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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
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 Posted - 07 Apr 2022 : 00:23:44
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On hybrid monster reproduction
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1511707368140288008
Apr 6, 2022
@Warpmind
@TheEdVerse we all know the owlbear as the horrifying bird-mammal hybrid, probably made by some demented wizard. Are there records of such hybrids that just fortunately never reproduced, such as, say, a goosebadger?
@TheEdVerse
Oh, yes. Most hybrids are barren; the monster races we know and fear are the exceptional few that not only bred true, but thrived. In the Realms, the Guild of Naturalists (see my long-ago Ecology articles in The Dragon) keeps such records, I wrote 6 pages of them: NDA |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 09 Apr 2022 : 09:32:32
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On schooling of children in Waterdeep
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1512650048391323649
Apr 9, 2022
@RpgMatch
Hi @TheEdVerse, do children go to school in Waterdeep?
@TheEdVerse
Depends on the child. If they’re attached to a temple, yes, there are classes. For almost everyone else, there are tutors: nobles usually have them on staff, wealthy wannabe-nobles hire them in for a few hours every second or third day or so, and the children of guild members attend guild-sponsored tutor sessions, usually at the headquarters of the guild. However, as one moves down the scale of wealth, the chances for instruction at anything more than practical job skills dwindle, except for what family members and close family friends can pass on, sometimes in return for a meal. Someone who does well at such practical jobs may well end up apprenticed to an artisan or crafter, and receive secondary instruction (that is, tutelage in matters not directly related to the work they’re apprenticed to learn how to do) as an apprentice.
There’s one important exception to this: children in whom the Gift (the innate ability to wield the Art/magic) is detected young. They get instruction, because the Lords of Waterdeep, the nobles, and the guilds all agree that wizards should be educated, so as to have morals and see consequences, not just instructed on how to hurl spells around. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 11 Apr 2022 : 00:13:03
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On porcelain technology
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1513171757510926336
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1513210532257583108
Apr 10, 2022
@RpgMatch
Hi @TheEdVerse the most sophisticated ceramic is porcelain, which is completely vitrified (turned to glass) but it’s complicated to make.
Any thoughts on which culture in Faerûn achieved this first (or at all)?
@TheEdVerse
The Imaskari had it, the elves had it earlier or got it from them, and the giants had it then, too.
It was lost to humans after Imaskar fell, the giants only used it for insulation (crafting shaped coverings), and the elves preferred carved wood and growing vessels.
Sometime later the dwarves gained it on their own, the gnomes and later the halflings got it from them, and it was rediscovered in the Tashalar just before 116 DR.
Always rare, expensive, and (due to fragility) little used. Much easier to make from wood or bamboo.
@RpgMatch
So Tashalarian porcelain would be the thing discerning Waterdhavian collectors would covet and/display… #129300;
@TheEdVerse
Yes, but Tashalarian wind-chimes, and nested eggs, and miniature castle salt-cellars, not plates and cups (exception: moustache cups) and bowls. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 12 Apr 2022 : 10:23:10
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On dragons on the Sword Coast in late 1490s
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1513735013086502912
Apr 12, 2022
@HalfElfatHeart
As of 5e times (late 1490s), how many chromatic and metallic dragons does Elminster reckon are on the Sword Coast?
@TheEdVerse
Heh. I asked, and El gave me a stare and asked, "And why does this foolheart want to know? Is he thinking of trying to romance them all?"
So I'll try the plying him with ice cream and liqueurs and cocktails ploy. Stay tuned. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 14 Apr 2022 : 00:32:05
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On children with greater deities
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1514373065714683908
Apr 14, 2022
@TokakuT
Hay, @TheEdVerse is it possible for mortals to have children with greater deities? And if so what would the children be like?
@TheEdVerse
If you're asking about the Realms, yes, but ONLY if the deity wants to have children with the deity. The offspring is usually "more than mortal," but what sort of powers are almost always up to the deity. Demigods, most often (gods don't like competition). |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 14 Apr 2022 : 07:05:24
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On the Phaulkon family in Phaulkonmere
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1514393836159741958
Apr 14, 2022
@RpgMatch
Hello @TheEdVerse does the Waterdhavian branch of the Phaulkon family still reside in their Villa, Phaulkonmere, in the South Ward?
