@TheEdVerse hi! How does somethig like this coexist with the Dragonward over Waterdeep? This dragon was touched by the staff? pic.twitter.com/RNYSmioMH8
— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 24, 2018
1/The Dragonward (like most powerful wards/fields/guards) is a localized persistent alteration in the Weave (whereas the area of effect of a spell going off is a short-term one). Given time to study the Weave, for those who have the Art (talent to sense, understand, and wield…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 24, 2018
2/…magic) and inclination to do so, any being with sufficient smarts, power, and opportunity for self-alteration (and bear in mind that experimentations in this regard are perilous!) can "attune" themselves (modify their minds and bodies in the necessary ways) to enter a…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 24, 2018
3/…ward that would otherwise prohibit them, exist within it, and avoid some or all of its effects. Weavemasters (like El and Khelben and the Seven) can do this, Mystra's touch and will, and artifacts like the Blackstaff can do it for anyone in contact with it, and several…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 24, 2018
4/…dragons have managed it, down the years (there are others mentioned in the Wyrms of the North series and other Realmslore; quite a few gold dragons and weredragons/song dragons have dwelt in Waterdeep or visited it for extended periods. Yet the Ward isn't futile; a "flight..
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 24, 2018
5/…of dragons" or strike force of attacking wyrms can hardly have the time to stop, examine, and experiment with self-alterations so as to overfly, dive into, or land in Waterdeep. Make sense?
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 24, 2018
Teenager me would be amazed that Ed Greenwood is available on my pocket computer to answer Forgotten Realms questions just like that. Love ya @TheEdVerse! #dnd It's always a pleasure for me to talk Realmslore. (Except when NDAs forbid me talking about something, or discussing it properly; then it can be frustrating.) So, please, query me whenever. :}
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 25, 2018