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questing gm
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Malaysia
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 Posted - 12 May 2026 : 05:36:23
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On Cormyrean nobility's view on acts of infidelity
kageura necromancer wizard [D&D], Role icon, Patron of The Realms — 1/5/2026 10:19 PM
Hi @Ed Greenwood, I hope you’re well.
Among Cormyrean nobility, how are mistresses and acts of infidelity (concubine festhalls(brothels) multiple wives and such) generally viewed and treated both socially and legally?
And how are illegitimate children viewed and treated among nobles?
Ed Greenwood [WRIT], Role icon, Father of the Realms — 5/5/2026 10:21 PM
This has been covered many times before. Most nobles don’t give a fig about mistresses and acts of infidelity, so long as such behaviour isn’t flaunted as public disrespect (e.g. a husband belittling a wife). Illegitimate offspring are unable to inherit or bear family titles (unless they become “the last of the blood standing”), and are embraced, tolerated, or shunned largely on the basis of their personal behaviour and character. A lot of nobles adopt “shocked and appalled” stances about “immoral” conduct, but such reactions are almost always social posturing to gain status and disparage others, not what they genuinely care about. |
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questing gm
Great Reader
Malaysia
2013 Posts |
Posted - 12 May 2026 : 08:10:06
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On daily life of Sshamath and Menzoberranzan
Eilistraee's WarriorRole icon, Patron of The Realms — 1/5/2026 8:00 AM
What would surprise a visitor most about daily life in Sshamath compared to Menzoberranzan?
Ed Greenwood [WRIT], Role icon, Father of the Realms — 5/5/2026 10:30 PM
That depends on who the visitor is.
To a Lolth-worshipping drow, the rule of wizards and utter absence of Lolth-priestess matrons would be the big difference, and not ever taking arcane spellcasters as slaves would be another.
Z’orr’bauth, the great central pillar, is a big visual difference, and reminds many visitors of the great tree-homes of surface elven forest cities.
And the “open” nature of trade all across the city, from the Dark Weavings Bazaar to the Quillspires to back-alley shops, would surprise someone used to drow matriarchal overview and surveillance as found in Menzoberranzan. |
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questing gm
Great Reader
Malaysia
2013 Posts |
Posted - 12 May 2026 : 08:42:26
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On the Kurit dialect differ from other Dwarvish dialects
Mind Flayer #1 Fan [LADS], Role icon, Patron of The Realms — 1/5/2026 7:41 PM
Hey @Ed Greenwood, I've been contemplating arctic dwarves lately and wonder: How does the Kurit dialect differ from other Dwarvish dialects like Riftspeak or Duergan?
Ed Greenwood [WRIT], Role icon, Father of the Realms — 5/5/2026 10:36 PM
Compared to other dwarves, arctic dwarves use a much smaller vocabulary, and the words used sound as different from other words as possible, to avoid misunderstood messages when shouting into a blizzard or among echoing ice passages. The sounds “ark” and “hullaww” and “vroor” appear in many words, with different prefixes and suffixes so words won’t be mixed up with each other. |
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questing gm
Great Reader
Malaysia
2013 Posts |
Posted - 13 May 2026 : 07:35:56
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On the soul of a god in the City of Judgment
Juniper Churlgo [WOOD], Role icon, Scribe of the Realms — 24/7/2025 1:27 AM
Hey Ed, a question on souls in the realms. On Candlkeep you said a soul is created when mommy and daddy love eachother very much. But what about births that are not biological, like magical creations? divine creations? Do they get a soul during creation spontaneously? How does that work?
Bladesinger Lily [Elf], — 24/7/2025 5:55 AM
Hey @Ed Greenwood, I’d like this question answered, too. We were specifically talking about a creature that is essentially reanimated goo of a god. (Sorry..,trying not to spoil plots points)
If God A walked the material plane and was killed, but their “essence” was saved and animated by said God, would they have a soul that another god could redeem in the City of Judgement?
Ed Greenwood [WRIT], Role icon, Father of the Realms — 6/5/2026 7:48 AM
When divinity is attained, a mortal soul is changed. No other god could redeem it, and most deities would have great difficulty even caging or controlling it. The old Faerűnian saying “destruction is easy, it’s everything else that’s hard” applies here.
God’s bodies are a different matter; they can be reanimated, transformed, and so on—though Ao frowns on deceptions using such means, and if the “dead” god is still around, they will be furious and will act accordingly.
Divine “essence” is the divine power of a god, and can be acquired by others, lost forever, or even stolen, but the sentience of the deity, in its altered soul, survives. It may drift powerless for aeons, but more often a deity has prepared for its possible demise, and has fallbacks (just as many liches do, or mortal wizards who cast contingency spells). |
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questing gm
Great Reader
Malaysia
2013 Posts |
Posted - 13 May 2026 : 12:42:38
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On a doppleganger seeing through the disguised form of a malaugrym
Joe ~ChangRole icon, Legend of the Realms — 25/7/2025 10:08 AM
Hi @Ed Greenwood hope you had a great GenCon 2025. Could an average doppleganger see through the disguised form of a malaugrym? And vice versa? How do the malaugrym feel about dopplegangers?
Ed Greenwood [WRIT], Role icon, Father of the Realms — 6/5/2026 8:01 AM
An average doppelganger might, upon close contact for more than a passing moment or two, sense there was something “off” or unusual about the Malaugrym, but they wouldn’t be able to see the Malaugrym’s true form or even identify what was wrong about the creature they were observing; this is more like a “veteran doppelganger has a Spidey Sense tingling, ‘green’ doppelganger likely doesn’t.”
Moreover, arcane magic users and others using magic or enchanted items to alter their appearances are things an urban-dwelling doppelganger might often see, so they might not necessarily be alarmed or taken aback or even all that interested—other than knowing enough to be wary, that what they’re seeing isn’t the true entity, so they should keep an eye out for a sudden attack or action.
Long-lived and far-traveled Malaugrym develop a similar sense for when a creature nearby, that they get a good look at, is shapeshifted in some way, or using magic to conceal its true appearance. They’d likely not know its true nature, except by guessing, using foreknowledge (already knowing doppelgangers live in this building, for example).
Most doppelgangers think of Malaugrym as dangerous, magically-powerful insane humans who lust after power, and who are best avoided.
Most Malaugrym think of doppelgangers as creatures incapable of being really good impostors through innate laziness. This is more indicative of the arrogant “we’re superior” world-view of Malaugrym than it is truth. |
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