@TheEdVerse
Most of them do. A few uncles and aunts and younger sons spend much of their time at the family's country estates (up the Amphail road) or in their own new mansions in Scornubel, Secomber, and Beregost. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 15 Apr 2022 : 08:21:03
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On source material for learning more about aquatic/sea elves
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1514755694272167943
Apr 15, 2022
@secretgiuliame
Good day to you, sir. Might I ask, which source material would you recommend for learning more about aquatic/sea elves? There doesn't seem to be a lot about their ecology in more recent publications (to my knowledge)
@TheEdVerse
I heartily recommend SEA OF FALLEN STARS by Steven Schend (TSR 11393, an oversized paperback released in 1999). |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 15 Apr 2022 : 08:34:11
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On 1490 DR+ Cormyr lore
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1514756160972283911
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1514759415148253189
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1514759979441475590
Apr 15, 2022
@Madlockfreak
@TheEdVerse hey Super Dm, I'm going over a majority of Cormyr lore and resources now. Blazing through Cormyr: A Novel, and going to be reading the adventures and supplements afterwards. Could you point me to some 1490 DR+ lore and some hi-res maps? Much of what is out there is 2e
@TheEdVerse
Start with: “Backdrop Cormyr” in Dragon #365, then go on to my Sage of Shadowdale novel trilogy.
Then you need to focus on the Sage of Cormyr, Brian Cortijo:
“Cormyr Royale: The Royal Court of the Forest Kingdom” in Dungeon #198, “Blades of Kings: The Cormyrean Swords of State” and “Crowns and Mantles: The Ranks and Titles of Cormyr,” both in Dragon #407.
And then you need to turn to the Brimstone Angels novels by Erin M. Evans: Brimstone Angels (2011), Lesser Evils (2012), Fire in the Blood (2014), Ashes of the Tyrant (2015), and The Devil You Know (2016). |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 15 Apr 2022 : 08:41:37
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On setting Saltmarsh between Harrowdale and Scarsdale
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1514762657533898790
Apr 15, 2022
@wilyhobbit
Hi Ed! I’m thinking of setting Saltmarsh between Harrowdale and Scarsdale to tie into a Dalelands-based 5E game. That could work, yea?
@TheEdVerse
It could indeed. If the game is set post-Sundering, then perhaps all the stirring wet evil (and lack of response from those dales AND Sembia) has something to do with the chaos and rebuilding in the wake of the fall of Shade. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 17 Apr 2022 : 05:24:37
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On the third Manshoon mentioned in 4e and 5e
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1515027542243262471
Apr 16, 2022
@DndTravellog
So we know of the Undermountain Manshoon, and the clone of the vampire Manshoon, is there any hint we can have of the third Manshoon mentioned in 4e and 5e?
@TheEdVerse
You've read the Sage of Shadowdale trilogy, yes? And Elminster's Candlekeep Companion?
We've published more than hints, and covered more than three Manshoons. ;} |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 17 Apr 2022 : 05:36:31
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On the Horned Ones
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1515513853014065156
Apr 17, 2022
@Artie_Pavlov
Hi @TheEdVerse . Who are the ancient Horned Ones of the corset you mentioned in Swords of Evningstar? I don’t think there are any horned ones apart from greyhawk?
@TheEdVerse
Guys! You see, now I'm going to be inundated with lore queries about the hitherto unknown Corset Forest. And fetishists will clearcut it before whatever I type is even read.
@Artie_Pavlov
Corset Forest is canon now lol.
But who are the Horned Ones. It’s right there in the prologue, taunting me!
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@TheEdVerse
Ah, you've noticed one of the Secrets of the Realms, that has been hiding in plain sight for ages. Read through all of my Realms fiction, and see how often stag-headed figures are seen, or mentioned, or alluded to...almost as if there's a magic-wielding sylvan race... |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 20 Apr 2022 : 00:49:10
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On an dungeon-prison in the Forgotten Realms other than Waterdeep and Undermountain
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1516419338005364743
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1517598828320468993
Apr 19, 2022
@RRavensflame
Woke up at 5:30 this morning with an interesting idea or dream. Characters wake up weaponless and unarmored in a complex with no recollection on how they ended up there. What would be an excellent location for an dungeon-prison in the Forgotten Realms.
