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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
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 Posted - 11 Nov 2025 : 04:00:59
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On imagery of Cormyr's golden lions
kageura necromancer wizard — 7/11/2025 1:35 AM
@Ed Greenwood Hi Ed, hope you’re doing well! I have a question regarding imagery. I know gold pieces in Cormyr are called golden lions, but I was curious what they actually look like. Are they a standard round coin, or do they have a more unique shape like Waterdeep’s dragons?
For minting details, I assume one side bears a lion — what would that lion imagery look like? And what image would appear on the other side of the coin?
Ed Greenwood — 7/11/2025 6:20 AM
The shape depends on the minting (age of the coins). Started out as oval because hand-stamped on an anvil, later became round, are round now, and during the reign of Rhigaerd II they were round but had a semicircular “cutout” at the bottom center of the edge (think: a “bite” that would take a typical real-world puzzle-piece “tab”).
One side bears a stand of three fat, heavy-foliage oak trees, with a “lion rampant gardant” (in real-world heraldic terms; that is, the specific pose) superimposed in front of them on one side, with “CORMYR” in Common beneath its feet, inscribed in a curve to match the shape of the coin. On the obverse is the seal of Cormyr (the rampant purple dragon within a shield frame, as seen on the Cormyr entry front screen on the Fr Wiki. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1755 Posts |
Posted - 13 Nov 2025 : 11:26:39
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On Aurora's Whole Realms Emporium store in Silverymoon
GAMEtatron — 9/11/2025 11:38 AM
Hi Ed!
Is there a Aurora's Whole Realms Emporium store in Silverymoon?
If yes, then where?
Thank you! #128578;
Ed Greenwood — 11/11/2025 11:32 AM
There WAS, but it got destroyed in a Zhentarim attempted takeover gone wrong: the Red Wizards jumped the Zhents in mid-attempt, and the resulting spell-duel turned the portal into a rift and certain Chosen had to act fast. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1755 Posts |
Posted - 13 Nov 2025 : 11:35:27
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On a shrine of Finder in Silverymoon
Juniper Churlgo — 9/11/2025 11:18 PM
Hey Ed, a quick Q. Does Silverymoon have a shrine to Finder? if so, where is it?
Ed Greenwood — 11/11/2025 11:41 AM
Find the map tag "18" on the Silverymoon map. Draw a straight line E of NE to hit a wall tower. Look SW from that wall tower to the nearest small building that's shaped like a backwards "C." That's a small private mansion belonging to a successful retired adventurer, now investor and merchant-shipper Laraelna Bowdragon (CG hf Sor14). She has a shrine to Finder in her cellar (if you enter one of her wall-facing "back doors," you have ready access to the stairs down to it). The shrine is not unguarded. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
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Posted - 13 Nov 2025 : 12:27:59
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On the gods' view on time travel
kageura necromancer wizard — 11/11/2025 1:22 AM
@Ed Greenwood how do the gods like ao mystra and the others feel about time travel? are there rules restrictions or anything against it?
Ed Greenwood — 11/11/2025 11:43 AM
Oh, yes. This has been covered many times, and I've even done a video on it. The short version is: frowned upon and prevented.
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