Good Master Ed, just out of curiosity, is there a discernible difference in the minds of Realmsfolk between a dungeon crawling adventurer and a tomb robber? Yes. Bards, minstrels, and good tavern taletellers keep very much alive the idea that "dungeons beneath our feet" are where all manner of monsters live, that will come boiling forth to maraud if not "kept down" by adventurers who have to fight them to get at treasure.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 22, 2020

can you confirm if Waterdeep and the North (1987) was the first published appearance of Xanathar? It’s for my homework. In published D&D, yes.
The Xanathar actually first appeared in 1967 in a chapbook of two of my fantasy short stories, 7 years before D&D appeared; the Xanathar was a mysterious floating, many-tentacled ruthless crime kingpin in lightless cellars, not yet a beholder.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 28, 2020

Thanks Ed! You're welcome.
When first seen, the Xanathar had a deep, coldly hissing voice, a long reach (via servitor thugs and spying monsters), and the possibility was raised of "Xanathar" being a title assumed by one being after another (due to longevity).#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 28, 2020

I played a great game of D&D for the first time in years last night (a campaign run by the amazing @TheEdVerse), and it really reminded me of all the D&D tricks and rituals that have fallen from my regular gaming vocabulary! It’s been ages since I’ve checked for traps, had 1/2 to solve puzzles in dungeon chambers to advance, and crack open my Forgotten Realmsisms ("Well met!" "Tempus' Shield!" "I knew a lady from Calimshan with desert hot lips…", etc.) It's been fun to revisit such sword and sorcery, and I'm sure I'll be returning again soon. 2/2

— Matthew Dawkins (@clackclickbang) January 28, 2020

We used my old Baron's Blades PCs from many TSR playtests and Milwaukee-era GenCons, which are 2e, but we ran edition-light roleplaying (storytelling) 5e. For years I've run games in a style that lets newcomers to the game relax alongside veteran gamers. It's basically acting.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 29, 2020

Certainly. Under Shadowdale and immediately NW is an underground lake and extensive caverns, and there are also Underdark drow settlements under Sembia itself.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 2, 2020

No, very few drow near Sembia venerate the Dark Dancer (or Vhaeraun); the vast majority worship Lolth.
There are relatively-nearby Eilstraee-worshipping drow to the west, in Cormyr; to the south, near Starmantle; to the northwest, W of Daggerdale; and in the Vast.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 2, 2020

No, very few drow near Sembia venerate the Dark Dancer (or Vhaeraun); the vast majority worship Lolth.
There are relatively-nearby Eilstraee-worshipping drow to the west, in Cormyr; to the south, near Starmantle; to the northwest, W of Daggerdale; and in the Vast.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 2, 2020