...and somewhere other than Waterdeep and Undermountain. I'm looking for large cavernous and or mountain terrain miles in length.
@TheEdVerse
It's a converted castle in a mountain range, more than it is a dungeon, but the castle DOES have cellars and dungeons with Underdark connections: see the prison-for-rebel-Cormyrean-nobles in my Sage of Shadowdale novel BURY ELMINSTER DEEP.
@RpgMatch
Hey @TheEdVerse how about also the Doomvault under Thaymount, referred to in your latest awesome book on the Land of the Red Wizards? I'm curious to know if that's ever been mapped out/designed...
@TheEdVerse
Oh, yes, it's part of the classic Dead In Thay adventure. (Brought to life by Scott Fitzgerald Gray.)
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Edited by - questing gm on 23 Apr 2022 04:21:56 |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 23 Apr 2022 : 03:50:38
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Pureblood Yuan-ti families in Waterdeep
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1517550113488609282
Apr 23, 2022
@RpgMatch
Hey there @TheEdVerse are there any pure blood Yuan Ti families living in Waterdeep?
@TheEdVerse
I can think of at least six, but looking them up beyond mere mentions is going to take time. That's pre-2000 lore, except for the Phulshulkh, who go by "Phalkyn" these days. (W front Street of the Singing Dolphin, Sea Ward.) |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 25 Apr 2022 : 01:06:37
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On the Bellows of Milil
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1518237623663448068
Apr 24, 2022
@LeCraftator
I was wondering if you could share any information regarding the Bellows of Milil?
I know that it's an unusually powerful pipe organ held in Arbalest's House, in Athkatla. But knowing that Milil himself stayed there, I'd be surprised if it wasn't slightly magical...
@TheEdVerse
The Bellows of Milil is actually part of Arbalest’s House. That is, its swellbox, windchest, most of its pipes, its stops, and the three rooms with lifting and falling (pumping) floors that form its air reservoir and bellows are all built into the walls, floors, and ceilings of the (largely stone) temple. The entire building resonates when the organ is played, leading to deeper notes that can be felt for blocks around, and even in the harbour waters. Many parts of the Bellows are large enough to walk in, and hide in, and there are temple rumours (some of them true) about priests hiding in side-chambers within the organ, some of which can be sealed off so an occupant isn’t killed by the sound reverberations pulverizing their brains if the organ is played while they’re inside.
Other rumors (also true!) say that certain of the internal wind-passages and chambers of the organ are routes to gates/portals (upright midair ovals) created by Milil that lead to other temples, planes where the god dwells or has power or likes to visit, and locales in the wilderlands of the Realms where he likes to sing and play. Much of the temple’s treasure (in terms of perfectly-formed gemstones, not coins for everyday transactions) is hidden in false pipes amid the real ones, around the outside of the organ. The vast organ has three separate consoles that it can be played from: the main front seat with full pedals and four tiers of keyboards, a small “upper console” used by a second player to manage swells and hold drone-chords during some of the most sacred (critics sometimes use the word “fearsome”) anthems, and a hidden interior master console that can lock or silence (by disconnecting) the other consoles, and so silence the entire organ, as well as overriding the other consoles to play the organ. It is most often used to secure the organ for repairs, so priests (the only folk normally allowed to approach or touch the Bellows) can travel through it for cleaning, maintenance, and repairs.
An additional temple rumour, which has been true at some times, is that various “monsters” live within the Bellows, from wind walkers to volts. Tales of “The Wind Dragon” are entirely fanciful, but various creatures have entered the Bellows through gates and bided within for a time; certain senior priests believe that Milil himself sends some of them for his own purposes.
