I have a question about the Dungeon of Swords. I looked at Candlekeep for some info and The Hooded One mentioned that most of it is NDA’d. That being said, is there any more information that you could give on the place that is not in published sources? (1)
7:38 AM · Jul 19, 2020·
The Sources that I found the info in were Elminster’s Ecologies App 2, Lost Empires, Serpent Kingdoms, 3e FRCS, and a bit of info in Candlekeep.
If you can’t say any info about the dungeon, could you mention a bit about the magical— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 3, 2020
swords that are in there? THO mentioned that (2)
You made them really unique with many powers and minor abilities, she said that they were almost like people.
As always thanks for all your work, and I hope you have a wonderful day! 1)
Sorry, it’s the swords themselves that most of the NDAs apply to, though TSR did request, and get from me, and does own, the dungeon itself (a small subterranean complex/short adventure), so I can’t publish it.
What I can tell…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 3, 2020
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…you is that the dungeon was a trapped and guarded treasure cache for these swords, and that some of them fly about (point first) defending the rest, which hang in an underground shaft (magically hovering in place).
All of the… 3)
…swords are sentient, and have not just a past history, but goals/aims of their own, so bearing one might not necessarily be fun for some folk; they’d consider they were slaves to a strong-willed magical weapon with a mind of…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 3, 2020
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…its own, that can badger them as often as it desires to, speaking in their minds (i.e. the sword can deprive them of sleep if it wants to, to get its own way).
The Dungeon was my up-my-sleeve (1976 or 1977, if I recall… 5)
…correctly) solution to the problem of a stable group of gamers having to split up due to leaving home for a distant university or job, moving, and so on: the DM can end up running individual characters in their own…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 3, 2020
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…adventures, perhaps joining new adventuring bands, because “their” swords are taking them to different places in the Realms, to do different things.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 3, 2020