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Q: “I’m smitten with a nymph, and want to woo her. My intentions are honourable! How should I proceed?”
Elminster Saith: “With great care, respect, a love of nature, no fire nor axes about thy person, and a…#AskElminster— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 18, 2019
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…good thick blindfold. Worn over thine eyes, not hers. Feel not overboldly, or ’tis a club ye’ll be feeling, likely right in thy feels.”#AskElminster— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 18, 2019
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Mystra is interested, first and foremost, in more use of magic (by more beings of Toril, not more spellhurling by a few). But if sentient beings seek to better themselves as people, they inevitably are more considerate and understanding of others, and less…#Realmslore I gotta ask Mr. Greenwood. I'm playing a Redemption Paladin on a Dungeon of the Mad Mage stream. How does Mystra feel about people trying to be better people than they were before, and would she reach out to those that try?— CorosRPG (@CorosRPG) March 15, 2019
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…inclined to use magic to coerce or slay others, or less inclined to try to force those who do use magic to do their bidding. And the more beings who aren't been killed or constrained, couple with the spreading of magic by her own Chosen, means more magic use.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 15, 2019
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So it follows that Mystra is firmly in favour of people seeking to improve themselves, and she will reach out and aid them in doing so. Including putting magic within their grasp time and again, to encourage them to use it. (If they use it primarily against…#Realmslore 4)
…others, her aid will end. Mystra wants magic used to create, enrich lives, and enhance, so fear of it will fade and eagerness to harness it will grow, more than she wants it used as a weapon.)
So, yes. If X is trying to become a better person, Mystra will help.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 15, 2019
Hello Sage Greenwood! Question about merchant customs in FR. Say a merchant is travelling in a caravan of other, unrelated merchants, and they+teamster+guards, etc die but leave the goods. What would the other merchants traditionally do with this wagon+merchandise? Depends on who's running the caravan (independent master, costerETC) Costers usually keep it all; independent masters, by tradition, divvy it up as fairly as possible between surviving fellow runners when destination reached, UNLESS known kin; then it must go to them.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 4, 2019
Jon Forel @Jon_4L Feb 21@TheEdVerse can you give some background on divine heritage? Say someone was the son of a god and a mortal, and that son had a son, etc, and they were all adventurers. Would they always be born with enough power to be above level 1, or is there a…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 24, 2019
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…point where a level 1 is born? Most sentients in the Realms BELIEVE the offspring of a god and mortal will be special in some way, yes, but the truth is that everything varies when it comes to the divine. SOME offspring of gods and mortals are “special”…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 24, 2019
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…(are demigods, or have wild talents, or are “better than a mortal” in some way). But not all. (I.e. it’s up to an individual DM or storyteller, not something there can be a hard-and-fast, reliable rule about.)#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 24, 2019
Ah, so it’s more or less a DM’s discretion kind of issue. I was under the impression that it was a hard and fast rule that direct deific heritage affected things so they couldn’t simply start as a beginning adventurer. Nope.
However, if it's widely known that someone is the "son or daughter of a god" they may well get treated as special. Which unfortunately all too often means murdered or captured for exploitation.— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 24, 2019
@Tia Simfray @Roleplayers_TV
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Hi, Tia!@r_a_salvatore is THE definitive source for such things, but I designed a sigil for House Simfray a while back; here's a scan. If it’s all right with the Master of Menzoberranzan, it’s all right with me. ;} pic.twitter.com/F9xibW8CbX— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 9, 2019
This is the coolest and I immediately want to know everything that inspired this.l from your brilliant mind. 🖤🕷 Praise Lolth. I started by thinking of Bob's GREAT character Zaknafein; what sort of symbol evoked his unbending endurance and patience, while still saying 'drow' (really: 'elegant spiderlike'). Then I doodled, keeping it different from the sigils I did for the Menzo boxed set long, long ago.
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 9, 2019
I still have a desire to get my hands on the physical box set. I’ve seen digitized versions but nothing beats the real thing.