The Bellows has several spells built into it by Milil that are unleashed by playing particular chords (“wild” combinations that would never be played in most music-making). One of them creates a strong defensive magical ward around the temple, another unleashes a beam of magic that can be aimed to attack targets in the air, on the sea, or on the ground near the temple, and the third is some sort of mass teleport, details unknown. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 26 Apr 2022 : 00:17:00
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On books to read to set campaigns in 5E Forgotten Realms
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1518641428347469830
Apr 26, 2022
@seo_otto
@TheEdVerse what do i have to read to set my campaign in the forgotten realms scenario of 5e?
@TheEdVerse
That depends on where in the Realms you want most play to unfold, and if you want to use the official published adventures or not.
The SWORD COAST ADVENTURER'S GUIDE is the only 5e "overview sourcebook," but the official adventures cover specific areas very well.
For instance, STORM KING'S THUNDER covers the Sword Coast North, ICEWIND DALE: RIME OF THE FROSTMAIDEN covers Icewind Dale, WATERDEEP: DRAGON HEIST does Waterdeep, and so on.
If you want to get away from the Sword Coast, Alex Kammer and I did a(n official) BORDER KINGDOMS book, and Alex, Alan Patrick, and I did a Thay book.
Other resources, like the Amarune's Almanac series at DM's Guild or ED GREENWOOD PRESENTS ELMINSTER'S FORGOTTEN REALMS (I don't title these things!) are very useful for campaigns but not as 5e specific. (Some cities haven't been covered since my 2e FORGOTTEN REALMS ADVENTURES hardcover sourcebook.) |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 29 Apr 2022 : 01:19:50
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On older books on making magic items and potions
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1519689594412929025
Apr 28, 2022
@DamItGall
@TheEdVerse you mentioned books before that explained extensively about making magic items and potions? Older books but I have no clue which ones.
@TheEdVerse
If you mean sourcebooks and rulebooks for gamers (as opposed to books published in the Realms, that characters there might consult), a good one (2e vintage) is VOLO'S GUIDE TO ALL THINGS MAGICAL by Eric L. Boyd and me. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 30 Apr 2022 : 02:04:23
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On Mystara mages in The Wizards Three
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1520068659288457216
Apr 29, 2022
@YoDanno
This #Dragonlance in Dragon Magazine we stay in Issue 200 for another treat from @TheEdVerse “The Wizards Three”!
This time the Mages entertain a surprise guest! Do you know who it is?
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@ScottJones30
So that came out around the time the Mystara setting was switching from RC/BECMI to AD&D 2e. I am curious if any mage from the Mystara setting ever made an appearance at these Conclaves.
@TheEdVerse
No. The editorial assignment was for mages from Oerth, Krynn, and Toril to meet (Athas and "the Known World" specifically excluded). As Raistlin was NDA, I used Dalamar. Then Mordenkainen had to "go away" from the series. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 30 Apr 2022 : 02:10:03
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On Ed's vacation in the Realms
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1520151050233253894
Apr 30, 2022
@FRWiki
You're going on vacation in the Realms - where do you go and why?
@Artie_Pavlov
I'm actually interested in what would @TheEdVerse himself would say. I bet Somewhere in Cormyr?
@TheEdVerse
It depends.
If I want to be alone in unspoiled nature: the headwaters of the Unicorn Run, in the High Forest.
If I want to hang out in the countryside: Storm's kitchen, in Shadowdale.
A night in a tavern? The Moon and Stars, in Waymoot, Cormyr.
And so on. ;} |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 02 May 2022 : 01:28:42
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On what happens to warlocks killing their patrons
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1520787359050129412
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1520853414246334464
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1520798056173740033
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1520802550441725952
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1520809221058613257
May 1, 2022
@Clive_Hill
@TheEdVerse, what happens if a warlock kills their patron? I have a feeling this is on the cards #129300;
@TheEdVerse
Oh, dear. The warlock's power comes from their patron, so they lose it. If the patron has a similarly-powered foe and that foe believes they successfully manipulated the warlock or got their willing participation, they may step in as a replacement patron, but otherwise, no potential patron is going to trust this particular mortal again. They turned on their patron, they could turn on me! So it's far more likely the warlock would end up powerless, having to start over with their Gift, likely alone and hunted.
@AD33Reid
Could Leira use her warlock’s to discredit and humiliate the other gods? By pretending to be another god to the warlock and having that warlock perform opposite the deity’s desires?
