tarted my own Wildemount Campaign in Odessloe, amazing stuff so far! Quick question, can the echo knight’s echoes (level 18) BOTH make attacks when the fighter takes the attack action? Additionally, I want to confirm, does action surge prompt an extra attack(echo)No additional attacks (outside of you using Unleash Incarnation), but your attacks can originate from either echo.
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) March 20, 2020
The folks at @idlechampions asked me to concept Winter skins for the Companions of the Hall characters to coincide with the new D&D adventure this autumn!
The first: Regis the Halfling Rogue.
Stay tuned next week for another character! #dnd pic.twitter.com/DfZysPscnR— Max Dunbar (@Max_Dunbar) June 25, 2020
The folks at @idlechampions asked me to concept Winter skins for the Companions of the Hall characters to coincide with the new D&D adventure this autumn!
This week, Bruenor Battlehammer joins the lineup.
Stay tuned next week for another character! #dnd pic.twitter.com/P4ehZ7UK0J— Max Dunbar (@Max_Dunbar) July 3, 2020
@TheEdVerse what happens to the souls of animals? Do they go to a plane associated with nature? Is it different for pets & wild animals?
— 🏳️🌈 Kendra Lawrence 🏳️🌈 (@Kendradream) August 24, 2020
1)
The souls of most wild creatures go to Arvandor (not the layer of Arborea, but the divine realm that is its own plane, and is now a root of the World Tree and accessed by traveling down the Tree), unless they linger to haunt… 2)
…the place of their passing for some reason, or they were pets or familiars, which might mean their souls go elsewhere. Also, the deities of Chauntea, Eldath, Malar, Mielikki, Silvanus, and Sheela Peryroyl (and perhaps others)…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 24, 2020
3)
…gather some beast souls to themselves to (willingly) serve briefly as messengers or aides, ere the souls move on.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 24, 2020
Thanks so much! So what is the most likely plane for pets, if their souls tend to go elsewhere? As they formed a bond with an "owner," sometimes they go to the plane the owner's soul is destined for, and sometimes they go to the plane now best suited to their outlook on life (what qualities they gained/polished while being a pet); i.e. their lived life chooses.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 24, 2020
Hey @TheEdVerse hows it going? quick question, If I'm using the AD&D method of wands that have limited charges when creating a wand or staff or whatever, how do I determine the amount of charges said item would have? Thanks in advance!
— Alex McClay (@AlexMcclay2000) March 27, 2020
1)
If you’re using the AD&D system, the DMG specifies the number of charges a given item will have (e.g. for wands, 81-100 charges), and the Book of Artifacts has recharging rules. If you’re placing an item for PCs to find as treasure, just decide how many charges 2)
…are left in the item when found, basing your decision on game balance (item to last for a short time? or to become a relied-upon, long-term weapon?). Some items tell the wielder how many charges are left, some don't but are rechargeable, and some just crumble…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 27, 2020
3)
…to dust when exhausted. Or have the "dying charge" of an item doing something spectacular and magically chaotic; keep magic mysterious and strange and INTERESTING.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 27, 2020
1)
“Hear that?” A distant male voice growls. “Talking, definitely! THIS way!”
Our heroes all turn in that direction, and behold the flicker of torchlight.
“Gods SPEW,” the King growls. The two ghostly kings exchange a glance.#epicfantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 23, 2020
2)
Torches hasten closer, half a dozen of them. The two crowned ghosts grow nasty grins and glide towards them, leaving our heroes behind.
“Time,” Wolf announces calmly, “to hasten deeper.” 3)
“You know the way?”
“Of course.” Wolf strides through an archway, then comes to a stop, looking from wall to wall of the room he’s just entered. Dark archways yawn in all of them. “More or less.”#epicfantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 23, 2020
Good morning!
Time to start a new week, create some awesome games, and remind everyone that disabled people exist in #dnd, and adventure and live just like abled characters. #WotCStaff
— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) August 10, 2020
The ersatz eye and prosthetic limb magic items are in the game because these characters exist and thrive, and overcome their personal challenges. It's easy to focus on magical solutions because D&D is a magical game that spotlights exceptional individuals, but non-magical disability aids exist as well, and for adventurer and everyday people alike.
— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) August 10, 2020
Love the inclusion but do they really need to take up an infusion slot? Ends up being more beneficial to just play an artificer 1handed Artificer infusions aren't the only ways to create magic items.
— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) August 17, 2020
Oh gotcha, the infusion table’s the only place I’ve seen them so far The Replicate Magic Item tables are for that infusion specifically, and they list existing magic items that artificers can create using that infusion.
— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) August 17, 2020
Ersatz eye is in Xanathar's Guide to Everything, and the prosthetic limb is in Eberron: Rising from the last War.
Both are reprinted in Explorer's Guide to Wildemount.
— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) August 17, 2020
@TheEdVerse … Recommended order for your Elminster books or books in between? I've gone through Making of a Mage, Myth Drannor, Temptation, Hell, Daughter in that order, but it seems like The Herald is supposed to have occured between Drannor and Temptation.
— EJ Boston (@ejboston) June 26, 2020
1)
You’ve read them in the right order.
THE HERALD occurs long after those others; my only Realms novels later than it, chronologically, are SPELLSTORM and DEATH MASKS.
Twitter isn’t the best place for long lists, so what follows is missing a novella, a prologue in… 2)
…an omnibus, and more than half a dozen short stories, but it does have all of my Realms novels in it. Here we go:
-400 DR: Cormyr: A Novel begins
212 DR: Elminster: The Making of a Mage begins
224 DR: "Not the Most Successful of Feasts" (The Best of the Realms II)…— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 26, 2020
3)
241 DR: Elminster: The Making of a Mage ends, and Elminster in Myth Drannor begins
261 DR: Elminster in Myth Drannor ends
759 DR: The Temptation of Elminster begins
767 DR: The Temptation of Elminster ends
902 DR: “The Whispering Crown” (Realms of the Arcane) 4)
1293 DR: "The Burning Chalice" (The Halls of Stormweather) begins
1333 DR: "Too Many Princes" (Realms of War)
1334 DR: "So High A Price" (Realms of Infamy)
1336 DR: "Elminster at the Magefair" (Realms of Valor)
…— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 26, 2020
5)
1348 DR: Swords of Eveningstar, Swords of Dragonfire, The Sword Never Sleeps
1357 DR: Spellfire, Crown of Fire
1358 DR: Shadows of Doom, Cloak of Shadows, All Shadows Fled, “A Slow Day In Skullport” (Realms of the Underdark)
1365 DR: Stormlight
… 6)
1366 DR: "Nothing but Trouble" (The Best of the Realms II)
1368 DR: The Grinning Ghost of Taverton Hall (Realms of Mystery)
1369 DR: "The Place Where Guards Snore at their Posts" (Realms of the Deep), Cormyr: A Novel ends, Silverfall: Stories of the Seven Sisters, …and…— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 26, 2020
7)
..”The Burning Chalice” (The Halls of Stormweather) ends
1370 DR: The City of Splendors: A Waterdeep Novel begins
1371 DR: The City of Splendors: A Waterdeep Novel ends, Death of the Dragon
1372 DR: “When Shadows Come Seeking a Throne” (Realms of Shadow), Elminster In Hell 8)
1373 DR: Elminster's Daughter
1374 DR: "Tears So White" (Realms of the Elves)
1377 DR: The Mercenaries, The Diamond
1385 DR: "The Many Murders of Manshoon" (Realms of the Dead)
1479 DR: Elminster Must Die, Elminster Enraged, Bury Elminster Deep
1487 DR: The Herald
…— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 26, 2020
9)
1488 DR: Spellstorm
1491 DR: Death Masks
1492 DR: "All Things Through The Bright Flames," "The Book That Talked Back" (both were up on DM's Guild)
…and that's all of the novels, set in Realms time for you. :}#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 26, 2020
This Old Dragon: Retrospective, The Wizards Three.
Getting back into my “This Old Dragon” feature with a retrospective on Ed Greenwood’s “The Wizards Three”. Gary loved my portrayal of Mordenkainen, which was a great relief to me at the time. Dalamar vanished because of publishing timing: we didn't know his fate in Margaret and Tracy's DL novels at the time, so had to sidestep. (And the series was an editorial assignment.)#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 10, 2020