If elegant is what you were going for say say you captured it masterfully. There is beauty in chaos. Heh. I drew stalagmites (circles) on 17"x35" pages for DAYS with my trusty Staedtler drawing pen. Didn't ruin the white, poplin-covered bedspreads I laid it all out on TOO much. Menzo's design is Bob's, I was just redrawing large for the set. ;}
Elegant? Thank you! Big hugs!— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 9, 2019
I don’t know why it brings me such a large amount of glee trying to picture you drawing your own world on your bed a D&D map. I think it’s because all of us at some point have lost ourselves in creation and it’s a connecting experience for all of us ‘nerds’. I think you've put your finger on it, precisely. Creating is THE high. I have gleeful memories of two gals among my players snatching down swords off my walls to demonstrate attacks they wanted to launch in-game, sliding down my bannisters. They did it for real=succeeded in play.
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 9, 2019
We created foam wrapped PVC pipes and would take play breaks for our characters. We had a full point system and even painted runes along the sides of our “weapons” we did this till our early 20’s when finding time for games became harder and I miss this so much! good memories! Sounds GREAT!
We used to play Call of Cthulhu on hot summer nights up at my cottage, by candlelight (candles stuck into the necks of bottles we'd emptied, ahem), and when we saw a Great Old One, would burst outside and circle the cottage, gibbering and writhing and clawing…— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 9, 2019
Stay super chill, Ed Greenwood just tweeted a custom sigil for House Simfray. Stay cool.
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.THATS SO FUCKING AWESOME OH MY LOLTH I LOVE IT AND ITS PERFECT. https://t.co/UQskppuWNj
— Lady Tia Simfray (@Roleplayers_TV) March 9, 2019
Certainly!
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 3, 2019
Deneir's temple, too.
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 3, 2019
couple of complex questions. I’ll split them up to keep Twitter from going mad.
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How diverse are the elven cultures from one another?
I get the impression that Wild, Dark, and Sea are all pretty unique. Moon & Sun are their own joint thing with the sun being/ Pretty obnoxiously snotty.
But within this. Is there a sociological difference between a Wild Elf from the Moonshaes vs … Elvencourt, say?
And to what extent do elves try to retain a distinctive cultural identity when living among other races? For example is a Cormyrian/— 🌈Jaye🦄Em🌹Edgecliff🏳️🌈 (@jayeedgecliff) February 24, 2019
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I’d say your overview impression is spot-on for the Realms. An elf tends to trust another elf, even one obviously of ‘another sort,’ over non-elves because they know the strange elf fundamentally understands them; elves…#Realmslore 2)
…in general see life and their place in the world the same way.
In general; in specifics, elves are as diverse as humans.
So, yes, there are sociological differences between wild elves from different regions. They embrace/live…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 24, 2019
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…closely with the natural environment in the same way, being different only so far as flourishing in that environment and enriching it (maintaining it in ways that improve it, rather than exhaust it) is different from…#Realmslore 4)
…microclimate to microclimate/place to place. Yet the layers of local slang, fashions, shared ‘perceived wisdom’ built up from shared experiences, aims, politics, and view of non-elves around them will…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 24, 2019
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…necessarily be different. All sentient races have a tendency to establish ‘pecking orders’ among themselves, though longer-lived races like elves do it more gently than humans, but among elves this is based far more on…#Realmslore 6)
…individuals and far less on groups, meaning a wild elf from one place won’t start out by thinking herself superior or inferior to a wild elf from another locale.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 24, 2019
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Running a wizard. He is doing Azuth’s will by discovering magic, using it in daily life, and spreading it when he can. I was able to harvest an Aboleth brain. If he eats it, will he gain knowledge going back to the beginning of the realms? Risks? Maybe he can help. I know The Sage of Shadowdale himself ate a mindflayer’s brain (volo’s guide).
Wonder what would happen here…— Adam (@TheOneXalted) March 1, 2019
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Heh. Can help, because Gary Gygax and I discussed this very thing (humans delving into dead beholder, mind flayer, and dragon brains, as opposed to sharing the thoughts of a living being) long, long ago. Consensus: he will gain confusingly fragmentary visions (vivid moments… 2)
…of the life experienced by the aboleth), that he can try to interpret. NOT coherent knowledge, as human and aboleth brains are 'wired' so differently. If brain devoured, visions will come in a rush, then 'pop up' from time to random time, jarringly.— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 1, 2019
