Does Path of the Beast barbarian gain proficiency with their natural weapons?

— Kjell (@onkonkh) January 21, 2020

Yes, you’re proficient.

— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) January 21, 2020

It’s varies, depending on where we are in the story! When it’s heavy worldbuilding/preparing for an arc, it can still be around then. If my previous prep is being explored, it lowers significantly. Map building/custom creature creation still take a bit of time. Overall, similar.

— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) July 22, 2020

The scale of attention given to the world from the audience does lend an extra level of care I wish to take in regard to internal consistency, lore consistency, etc… and even then it’s far from perfect, hehe. That does add time as well.

— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) July 22, 2020

The upside to the players only making it half as far as you thought they would means you’re already prepped for the next session. 😁 This!

— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) July 22, 2020

I think it’s important to point out that this is not needed for local DMs.

For you it’s a paid job.

I prep roughly 30-60 minutes/session and then about 1/month I will spend 2-3 hours planning/adjusting the next Arc. Thanks to @SlyFlourish’s book that is plenty Precisely this! This is a very special case, and often when prepping for non-streamed games, I take an approach much more similar to yours.

— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) July 22, 2020

Even so, I enjoy my prep and digging in deep, as I’m sure others do as well. It’s not a question of “how much time do you need to prep”, but “how much time do you wish to prep?”

— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) July 22, 2020

Saw in a earlier tweet you had listed Volo as an unwitting anchor, where else could I look for those? Meeting and questing for/around Weave anchors would be interesting. Well, if they’re unwitting, they’re secrets. Look for a person in the Realms who seems to lead a charmed life, “impossibly” surviving situations and attacks that should have killed them, and they MIGHT be a Weave anchor.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 28, 2020

Given the “might”, what is the term(s) (“dumb luck” aside, as well) for ones that are less likely anchors? E.g. Pikel?
Sorry, just a fan of words so … Many folk in the Realms enjoy the "favor of Tymora" or "the favor of a god" (as clergy formally say), or got "kissed by Tymora" (as regular folk say).
And when a lucky escape is PARTICULARLY improbable, you'll hear "Tymora sure kissed HIS backside" and similar.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 30, 2020

Saw in a earlier tweet you had listed Volo as an unwitting anchor, where else could I look for those? Meeting and questing for/around Weave anchors would be interesting. Well, if they’re unwitting, they’re secrets. Look for a person in the Realms who seems to lead a charmed life, “impossibly” surviving situations and attacks that should have killed them, and they MIGHT be a Weave anchor.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 28, 2020

Given the “might”, what is the term(s) (“dumb luck” aside, as well) for ones that are less likely anchors? E.g. Pikel?
Sorry, just a fan of words so … Many folk in the Realms enjoy the "favor of Tymora" or "the favor of a god" (as clergy formally say), or got "kissed by Tymora" (as regular folk say).
And when a lucky escape is PARTICULARLY improbable, you'll hear "Tymora sure kissed HIS backside" and similar.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 30, 2020

Needless to say the sheer happiness it was for me to be hired for another D&D cover.

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A.D Kate Irwin made the whole process a total blast! #DnD #dnd5e #dndart @Wizards_DnD

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— Magali Villeneuve (@Cathaoir1) August 24, 2020

I love your work on this!

— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) August 24, 2020