I’ve long debated asking this, because “if you have to ask, you don’t want to know” feels quite applicable. Curiosity has got the better of me. What, pray, is this garment & (if not self evident) its purpose? My imagination can take the answers in ever so many ways/ “Like this one: unwrapping a canvas bundle to reveal a garment that seemed to be made entirely of lengths of fine chain. He’d give a lot to know when she’d have occasion to wear a gown like this.…”

Excerpt From
Stormlight
Ed Greenwoodhttps://t.co/h6fMknP3WU

— 🌈Jaye🦄Em🌹Edgecliff🏳️‍🌈 (@jayeedgecliff) February 13, 2019

P.S. if you happen to be talking to someone who can do something about it: the company that eBook-ified this novel introduced some very odd typos.

— 🌈Jaye🦄Em🌹Edgecliff🏳️‍🌈 (@jayeedgecliff) February 13, 2019

1) Heh. It’s a high-fashion gown, suitable for wearing to formal court feasts and ceremonies, that is indeed made entirely of lengths of fine chain. He THOUGHT it’d be both too revealing and uncomfortable (hence useless), but what he didn’t know was that it’s…#Realmslore 2) …enchanted, and when worn and the magic is "turned on," the gown emanates force armor (flexible layer akin to a wall of force) that protects against physical attacks and deflects back many magical ones, too. While remaining a drop-dead "killer" gown. ;}
The…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 13, 2019

3) …explanation for that was one of many prose passages in that book that hit the cutting-room floor. I was still writing to contracted wordcount and then having novels cut severely in-house to fit newer, smaller wordcount decisions. :{#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 13, 2019

@TheEdVerse So my PCs have just recently encountered Elminster in my FR campaign, and it looks like they're going be spending a good amount of time with him, so do you have any tips for roleplaying our favorite wizard appropriately? I want to make sure I'm accurate. pic.twitter.com/yEk7fVTr9O

— Will Dunlap (@tarthalinor) February 9, 2019

1) Elminster is gruff, cantankerous, but kind.
He’s a shrewd judge of all creatures and so is rarely surprised; your PCs should feel like he already knows their secrets and is always one step ahead. With Plans B, C, D, and E… 2) …up his sleeve if anything goes bad or they turn on him.
He enjoys being mysterious.
Mystra wants him to spread the use of magic throughout the world, so he will always be slipping spell scrolls and little enchanted doodads…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 10, 2019

4) 3) …(like glowstones) to PCs and others, instructing them in spellcasting or warning them of pitfalls (“If ye don’t do thus, be aware that thy fireball will pull to the left.”)
He likes to tease, but never to the point ofupsetting (as opposed to annoying) others. He’s a very good actor. He CAN’T be embarrassed, having seen and done it all. Being naked, or covered in filth, or being shown up, won’t bother him or cause the slightest…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 10, 2019

5) …hesitation. He doesn’t get angry, he gets even. He plays the looooong game, planning things years ahead and making deft little arrangements that will lead to consequences years down the road. He doesn’t need to sleep, and 6) …never seems to get tired.
He can’t run out of spells, because he can call on the Weave directly to counter magic or to “shape” any magical effect, even if he doesn’t have the spell to cast it. BUT…he firmly believes that the…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 10, 2019

7) …key to mastery of magic is knowing when NOT to use it.
There. That should do for starters. ;}

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 10, 2019

This is AWESOME!
Thank you so much for this, you’ve made my lil DM heart unbelievably happy. I’m so excited to incorporate Elminster into our current story, this is going to be amazing! You're very welcome. Always happy to talk about the Realms. And the Old Mage in particular. ;}

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 10, 2019

Hello Sage! I’m reading the great 1st book of Cormyr saga and a question about Amedahast. She is a wizard, and yet one line stood out for me “Her fingers lit with eldritch fire at the tips, and then the dancing flames arched”. Does this mean she is partially Warlock? Nope, not at all. Many wizard spells and cantrips (Burning Hands, for example) create flames at the caster's fingertips that burn the caster not, yet can ignite other things. ("Eldritch" isn't a term exclusive to pact magic.)#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 11, 2019