@TheEdVerse
Leira is one of the few (Realms) deities who will, in disguise, be a patron to warlocks for such deceitful purposes. Most deities are served directly by clerics and paladins as classed characters, and seek to sway others through manifestations and their priesthoods.
@AugustoCLock
Ed my man, what the ****. Hasn't it already been stablished several times patrons merely TEACH their warlocks and magic comes from the Weave? Please don't undo years of progress in teaching people that...
@TheEdVerse
Sigh. That's what I said: "start over with their Gift."
The patron provides the channels to the Weave; the warlock must either find a new patron to provide new channels, or craft their own (do-able but not easy; think walking the Pattern in Roger Zelazny's Amber books).
@AugustoCLock
So what, if the guy who taught you something dies you forget it? Isn't access to the Weave simply a matter of using the right spell components? How can an outsider grant access to it when anyone already has access to it, with enough knowledge? That doesn't make sense, my guy
@TheEdVerse
No, access to the Weave isn't that simple. To use an analogy: we can all feel the wind, but harnessing it isn't as simple as one might think.
Divine magic, arcane magic, table magic, and so on are all different ways of accessing the Weave.
You may know how to drive a car, and know the way to, say, your workplace in your sleep...but if someone takes away the ROAD, you have to think, and drive, to find another way.
No patron, no channels, so you have to find new ones.
If you want to survive, never make the mistake of thinking spellcraft is a "science" (knowledge plus using the right material components). There's a REASON I called it "the Art."
Even veteran archwizards may misjudge what happens when spells collide, in different conditions.
@ScoBez
Really interesting to dwell on.
Some people describe magic satisfyingly as science. Some people value it lovingly as art.
Could be the difference between the wizard and your bard in your party - what do you think?
@TheEdVerse
Heh. Every bard and every wizard I've ever known would both call it an art (or "the Art"), not a science. But then, "science" isn't a term trusted in the Realms, where most folk think of it as glib alchemist-talk for "our secret process."
However, your point is good!
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 02 May 2022 : 01:43:46
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On wizards from Planescape and Ravenloft for Wizards Three
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1520410318601703425
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1520788196036161536
Apr 30, 2022
@RaptorDiplo
If you were given a chance to do the Wizards 3 Articles again with the stipulation of the 3rd wizard must be from Ravenloft or planescape who would you pick?
@TheEdVerse
From Planescape: Akeldra, who wields half a dozen scepters and wands with her long, precisely-controlled hair as well as casting spells (she's an enforcer for the Lady of Pain, and sometimes Speaker [envoy] for her). [[A character I created for a Planescape GenCon adventure.]]
From Ravenloft: Tuzlarantra the Headless, an archmage whose head flies about talking and spellcasting; she long ago perfected spells that arc between, or issue forth from, both her hands and her head (when apart). She collects spells (has a huge library), and tweaks them.
@RRavensflame
Is she a Dark Lord?
@TheEdVerse
She is, but of a tiny domain, because ruling and dominating matters far less to her than it once did. She wanders the mists, and slays Dark Lords who are hostile to her. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 02 May 2022 : 04:50:44
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On Volo the Wanderer
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1520969848188465152
May 2, 2022
@doctorow
The Moonshaes, misty islands with Celtic inspiration in the storm-tossed vastness of the Trackless Sea (Moonshae, AD&D Forgotten Realms campaign supplement by Douglas Niles, Tim Hildebrandt cover, TSR, 1987) https://oldschoolfrp.tumblr.com/post/682619608
@Oldwolf1
I got 10K XP one night for calling our DM Volo The Wanderer after not seeing him for 4 months. We were the only 2 old enough in our group to know who that was. Explainations were made.
@TheEdVerse
Volo is pleased. He's just had ANOTHER drink. If he ever leaves, I'll have to restock the wine cellar. Two fifty-foot trailers worth ought to do it.
(I LIKE it when Volo wanders.) |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 03 May 2022 : 00:46:35
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On popular association a common magic component
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1521168817606606851
May 3, 2022
@RandomQueriant
Related to this, but parallel. I've noticed a lot of spells, and magic items, are rather thematic in their appearance and requirements. The 3.5e BoExaltedDeeds even has demon armor changing appearance if redeemed.
