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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
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 Posted - 19 Feb 2025 : 01:52:10
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On ties between Nimbral and Evermeet
P. Leone — 16/2/2025 7:30 AM
Good Saer @Ed Greenwood do Evermeet and Nimbral have any ties, trade or otherwise, be they magical and/or mundane?
Ed Greenwood — 17/2/2025 3:11 AM
Yes, but we haven't seen them dealt with in published lore yet. So let me just say: the armor of Nimbral came from somewhere, and mainland sages have long speculalted that there's some secret non-aggression pact or military "no go" or other agreement between the two countries...and those sages are correct. ;} |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1541 Posts |
Posted - 03 Mar 2025 : 01:29:03
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On Queen Fee's favorite tarts
Juniper Churlgo — 26/2/2025 4:38 AM
What were Queen Fee's favorite tarts? Shrimp like in her final meal?
Ed Greenwood — 28/2/2025 10:55 AM
Yes. And after that, what we would call "butter tarts" but made with just a pinch of almond liqueur ("Amaretto" to us). |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1541 Posts |
Posted - 09 Mar 2025 : 06:40:43
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On why there no deities with the trade portfolio before Waukeen
Marco Volo — 6/3/2025 5:25 PM
Hi @Ed Greenwood I'm sure it has been asked many times so sorry about that, but before Waukeen was added to the Realms, why no deity of your pantheon didn't have trade and merchants in their portfolio? Or maybe one had?
Ed Greenwood — 7/3/2025 1:45 AM
Before Jeff Grubb added Waukeen, no god held that portfolio; it was something clergies fought over, the churches of Chauntea, Gond, Tempus, Shaundakul, and even the dwarven smithing deities, etc. etc. vying for as much influence over it as possible. The ongoing and continuous ebb and flow of clergies fighting for influence through worship over various aspects of mortal life has always been rich "adventure hooks opportunities" territory. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1541 Posts |
Posted - 09 Mar 2025 : 06:44:10
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On updating the Pride of Amn to five coins
Zen~ — 6/3/2025 10:23 PM
Greetings Saer @Ed Greenwood, did Amn update their flag "Pride of Amn" to show five coins instead of six, when the council got smaller?
Ed Greenwood — 7/3/2025 1:48 AM
Some ambitious painters and pennant-weavers did, but no official change was ever made, and most existing Amnian flags still show six coins. Tradition is almost as strong a force as inertia. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1541 Posts |
Posted - 09 Mar 2025 : 06:47:22
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On the dailyfare dishes of a well to do farmer in the Dalelands that likes a varied diet
Zonesylvania — 6/3/2025 10:32 PM
Dear saer @Ed Greenwood , can you tell us something of the dailyfare dishes that one might see on the table of a well to do farmer or local merchant in the Dalelands that likes a varied diet? thankee!
Ed Greenwood — 7/3/2025 2:08 AM
Certainly. Standard Dales fare will consist of a slightly varied roster (depending on availability) of the following: Thin-sliced and roasted medallions of parsnip, carrot, and knuckles (Brussels sprouts), seasoned with diced spring onions or shallots.
Potato shards (“home fries” to us) fried in dripping and seasoned with salt, pepper, and diced garlic. “Ground sar” (small local cabbage plants very like bok choy), boiled, cut up in large shards, then pan-fried in dripping (cooked local meat animal fat). Roast shards of fowl (grouse, pheasant, chickens, turkeys) spit-roasted and basted with dripping or broth or leftover stew.
River eel, washed and diced and then marinated in red wine.
River cress greens (a cold salad, cress mixed with various edible wildflowers akin to dandelions, often seasoned with soured cream and crushed nuts). Joints (legs and other large pieces of roast meet from local sheep, goats, and boar).
Tripe (the stomach lining of a boar, sheep, or cow, sliced into strip and fried with cut-up onions, eggs, and herbs: parsley, sage and marjoram to the fore, pinches of fennel and mint or none or more, to taste). Cauldron stew: ongoing simmered hearth-broth of all kitchen scraps and fats, in a boar or chicken-blood base.
