Is King Boranel a guy who is popular with the ladies, does he womanize, ect as far as the whole not having a heir, maybe he does but it’s a bastard OR is he not like that at all? Boranel has many children; according to Five Nations, he "has outlived three wives and has eleven fiercely
independent children (six sons and five daughters)." It's simply that none of them are currently seen as living up to his legacy.— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) September 2, 2020
That seems reasonable. In our world, it’s not implausible for a sniper to hit a target up to 1,200 meters away — even farther than your warlock. Won’t be much use if an adventure takes place indoors or if you don’t know the enemy in advance, though…
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) August 16, 2020
Hey, Realms folks… is there any in-universe limk between Calimshan and Zakhara? Any explanation why two very similar countries (culturally) are so distant from each other? Any reason to pick one over the other to visit? @Dan_Dillon_1 thoughts? #dnd
— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) June 26, 2020
Calimshan was colonized in deep antiquity by pre-enlightenment Djinn and their Zakharan human and halfling slaves, where they conquered and enslaved the local human population. Calimshan, and to a lesser degree, Tethyr, are cultural descendents of pre-enlightenment Zakhara.
— PanzerLion in a Summer of Discontent🇨🇦 (@POCGamer) June 26, 2020
This lore was added in post development after AQ was released, likely because someone realized that they had three “Arab”/”Middle East” areas and wanted to try for an in game fixit. Post-enlightenment Zakhara is the source of the “Bedine” in Anauroch via magic portal mishap. The world building around Calimshan, Tethyr, and Anauroch is super dodgy though, mostly because only Calimshan had any firm direction/conceptualization and the other two were at the whim of writers without that. Calimshan is heavily downplayed despite its literally epic history.
— PanzerLion in a Summer of Discontent🇨🇦 (@POCGamer) June 26, 2020
For perspective, on Faerûn, Calimsham and its precursors are only predated by the people who would become known as Imaskar for foundation date (-8350 DR vs -7800 DR), were powerful enough that Netheril didn’t try to expand into their lands, and had the 2nd largest land empire. Thanks for dropping some knowledge! Do you have an article on your blog for this one, for future reference?
— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) June 26, 2020
Unearthed Arcana Empowered by dragons: the Way of the Ascendant Dragon for monks and the Drakewarden for rangers.
‘m currently enjoying a lovely evening on the back patio of my home in the pacific northwest. Lots of rain and moderate temperatures in the winter and pleasant warm summers. What part of the realms would be most meteorologically similar?Right about the 45th parallel, if that narrows it down
— William Butler Yeets (@CptBaker) June 24, 2020
As a DM, did you ever use “madness rules” and monsters that can make you mad ? (For example, a game session “I have to go to a temple because my character has gone mad since I’ve deen this weird monster”) Thanks ! Yes, but not madness tables, though I've designed some for previous edition official D&D. I have specific sorts of insanity caused by specific things (poison, magic, psionic attacks, etc.). Insanity and poisons tend to get edited out of the game, and later replaced.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 12, 2020
How big are the storm spires and could they be attached to a Lyrandar airship or will I have to downsize?
Storm spires are eldritch machines, meaning their exact workings are up to the DM. Personally I'd say that there's never been a mobile one in the past, a Lyrandar artificer developing a spire that can be mounted in an airship is an interesting story.— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) March 30, 2020
Dearest @TheEdVerse, would it be beyond reason for a Spellscarred individual to have gained the ability to *smell* the presence of the Weave?
Thanks in advance, and I cannot thank you enough for being so accommodating when it comes to #realmslore questions. Smell the Weave, no, because everywhere on Toril except dead-magic zones it would be so pervasive, all the time, as to soon become unnoticed. Smell SURGES in the Weave when magic draws on it, like "extra ozone in the air" after the electricity of a storm, YES.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 13, 2020
That was what I mean, forgive my poor wording. As always, your insight is a blessing to all of us who traverse the Realms. Forgot to add: this works only in the immediate vicinity (surge in the Weave nearby). Limited as the Weave is constantly rippling, like a much-disturbed pond in which the water is disturbed by breezes and things constantly falling in; the ripples crash and rebound).#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 13, 2020
Would that disturbance in the Weave have a greater range of being detected if it were say a spell from a higher level? Yes, and even more so if the spell has a great effect than the norm (e.g. a fireball igniting a tank of flammable oil).#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 14, 2020
