In my first draft of Tomb of Annihilation, the final chamber – Cradle of the Death God – was a bit plain. Chris Perkins asked for something more interesting, so I worked up the final design you see in the book. I love how many dioramas this little room has spawned! pic.twitter.com/SrnhkhVjAA

— Will Doyle (@BeholderPie) August 15, 2021

That was an amazing encounter. Great work!

— Shawn Merwin (@shawnmerwin) August 15, 2021

Nice love the lighting!!

— Will Doyle (@BeholderPie) August 15, 2021

It’s amazing how much better we get at designing when someone asks us to deliver more. To dig deeper. I have two questions I constantly ask myself when writing now. “Is this cool?” and, if so, “How can it be even cooler?” Truth!

— Will Doyle (@BeholderPie) August 16, 2021

Literally something I brought up about Chult and Port Nyanzaru in #ToA. What are they trading? Where is coming from? What makes it desirable elsewhere? The whole picture is important, because things are connected and it makes for a better world build. #DnD https://t.co/7HN9rqxz6y

— PanzerLion 🇨🇦 (@POCGamer) June 29, 2019

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YES. Exactly. Back when Tim Brown was Creative Director of TSR, I tried to sell him on including a centerfold game in DRAGON where players were shipcaptains, moving cargoes (little cards saying things like: “3 arkren [1=2 tons] iron forgebars to Baldur’s Gate, .. 2)
…worth 120 points") up and down the Sword Coast and dealing with storms, pirates, sea monsters, and the like. Just a fun little game, but it would show everyone what was likely in the hold of the D&D ship their PCs were buying passage on.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 29, 2019

“Arkren, eh?” *scribbles furiously* Heh. I KNEW you'd pounce on that.
Most folks do the "coffer, strongchest, handkeg, cask, greatcask, shouldersack" measures, but there are bulk measures. My notes are fragmentary at best.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 29, 2019

I know, from conversations back then, that some folks in-house saw Chult as “the place to do Professor Challenger/Lost World” adventures, so that shaped the published depiction of it. It explains the sudden tonal and structural shifts between the few mentions of Chult and Chultans in 1e vs where they went in 2e.

— PanzerLion 🇨🇦 (@POCGamer) June 30, 2019

we have been running Tomb of Annihilation and I keep wondering why Elminster isn’t in it. The soul monger sure seems like something he would look into and a crazy multidimensional lich would probably have a rapport with the old rogue. Heh. Elminster is SO busy, with fingers in so many pies (thanks to Mystra and his centuries of building real-life friendships and obligations), that even he can't be everywhere at once.
Which, as Storm has commented darkly, more than once, "Is a GOOD thing."

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 15, 2018

does Port Nyanzaru have any high level clerics or casters that could possibly bring someone back from the dead aka a (True Ressurection)? 🙂 The answer should be yes, though I'm not sure how high a public profile such individuals would have or want. Up to you as DM.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 9, 2018

Been working on stuff I cant share, but it has been too long between art posts. Here are some doodles back when I was working on Tomb of Annihilation. River of gibbering mouthers is still my favorite thing I have yet to use. #dnd pic.twitter.com/VTLzRHKj7L

— Shawn G. Wood (@thesgw) July 26, 2018