@ChrisPerkinsDnD a pc of mine is looking to find Ostoria, where do you suggest it could be? I want to give him hints during SKT.
— Guy-André Meloche (@guyameloche) August 4, 2017
Ostoria doesn't exist anymore except in the past. It vanished from the face of Faerûn ages ago, like so many forgotten realms. #WOTCstaff https://t.co/xTnHEpqznI
— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) August 4, 2017
Hello sir, what happened to the Master’s Library in 5e?Heh. WHICH Master's Library? ;}
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 21, 2017
This one pic.twitter.com/LdnystYkTr
— Maxwell Baliza (@MaxwellBaliza) August 21, 2017
That Master's Library is still there. However, it's nigh-inaccessible now, unless you can fly, because most of the trails ascending to it…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 21, 2017
…were destroyed in the tumult (earthquakes and landslides) accompanying the Sundering in that region of Faerun.
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 21, 2017
Is there any canonical instances of time travel in the realms? I know a few sources dealing with Netheril, but think non-canon.No. :}
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 31, 2017
I see many ducks, but not two. Repeat, I see no paradox. Follow up question, were there canonical instances of time travel before someone time traveled? It IS before, and there are no canonical instances. There are just tales.
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 16, 2017
There’s a 4e scenario of Baba Yaga’s Dancing Hut, where she has a soviet ww2 tank in one of the rooms. Published in one of the Dragon magz That's no proof of time travel, but rather of travel between worlds.
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017
@ChrisPerkinsDnD How many Masked Lords of Waterdeep are there/can there be at one time?
— Dan Locke (@Foobadoo) June 14, 2016
It goes up and down. There are fewer now, thanks to recent events (see DEATH MASKS, the new novel by @TheEdVerse ). https://t.co/HbanI5OsGD
— (((Chris Perkins))) (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) June 14, 2016
@BittersTweet @ChrisPerkinsDnD @Foobadoo No. Existing Masked Lords must vote you in. Open Lord knows all identities and controls slate.1/2
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 15, 2016
@BittersTweet @ChrisPerkinsDnD @Foobadoo (Slate of candidates to possibly become Lords.) DEATH MASKS looks at violently creating vacancies.
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 15, 2016
@BittersTweet @ChrisPerkinsDnD @Foobadoo Also, no Masked Lord would wear a "standard hood." They have special enchanted ones: illo in CoS hc
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 16, 2016
The full magnificence of the Richard Wright cover for DEATH MASKS, my latest Realms novel. Creepily beautiful! pic.twitter.com/3g1dfpBd1k
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 19, 2016
…do other lords claim their holdings? I’m unclear how the masked lords work. If there is one novel that explains best, point me please. #dnd Death Masks shows us most re. the Masked Lords. But what "holdings"? Behind their lordships, all (usually) have "secret identities." Or to..
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017
..put it another way, a real-world Representative (Congress) might use his or her position for personal gain, but the role is debate and…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017
…lawmaking, with every one of them having a private life before and after serving in office. The Masked Lords meet to decide policy and…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017
…pass laws (decrees), but any wealth, city property, etc. they personally possess is theirs, not tied to their offices. (The NOBLE …
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017
… "Lords of Waterdeep" are different than the Masked Lords, though a particular individual might be both a titled noble lord and a…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017
… Hidden/Masked Lord of Waterdeep. Some Masked Lords are paupers, or have lowly jobs and social status when not wearing their masks. …
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017
… The masks are to conceal their true identities so pressure can't be put on them to vote or speak this way or that, and Ahghairon, at…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017
… The masks are to conceal their true identities so pressure can't be put on them to vote or speak this way or that, and Ahghairon, at…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017
…least, intended the Lords to have representatives from all walks of life (genders, ages, races) to achieve wider experience/views and…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017
…therefore better governance. (Masked Lords don't have holdings attached to their lordships.) Hope this helps…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017
Thank you! It is helpful. Yes, I connected Lord with its usage as a holder of land in feudal settings. I will have a look at Death Masks.Because I am now curious as to how legislators would be chosen anonymously.
