“I can’t SEE anything.”

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1)
“If we could leap across the howling chasm of your clever insolence for a moment, Lady, perhaps you could see your way clear to holding THIS.”
“I can’t SEE anything.”
“But you CAN feel what I just put into your hand.”
“Yes.”#epicfantasy 2)
“Good. Progress. Now hold it tightly, and at the same time crouch down and put all the rings you took from the dead wizard down on the floor. ALL of them, including the two you didn’t think I noticed you slipping into a… #epicfantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 22, 2020

3)
…rather private hiding place upon your person.”
{sigh} “I didn’t think you’d miss seeing that, Wolf. You’ve been, ah, resting your eyeballs upon my person every chance you get.”
“My, what juicy court etiquette, to be sure.”#epicfantasy 4)
“Sire, the Court’s not a few grand chambers of state anywhere. The Court is the immediate vicinity of the King, wherever he may be.”
“Well, this particular part of the Court is choking for air with all of you standing on him!”#epicfantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 22, 2020

Is there a history of any non-evil at least but leaning toward good gods for the drow race?

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She is the only one; I was asked to create her for the original (2e) DROW OF THE UNDERDARK, specifically to establish a 'good drow deity.' So, yes, there's a history of surface-dwelling 'good drow' in the Realms.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 23, 2020

How long it takes me to try to dig out on my own through avalanche?

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No, I know. I am asking how long it takes me to try to dig out on my own. You helping me takes a minute. But me doing it myself? Heh. Having been buried in a few avalanches (back in my day, wheeze, we did our research), it depends on how deep you're buried, the wetness/weight of the snow, and how you ended up buried (arms trapped underneath? in front of face, creating airspace to breathe and move in?).

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 6, 2020

The original draft of the avalanche rules had provisions for trying to keep yourself closer to the surface, and was harder to dig yourself/someone else free the more they failed while the avalanche was moving.

Way too fiddly and complicated, but stuck pretty close to realism. The rules for digging yourself out in the final version mostly represent you being able to clear enough space to breathe. If you can manage to do that, the rest is less important to track in a granular fashion.

— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) September 6, 2020

Surprises me not at all. More realistic = more fiddly, and slows down roleplaying at the table more, every time. Gary saw that from the beginning, and often answers cavils at early GenCon panels with: “D&D is NOT a simulation game. If you want that…” etc etc. Avalanches and crevasses in glaciers are a very good argument for carrying the classic ten-foot-pole (or better, a longer one!), though. Also reaching someone who's fallen through thin ice on a frozen lake or river (and I've done that far too often, too!).

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 6, 2020

You ain’t lived in Wisconsin until you’ve fallen in a frozen lake. Yep. And Michigan, and Ontario where I'm from. I even fell through ice on my neighbours' frozen outdoor in-ground swimming pools, when I was a kid. And once tobogganed onto someone's roof in a blizzard, to their great astonishment. ;}

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 6, 2020

Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden, and I only have 1 issue. Why can’t the fox be summoned via Find Familiar?

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So, I watched an early page through of Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden, and I only have 1 issue. Why can’t the fox be summoned via Find Familiar? Because the fox statblocks didn’t exist when find familiar was written, pretty much. Easy add for DMs to allow if they’re cool with it.

— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) September 4, 2020

Change a D&D Spell’s meaning, by adding, removing, or changing only one letter

September 16, 2020Zoltar 2 Comments

Change a DnD Spell's meaning, by adding, removing, or changing only one letter:

– Tasha's Hideous Daughter
– Chill Pouch
– Dancing Tights
– Mage Band
– Spare the Drying

— Deej Storer (@DnDeej) September 1, 2020

Prismatic Sprat

— Steven Schend (@StevenESchend) September 1, 2020

-Lightning Molt 🤢
-Prismatic All 🌈
-Ate 🍗
-Best Sense 1⃣
-Wall of Nice 👌
-Beacon of Nope 🙅
-Speak with Danimals 🤔
-Scone of Cold ❄️
-Crying 😭 https://t.co/YUpcTie31G

— Dungeons & Dragons (@Wizards_DnD) September 1, 2020

Continual Tight (or Might or Night or Right) would be ofd

— Steven Schend (@StevenESchend) September 1, 2020

We've kept going, some of our new favorites:
-Power Word Stan 📣
-Nundetection ⛪️
-Dimension Doot 🎺
-Cure Hounds 🐶
-Hear Metal 🎸
-Spending 💸
-Elemental Bake 🍰
-Fart Step 💨

— Dungeons & Dragons (@Wizards_DnD) September 1, 2020

I expect these on my desk next week, Dan.

