#dnd tip for writers: any professional writing is an iterative process. Meld the different aspects of game writing (story, mechanics, etc.) into your iterations to push yourself to higher quality and more imaginative texts.
— Shawn Merwin Writing Games (@shawnmerwin) December 4, 2018
What I really want though, is a PC playable werewolf. And shifters don’t go far enough for my taste.
Nice article!
What I really want though, is a PC playable werewolf. And shifters don't go far enough for my taste.
Not sure how you balance that though. Maybe a class or subclass?
Could be a sorcerer origin, a warlock pact, or even an unusual paladin oath.
— Tim (@looneysquash) October 27, 2018
You could also explore it as a reskin of a Moon circle druid.
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) October 27, 2018
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“THIS is the sword of the prophecy? This old thing half-eaten by rust?”
1)
“THIS is the sword of the prophecy? This old thing half-eaten by rust?”
“Yes. Lying in a damp tomb for a thousand years will do that to iron.”
“But I thought the master smiths of the dwarves forged it! And tempered it in the…#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 1, 2018
3)
…in the damp, you don’t need a prophecy or dwarf master smiths. Or gnomes, for that matter. You need an elf who forges blades with the elf alloys that won’t rust.”
…blood of their greatest warriors, ere slaking it in the smoking heart of a dragon!”
“True, all true.”
“But it’s GONE! See? Flakes at a touch! Rust has CONQUERED it!”
“Also true. If you want a sword that’ll last that long…#epic fantasy “What? ELVES? All that singing and…#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 1, 2018
5)
… dancing in the trees, and moonwine and acorn bread? Elf SMITHING? Why’ve I never heard of this?”
“Dwarf marketing firms are the best. They don’t pose smugly around all those barrels waving tankards for nothing, you know. …#epic fantasy Never underestimate the power of dwarf marketing. They’re almost as good at snowing us all as the dark elf advertising firms, with all those scare-everyone campaigns for the annual Spider Queen pageants!”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 1, 2018
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Aren’t you that mercurial DM from RICK and MORTY VS DUNGEONS&DRAGONS?
Why, yes, @satinephoenix!
I do believe you are! pic.twitter.com/lOgHt8VRnj— Jim Zub (@JimZub) December 6, 2018
Why, yes, @satinephoenix!
I do believe you are! pic.twitter.com/lOgHt8VRnj— Jim Zub (@JimZub) December 6, 2018
Our Dungeon Master takes on many forms… pic.twitter.com/uesCeiNcM9
— Jim Zub (@JimZub) December 6, 2018
Squeee!!! Thank you thank you!!!! Soooo much!
— O'l St Squeenix as Vlahnya in @Idlechampions (@satinephoenix) December 6, 2018
This all seems like some sort of weird, fantastic dream. #RickAndMorty #wotcstaff https://t.co/eWdBW3ZxhB
— K’thrissmas Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) December 6, 2018
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Could you be a little more specific on what you are going to say about Crye in your next article?
I hope you are doing well and PAX Unplugged went well for you. I liked the latest article on Karrnathi undead. Could you be a little more specific on what you are going to say about Crye in your next article?
What is the latest on Morgrave’s Miscellany? The Cyre article is a broad overview, delving further into Cyran culture pre-war and during the war, along with things to think about in developing Cyran characters. The Miscellany is in editing and layout, and I hope it will be out this month.— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) December 6, 2018
I assume you are releasing it on the DMs Guild. Is that correct or will it be by some other outlet? That's correct — DM's Guild!
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) December 6, 2018
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It just occurred to me that I’ve never been DMed by Tycho Brahe
It just occurred to me that I’ve never been DMed by @TychoBrahe. That’s a crime. Someone should go to jail for this. Probably me. #wotcstaff
— K’thrissmas Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) December 3, 2018
I can put in a word with him if you like
— Tycho Brahe (@TychoBrahe) December 3, 2018
I wanna play a formian monk named Auntie Punchnutz.
— K’thrissmas Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) December 3, 2018
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Trying to work out a minor piece of Forgotten Realms economics
Trying to work out a minor piece of Realms economics.
In Evening Star, at local smithy, holding a sword minor damaged by a drop or two of green slime promptly wiped off. What kind of prices, you reckon, for fixing?
How compares across regions, plz? Price will vary widely depending on these factors: what/how pure/how scarce the material the blade was made of in the first place; how busy is the smith/impatient is the sword owner for the job to be done (you usually have to pay to "bump" existing orders); peacetime or not…— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 10, 2018
… (smith would be under orders to do military work first, if wartime or "arming up"); skill of smith (what prices can she/he command normally). Also a factor: how much work needs doing (reforging the blade, or retempering, or basically just buffing…or does it have magical…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 10, 2018
…treatments to reapply (everbright = doesn't rust and blueshine = glow under moonlight, in presence of lamp- and firelight). If the blade was everbright-treated and the green sline got wiped off right away, the slime probably just destroyed the treatment and pitted the…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 10, 2018
…surface, so just a regrinding and retreating is necessary (mage fee of several hundred gp atop minor smithing fee of perhaps 5 to 12 gp, usually about 7). If retempering, etc., push smith's fee up to 20 gp right away. Prices less in rural regions unless REALLY rural = "only…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 10, 2018
game in town" because rural folk have less coin to spend on such things. Higher in or near cities unless fierce competition…and in most places in the Realms, the constant demand exceeds smiths' time, so prices stay high and stable. Or are guild-set.
Hope this is of help!— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 10, 2018
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Gunslinger: our DM seems upset with the fact that you can reload and shoot from rifle at the same turn
@matthewmercer Hi Matt! I am a new d&d player writing to you from cold Russia! And I thought that perhaps you might help me out (I am not sure if I should use Reddit to ask such kind of questions). In any way thank you, keep up the good work, I love your show! <33 pic.twitter.com/lo314C6fOw
— Daniel Semukhin (@gorlopanx) October 20, 2018
Consider that the firearms made in a “D&D” setting are different than historical firearms (like Magic in D&D is different than “historical” magic…in existing), & can reload faster. 😉 It’s mechanically this way to allow viable play. A mage would suck if they couldn’t use magic!
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) October 20, 2018