Gotcha, thank you so much for your answer! 🙂 A pleasure. Amedahast is a fascinating character who should have had a novel series of her own.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 11, 2019

can you reveal more info about the red dragon Larauthtor, who’s mentioned in Elminster in Hell? Many thanks. Larauthor, a male red great wyrm, is mentioned in the 3e Realms sourcebook DRAGONS OF FAERUN by Eric Boyd and Eytan Bernstein. Elminster tells me Larauthor has been seen hunting (air to ground pounces) in both the Serpent Hills region and the vicinity of Neverwinter.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 12, 2019

Like hunting now? O_o In 1492 DR or in the past? Now! In 1492 DR. Either Larauthtor, or a wyrm mistaken for him by a witness who's definitely seen Larauthtor several times in the past.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 12, 2019

Up today, as we roll along on our tour of TSR releases over the years, currently in the middle of 1990, is the hardbound release – Forgotten Realms Adventures. Have a great Monday everyone! pic.twitter.com/wgYZHxvlMy

— Alex Kammer (@GHC_and_Tacos) February 11, 2019

An exhausting week of drawing city maps with a Staedtler pen. My reward? Seeing photoblasts of the gorgeous Steve Fabian interior art. Still brings a big smile to my face, every time I open it.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 11, 2019

DOWNLOAD this forgotten gem: Forgotten Realms Adventures

What up nerds! I hope everyone is well and that your polyhedrons are treating you well. Up today, as we meander through the TSR releases over the years, from 1990 is FR11: Dwarves Deep, in tasty original shrink. This is one of my all time favorite covers. Thanks @TheEdVerse ! pic.twitter.com/rqj4JZYCfO

— Alex Kammer (@GHC_and_Tacos) February 15, 2019

Aha! Everyone who owns this, here's the errata: on the foldout map, "Rimmato" should be: Rimmator
…and in the text, bottom right of a page, adamantine is the durable alloy used so ably for items, but the brittle hard ore it's derived from is "adamantite" ! Please fix. ;}

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 15, 2019

And that cover apparently caused consternation among some distributors: "We look at the cover and we're staring at a DEAD MAN'S FACE!" (Said someone as the product sold out from under him….) ;}

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 15, 2019

And I rue that I lacked both time and wordcount to detail a roster of 40-plus dwarf clans (who led them, their aims and interests, their feuds with others, where they flourished [or dwindled], and so on…
I even had to admit four pages or so of alloys known only to dwarves…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 18, 2019

Sorry, "admit" should have been "omit"…my aging brain is addled by too much delving through boxes of old, faded Realmslore.
What am I waiting for? Someone to hand me about three months of free time (oh, and do my taxes for me; that'd free up a few weeks). ;}

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 18, 2019

can you help me to know more of King Bann Alagondar and his rule after Nasher in neverwinter. Running a short urban game within the city in 1400 DR. Sure. To begin…are you familiar with this overview?https://t.co/WszXws6zmk
?

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 12, 2019

I ’ve read up on that now. But it doesn’t seem to say very much of the years surrounding his rule following the death of his father other than his royal line. Unless you mean the underdark below the city? I could learn more about that.The 4e Neverwinter Campaign Setting is set later (Lord Neverember as Lord Protector is ruling), but because Neverwinter was licensed out by TSR for computer games, little in-house lore was written and published, to give them as free a hand as possible in crafting those games.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 12, 2019

So there just isn't much official Realmslore about King Bann and his time. Sorry.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 12, 2019

It was Wizards policy to avoid writing about events in the Realms between the onset of the Spellplague and the roughly century "time jump" to the 5e Realms. Hence the gap in lore. Storytelling needs have led to some lore being written in the game products and novels published…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 12, 2019

…since, and in cases of describing ruling lineages (such as the website article "Backdrop: Cormyr") in particular countries, but you've encountered a "Dark Ages" paucity of lore that leaves it to individual DMs to create in. Were I you, I'd decide if King Bann is going to be…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 12, 2019

…a distant/remote or "hands on" ruler for citizens in Neverwinter, and consult the organizations, factions, and conflicts in the 4e setting book to decide what the major political issues facing King Bann must have been, then decide what adventuring opportunities will most…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 12, 2019

…pressingly face your PCs, and go from there. Even for heavily-lore-covered times in the Realms, DMs have to do this for places that don't get heavy in-print coverage (e.g. Glister, Everlund, Secomber, Priapurl, and so, so many others).

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 12, 2019