(I don't have this power, I've just always wanted to say it.)

— Dungeons & Dragons (@Wizards_DnD) September 1, 2020

Would carrying a common spice mix be the norm in the Forgotten Realms for travelers too?

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@TheEdVerse Ed, I was recently watching a video on the spices that 18th American's used to carry when they traveled. Would carrying a common spice mix be the norm in the realms for travelers too? If so, what spices were normally carried? pic.twitter.com/O86ZpLiDGz

— stephen parlin (@smparlin) July 13, 2020

1)
It depends on the palate/cuisine of the wayfarer, the climate being traveled through (which can affect what can be readily “picked from the wild” near a campsite, for right-now cooking), and length of journey. 2)
Almost everyone carries a vial holding a pinch of salt, but beyond that, “it depends.” A VERY few carry their own spice blend (like modern real-world allspice or garam masala), but most in the Heartlands carry variants on this…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 13, 2020

3)
…“base staples” array: coarse sea salt, ground black pepper, ground garlic, dill seeds, dried diced chives, vial of honey, Thyme, nutmeg or cinammon. The farther south and east you go from the Sword Coast, the more coriander, … 4)
…dried tamarind, dried ginger, turmeric, ground almonds, raisins, and rosemary show up in most travelers’ spice pouches. Which contain lots of little vials (often glass encased in whittled wooden ‘shielding shells’ to…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 13, 2020

5)
…guard against breakage, and some drawstring leather pouches, “finished” side inward to…minimize reactions with the contents.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 13, 2020

“I wish I’d found a better bard that no one’s ever heard”

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1)
I wish I’d found a better bard that no one’s ever heard
I wish I’d found an wizards whose incantations had some better words

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 30, 2020

2)
I was told that when I got older the long-clawed reach of monsters would shrink
But the world is getting darker and I now have to care what tyrant kings think 3)
Wish I could turn back time to the good old days
But chronomancy’s now been outlawed, and those old days weren’t so good anyways

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 30, 2020

And now we’re old and achy and burned out
Our bite all gone and our bark just a feeble shout 5)
So it’s time to sit and tell old tales
Make the lies good to keep the young’uns on the rails

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 30, 2020

Beastmaster Ranger: if a Kobold Beastmaster was riding a pteranodon, would the pteranodon follow mount rules or beastmaster companion rules for commands and actions?

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@SageAdviceDnD Hey. Beastmaster Ranger question. Hypothetically, If a Kobold Beastmaster was riding a pteranodon, would the pteranodon follow mount rules or beastmaster companion rules for commands and actions?

— Bryan Harris (@BNH_Radioactive) April 22, 2020

Would be a mash-up of both, TBH. Being one doesn’t stop you from also being the other. I don’t do mounts by the book so I don’t know all the particulars right off the top of my head for all the interactions. @Dan_Dillon_1 knows a little something about BM Rangers, though. I personally mash them up for ease of use in my games.

Had a kobold Beast Master riding a panther in a game I ran, holy crap was that fun and effective.

Just allow the companion to move on the ranger's turn, and use all other Ranger's Companion rules as normal.

— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) April 22, 2020

I did the same for a player who wanted a Gnome Ranger with a Giant Frog companion. Giant frog is a strong, and a bit of a sleeper, pick!

— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) April 22, 2020

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“I can’t SEE anything.”

Is there a history of any non-evil at least but leaning toward good gods for the drow race?

How long it takes me to try to dig out on my own through avalanche?

Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden, and I only have 1 issue. Why can’t the fox be summoned via Find Familiar?

Change a D&D Spell’s meaning, by adding, removing, or changing only one letter

Would carrying a common spice mix be the norm in the Forgotten Realms for travelers too?

“I wish I’d found a better bard that no one’s ever heard”

Beastmaster Ranger: if a Kobold Beastmaster was riding a pteranodon, would the pteranodon follow mount rules or beastmaster companion rules for commands and actions?

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