"Moneylenders" (who act as money-exchangers) are in every port, market town on a trade route, and city. Temples also provide this service (& are post offices/small parcel delivery, too). Their rates are a modest fee (rarely above 5 percent) EXCEPT in desperate times.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 16, 2021
was Adventuring known as business or a hobby in Ancient Netheril?
Thank you for your patience <3 In Low Netheril (on the ground, harvesting and farming), it was a profession (grew out of monster hunting, to cut down on marauding monster raids), albeit unorganized.
In High Netheril (the floating cities), it was generally regarded as brigandry.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 23, 2021
Indeed. ;}
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 16, 2021
Reading through the dragons of Faerun, Nalavarauthatoryl the Devil Dragon really feels lile an elf that did the Dark Sun dragon transformation. She does. Troy Denning created her, and so knows far more than I do about her background and true nature, but I always felt there were mysteries about her, and subplots we didn't see that she was "up to."#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 17, 2021
How important is justice over mercy/redemption for a Lathandarite paladin? How would a Lathanderite paladin differ to a Tyrran when confronting a murderer for example?Lathander is about new beginnings, opportunities, and "turning over new leaves," whereas Tyr is about justice. Both paladins, when confronting a murderer, would want to know "Why?" (the murder was done), but a Tyrran MUST see justice done (CAN be tempered with mercy).#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 22, 2021
Would that imply that a paladin of Lathander can offer paths to redemption to earnest penitents instead of turning them into the law for execution? Yes!
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 23, 2021
Hey there @TheEdVerse, have an odd little question for you – what can you tell me about arispeg, delph, and marka? These are fictional spices brought up in the old Campaign Setting sourcebook. The only details provided are that the Highmoon Trading Coster traded in them.
— Sundered|🐜|ENVTuber – Debut TBA (@Sundered_Ant) April 13, 2021
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SO pleased you asked about these. I’ve been sitting on this lore for YEARS.
ARISPEG is a green, segmented “spear” weed that looks like real-world horsetails, except that it always bends, as it grows, a few inches above the soil… 2)
…to run parallel to the ground, not sticking up vertically. This keeps it from being destroyed when trodden on. Arispeg grows along the Tashalar coast (and on up around Lapal shore almost as far as Ormpur), in the salt-spray…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 14, 2021
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…rocky shallows and on beaches and coastal marshes, in contact with saltwater and brackish water. It’s fibrous and so, good roughage, is salty, and it tastes almost like cooked lobster, despite being entirely a vegetable, so a… 4)
…“false lobster” salad or soup can be made with it that tastes like lobster, without including any actual lobster at all.
DELPH is a yellowish, sharp-onion-tasting powder derived from crushing and drying yellow wildflowers that…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 14, 2021
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…grow all over high waste ground in Unther, Mulhorand, Chessenta, and Threskel (still plentiful in the Akanapeaks, but now harvested heavily elsewhere). It never molds or mildews or spoils no matter how damp it gets, or how… 6)
…much time passes (three-centuries-old delph has been used and enjoyed, though its taste “thins” a little as time passes), and in fact can be sprinkled on moldy rugs or clothing, rolled up tight for a month, and will…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 14, 2021
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…ground-up branches of a thorn bush that grows mainly in the foothills in Murghom and Semphar. It’s dark red/maroon, almost black when wet, and imparts a hearty “fried meat” taste (the FR equivalent of “cheeseburger”) to…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 14, 2021
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…ground-up branches of a thorn bush that grows mainly in the foothills in Murghom and Semphar. It’s dark red/maroon, almost black when wet, and imparts a hearty “fried meat” taste (the FR equivalent of “cheeseburger”) to…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 14, 2021
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…anything, so is a great favourite for flavouring vegetable soups, bean stews, and other bland fare.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 14, 2021
Hello, Ed. Lemons have been described on the wiki as growing in southern Faerun. Would lemons be able to grow in or around Waterdeep and Neverwinter? Are they able to produce lemonade? Thank you.
— Daniel Caine (@cainer1967) April 23, 2021
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…precious tallglasses of fresh lemonade.) Neverwinter is too cold, period. Moreover, both cities are too foggy, too often (too little “full sun time”) for good lemon growth. Depending on the microclimate, lemons can struggle…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 23, 2021
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…in parts of Tethyr, much farther south. Sorry!#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 23, 2021
Just one quick question. I knwo any priest can wed just about anyone in Faerun, but what deity oversees the act of marriage as their sphere or portfolio? IS it Sune, Chauntea, or someone else I’ve missed? No deity oversees marriage, because they ALL insist on doing so, so it belongs to no divine portfolio.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 20, 2021
So prevalently there are wild talents, but you do have actual masters of the Invisible Art also? Who is the “Elminster” of Psionics in your world? 1)
Yes, there are beings mighty in psionics (many of other races than human), but by the very nature of psionics, it’s hard to measure one against another except when (often fatal, almost always mentally damaging) combat occurs, …#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 28, 2021
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…so there are no uniforms or titles for mastery. (We have always left relative character mental strengths to the DM, for story purposes.)
As for an “Elminster” of psionics, the following deities have at various times had mortal… 3)
…envoys (though these were seldom styled “Chosen”): Auppenser, Deneir, Ilsensine, and Sseth.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 28, 2021
