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&1: “PC races” have limitless possibilities to earn XP and treasure. Where do giants/dragons, for example, do the same? Why aren't “they” adventuring?— lmartinez78 (@lmartinez781) November 10, 2019
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Some of them are (for both giants and dragons, this often takes the form of exploration, to acquire a new demesne/territory, sometimes on other planes/through gates to other worlds). However, MOST dragons and giants fight and… 2)
…plunder to amass treasure, only dragons have a gnawing need for a hoard (to most giants, valuables are barter-fodder means to ends), and most dragons and giants are far more interested in altering conditions in the world to…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 11, 2019
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…be the way they want them to be (i.e. manipulating “lesser races”). Erin Evans showed us the competitions between dragons in her Realms fiction. Storm Giant’s Thunder tells us what the giant races want. Neither dragons nor 4)
…giants tend to have much interest in rising in wealth and status within human society (and in the Realms, human society dominates among the vast majority of adventurers).#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 11, 2019