Ed – how common is it for ships on the sword coast and the inner sea to have a ship’s mage aboard? Not all that common, due to the expense (mage's salary); 18% or so. NAVAL ships: nigh 100 percent.
Yet mages as passengers are given huge discounts (1 sp/voyage, with of course meals and board thrown in), and a surprisingly high number of crew have "wild talents."#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 22, 2020
Which they tend to keep hidden (not from the rest of the crew, of course) until calling on them is necessary, because of how often they must use them against passengers or shippers boarding their ship.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 22, 2020