I can think of at least six, but looking them up beyond mere mentions is going to take time. That's pre-2000 lore, except for the Phulshulkh, who go by "Phalkyn" these days. (W front Street of the Singing Dolphin, Sea Ward.)#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 22, 2022
Good afternoon Mr. Ed, I hope you are having a good day.
I have a question about a prestige class: Who created the Techsmith(Faiths & Pantheons) and gond? Some curiosities or facts about these faerun artificers that look very advanced. I created Gond. I believe Eric Boyd created the techsmith. He's the man to ask about those dangerous, dangerous individuals.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 2, 2022
Every temple, and most guilds (for members, and the children of members). The wealthy (most nobles) hire private tutors.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 2, 2022
@TheEdVerse what do i have to read to set my campaign in the forgotten realms scenario of 5e?
— Otto Varga (@seo_otto) April 25, 2022
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That depends on where in the Realms you want most play to unfold, and if you want to use the official published adventures or not.
The SWORD COAST ADVENTURER’S GUIDE is the only 5e “overview sourcebook,” but the official adventures cover specific areas very well. 2)
For instance, STORM KING'S THUNDER covers the Sword Coast North, ICEWIND DALE: RIME OF THE FROSTMAIDEN covers Icewind Dale, WATERDEEP: DRAGON HEIST does Waterdeep, and so on.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 25, 2022
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If you want to get away from the Sword Coast, Alex Kammer and I did a(n official) BORDER KINGDOMS book, and Alex, Alan Patrick, and I did a Thay book.
Other resources, like the Amarune’s Almanac series at DM’s Guild or ED GREENWOOD PRESENTS ELMINSTER’S FORGOTTEN…
#Realmslore 4)
…REALMS (I don't title these things!) are very useful for campaigns but not as 5e specific. (Some cities haven't been covered since my 2e FORGOTTEN REALMS ADVENTURES hardcover sourcebook.)#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 25, 2022
So is the best setting for a large campaign before the events of the magic plague(4e)? And thanks for the reply! If you want lots of lore to draw on, pre-Spellplague (before the end of Tarsakh in 1385 DR: 3.5e, 3e, 2e, and 1e) has far greater lore coverage over more of Toril than later.
If you want more of a free hand to "fill in the blanks" yourself, 4e. Whereas 5e is painting in the gaps.— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 26, 2022
Re: Mirt as a Masked Lord
Everybody *knows* he’s a Masked Lord, right? Not tabloid speculation, but legitimately knows because he doesn’t care to keep it secret, right? That's right. In the mid-1300s DR, ere he got magically trapped (and vanished from circulation for more than a century), everyone knew Mirt was a Lord, because he attended and voted unmasked and spoke openly. So folk took complains and suggestions to him.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 4, 2022
I keep digging into Suzail and keep not finding things. Like Blackshield apartments (Court residence) on several maps but nothing else. Does this mean guests and dignitaries stay there? Court clerks? so many questions @TheEdVerse #Cormyr #ForgottenRealms #Dnd Visiting royals, nobles, and special envoys (highest-ranking clergy & diplomats) stay in special Palace suites. Lower-ranking visitors stay in ground-floor (& floor above) rooms in "Blackshields."
Court clerks are given rooms there for their duration of their service.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 29, 2022
This sounds like a big apartment complex! Do they offer any sort of amenities to the guests? room service? companionship? gym and pool? It is a big complex (4 floors of suites & an attic of servants' chambers and workshops, as well as a full cellar). There are heated baths at the rear of the ground floor, and a guest lounge with (what we would call serve-yourself-buffet) food and drink at all hours.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 29, 2022
Why is Faerun called The Forgotten Realms?
I’ve been running games in your world for over thirty years and never thought to ask that until today. Our real world has many legends of dragons, wyverns, etc. but we don't see them in the streets. Because we've "forgotten" the gates (portals) linking Earth with Toril and many other "worlds." So Toril is "the Forgotten Realms."
(Faerûn is the continent we most know.)#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 13, 2022
@TheEdVerse Hail, Goodman Greenwood!
'Tis Election Tuesday (no, not a holiday) here in the USA, and I think we'd all love to learn something about popular electoral systems of the Realms. What are some offices elected 'by the people'? How does the system work?
Cheers!
— Brian Johnson (@JohBri) November 9, 2022
Hi! Really busy with design work tonight, but let me say a few words about local elections for “village lord” (mayor) and harbormasters (in ports) in Amn and Tethyr. In the smaller places where they are elected, as opposed to appointed (in the larger places, it’s… 2)
…often a “reward posting” for investors handed out by local nobles or wealthy and powerful locals).
Voters in such elections are stakeholders: property owners in a settlement, or owners of docks and warehouses and shipyards in ports. They go before a local…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 9, 2022
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…local resident can stand), and for each vote, a pebble is put into a jar labeled for that candidate, and all jars are safeguarded by the herald and the clergy (often in a secure structure to minimize tampering). When the election time is deemed over (it may… 5)
…be as long as a tenday, but by local custom is usually three or four days, dawn to dusk), the pebbles are counted by the herald and all clergy in unison, and the high total wins. If there’s any dispute or anomaly (more pebbles than local voters, for…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 9, 2022
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…example), a new election is held, but any incumbent running again does NOT stay in office until it’s done; rather, clergy step in to serve.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 9, 2022