The wealthier the owner of the kitchen, the more exotic foods brought by merchant traders from afar there will be, and the less reliance on “long larder” foods like cheese and nuts. A really well-to-do diner may, if they like fish and shellfish, eat a lot of “brought from distant coasts” fare, though it may have been pickled or smoked to keep it edible during its journey. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1541 Posts |
Posted - 09 Mar 2025 : 06:58:19
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On any major civilizations of the Harengon (rabbitfolk) people in the Realms in the 1490s DR
Vraskagamer — 6/3/2025 1:36 AM
Hi @Ed Greenwood ! I‘ve been DM’ing my first ever campaign that is set in the Realms for the last two years, and my players like a lot of the new races/classes that have come from WOTC recently. Would there be any major civilizations of the Harengon (rabbitfolk) people in the Realms in the 1490s DR? Where might they congregate, if anywhere?
Ed Greenwood — 7/3/2025 2:29 AM
In the 1490s DR, Harengon are numerous enough to think of themselves as a “realm” in several places across Faerûn:
The Misty Vale and adjacent Dun Hills south of the Border Kingdoms. “Daeradrun” to the harengon. The Sword Hills and adjacent Misty Forest south of Julkoun, and southwest of Secomber. “Maeruldar” to the harengon.
The High Moors just north of the Storm Horns east of Eagle Peak, and increasingly northwest of that along the Tunwash, into the Sunset Foothills. With outlyin settlements in the eastern Far Hills, close to the Fens of Tun. “Farseanan” to the harengon.
In the forests northwest of Hardcastle. “Louvraun” to the harengon.
In the forests south of Arakin and north of the Oldfangs Mountains (the Po Yul Dzayul Range) in Tabot. “Vahardar” to the harengon. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1541 Posts |
Posted - 09 Mar 2025 : 07:02:11
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On pistols on the list of bonus equipment for the Sword Coast North
Roni — 7/3/2025 3:41 AM
@Ed Greenwood Hello Ed! I've recently chosen to integrate 3/3.5e's region system into my game, and was a bit surprised to find out that pistols are on the list of bonus equipment for the Sword Coast North, as I thought firearms were extremely rare outside of Lantan (and Wildspace I guess). Could you shed some light on the lore behind that decision? I haven't been able to find any lore about firearms being particularly prevalent in the region, but would absolutely love to hear it!
Ed Greenwood — 7/3/2025 11:05 AM
Heh. You've stumbled upon an in-joke done by a staff editor that wasn't part of my Realmslore. Said editor was amused by Jeff Grubb's swift explanation to vice-presidents of TSR that the Sword Coast North/Savage Frontier was the Realm's version of the Wild West, "only colder." So he slipped firearms into the lore because Wild West = six shooters and gunfights. Sigh. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1541 Posts |
Posted - 16 Mar 2025 : 11:14:26
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On Amnians getting higher education
Zen~ — 11/3/2025 5:41 PM
I'm reading a lot of Amn lore, there is something about Amn that draws me in so I wanted to ask, dear saer @Ed Greenwood, was it common to pursue higher education in Amn? Especially in Athkatla? If there aren't many opportunities, is it common for an Amnian to travel other places to get such education?
Ed Greenwood — 14/3/2025 2:26 AM
It's very common in Athkatla, and common in the other large Amnian cities. Private tutors are everywhere, and much in use; the good ones command stellar salaries (akin to modern real-world NFL football players). Everyone is at least literate (for reading contracts and figuring out finanical margins, interest payments, and the like). |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1541 Posts |
Posted - 21 Mar 2025 : 01:15:30
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On Dambrath way of cooking potatoes
Juniper Churlgo — 13/3/2025 7:59 AM
a quick Q on Dambrath cooking, how do they like their taters?
Ed Greenwood — 14/3/2025 12:24 PM
Dambrath potatoes are sliced thin, raw, and fried in butterl along with sliced thin, raw turnips and diced spring onions or garlic scapes. Not mashed, so not true English (as opposed to Scottish) “neeps and tatties.” On the coast of Dambrath, they are always served spicy (powdered chilis).
Juniper Churlgo — 15/3/2025 2:53 PM
hot chilies? or sweet spices too? i expect sweet spices for that region.
Ed Greenwood — 16/3/2025 1:04 AM
Sweet spices, too: almond paste and honey are in there. But there's a reason I said on the coast: trading ships brought hot spices and locals sampled and a fad became the "standard" table fare. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1541 Posts |
Posted - 21 Mar 2025 : 01:18:42
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On limitations of Elminster's Spell Thrust
Lucio — 16/3/2025 2:36 AM
In the Elminster's Spell Thrust, are there limitations to the spell that you basically turn into a blade and then unleash on hit?
