what is your opinion on using hags in Droaam other then the Daughters of Sora Kell? Have various hags flocked to the banner of the sisters like so many other monsters or are the sisters the only hags you envision in Droaam? I see hags as relatively rare and highly individualistic. There’s a night hag who sells stolen dreams in Graywall, but she doesn’t work for the Daughters.
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) May 5, 2020
What’s your feeling about those DM’s that charge players to play in their game? Would you? I've run many events at conventions where seats are auctioned for charity (not a penny to me). I've charged just once, to cover time as I was snowed under with deadlines; it didn't feel right. That doesn't mean it isn't work, and workers should be paid. Hobby for some, not all.
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 10, 2020
2)
“While you watch? Wizard-slaying fill your work quota for the day?”
“Chant, someone has to plunder the wizard’s body AND secure our garden escape route. The two most dangerous jobs, so of course I’ll undertake them.”#epicfantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 5, 2020
2)
“While you watch? Wizard-slaying fill your work quota for the day?”
“Chant, someone has to plunder the wizard’s body AND secure our garden escape route. The two most dangerous jobs, so of course I’ll undertake them. 3)
“The jobs that will enrich you and let you give the rest of us the slip, you mean.”
“What a nasty, suspicious, untrusting mind you have, Chant.”
“COURTIER, remember?”#epicfantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 5, 2020
Hey @ChrisPerkinsDnD! How would you describe the laws and justice system of Ten Towns? How do they handle criminals?
Thank you for such a cool new adventure! (No pun intended)
— Dark Galaxies Gaming (@DarkGalaxiesDM) September 21, 2020
2)@danzimmerman19 1)
Most justice in Ten Towns is rooted in “eye for an eye” brutal simplicity, but tempered this last century by “Make a convicted do useful work to benefit the community” (useful often being “dangerous” or “painful,” like working in freezing water on dock footings. hath the right of it, though: varies from community to community, and interested citizens often get involved in trials. Violent criminals and murderers are often "given to Auril" by being forced out on their own (exiled) into the snow, sometimes…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 23, 2020
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…stripped of everything (weapons, tools, clothing) to perish in the cold. (Arson is considered a “violent” crime.) Mere thieves and swindlers must usually make restitution to their victims…or else. 4)
This is the sort of thing that usually doesn't make it into a published adventure because leaving things vague allows a DM maximum freedom to roleplay trials and tailor things to a campaign, especially when PCs are involved.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 23, 2020
A pleasure!
Thank you so much! I feel like Chult, Waterdeep, and Baulders Gate adventures all seemed to break down the laws of each place fairly well. I assumed it was probably very Wild West for this one, but really was curious as to the established lore.We really appreciate the insight! One DM trick: you can sway local rural justice anywhere in the Realms by having "now" be in the recent aftermath of a decision that stirred/upset the community. Causing them to lean in one direction or another.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 23, 2020
Hello @TheEdVerse! Hope you doing great in this hard time. I have a question about lizardfolk. How do they call themselves? I think that "lizardfolk" and "lizardman" are names on Common. How they would call themselves on their language and what is their true name?
— Max Golutvo (@Meonaar) July 26, 2020
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Hi, Max. Delays in answering come when I must consult others on lore, check NDAs, or unearth long-buried notes, maps, or records. This one of yours involved all three.
So…truenames of lizardfolk are still NDA, and I can only… 2)
…answer for the Realms, wherein lizardfolk call themselves various things at various places and times, but the most popular term today (1490s DR) is “Ssah,” which means “We Who Endure” and is understood to mean ‘we lizardfolk.’#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 31, 2020
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Older terms include “Arakuluth,” which translates roughly as ‘Proud-Scales’ (Justifiably Proud, And Scaled), and “Haarthuu” (transliteration: Slow But Sure …but this really means ‘Patient And Determined/Steadfast To Our… 4)
…Goals’). Note that these names are all older than current Draconic, as spoken by lizardfolk today.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 31, 2020
Alas, and alack
The monsters are back
And amid all the dying moans
Stand the wizards’ gravestones
No heroes left to stop the beasts this time
So become one right now, or we’ll be dead before bedtime— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 6, 2020
1)
Beings who rest on blueglow moss (a magical plant that can’t survive outside of a mythal, and can’t be created without the spells that create a mythal) are healed for 1d4 points of damage every hour.2)
After 6 hours of continuous contact with blueglow moss, all diseases on resting beings are cured, and the beings gain (at will) the use of darkvision, levitate, detect poison, detect evil, detect magic, know alignment, and…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 7, 2020
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…a +2 resistance bonus vs. petrification and polymorph. After 12 continous hours of rest on blueglow moss, a creature is affected as if by a regenerate spell.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 7, 2020
how long does the darkvision ability last? Indefinitely, within the mythal. When beings venture outside the mythal, the ability fades rapidly (within 1 hour per character level).#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 7, 2020
Hi Ed, sorry if this question was answered already, is there anything I can read about contraception in the Realms? Is there “a spell for that” ? (Yes, I answer this one about every three years, it seems. It's okay.) There ARE spells, but almost all deities frown on their use. However, herbal contraception, both draughts and inserted jellies/pastes, are far more popular (and the "good ones" are very effective).#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 26, 2020
Lord Bertilak d’Hautdessert @GreneKnyght
What’s Torm’s current status as a god? In the 4E Realms he was a Greater God. Is he still at that level, or did he cede his power to Tyr when he returned?— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 2, 2020
1)
Torm certainly seems to be a greater god in the 1490s DR, and his clergy claim that status for him.
Yet mortals can almost never know the true power of any deity, unless they are very weak, for it consists of influence… 2)
…and deterrence as well as sheer might. And truth is an elusive and frail bird, even from the lips of the divine—and ESPECIALLY from the mouths of their clergy (who ‘spin’ as a matter of course).#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 2, 2020
