#dnd tip for new DMs: one thing to remember as you prepare to DM: #dnd has never been as popular as it is right now. Countless people out there want to play but lack a DM. They aren't expecting a perfect experience, and are most likely just thankful to have you even try.

— Shawn Merwin @ #PAXSouth (@shawnmerwin) January 9, 2019

This is so true. I first started DMing a year ago because I really wanted to play again, and quickly had a solid group meeting monthly. I'm not a perfect DM by any stretch of the imagination! But we all have a lot of fun, and we're all getting better at the game together. https://t.co/m2HpL9Anpf

— Hannah C. Graves (@agravesmistake) January 9, 2019

So much this! Thanks for sharing! https://t.co/dCh7ZtXTaq

— Shawn Merwin @ #PAXSouth (@shawnmerwin) January 9, 2019

I am only approximately 78% confident in my DM skills, but I love running games for new players, because we all learn together. If I can answer your question, great! If not, let's figure it out. And if you walk away looking forward to your next game, mission accomplished. https://t.co/BsIgSbhhb1

— Amy ✨ | Our Lady of Twinkle Lights (@ladydzra) January 9, 2019

Preach it! This game, and in many ways the hobby, lives and dies on the backs of the DMs who spread it to others. This is a great attitude to bring. We're all in it, players and DMs alike, together. https://t.co/bKsv9jTGxh

— Shawn Merwin @ #PAXSouth (@shawnmerwin) January 9, 2019

Shawn, I tell many people who would like to DM and are apprehensive about doing it. I do not think I am a great DM and relate that my experience is that people are usually grateful to have a DM so they can play the game. Generally, I find players, are forgiving.

— Michael J Benensky (@benensky) January 10, 2019

I think you are absolutely correct! DMing is a service. People might enjoy doing it, but in the end it is still work, and most players understand that and are appreciative and forgiving. https://t.co/RCjA89PeDL

— Shawn Merwin @ #PAXSouth (@shawnmerwin) January 10, 2019

Matt Colville has released a revised Ranger and an entirely new class—the Illriger from r/dndnext

I doubt it, but we'll update the PDF as we tweak the class. Maybe it'll make its way into another MCDM book!

— Matt Colville (@mattcolville) January 31, 2019

#dnd tip for new DMs: #dnd in general, and DMing in public in particular, taught me so many great skills and lessons. One of the best ones was getting over my fear of looking foolish in public. I'd been doing it in private so long….

— Shawn Merwin @ #PAXSouth (@shawnmerwin) January 16, 2019

It's like skydiving, only saner. 😉

— Shawn Merwin @ #PAXSouth (@shawnmerwin) January 17, 2019

One of my goals for the year is to run a game at a convention, for pretty much this reason. I know it’ll be good for me, but the idea of it is absolutely terrifying… It's like skydiving, only saner. 😉

— Shawn Merwin @ #PAXSouth (@shawnmerwin) January 17, 2019

Dear Mr. Greenwood, I returned to play 5e after 32 years away from D&D. I want to run a 5e campaign in the city of Neverwinter and am seeking details. I’m frustrated I can’t locate shops and streets mentioned in canonical materials on a city map. Can you please help? Sure, but this is something I've answered a LOT, here on Twitter and on Facebook and at Candlekeep. (Where others have answered, too.) You do have the Neverwinter Campaign Setting book, and have looked at the Locations in Neverwinter on the FR wiki, yes?

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 8, 2019

Thanks for responding to my inquiry. Sorry for wasting your time. I have the Neverwinter Campaign Setting, but no maps of Neverwinter come with street names, only a few buildings identified unlike the
No worries! Here's the first relevant previous tweet of mine: Dannar’s Mechanical Marvels (from Volo's GuidettNorth) stands in the Blacklake District, next door to Jaesor’s Fineware Porcelain Works. Jaesor’s is on the NE corner where The Street Of Storms (which runs along…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 8, 2019

…the inside of the NWern run of the city wall) meets Hantor’s Lane, which runs SE. Dannar’s fronts on Hantor’s Lane.
Blackule Lane (which several schools and academies front on) is also in the Blacklake District.
(I'll look for more.) The backlore is that past rulers of…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 8, 2019

…Neverwinter forbade publication of maps of the city "for security reasons." Which meant no maps with tags. When Lord Neverember relaxed this, we got maps with individual sites marked…but still no street names. So I've been directing traffic for gamers ever since. ;}

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 8, 2019

Thanks again. I collected enough fragments of information that I can proceed assigning locations on the excellent map I purchased from Mike Schley. I realize that my assignment of some businesses and shops will be somewhat arbitrary, but will suffice for my campaign purposes. Great. Some of the shop/building locales are "fuzzy" even when we designers discuss things privately, I'm afraid, because the maps don't QUITE match what was said in fiction prose or in published adventures. The computer game locales don't exactly vie with the maps, either. If…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 10, 2019

…I were you, I'd put it down to businesses moving after fires or to upsize while enjoying successes or downsizing because trade is bad, plus the upheavals within the city, and site individual things where they work best for you. …

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 10, 2019

The Sage Advice Compendium enters 2019 with a fresh coat of paint. Search for "[New]" in the PDF to find the latest rules answers: https://t.co/MbOt5SXL5L #DnD pic.twitter.com/4f1qLChfHu

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) January 30, 2019

It looks like the Invoke Tweet of Jeremy Crawford feature has been nerfed. Official rulings are now found in the Compendium only, with this account merely providing a “preview” of possible future ones. Yes, I decided I don't want people feeling they need to dig through my tweets for official answers.

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) January 30, 2019