Is popular association a common magic component, officially?
To refine my question just a bit, from the soundbite I had room for in the previous.
Does the popular vernacular of symbols and associations, that feathers equal flight, for instance, strongly effect the expression of magic.
In our world, would it be easier to craft a "reflect" spell, that used an actual Uno® Reverse card, based on its popular symbolism, rather than, say, an ace of clubs? How about a chunk of India rubber and a bottle of glue?
@TheEdVerse
Yes. However, different spellcasters may use different somatic, verbal, and material components when casting the same spell, and end up with exactly the same effects.
Usually (but not always; in arcane magic, there are ALWAYS exceptions), both the verbal and the somatic components consist of a "call to mind" or evoking chant or phrase (the "incantation" or "the flourish/intricacies") and a release (the final trigger word or the end gesture). For items, just the release is more common (think the MCU finger-snap for the Infinity Stones. Material components vary with the culture and life experience of the caster: what symbolizes something, or is associated with it (like the old 1e "classroom stuff to generate static electricity" for lightning bolt) varies from caster to caster.
Which is one reason casters can readily improvise alternative material components if they don't have "the usual" on hand, though doing so might modify the spell effects. Many apprentices just "learn the material components" without necessarily realizing or ever knowing the symbolism/connection; for them, the spell works because they've seen their mentor cast it in the past (or someone else, or done it successfully themselves), so their mind "knows" the spell will work with these components. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 03 May 2022 : 01:03:04
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On keyboard instrument at any dwarven city
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1521172118431485958
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1521212561299054595
May 3, 2022
@eliasvernieri
@TheEdVerse i had a oddly specific question: are the some keyboard instrument ( like a Harpsichord or Pipe organ) at any dwarven city ?
@TheEdVerse
Most dwarven cities have signal-horns (think the horn Gimli blows at Helm's Deep in THE TWO TOWERS movie) built into their stonework, for rousing city defenders to "action stations" or to cry "rally" (to a previously-agreed-upon assembly area).
A few have foot-treadle-bladder devices to pump air through such "wind chambers," and in rare cases (Deep Shanatar is one) there were hand-operated stops for affecting tone, so tunes could be played (more like a riff or motif [think trumpet fanfare] in most cases than a tune), but I tend to think of them more like "non-portable bagpipes that use stone-locked chambers rather than chanters and reeds" than I do an organ, though they often do have a seat, foot-pedals, and hand-operated stops. Harpsichord-like dwarf instruments (strings plucked) are very rare; usually dwarves play piano-like personal instruments (strings hit with hammers; hitting things with hammers is the dwarven way). Most such dwarf instruments look more like an accordion (small portable keyboard) and have metal strings. Big built-in pipe organs are found only where volcanic vents give off gases (often harmful sulphurous fumes) that can be used to power sounds.
@harelnefracture
Geez, the sheer racket would certainly make attacking a dwarf city suck even more. Because I'm shameless in my bias, my first thought went to all those poor drow ears... #128534; what's the usual equivalent of aspirin in the Underdark?
@TheEdVerse
Chewing the natural cave-wall mold known as "whitescrape" because it's dark brown-green but on top turns white, and looks like a scrape (raw exposed stone) against the natural stone. It dulls all internal pains, from headaches to "wound fire," and banishes itching. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 03 May 2022 : 01:12:02
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On kinds of education in Waterdeep/Faerûn in general
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1521217594157588483
May 3, 2022
@LamarrTD
@TheEdVerse what kinds of education are there in Waterdeep/Faerûn in general?
How would a commoner learn to read for example?
Are there any schools for non "class" based skills?
@TheEdVerse
Every temple, and most guilds (for members, and the children of members). The wealthy (most nobles) hire private tutors. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 03 May 2022 : 01:24:36
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On the Techsmith(Faiths & Pantheons) and Gond
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1521224118015770630
May 3, 2022
@sebastiansanti1
Good afternoon Mr. Ed, I hope you are having a good day.
