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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
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 Posted - 19 May 2025 : 12:55:26
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On Malakuth Tabuirr's Vhaeraunite temple
Elliott! — 10/5/2025 7:09 AM
@Ed Greenwood Hi Ed! I hope you’re doing well #128578;
We have some info on where Eilistraeeans are grouping up on the surface; where might one find vhaeraunite outposts, communities? Or temples? One of vhaeraun’s expectations of his followers is to contribute to permanent drow settlements on the surface (mentioned in faiths and pantheons and I believe other places as well) so they gotta be out there, right?
Malakuth Tabuirr is mentioned to have funded one such vhaeraunite temple; is it in skullport, or somewhere else?
Thank you in advance for any guidance! You rock.
Ed Greenwood — 15/5/2025 3:26 AM
Thus far, Vhaeraunite temples in the World Above (the surface Realms) are secret, either “upper rooms” in the large houses of sponsors, in big cities, or in cellars. There are temples in Westgate, Waterdeep, Athkatla, Zazesspur, Selgaunt, Baldur’s Gate, Suldolphor, Ankhapur, and Tashluta, that I know of, and more shrines that may become temples if local support grows. Skullport has one of these very secret small shrines, nothing more yet; Malakuth Tabuirr’s temple is the one under the easternmost Bridge District in Athkatla. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1620 Posts |
Posted - 19 May 2025 : 12:58:42
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On surveyors in the Realms
Reedhalloran Duskfellow — 15/5/2025 3:50 AM
Hi @Ed Greenwood, I have a Realms city planning question for you. I notice that most of the cities that we have maps for in the realms lack a grid planning system. But there are a few notable exceptions like Waterdeep that have a mix of long straight boulevards with windy side streets and alleys.
Are there surveyors in the realms? Do they use anything like the Roman boundary stones when figuring out street/plot alignment?
Ed Greenwood — 15/5/2025 4:06 AM
Heh. Hearken again to my frequent answer: it depends. MOST places, and all large cities, EVENTUALLY end up with official surveyors, sometimes tied to the local tax system. Boundary disputes end up demanding it. Once a settlements gets sewers, the boundary markers usually get tied to them, because surreptitiously moving a sewer a foot or so by night is...difficult. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1620 Posts |
Posted - 19 May 2025 : 15:28:07
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On how diminutive humanoids appear intimidating
Joe Chang — 15/5/2025 9:31 AM
Hi @Ed Greenwood what do diminuative humanoids, like goblins and kobolds, try to do to seem more fearsome and intimidating in battle?
Ed Greenwood — 16/5/2025 7:19 AM
In the Realms, they mainly beat in unison on massed drums, and shriek together when charging. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
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Posted - 22 May 2025 : 01:09:07
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On what liches have for social gatherings
Kim Kimera Kimes — 19/5/2025 6:04 PM
Hey @Ed Greenwood , a question for liches and similar undead, as they dont drink tea or coffee and cant consume cookies, what do they prefer to have for social gatherings?
Ed Greenwood — 20/5/2025 1:07 AM
The blood of the living. (That's the in-Realms answer, and widespread belief. A less-popular alternative is "The tears of their victims.") Almost all liches can consume everything you listed, they just receive no nourishment nor pleasure from it. So the real answer is: boiling or freezing-to-the-point-of-having-ice-shavings-in-it liquids, just to feel sensation lost when they ceased to "live."
Ed Greenwood — 20/5/2025 1:10 AM
Ghostly/insubstantial undead like to occupy the same space as warm living bodies, to leach warmth from them (again, to feel the sensation). |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
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Posted - 28 May 2025 : 08:00:32
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On how Mystra and Azuth regained their status
Kim Kimera Kimes — 24/5/2025 7:13 PM
Hello @Ed Greenwood, in the Realmslore channel we were wondering how Mystra and Azuth regained their Greater and Lesser Deity status back so soon while they were absent for a hundred years. When this happened to Waukeen her church crumbled in 10 years despite Liira trying to prevent that. So what is up with the current power of the gods of magic?
Ed Greenwood — 25/5/2025 2:36 AM
Almost all magic across the Realms uses the Weave, or flows through the Weave (like the vast web of electrical wiring across, say, North America), and this rejuvenated Mystra directly, and Azuth "along for the ride" and doing better as mages who'd regained their confidence in their own spells/trust in the Weave cast more magics. Waukeen is not the "only" way to conduct transactions...and yes, there are other ways to make magic, but so many sentients on Toril have gotten so used to the ease and rapidity of the Weave that it's their daily default. That's what brought back Mystra and Azuth so solidly and rapidly. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1620 Posts |
Posted - 28 May 2025 : 08:03:34
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On known black dragon names
kageura necromancer wizard — Yesterday at 2:53 AM
@Ed Greenwood Hi Ed! I saw your recent lore drops and wanted to sincerely thank you for providing such thorough and detailed information—truly appreciated. I did have one quick question:
Under the section titled “Known Black Dragon Names of the Realms”, are those meant to be the names of specific individual black dragons, or are they examples of names commonly used among black dragons in general?
Thanks again for all the incredible work you share with us. sincerly Owen Stacey
Ed Greenwood — 25/5/2025 11:14 AM
It's my pleasure! Okay, those are all names of specific black dragons currently alive and flourishing in the Realms (circa 1500 DR). They are ALSO "popular" black dragon given names, BUT...among that sub-race, it's the custom not to use a name a dragon is currently enjoying until it comes to the great-grandsons and daughters of the current "elder generation" of wyrms. In other words, little confusion arises because few dragons alive at the same time will be bearing the same names (and when they do, nicknames like "The Flying Terror" will often be appended). |
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