@TheEdVerse How do Sending rules apply to languages other then common? Does it keep a 25 word limit in the Players' language/English, or would it adopt a word limit befitting the language used?

— INeedSpecificsNotFeeds (@DatumNotData) December 28, 2019

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Unless you rewrite the spell to change the word limit, a Sending spell has a 25-word limit in the language used in the message sent. (This was a very early RPGA official ruling; someone wrote a tournament adventure in which a 2)
…military commander NPC tried to use a Sending to deliver [= LONG] specific unit-level military orders to launch a co-ordinated army attack.)#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 30, 2019

I watched the movie, Florence Foster Jenkins, and am inspired to have an NPC quest giver in Waterdeep based on her. @TheEdVerse I’m curious if you could suggest a noble house or particular lady who you think would be a good fit? https://t.co/DK1Dr8395p#realmslore #DnD

— Eric Jordan (soon at PAX South) (@ericremyjordan) December 27, 2019

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Sure! If your Realms campaign is set in the 1480s or 1490s DR, there is a wealthy noble widow who fancies herself a superb singer (but isn’t), and who rents venues in Waterdeep to give performances to packed audiences of… 2)
….Waterdhavians who love the entertainment she provides (plus a few bemused visitors to the city): Elgondra Eagleshield, who has a face like a horse, the build of the rear end of a galleon, a voice like a buzzsaw, and a…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 27, 2019

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…buoyant, cheerful disposition that refuses to get annoyed at anything (so fruit hurled at her she regards as offerings of endearment). She “warbles” publicly at least once every tenday, usually in Sea Ward or North Ward… 4)
…gambling houses or clubs she rents all of, for an evening. She dresses in splendidly outlandish costumes, one of which makes her look like a gilded oceangoing nao.
If you’re adventuring in Waterdeep in the 1360s through the…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 27, 2019

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…1370s DR, noble matriarch Katya Brossfeather led a quartet of ladies with powerful singing voices who would have been quite lovely had they sung alone and a capella, but none of them had perfect pitch, so when they sang together, it was 6)
…usually in four different keys. They sang at noble feasts, where they much amused fellow nobles, and word of them spread, so guilds took to hiring them for performances (to wider amusement).#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 27, 2019

It’s more about groups falling apart/keeping momentum than a lack of desire to play high level games. And for me, starting your characters at high level already is fine for a one shot but not great for a campaign.As with real life – shared experiences enrich relationships. Which goes for PCs and NPCs. Playing your characters just won't feel the same if you start off high level.

— Feysaan ✡ (@UncannyDoge) December 29, 2019

The data came as a shock to me, since my experience since 3e has been 1-20+ as a standard expectation.

I was incredibly lucky to have the groups I did that could make that work, and I very much see how most groups don't manage it.

— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) December 30, 2019

I had similar experiences in 3.x

I was fortunate to play in 2 long campaigns that went to level 18-20. Admittedly none of the games I’ve DMed have ever gone that long.

I have a 2e game where I should hit level 17 this coming year if I survive, but that’s been going 26 years Oh lordy, 2e was another animal entirely. We had a campaign that ran for about 4.5 years, 2 of those years were minimum 1/week sessions, usually more, some all-day-Saturdays.

Our highest level PC had just hit level 15 when we stopped for good.

— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) December 30, 2019

Impressive! Our first few years were like that, marathon sessions at least once a week. We took a loooong break in there for ours, probably 7-8 years. We only play once or twice a year now but it’s typically minimum of 10-12 hours over a weekend at a time. Great to get together.That sounds like an amazing time.

— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) December 30, 2019

The "adventure path" model from Dungeon Magazine helped immensely with making those campaigns successful for us.

— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) December 30, 2019

I think it would be a pretty terrifying world where paladins walked up and killed any random evil person. Imagine witnessing that as a peasant only to hear, “oh he was evil, trust me.”Exactly. And soon, it would be a world in which everyone slew paladins on sight. In self-defense.
And being as they're in the game and in the Realms, it follows that paladins don't behave like that in the Realms.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 29, 2019