DMing DH. Had our first session. How important is it for a spellcaster to register with the Watchful Order of Magists and Protectors? Do clerics/druids register? (P.s. thanks for signing the FR “fan” novel I wrote as a teen in the early 90s, and for all your work!) You're very welcome! No, clerics and druids don't register with the Watchful Order, and visiting wizards don't have to if they refrain from casting magic within the city (the Order "turns a blind eye" to casting spells on self and friends behind closed doors, that aren't…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 5, 2018
…hostile, and also ignores any incidents of spellcasting in Skullport or Undermountain, but will INSIST, forcibly if need be, on registration of anyone who tries to sell scrolls or offer spellcasting services for money, in the city (including Undercliffs), or who hurls spells..
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 5, 2018
…in the public streets. If someone known to be a wizard of power (i.e. not an apprentice, and anyone of 4th level or higher) settles in Waterdeep, sooner or later the Order will visit them with a "welcoming committee" to see why they haven't registered, if they don't visit…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 5, 2018
…the Order to do so, first.
Realms forever! Keep writing novels, but spread your wings into your own settings, to enrich us all!— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 5, 2018