How do the Masked Lords keep their identities secret beyond their outfits? What keeps someone from just following them home or something? My players are on a mission to steal a Lord’s Ensemble for the Xanathar. I don’t think it should be that easy. Masked Lords USUALLY keep the outfits at the Palace. Many citizens go to and from the Palace every day (think of it as a combined City Hall/convention centre/licensing services kiosk), so they go openly and don/doff outfits in private (in rooms behind secret doors).#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 15, 2019

Are they typically kept in separate rooms unique to each lord or are the rooms and outfits shared among them all? The outfits are shared only on rare occasions/emergencies. The hidden cloakrooms and "robing rooms" (= dressing rooms) are scattered across the westernmost Palace, on all floors, and are habitually shared among a handful of Lords (but they all know where all are).#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 15, 2019

@TheEdVerse hey Ed thanks for everything. Quick Q. What is the temperature in Waterdeep at the peak of the summer? Do we have heavy heatwaves making impossible every day activities flow as normal as they could? Do guards wear plate armors?

— Lexar (@Lexar131) May 16, 2019

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USUALLY the cooling shore breezes (winds blowing from the sea) make life bearable (70s in Fahrenheit) at the height of the summer, but when those winds die the city can turn into a sauna in the sunlight (hot damp; high 80s). Guards would go down to…#Realmslore 2)
…"back-and-breast" (plates, held on with leather straps), plus gorget (throat) and cup (groin) plates, with white-hued surcoats to NOT absorb heat. No gauntlets. Light helms ARE usually worn.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 17, 2019

I always assumed Waterdeep was fantasy Toronto by the sea and the weather was about the same. Waterdeep's a little warmer, thanks to warm ocean currents (keeps the harbor open longer). But close. :}#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 17, 2019

quick Query. Do The Fields of Triumph in WD have gladiatorial matches? I see published sources saying martial demonstrations, but would Waterdeep be okay with gladiatorial fighting? Waterdeep USED to be. Thereafter, chariot races, wagon races, and NON-LETHAL duels (though some of those had "oops" moments, they did have clerics on hand for healing). That's how it stands today.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 18, 2019

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Q: I dwell in North Ward, Waterdeep. My neighbours’ house and yard are more than unkempt; rats run about amid rotting food, old broken furniture, and the corpses of…pets? Slain intruders? If I complain, will lawkeepers do…#AskElminster

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 4, 2019

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…something?
Elminster: The Watch will likely search the property for signs of a crime (like the remains being human), forcing entry if need be to do so. And snarl and roar at the owner to clean it up, particularly if the…#AskElminster 3)
…owner snarls and roars at their request or their intrusion. And there, unless contraband is found in the building or evidence of another crime, the matter will likely rest, though Watch patrols will keep an eye on the…#AskElminster

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 4, 2019

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…property from then on, waiting for a transgression, so they can then pounce. If a property becomes a “peril” rather than an eyesore, the city may send a work crew to clean it up (a bill for this will be added to the tax…#AskElminster

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 4, 2019

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…demand levied on the owner) or even pull the property down and seize the land (this last is VERY rare, as citizens are reminded that the Lords could do as much to them, and always raise a protest that the Lords shouldn’t… 6)
…have such power). And by the way, the mere presence of rats is NOT a matter for complaint; in a coastal harbor city with extensive sewers and deeper places beneath, they are common (some say they far outnumber the human…#AskElminster

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 4, 2019

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…inhabitants) and impossible to eradicate; seasoned Waterdhavians ignore them, smiting them only when they bite or ravage foodstuffs or clothing. There are even chapbooks of recipes for preparing rat for the dining table to… 8)
…be had in the right shops and stalls; quite popular in dock Ward, I’m told. Myself, I roast rats stuffed with almonds, on skewers, until crispy (so the furry skin becomes like crackling, and can be readily pulled off and…#AskElminster

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 4, 2019

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…discarded). Then dust with cinnamon or nutmeg, and enjoy!#AskElminster

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 4, 2019

Dear Elminster. If you can afford almonds, nutmeg, and cinnamon, why are you eating rats? Elminster saith: The right rats are a delicacy. So are the right cockroaches (roast them well, mind). Ye must set aside Earth cuisine attitudes and prejudices when in the Realms. (Though if ye successfully manage to sneak in ice cream, I'll be thy FRIEND.)

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 4, 2019

I’m having a hell of a time finding any information about an actual prison or dungeon in Waterdeep. I have a character that’s murdered a citizen and a horse “in self defense.” I’m even looking at the TSR books and can’t find a solid answer. There are lockup cells in every walltower (tower along the city wall), along with local Watch barracks/patrol bases. There's a full-fledged dungeon under Castle Waterdeep. Mentioned in the early Waterdeep FR products and in my 2-part Wizards website article on the City Watch.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 2, 2019