was hoping to get some more background on the region between Neverwinter and the Mere of Dead Men. Any useful dungeons, interesting monsters, lore and the like? Thanks! Heh. Great loremasters are at work on that area even as I tweet this. Stay tuned.
You are familiar with Eric L. Boyd's classic adventure involving the Mere and vicinity, yes?— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 3, 2019
And just off the top of my head, there's Cragmaw, Phandalin, Dread Ring, everything going on in the town of Leilon, some caverns ("dungeons") in the Sword Mountains including some former dragon lairs…lots to choose from. :}#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 3, 2019
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In the ‘home’ Realms campaign, there’s a band of adventurers led by three dwarves (sisters), known as The Ready Axe, who are gathering gear and provisions to hire themselves out as guides for the latest flood of “get rich… 2)
…quick” young thrill-seekers out of Waterdeep, so they can explore the various caverns of the Sword Mountains. None of which have been thoroughly scoured out, and many of which are being used by opportunistic monsters as…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 3, 2019
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…places to catch, kill, and eat this annual stream of wannabe adventurers (who give themselves fanciful names such as The Peerless Plunderers or Valanthar’s Ever-Victorious). Leilon is home to a wagonworks and an outfitters 4)
…whose owners are both Zhentarim members, and they’ve hired local youths as spies to watch over The Ready Axe and the wannabe adventurers, in case someone really does find something in the mountains—whereupon the Zhents will…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 3, 2019
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…hire someone else to step in and relieve them of whatever the ‘something’ is.
And in Conyberry, a lone prospector, Dorn Multruth, is trying to get others interested in joining him in an expedition into the hills south of… 6)
…Triboar Trail, about halfway between Conyberry and where the Trail meets The High Road nigh the coast—where he’s found rich veins of copper, “enough to make a dozen pickaxe-swingers rich for life, right there for the taking!”#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 3, 2019