@TheEdVerseGood morning, Ed. When nobles travel the roads of the Sword Coast, where do they stay between major cities or their estates? … Do they set up pavilions and camp? Do they invite themselves to stay at local homesteads? What's "rouging it" for them.
— Kato Katonian (@KatoKatonian) February 3, 2017
@KatoKatonian Commandeer the best inns where they can. Pay lavishly to stay at best homesteads. Camp out only if they must (luxury wagons).
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 4, 2017
@KatoKatonian A pleasure! (Some nobles who travel same routes send ahead teams of cooks, bathtubs, etc. under armed guard, to earthen…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 4, 2017
@KatoKatonian …ring-forts they have had built for them, earlier. Multiple teams leapfrog ahead of traveling nobles. Some traders arrange..
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 4, 2017
@KatoKatonian … "shady-moots" to talk illicit business with noble investors while out in the wilds, away from rulers and tax collectors.:}
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 4, 2017
@KatoKatonianHow common would you say wayside inns are on the sword coast? Do they pop up at regular intervals along trade routes? North-S along the Coast and up the Dessarin: regular, common. Rarer heading east, both Savage North and Berdusk E to Inner Sea
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 4, 2017
how many inns etc. are there between Baldur’s Gate and Candlekeep/Beregost (Excluding the Friendly Arm)? Depends entirely on when we're speaking of, and your route. On the Coast Way, inns are usually a day's travel apart for slow wagons, but orc hordes and other disasters do befall.
Seven days/seven inns, but less on fast horses in good weather.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 1, 2021