What the current Mystra’s motivation/worldview is. What would it look like? Less magic use? More magic use?

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Mystra is dedicated to spreading the use of, and familiarity with, the Art to every being capable of it (no secrets, so no one keeping spells from others). So, more magic use, definitely.
Mystra IS the Weave; 'protect the Weave' = stop reckless abuse of magic.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 2, 2020

And she wants people to use the Art to improve mortal life? Or because pursuit of the Art is pursuit of beauty? Or something else? Because she’s sort of like a god of hammers; lots of things you can do with a hammer, what is it that she wants people using it for and why? Mystra wants mortals to use the Art to improve the lives of all. And "love magic for itself."
This has been her root aim since I created her in the 1960s, before D&D existed. And in every Mystra writeup I've done for the game. I thought it was pretty clear.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 2, 2020

It probably is in a lot of sources, just not the ones I’ve been using. Thanks for clarifying for me! No problem!
The most interesting thing about the gods of the Realms is their underlying aims versus pragmatic short-term decisions, and how "new" mortals stepping into an existing godhood (like the three successive goddesses of magic) think and act differently.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 2, 2020

Just dying to see more of In My Eberron Exploring Eberron? The elves of Aerenal have you covered for that in this preview!

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Does anyone know of a 5e book that covers air/sea combat MOVEMENT!?

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Does anyone know of a 5e book that covers air/sea combat MOVEMENT!? Ghosts of Saltmarsh.

— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) September 7, 2020

The helms have turning limits (90 degrees).

Stopping distance is getting a bit more chunky than even the Saltmarsh rules go, though.

Speaking for myself only, that level of almost board game granularity isn’t a direction I tend to look for 5e rules.

— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) September 7, 2020

So a ship at full speed can turn 90° in 6 seconds? 🤷‍♂️

I thought that perhaps I had missed them in ‘GoS’ but I guess not.

Thank you for the info. Yep.

— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) September 7, 2020

In D&D 1e, the maximum Strength score allowed for female player characters was lower than that of their male counterparts

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I disagree, If the game becomes too prescriptive then it loses the creative spark at the table. “If you don’t like it make it your own” is what made my groups curse of strahd different from everyone else’s. Not every table has to follow the exact same rules. The first rule of D&D is make it your own. That’s neither bad design nor lazy design. In D&D’s case, it has kept the game alive. #wotcstaff https://t.co/ujQDrYcgQF

— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) June 26, 2020

I’d disagree. With all respect, I think this is a lazy dismissal of the problems that are present.

I think it’s pretty evident that people can make the game their own, but they do so in the sandbox that you created created for them, which is your responsibility to maintain In first edition, the maximum Strength score allowed for female player characters was lower than that of their male counterparts. My gaming group ignored that rule for years before TSR finally eliminated it. D&D’s players are often ahead of the game itself. #wotcstaff

— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) June 26, 2020

If one of the Valaes Tairn were to make a warforged and raise it, would that warforged have a patron ancestor from that family?

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If one of the Valaes Tairn were to make a warforged and raise it, would that warforged have a patron ancestor from that family? And if so could it theoretically be a Revenant Blade? I would say that I think the ancestry of the SOUL is crucial. If a Tairnadal SOUL was placed in a new body—either by reincarnation or being placed in a construct body—it should still retain its bond to its patron ancestor.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) April 28, 2020

What do you mean by "Make a warforged?" Standard warforged are created by House Cannith. Do you mean that the elf creates an actual warforged (in which case, how) or some sort of similar living construct?

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) April 28, 2020

Obviously it would be a super rare occurrence but would a rich elf buy their way into a creation forge if they wanted a warforged? The creation forges were shut down under the Treaty of Thronehold. But Merrix d'Cannith is happy to perform strange experiments involving warforged, and they may be forges in the Mournland that have been warped by the Mourning and have unusual effects.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) April 28, 2020

“I claw at your chain”

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I rode into the great hall
I never smote so hard a crown
All I wanted was to make a throne fall
But all you ever did was take the king down
Before my army could come to call
How’d you move so fast, and win such renown?

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 26, 2020

I claw at your chain
We strain, in vain
You remain the prisoner of this pit
Seemingly never to win free of it
But we’ve kissed, and I fell under your spell
If only this wasn’t such a deep cell
I go to seek mighty chainbreaking magic again

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 27, 2020

See it leap up? A rising fire, getting its start
Deep in the dark, shriveled depths of my heart
And it’s raging for you, yes, you played your part
So will you be my sweetheart? Or failing that, a willing tart?

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 29, 2020

We get to play Dungeons & Dragons. We tell our story.

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We get to play Dungeons & Dragons. We tell our story. We create friends. We slay monsters and sometimes we befriend them. These stories give us agency in a time and place where we desperately crave it. If you get 2 hours or more away from your troubles, that is a gift.

— Todd Kenreck (@ToddKenreck) August 28, 2020

2004 Fun Fact: Map drawing is not my strong suit in adventure design

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2004 Fun Fact: Map drawing is not my strong suit in adventure design. For “The Queen with Burning Eyes” in Dungeon 113, I sold it as a feature that you could make the maps using tiles from the D&D Miniatures game.

— James Wyatt (@aquelajames) January 22, 2020

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What the current Mystra’s motivation/worldview is. What would it look like? Less magic use? More magic use?

Just dying to see more of In My Eberron Exploring Eberron? The elves of Aerenal have you covered for that in this preview!

Does anyone know of a 5e book that covers air/sea combat MOVEMENT!?

In D&D 1e, the maximum Strength score allowed for female player characters was lower than that of their male counterparts

If one of the Valaes Tairn were to make a warforged and raise it, would that warforged have a patron ancestor from that family?

“I claw at your chain”

We get to play Dungeons & Dragons. We tell our story.

2004 Fun Fact: Map drawing is not my strong suit in adventure design

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