I have a question about a prestige class: Who created the Techsmith(Faiths & Pantheons) and gond? Some curiosities or facts about these faerun artificers that look very advanced.
@TheEdVerse
I created Gond. I believe Eric Boyd created the techsmith. He's the man to ask about those dangerous, dangerous individuals. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 04 May 2022 : 00:09:59
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On the Avowed paying the book toll
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1521626829215649792
May 4, 2022
@ogrejehosephatt
Can the Avowed leave and enter Candlekeep without paying the book toll? I'm having trouble finding this answer.
@TheEdVerse
The Avowed don't need to pay the book toll. They rarely leave (usually they do so only on expeditions to recover books), but don't need to "pay admission." |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 08 May 2022 : 00:55:56
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On the kiira of House Echorn
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1522949197330272261
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1523063341203210245
May 7, 2022
@iamJimohIsiaq
I'm good na. Funny, I was looking to remember a particular quote in the battle between Elminster and the House Echorn heir. That reminds me @TheEdVerse, did the House ever manage to recover its kiira post battle?
Take the Elminster In Myth Drannor Quiz: https://funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Literature/Elminster-In-Myth-Drannor-309430.html
@TheEdVerse
Yes, but it's a long story, that one. The kiira was borne by non-elves for some years, and their memories, within it when House Echorn recovered it, changed that family forever; they "saw more broadly" than elves were wont to do.
@iamJimohIsiaq
They dared??? N-Tel-Quessir bore the knowledge and memories of one of the greatest and oldest families of old Myth Drannor and weren't turned to dust???#129315;#129315;#129315; The allowances one takes when extinction stares you in the face
@TheEdVerse
There's an appropriate Myth Drannan elf saying:
"We were proud to be the People who never bent. Until too many of us were broken, and we came to see bending as a virtue. And bent, to still be here today to complain about our sad fall." |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 08 May 2022 : 01:00:43
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On elvish words for up, cauldron, sky, clouds, gift and drifting
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1523068349952921600
May 8, 2022
@Mahtan87
@TheEdVerse I don't suppose you know what the elven words for cup, cauldron, sky, clouds, gift and drifting? Thank you in advance!
@TheEdVerse
Sure! Here you go!
Cauldron: tammin
Cloud: ammur
Clouds: ammur
Stormclouds/Stormfront: huthammur
Storm: huan
Big storm: hethtalos
Cup (drinking vessel): aloun
Cup (one’s hands, to hold): calann
Drifting (on water): sathu
Drifting (in air): vra
Drifting (adrift/lost/directionless): wael
Gift: taran
Sky: lurleath
{This is, of course, on Toril only, currently, for elves and not drow.}
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Demzer
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 08 May 2022 : 04:15:44
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quote:
Originally posted by questing gm
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Big storm: hethtalos
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"Talos is an elven deity confirmed!"
Jokes aside, would be nice knowing if they had/used this word before coming to Toril (i.e. while on Faerie or whatever the previous elven world was called) or if they adopted it once on the planet.
Or maybe the elves used this word all along and came in contact with some impressionable humans who were so scared of a big storm they made it a deity and called it (...)Talos. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1452 Posts |
Posted - 10 May 2022 : 00:31:47
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On "technology" such as robots and weapons or equipment of that level hidden, crashed or found somewhere
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1523721319732240384
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1523728705193127936
May 10, 2022
@sebastiansanti1
Good morning Mr. Ed, I hope you have a good start of the week. Based on toril's extraplanar connections, is it possible that there is "technology" such as robots and weapons or equipment of that level hidden, crashed or found somewhere?
Greetings lore master!
@TheEdVerse
Oh, yes. ;}
In fact, I happen to know that...oh, but that would be TELLING. Darned NDAs.
So (sigh) that "yes" will have to do.
@sebastiansanti1
What do you know?... wait NAD? what is a NAD, I am very confused @.@
@TheEdVerse
NDA: Non-Disclosure Agreement. Meaning I can't talk about...
Things I've agreed not to talk about. ;}
However, those who were at Milwaukee-era GenCons and played in certain charity D&D sessions set in the Realms encountered some "futuristic" tech while adventuring. |
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