@TheEdVerse Making A Thayan character, I noticed an item called A Web of Bells, which is apparently a dancers costume Do you have any insight into what it ooks like/how it was used? Or anything else interesting about Thay? Big fan Thank you for your time 🙂
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A Web of Bells is rather drafty/revealing for outdoor wear: picture an bodystocking, wrist-cuffs to collar to ankle-cuffs, entirely made of (usually black, but can be crimson) fishnet, with TINY bells (look like pearls) sewn to every cord-junction. Used …#Realmslore…for "exotic" dancing, in dimly-lit clubs and on raised stages/tables. Many Thayans who aren't dancers buy one, because when worn as an undergarment to social functions, and tiny bits of it revealed to particular persons, it can be used as a signal of "I'm…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 2, 2019
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…interested” in a hookup. Can be worn by either gender, but more often seen on women. NOT for wear by slaves, unless you’re signalling that you are freeing this particular being who’s wearing one. And yes, Thay’s an interesting place. @gkrashos has done an…#Realmslore…essential "root Realmslore" Thay piece that you can find (for free!) on the DM's Guild: Tyrants in Scarlet: the Founding History of the Zulkirs of Thay. (It's a lot more than just history! It explains the Big Secret of Thay.)#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 2, 2019