WDH is the first @Wizards_DnDcould you please speak to how connected Waterdeep: Dragon Heist is to Waterdeep works of the past?
I’m going through Volo’s Enchiridion in the back of the book and is this 5e work connected to all the other versions? Or does it deviate? Or is it all still Ed Canon? campaign book I've read and it's absolutely SOAKING with lore and I love it and it's all deliciously overwhelming, but I don't know how deep it all goes.
Even though I've been playing #dnd #dnd5e for ~6 years now, I'm still VERY new to all the lore.
— D&Me Adventures (@DnMeAdventures) October 12, 2021
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The Enchiridion is the best distillation of what a visitor new to Waterdeep needs to know, and the most up to date guide.
Its brevity means it leaves out a lot of details (e.g. the laws in the Code Legal, and the who/where/what of the guilds and noble families). )
What is in there is all correct (a marvel, considering Volo's involvement!) and matches my own older canon. So you can trust it, and build on it.
Volo's Guide to Waterdeep has more adventure hooks and shop details, and the 2e City of Splendors boxed set provides…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 13, 2021
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…lore for the big gaps I mentioned (plus Eric Boyd's superb Noble Families web enchancement, that should still be up on the Wizards website). If you can find Steven Schend's Waterdeep By Night series on the same website, you'll be covered for hauntings, too!#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 13, 2021