How do FR banks protect against teleport or scrying? Buy perm Mord Priv Sanctum?FR banks have lead-lined vaults: no teleporting in or out. There are other defenses, too, but they prefer to keep them secret.
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 7, 2017
Thanks! So lead works in 5e? (Couldn't find it in books)
— Kerry Jordan (@kandidkerry) August 7, 2017
The rule: Realmslore holds as canon until contradicted by more recently published canon works. So if ever 'tis said lead doesn't work…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 7, 2017
…in a canon work, then it doesn't. And means Mystra, for reasons unknown to mortals, altered the Weave (herself) so that teleport…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 7, 2017
…spells used by mortal spellcasters work differently than they did before. (Of course, many mortal spellcasters are experimenting with…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 7, 2017
…magic, all the time, altering spells and enchantments. Sometimes the gods don't like the results, or love them, and make tinkerings of…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 7, 2017
…their own. Which mortals (and we chroniclers of the Realms) may or may not discover the hard way. :}
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 7, 2017
In daily operations in the Realms, moneylenders/moneychangers usually deter thoughts of swindles and robberies by making sure "everyone"…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 7, 2017
…knows they have hired mages present and vigilant. Also, many moneylending/changing operations, especially rural, are temples. Angering…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 7, 2017
…clergy is seldom prudent, and monies lost mean the community as a whole suffers (isn't there to be used for work, like wells for clean…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 7, 2017
…water and irrigation, the temple-to-temple item and message delivery service (equivalent of Post Office), and so on. So "bank robbers"…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 7, 2017
..are seldom folks who value civilization, or see a personal future need for some of its rules and services. (In the Realms as elsewhere,…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 7, 2017
…there is an interconnectedness of all things. Which back when I went to school, was usually out to us as "consider the consequences." :}
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 7, 2017