Hi @TheEdVerse, do children go to school in Waterdeep? #realmslore #waterdeep
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Depends on the child. If they’re attached to a temple, yes, there are classes. For almost everyone else, there are tutors: nobles usually have them on staff, wealthy wannabe-nobles hire them in for a few hours every second or… 2)
…third day or so, and the children of guild members attend guild-sponsored tutor sessions, usually at the headquarters of the guild. However, as one moves down the scale of wealth, the chances for instruction at anything more…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 9, 2022
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…than practical job skills dwindle, except for what family members and close family friends can pass on, sometimes in return for a meal. Someone who does well at such practical jobs may well end up apprenticed to an artisan or… 4)
…crafter, and receive secondary instruction (that is, tutelage in matters not directly related to the work they’re apprenticed to learn how to do) as an apprentice.
There’s one important exception to this: children in whom the…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 9, 2022
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…Gift (the innate ability to wield the Art/magic) is detected young. They get instruction, because the Lords of Waterdeep, the nobles, and the guilds all agree that wizards should be educated, so as to have morals and see… 6)
…consequences, not just instructed on how to hurl spells around.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 9, 2022