Scores of them. Anauroch and the Plains of Purple Dust are big ones, but smaller ones, like the Calim Desert, are more 'in the way' of trade routes, etc.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 1, 2020
There have been: the Desert of Desolation series, put into the Realms at the beginning. And others, too.
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 1, 2020
Here are some Planescape revisit/warm-up sketches from the Land of Quarantine.🎨 #planescape #dungeonsanddragons pic.twitter.com/DHxDe0IGCx
— Tony DiTerlizzi (@TonyDiTerlizzi) May 3, 2020
I’ve a question about Alathea Merendil of Athkatla that I hope you or Elminster can answer: Did Alathea remain fertile during her three long centuries spent courting husbands? 1)
Alathea had children about once a year from her twenties up through the middle of her 18th decade; her last known child (a daughter, the fierce-willed sorceress Bhellasharra of Yith) was born when she was 186 summers old.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 8, 2020
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So far as is known, Alathea remained sexually active (or as some sages put it, “went on wearing out husbands”) after that, but bore no more children. That may not have been her becoming infertile; it might have been… 3)
…her choice (contraception). After all, she had more children than most would consider “more than enough” by then.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 8, 2020
Sometimes writing long descriptions of how things work can lull you into a false sense that you're doing design work when in fact you're just procrastinating in a maximally verbose way.
— Matt Colville? (@mattcolville) February 22, 2020
Hey DMs. You ever get like.. sad? Like immediately following a session? A few of my other DM buddies have relayed this to me, and I can totally relate. There’s this feeling that people were bored, or they thought the session was stupid. Regardless how many words of affirmation my party sends my way, I’m continually second guessing the quality of the content, my own delivery, and the consistency of my judgements. It usually goes away after a few hours, but that DNDepression is real, man.
— Jesse's Dungeons and Disasters (@JDisasters) June 10, 2020
Aye, all the time over the years. I’ve spent a LOT of time thinking on it, and I know much of it stems from overall human insecurity… which is often compounded by players also feeling the same insecurities. A table of people all worried they let everyone else down. Pleasant words can only do so much when you can play the critic to your own choices, or feel the energy was off, etc…
It just sucks. We can’t always live up to our expectations we hold ourselves to… and that isn’t always healthy either.
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) June 11, 2020
If it helps at all, though… looking through these comments, you should very much know now that you aren’t alone. <3
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) June 11, 2020
It's Dirk again @MisrulesTheDay@TheEdVerse
Master Sage! The addition of Theros to the D&D multiverse has me wondering, how are satyrs regarded in the Realms? Do you ever see satyr adventurers & what would be the reaction of the general public? Monsters among us?— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 26, 2020
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Most “just plain folks” in the Realms have never seen a satyr, and hear of them only in tavern tales that play up their trickster, dangerous denizen of the woodlands, horny reputations. But an adventurer who played pipes, …2)
…sang, danced, or stood quietly and spoke with others, or drew weapon when warranted, like other adventurers that satyr was with, would be stared at (as someone unusual, so fascination and not necessarily hostility) and…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 26, 2020
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…accepted. Depending on how much a particular individual had heard about the description of a satyr, they might not even recognize an adventurer satyr as a satyr, and might think of the adventurer as a spell-transformed human … 4)
…or a woodland fey who might be “okay” if in the company of a druid or an elf the individual trusted. Satyr adventurers aren’t rare in wilderland and forest areas of the Heartlands and north (until one gets so far north that…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 26, 2020
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…the trees run out), but they are very rare in human cities.
The general reputation of satyrs is that they’re glib, charismatic, randy thieves who’ll have sex with anyone (all genders and ages) given the slightest encouragement… 6)
…(note the latter: folk will think they have to ‘watch themselves’ around a satyr, especially if offered drink by the satyr, not that every satyr is a run-amok rapist). They’d laugh at a satyr’s jests, but would watch sharp to…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 26, 2020
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…make sure the jokes weren’t covering up pickpocketing attempts.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 26, 2020
Hi @TheEdVerse , By chance, do you have a list of common Nerverwintian names and surnames? Mostly for humans, but if you happen to have names for dwarves and half-elves too, it would really help me. Thanks in advance.
— Jon Gomez (@ZeromaruX) September 5, 2020
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1)
Common Neverwintan Surnames:
Aljack
Alamondar
Balaskor
Belturret
Blaurbuckle (local halfling name)
Blent
Caunor
Coldspar
Curhelm
Darvent
Dornwood
Dunflask
Elfgard
Elstorn
Falkyn
Farhaven
Fornadar
Gaunt
Ghelkyn (local gnome name)
Gostskar
Gyrhall
Harbranch Haelshield
Heenhawk
Howloun
Hulmarkh
Huntsunder (local half-elf name)
Ironhorn
Ither
Jessekh
Kalahast
Kulvind
Larshrike
Lornelant
Lurblade
Marantoril
Moondyn
Muskunder
Navantur
Neldorin
Oblantur
Ostar
Pendryn
Petherstaff
Qelbrin
Qelkaur
Raelshar
Ravant
…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 6, 2020
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Rornrune
Sarlask
Sevrune
Snowskorn
Stormsea
Summersun
Taladance
Tarnsheld
Torfire (local dwarf name)
Umbler
Undle
Valdant
Valelantern
Vornsar
Waelwynd
Waund (local gnome name)
Wundryn
Xander (local gnome name)
Xavurr
Yaldkeep
Yondrin
Yurbanner Zantrin
Zeloave
ZorkeldI think I know what box the list of given names is in (it got fetched out for the 4e Neverwinter book, but never used), but dinner for self and wife first; when diabetics gotta eat, diabetics gotta eat.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 6, 2020
Herewith, Common Female Given Names of Neverwinter:
Adanthe, Adanthae
Algondra
Alys
Amrae
Belsheira
Blanthe
Baerabra
Bress
Calyaea
Catrantha
Chace
Cydace
Cyndria
Cysthlas
Daea, Daya
Delbondra
Dornra
Elone
Emmera, Emra
Epheira
Felfaunra
Finndra
Fyfarra 2)
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Galanthae
Glaedra
Glaeleis
Gornra
Haethe
Haladra
Haladorna
Himrae
Hylandra
Hythe
Imra
Indra
Ipheira
Jaedris
Jalandra
Jathra
Kandorra
Klaelys
Maddlyn
Maethe
Manarnra
Maurla
Mistyl
Mor
Morganthe
Morgara
Nambarra
Ninue
Nymbra
Olantra
Pandelra
Phanthae
Pymmra
…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 6, 2020
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Qeldanthe, Qeldanthae
Qorla
Qystra
Raedranthe
Roazra
Rylys
Sabreeme
Saeia
Sandrys
Silvrune
Soryzs
Stavra
Tass, Tassampra
Taez, Taezauntra
Tilrauma
Torys
Turstarra
Undathe
Undue
Varindra
Volone
Vove
Wynd
Xara
Yakla
Yanthra
Zaunrae
Zove
Zynthys
Zyzarra#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 6, 2020
Years ago I saw 3.5 Eberron and snobbed on it with claims of robot and stuff. Now, I’m reading E:RftLW, and want to publicly and formally apologize to @HellcowKeith for my mistake. An excellent and interesting world! Thank you. Quite a lot of people dismissed Eberron as "Robot dinosaurs and trains" back in the day. I'm glad to hear you're enjoying it now!
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) April 11, 2020
Some might say your game with all those “robots” was more than meets the eye? Under a silly interpretation of WGtE rules, I did play one game as a warforged barbarian who could transform into a wagon. Roll out!
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) April 12, 2020
