@TheEdVerse @ChrisPerkinsDnD @JeremyECrawford Does anyone have an idea on the spice trade across Faerûn? My players are taking Trollskull Tavern a bit too far XD.
— Samuel Williams (@Eruestani) January 9, 2020
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Ormpur on the Shining Sea coast (S of the Border Kingdoms) is the City of Saffron. Spices tend to be harvested, used, and sold locally, but as with our real world historically, there are a few spices that, like saffron, are in high demand but available only from…#Realmslore https://twitter.com/Eruestani/status/1215387701580632064 … 2)
…too few places of origin. Which is a long-winded way of saying there is a significant, high-value spice trade overland, and from the POV of someone on the Sword Coast, that means spices come from "afar" (way, way south or way, way east) to the Sword Coast.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 9, 2020
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A local-to-western Faerûn storehouse-center for the spice trade is the island of Tharsult. Pages 88-89 of the 3rd Edition Forgotten Realms Campaign setting (the big baseline Realms book) have a trade-flows map, with Salt and Spices marked (salt mined in Samarach…#Realmslore 4)
…and spices shipped north from the Tashalar (mainly to Tharsult for transshipment elsewhere) and north from Calimshan into Tethyr (and thence, elsewhere). Waterdeep, Baldur's Gate, Athkatla, and Calimport are all cities on the Sword Coast where you can buy…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 9, 2020
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…"the full array" of spices used by most humans, demihumans, and humanoids, with regular resupplies. So are Silverymoon, Scornubel, Crimmor, and Iriaebor except in the depths of winter when caravans don't run.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 9, 2020