Ed Greenwood — 17/3/2025 12:52 AM
Yes. Written into the spell description are the level limits for the spell, which must match or be lower than the level of the Spell Thrust (and if you upcast the Spell Thrust with a higher level slot, the spell you impart with its hit doesn't rise with your upcasting). It must be an arcane spell the caster already knows how to cast, i.e. available to their class and level and in their spellbooks. Spell Thrust is a "one time hit," conferring the spell for maximum damage/duration/area of effect, and then Spell Thrust is done. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1541 Posts |
Posted - 21 Mar 2025 : 01:21:22
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On yuan-ti purebloods becoming anathema
kageura necromancer wizard — 16/3/2025 1:05 AM
@Ed Greenwood can yuan ti purebloods become anathema?
Ed Greenwood — 17/3/2025 12:55 AM
Yes, by means of a series of complicated, expensive and difficult rituals. Which are dangerous: the pureblood trying to transition can die or be permanently disfigured during several of those rituals, if things go awry. In other words, it's not something undertaken lightly. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1541 Posts |
Posted - 21 Mar 2025 : 08:23:46
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On Laeral, Dove and Storm sent to Myth Drannor
Kokopelli — 16/3/2025 1:32 AM
Friend @Ed Greenwood, a recent discussion in another channel brought to mind some public musings by the esteemed George Krashos. You have already confirmed one of his musings: that Laeral spent time studying magic in Myth Drannor. But there was another musing, based on your article on skyships from Dragon 124, that was not publicly confirmed. I should like to know what you can say about his thoughts, copied below. "The issue of Dove and Storm is a little different as Dragon #124 makes it clear that they were infants when they were taken from Myth Drannor to the Moonshaes. So why were they sent to Myth Drannor? The Seven Sisters accessory tells us (at p.8) that Elminster was looking after (conveniently) Laeral, Dove and Storm after the death of their mother and abandonment by Dornal Silverhand. Clearly "something" must have occurred such that he could not look after Dove and Storm for a period of time and so he elected to send them back in time to the City of Song (or perhaps Mystra decreed it "necessary"). From Myth Drannor the two took the flying ship to the Moonshaes.
The write up of the Workbook states that Flamsterd purchased the spellbook from a band of adventurers. I would hazard that they were Harpers (the first, first group of such worthies) and took the children with them. It's no coincidence that both Dove and Storm have been some of the staunchest Harpers/Harper allies in the modern Realms. They likely took the Workbook with them and gave it to Flamsterd (who I suspect is far older than the sources allude to) who looked after the girls until it was time for them to return to their present time (i.e. after a calendar year had passed)."
Ed Greenwood — 17/3/2025 12:59 AM
Confirmed (meaning: George has it right). The reason the gals were taken to Myth Drannor was so the Srinshee could look into their minds, bolster them, cast enchantments on them, and "steer" their Gift so they were "ready" for Flamsterd (who could handle apprentices, but would have been somewhat flummoxed dealing with children who couldn't understand arcane magic or take the first steps in wielding it).
Kokopelli — 17/3/2025 1:37 AM
A follow up, if I may, good sir. Were Laeral, Storm, and Dove the only Sisters to time travel, and how much time did they spend in other eras?
Ed Greenwood — 17/3/2025 7:07 AM
Syluné time travelled more than Laeral, Laeral more than Alustriel, Alustriel more than Storm, and Storm more than Dove. The VAST majority of their traveling were "go and see something that happened in the past, firsthand, do NOTHING" peeks, not "do something" meddlings. Mystra and Azuth both frown on temporal travel because it is truly THE can of worms. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1541 Posts |
Posted - 21 Mar 2025 : 08:26:40
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On how do summoned mounts smell
Firesprite — 16/3/2025 2:47 AM
Hello!
I have a question for @Ed Greenwood.
Would a paladin's summoned mount smell like a normal creature to an animal? For example, would a giant elk paladin mount smell like a normal giant elk to a predator?
Ed Greenwood — 17/3/2025 1:01 AM
Yes. Unless the paladin or his saddle and barding had a strong smell of their own, that rubbed off on the mount. |
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