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“ANOTHER ring to rule them all? How falarking original! Do all of these dwarven mage-smiths possess NO originality at all? Or are they all so in love with tradition that they’ll endanger realms by making a portable…#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 27, 2018
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…destroy-all thingummy ANY dolt can steal or find, and traipse around with, using some of its powers without knowing or caring about consequences?”
“Well, kings do that all the time!”#epic fantasy “Yes, but they’re BORN to it, lad. We’re USED to them being reckless dolts, caring naught for the fates of the rest of us. That’s comfortingly USUAL, see?”
“Uh-huh. Well, this ruling ring is different.”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 27, 2018
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“How?”
“Oh? Special colour to its glow? Flavoured, perhaps? Emits tunes that drive you mad, like a court bard?”
“No. This one isn’t portable.”
“How so? Even something stuck in a stone, like that fated sword, can be MADE portable.”#epic fantasy “Lad, you just need a sufficiently irresponsible wizard. Which is darned near all of them, come to think.”
“Well, this ring is magical, but it can’t travel. Not without a LOT of chisel and pickaxe work…#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 27, 2018
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…that’ll most likely destroy it.”
“Lad, when it’s magic, there is no ‘can’t’ anything…trust me.”
“Well, this ring is a bathtub ring. And the tub is hollowed out of the bedrock deep in a mountain. And is a tub big enough for…”#epic fantasy …six dwarves to share without touching. And the cavern it’s in has only very narrow entrances. Crack the tub and you crack the magic. So you’d need to hew a huge block of bedrock…”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 27, 2018
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“I get it, lad, I get it. Ever heard of MAGIC?”
“Why, yes. One ring to rule them all…”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 27, 2018