circumfrence in a day or so.
— Trevor Bailey (@TJBailey1978) January 29, 2019
In fantasy, a world isn't necessarily a planet. A world doesn't have a minimum or a maximum size, and a magic-driven world might follow few of Earth's physical laws.
A fantasy world is the size it needs to be, perhaps as tiny as the Little Prince's wee realm. #DnD https://t.co/SpPZTjNaJc
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) January 29, 2019
I'm a little confused about how Sigil fits in with the current cosmology. Is it back to being the fulcrum for the Great Wheel? Also, how is it a 'world'? I thought it was a sub-region at the centre of the Outlands plane? Or was that also messed up with the Spellplague?
— Dungeon Master's Workshop (@DMsWorkshop) January 30, 2019
Curious about the D&D cosmos and how Sigil fits into it? Ch. 2 of the "Dungeon Master's Guide" details the multiverse and describes Sigil's enduring place at its center, where it's a ring-shaped island in the sky of the Outlands and the autonomous domain of the Lady of Pain. #DnD https://t.co/wkyB65WgCn
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) January 30, 2019
Ravnica is the first actual planet in D&D that is covered by a city. Sigil is a torus shaped city on one of the planes, it isn't actually a world or planet. Sigil may be like Coruscant as a hub but Ravnica is like Coruscant in that it is a globe-spanning city.
— Manny B. (@techjunkie30) January 31, 2019
Some worlds/planes in Magic are planets and some aren't. Ravnica hasn't been designated a planet.
"World" has no technical meaning in D&D. We often use it to refer to realms in the Material Plane, but that's not the word's only use in the game. #DnD https://t.co/ztq65VK4Qh
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) January 31, 2019
Planet or not, Sigil is more like Coruscant in how it functions, Ravnica is more like it in that the world (there is an official link below that calls it that) is covered by the city. We do, indeed, call Ravnica a world.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) January 31, 2019
