Tabaxi Forge Cleric

What Deity does he worship?I'd go with Gond – invention ties in with tabaxi curiosity

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) August 9, 2017

Hey there Ed! Could you help me with understanding how Luiren is pronounced? Depends on where you're from in the Realms. "Loo-er-en" is Sword Coast AND in Luiren, "Lurr-en" is Vilhon Reach and eastern Inner Sea.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 22, 2017

A pleasure! Always ha[ppy to talk Realmslore!

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 22, 2017

Shocked that Lords Alliance have not set up a banking system yet. #DnD #ForgottenRealms Lore pic.twitter.com/mdfOdfiYLl

— Faerûn History (@FaerunHistory) August 8, 2017

They have. For large payments and transfers, done in the Faerunian version of IOUs (bank drafts) and far more rarely, gems or trade bars.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 9, 2017

Finance construction, but no paying with check at the potion shop? I guess thats what tabs are for?Notes-of-hand (IOUs) have been used at FR city shops since the early 1200s DR. Guilds and local merchants (who own property) can run tabs.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 9, 2017

I would assume the problem remains… Prhaps differently in regards to currency. Partic the exchange rate for local currency in/out of area.Folks, a banking system has little effect on varying values of currencies. Walk into your local real-world bank with foreign currency and…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 10, 2017

…try to "change" it into your local currency. Banks add fees or don't, follow a central (in the US, "federal") rate of exhange or don't.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 10, 2017

In the city I grew up in, I even get different rates of exchange for the same currency WITHIN the same bank branch, depending on how MUCH..

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 10, 2017

…banks doesn't iron out most "foreign currency valuations" differences. Try it the next time you go far aboard and come back with…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 10, 2017

…"strange" money, if you believe me not. Currency exchanges can be even wilder, depending on what currencies they're trying to unload…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 10, 2017

…or stock up on. There are folks in Canada, the US, the UK (and presumably many other countries, whom I don't happen to know personally)..

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 10, 2017

…who make a daily living off the differing values of currencies they sell and buy. I crafted things in the Realms to be like the real…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 10, 2017

…world in this regard.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 10, 2017

Because differences in currency are one more great "quiet" driver of Realms adventures/stories, at the gaming table and in fiction. :}

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 10, 2017

😏 and here in America it isnt uncommon to find a Canadian dime in your pocket 😏 they do look nearly identicle in a handful of coins 😏And vice versa, too. American coins are mixed in with Canadian, here in Canada, and have been all my life. Most Canadian banks, BTW, won't..

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 11, 2017

..deal in coins at all. I keep mine for paying road tolls Stateside. ;} Similarly, in the Realms, some moneylenders/changers won't deal in..

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 11, 2017

..particular things. Which is why gold coins (for their gold value), trade bars (for their metal value), and gems are more "universal."

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 11, 2017

Who would win in a fight, the Tarrasque or the Walking Statues of Waterdeep? It depends. ;} (If one at a time, and the terrain.) But in Waterdeep, with multiple statues and the harbor or sea right at hand for …

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 3, 2017

…drowning the beastie after it's been crushed and pinned under multiple statues, my money would be on the statues. Every time.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 3, 2017

quick question, how would FR gods react to PC’s with divine ranks from other campaigns? have an odd situation, from greyhawkDepends entirely on how the PCs behave. If you further FR deity's aims, all is good. If you try to order, thwart, or harm clergy, watch out!

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 7, 2017

is Velsharoon still active within the Realms?Yes!

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 28, 2017

quick question, how far along is sewer technology in cities? not finding anything ‘current’ :PDepends on the city. If tidal, or on a river, where already-moving water can be pumped to "flush," pretty good. Otherwise, pay-per-bucket…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 31, 2017

…"nightsoil" wagons are usual. Bustling cities (Waterdeep, Suzail [there's a scene in one of my novels re. this]) have both. Military…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 31, 2017

…get sent in with shovels, wagons, and water-wagons when slums get too filthy, in some places. Even small towns and villages have a …

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 31, 2017

…local dungwagon carter who carts human waste (privy outhouse pits) well out of town, to barren ground (keeps brigands from using rocks…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 31, 2017

…as cover, too). Farmers will "plough under" the resulting dungpiles if they grow too aromatic.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 31, 2017

hate asking such questions beneath you, what is the weather like around candlekeep? much difference than amphail? Wetter (onshore seamists), and more moderate: warmer in winter, cooler in summer, thanks to moderating influence of the sea (Mt Waterdeep…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 31, 2017

…acts as a shield against worst sea gales, protecting the city and providing thermal mass in winter). :}

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 31, 2017