I am too old now; see these few white hairs?
To be foolish enow to go where adventurers go to fight monsters, and all too often die
I have seen too many weeping widows, too many dark despairs
And gazed into too many an unseeing, dull, forever-staring dead eye

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 18, 2018

Down at the temple, the priests are offering bold adventurers a new marriage
Which seems to be something stylish between
A solemn celebration and pact most serene
And an agreement to bring each other’s severed limbs back in a carriage

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 18, 2018

“Beware anyone with a tattoo,” the High Wizard warned. “Each marking could be a stored spell or an imprisoned demon. Keep such persons to the outer courtyard. Let them slaughter commoners with their mischief. Just like kings do.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 19, 2018

1) “The Grail! He hath found The Grail!” The priest’s exultant cries brought folk running. As they gathered, he urged the battered knight, “Drink of it, and the land shall be renewed!”
The village wise woman, who’d come to a halt nigh the holy man’s elbow, coughed.
…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 23, 2018

2) “Well, actually, Holy One, it’s not quite that quick. If ye read the scripture, he drinks, then nature takes its course, and right where he, ah, lets fly, that little bit of land is renewed.”
“But—”
…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 23, 2018

3) “And then The Grail vanishes, holy choir singing and all, and someone else has to find it, and do their golden bit on another little bit, and so on.”
“But—but—that means the renewal will take years! Lifetimes!”
…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 23, 2018

4) “Aye. Think of it as keeping ye in a steady job, Holy One. Ye and all thy offsprung Little Holy Ones, after ye. The Gods move in mysterious ways.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 23, 2018

@mikemearls How should I get started on writing my first adventure module for the DMs guild?

— Tristan Johnson (@TristanPEJ) June 18, 2018

A few things:
1. Run published adventures to get a sense of what works and doesn’t.
2. Start small. A single encounter can be enough.
3. Try assuming combat is always optional.
4. Try to do at least one thing per adventure that no one has seen before. https://t.co/pWWRVCzjnN

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) June 18, 2018

1)
“Think that’s the last trap?” the warrior asked, after the thunderous echoes had faded.
“NEVER think a trap is the last,” the thief replied, “unless you’re tired of living.” He peered at the casket. “I’ll lay you three zobols the king within is undead.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 16, 2018

2)
“Not a wager I’ll take,” the warrior grunted, “given yon skeletal hands gripping the lid from within.”
The thief grinned. “Well, worth a try. So, splash the holy water, man.”
The warrior undid the belt flask, and dashed its contents with care.
Ere gasping and…#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 16, 2018

3
toppling forward, bloody blade sprouting out of his neck. From behind!
The thief whirled.
So he got his fatal swordthrust up his nose.
The lich-king waved a hand, and skeletons rose, all over the tomb, to take up the two corpses.
The cauldron was already bubbling.#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 16, 2018

4)
Meat for the ghouls out back, then more boiled-clean bones; soon he’d have enough for a proper throne.
It would take a while, though.
Gloomily he surveyed the bodies.
Why didn’t adventurers ever carry any good books, these days?#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 16, 2018

1)
“There is no god but Onklur!” thundered the wild-eyed holy man, “and I am his prophet!”
The innkeeper fell on his knees in reverence—then tripped the priest into a wild toppling fall. The innkeeper’s wife expertly brained the fallen man with a skillet.#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 11, 2018

2)
“You’ve GOT to pay Aundimran, and get that curse lifted!” she told her husband, taking hold of the priest’s feet to start dragging him away. “The cellar’s full—and starting to smell! We’ll have to shut the inn, soon!”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 11, 2018

3)
The innkeeper shrugged. “So shut it. Then we can run the sausage-grinder as long we please, until all the bodies are gone. Wagonloads of sausages, and no more smarming to guests; think of it! Useful things, curses.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 11, 2018

“And the floating talking skull? Got it to scare intruders away?”
The lich shook its withered ruin of a head. “Nay. Got it to have someone to argue with. And fetch my keys.”
“But why a human head?”
“Haven’t heard the saying? You’ve got to get a head in this world.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 13, 2018

By night I saw the lich-queen’s face
Her eyes like ghostly candles shone
She lurches with decaying grace
And where she comes, all hope gets gone

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 13, 2018

Dragons and worse, I send to dust
In my swords and spells alone I trust
So unless thou dare
To cross me, beware

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 13, 2018