— Bruce Logan (@BruceKLogan) September 17, 2017
The Open Lord approaches candidates privately/secretly, after the existing Lords choose the shortlist in closed-door (private from the…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017
…rest of the city) debate. (In other words, it's like a closed-membership club, with blackballs, etc.) Just as there are laws established
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017
…in the real world for how officeholders get chosen in extraordinary circumstances (like all the Masked Lords being wiped out, for…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017
…example) Waterdeep has them, too: certain Guildmasters, notably the head of the Watchful Order, and Noble Lords, and the Open Lord AND…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017
…Lord Mage (Blackstaff) of the city, if they've survived, too, choose the snortlist to repopulate the Masked Lords. (It's never…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017
…happened.) By "noble Lords" here, I meant that the heads of 12 specific noble families have the duty to meet and choose. Accepting a…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017
…Lordship (Masked Lord) is always voluntary, but sometimes life applies intense pressure to accept or decline. :}
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017
P.S. "Snortlist" wasn't a typo. From the "home" (original) Realms campaign, that was my players' nickname for the secret roster of…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017
…folks to be approached, alluding to derisive snorts that would greet unpopular choices. The in-game term is "our Chosen" (to distinguish
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017
…from the "Chosen" mortal servants of various gods).
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 17, 2017
Detection & location magic didn’t function in Waterdeep, still apply after 2nd Sundering? Even Detect Magic?It's coming back, but is still unreliable. Meaning: in a particular time and place, you'll just have to try it, and see. Hint: most… (1/2)
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 19, 2017
2/2)Watchful Order members use such spells when needful, and most citizens have forgotten (if they ever knew) that such "don't work."
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 19, 2017
@ChrisPerkinsDnD How would Kelemvor react to the soul-monger? I imagine Kelemvor has noticed he's had no one to walk to the after life.
— Brendan Townsend (@BrendanTownsend) September 3, 2017
Post-Sundering, the gods of FR are more detached from mortal concerns than they used to be. #WOTCstaff https://t.co/fHy1wOBqBd
— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) September 3, 2017
@TheEdVerse list of herbs from a list with info pulled from yuor books supposedly, any of this info legit? pic.twitter.com/YG3iLhKkJ9
— PastorGall (@PastorGall) August 3, 2017
The real plants have the medicinal uses real folklore gives them (usually a grain of truth behind the belief). The invented plants, I gave..
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 3, 2017
…solid, specific benefits to, to account for why "just plain folks" in the setting can doctor themselves and others without clergy.
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 3, 2017
Quick FR question: Where in the Realms would you say is the “best place” to live if you’re an average commoner? :)Wow. That depends. Privacy? Not a city. Peace, law and order? Beautiful views? Gentle weather, plenty of food? Depending on what "best" is..
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 11, 2017
…the same can be said for Cormyr, or the Dales. Highdale is nice. Berdusk has its moments. Along the Unicorn Run in the High Forest. Etc.
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 11, 2017
Thanks for the excellent answers! I was looking for “quality of life”, but I know that’s a nebulous concept. :)Well, if you want bucolic forest living: Unicorn Run. If you want beautiful rural surroundings, the Dales (Deepingdale is the most…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 13, 2017
..literate, wealthy, and close to big-city amenities (in Sembia). If you like law and order and good government with a happy populace…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 13, 2017
…then Cormyr is best. If you want libertarian freedom from government, the Border Kingdoms. If you want a bustling, tolerant crossroads…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 13, 2017
…city with EVERYTHING available from all over the world, then Waterdeep is your place. So, pick your "quality." :}
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 13, 2017
If you're artistic and want a beautiful clean city where cultures weave and meld rather than clash: Silverymoon.
And so on. FR is BIG.— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 13, 2017
