@benpheloung@TheEdVerse Hey Ed! Why don’t Hobgoblins have cities in the FR? They do. Inside mountains, mostly, though they have taken over some remote abandoned human cities. Building not their priority.
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 30, 2017
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How do you address a minor noble in Waterdeep?
@kandidkerryHow do you address a minor noble in Waterdeep (i.e., Sir, Duke, etc.)? "Saer" is the generic term of respect for "someone higher than me but don't know their rank;" lord/lady always safest usage for Waterdeep.
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 12, 2017
@kandidkerry In this case, "Lord" or "Lady" is also the correct formal way of directly addressing any noble. :}
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 12, 2017
@kandidkerryYou are always so quick with FR answers. Thank you! A pleasure! If I'm online (actually not often), I try to be quick. To make up for all the times I don't see a query until 8 or 40 hrs later!
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 12, 2017
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If somebody was from a Forgotten Realms large city with a magic college on the edge of a desert…
@webjr1981 If somebody was from a large city with a magic/arcane college on the edge of a desert, where in the Realms would that be? There are several good candidates, such as the city of Zindalankh on Brightstar Lake (Gbor Nor), or nearby Iliphanar or Surbrar. Hot desert?
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 11, 2017
@TheEdVerseMy player didn’t really specify if the desert was hot. That is a good question. Base on his attire I'd say yes, hot desert.
— Bill Berg (@webjr1981) May 11, 2017
@webjr1981 Okay. If Sword Coast locale is desired, Memnon and Calimport also qualify. :}
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 11, 2017
@webjr1981 A pleasure! :}
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 11, 2017
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Are there any artwork of Forgotten realms coins?
@dinosaur1945Hello Ed are there any artwork of Forgotten realms coins? Love to make some Realm Inspiration coin tokens in game. ( 3D coins ) Yes! Most recently, bottom right of page 13 of the SWORD COAST ADVENTURER'S GUIDE.
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 9, 2017
@dinosaur1945Ed now do know if there’s different coins, like Dwarven or Elven coin art? That has been made, If there is of course:) Oh, yes: gold double-bladed axe dwarven coins+"blueshine" blue-green-silver crescent elven moons are the stereotypes all Realms humans know.
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 12, 2017
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If you were recreating Volothamp in 5e what would you put him at for class, race, level?
@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
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Do firearms such as muskets, blunderbusses exist in the Forgotten Realms?
@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
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Are there any adamantine mines in the Sword Coast?
@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
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Ed’s Naval Battle
@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
