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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
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 Posted - 01 Jul 2023 : 07:49:21
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On Yuan-ti as more than just "monsters" to be defeated
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1674832762744848418
Jul 1, 2023
@TheEdVerse
This is my effort to help people see the Yuan-ti as more than just "monsters" to be defeated (unreleased 2014 spotlight)
Please give my new video a watch! I'm so enjoying myself and want to continue making them, but I need your support!
https://youtu.be/xfek3ULPlPg |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1451 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jul 2023 : 03:10:12
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On what does "Amaunator's belt" look like
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1674266011497889794
Jun 29, 2023
@douglasbushong
I have a Forgotten Realms question. I've found a few sources that describe a constellation called "Amaunator's belt" that's visible from the Spine of the World in the summer.
What does the constellation look like? Is it's an FR analog to Orion's belt?
@TheEdVerse
I don't do real-world analogues in the Realms (though some others do). Orion's Belt is an arc of three bright stars close together, whereas "Amaunator's Belt" is a phrase some lore-sages apply to a constellation more often called (by folk of the Sword Coast North) as "the Lake Eye" (and many other names in various cultures, over time). It's distinctive, and looks like a horizontal diamond (the eye) touching a parallel horizontal oval (the reflection of the eye in the waters of an imaginary celestial lake).
The "Amaunator's Belt" nickname comes from Amaunator's portfolio of time, and the belief that a time gate can be located by reference to this constellation.
And, as usual, if you seek longer Realmslore answers, the place to go is the Greenwood's Grotto server on Discord, in particular the q4ed thread (or the vip-castle thread for Patreon supporters)...or join my Patreon, where I ladle out the #Realmslore at full length!
Looking back, I see I forgot to mention the most important part: the (lower) oval of stars that some see as the Eye's reflection is called Amaunator's Belt by sages. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
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Posted - 03 Jul 2023 : 03:16:31
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On spells in the spellbook of the Royal Magician of Cormyr
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1674135682569076736 https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1674135689531740164
Jun 29, 2023
@SirWiseGuy
Can I ask please, good sir, what other unusual spells may be in the spellbook of the Royal Magician of Cormyr, if you would, we know that 'Change Noble to Feline' is in there traditionally but I wonder what other wonders could be found, please? (Sorry if double post)
@TheEdVerse
Heh. Here are a FEW of the spells the Royal Magician knows:
Forcewave (thunderwave-like fast-moving wall of force, melts when touching walls and other inorganic things, but slams full-force into organic, and absorbs other spells as fuel)
Greater Mindream (undamaging, fairly stealthy thought-reading, lasts hours and can switch targets if precise location known, can see and hear what target does, requires no ongoing concentration)
Teleport Token (unerringly translocate a prepared by-the-caster magical token, like a feather token, from a known spot (secure storage) to an envisaged one (familiar shelf or niche, or the hand of a known person)
Awaken Crystal Grot Guardians
Close the Gates of High Horn
Confer Wraithform (upon a known recipient who need not be willing or prepared, up to six hundred miles away, affects all their gear AND anyone touching them)
And, as usual, if you seek longer Realmslore answers, the place to go is the Greenwood's Grotto server on Discord, in particular the q4ed thread (or the vip-castle thread for Patreon supporters)...or join my Patreon, where I ladle out the #Realmslore at full length! |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
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Posted - 04 Jul 2023 : 13:25:23
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On productive mines of Alum
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1675594500205424648 https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1675847168551186432
Jul 3, 2023
@RpgMatch
@TheEdVerse where are the most productive mines of Alum (used to fix colors in fabric) in the Realms?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alum
@TheEdVerse
1) Heh. I got asked this very thing by a TSR staff designer in 1987. Then as now, the answers are: in the northslope Smoking Mountains just west of Gilgirn in Unther, in the eastslope Dragonsword Mountains just south of halfway between the 2) Lonely Lake and Nezras, and in the southslope Wyrmbones on the southern edge of the Shaar (north of Halruaa).
The best alum mines of all are, however, in the westernmost coastal mountains (due west of Haelond) in Gontal, in 3) Laerakond. These deposits were recently discovered, and have greatly enriched formerly abandoned Haelond; it’s now a busy gleaning and shipping center, putting sacks of powdered and lump alum (a mineral salt) onto barges for 4) transport down the River Orlaphar to Gontal (the city), for transshipment to ocean-going ships there.
In the Realms as in our real world, alum’s newest, and now bulk, use is as a mordant (binder, keeping the dye from washing 5) out) in dyeing cotton and other woven fabrics. Its oldest use is medicinal, but its second oldest use is in pickling (foods, for preservation).
To all Realms fans reading this: explore Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord for 6) in-depth Realmslore answers, or even better (because you can request coverage of specific topics, as well as getting glimpses of the Realms that will surprise you), check out my Patreon!
@abwinkler999
I want to know *why* a TSR staff designer wanted to know this in 1987. "For this module, we need a way to break a 'robe of scintillating colors'... any ideas?" "I guess the PCs could use alum, but I'm not sure if it's found in that region..."
@TheEdVerse
Designers were fascinated by a setting with sources for everything and shipping routes to markets. It answered the question of "what's in the wagons? The hold? Those sacks?" for the DM. So the questions were many. We could have wars over stuff, not just princesses. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
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Posted - 04 Jul 2023 : 14:27:26
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On creating Faerun by section or continent
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1676063950390132736 https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1676065596302057472
Jul 4, 2023
@jagsthepanda
@TheEdVerse when you initially created faerun, did you begin with a section of the world that your PCs played in, or did you have the entire continent mapped out?
@TheEdVerse
I created Faerûn 10 years before D&D existed, building along the Sword Coast from Mirabar S to Waterdeep as I followed the travels of Mirt the Moneylender in my earliest short stories. Though my very first tale told me Zirta stood inland. So, yes, it grew.
@jagsthepanda
Wow! Thanks for the response and thank you for the insight!
@TheEdVerse
My pleasure.
Waterdeep was already mapped and detailed when the 1st Realms D&D campaign started there. For my 2nd campaign, I jumped to Eveningstar in Cormyr (the Haunted Halls), and the PCs soon traveled to Shadowdale. From those two foci, the detailing went in all directions.
@dwaink
Sir any chance those stories see the light of day(or already have)?
@TheEdVerse
Most of them were published in the 1960s and 1970s. Since the Realms became a D&D setting, the first story was republished: "One Comes, Unheralded, to Zirta" (GenCon handout, then in The Best of the Realms II: The Stories of Ed Greenwood mass market paperback).
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
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Posted - 08 Jul 2023 : 08:23:03
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On how barbarians of the High Moors call themselves
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1677409573383094272
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1678508408004124675
Jul 8, 2023
@rwgs76
Dear @TheEdVerse : how do the barbarians who live in the High Moors call themselves? I cannot find an answer for this anywhere. Thanks in advance!
@TheEdVerse
Nowadays (1490s DR), most of them call themselves Arrauhau [pronounced “Ar-AW-haw”], which means “the People.”
@KyreneZA
Ed, is that a Common or Chondathan word they use?
@TheEdVerse
Neither; it's their own. However, they would use it when referring to themselves collectively, to a speaker of Common, so it's slowly entering Common.
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questing gm
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Posted - 12 Jul 2023 : 06:05:27
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On B1 In Search of the Unknown is lurking in the Ruins of Undermountain level 1 map
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1678881477210128386 https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1678882082129338368
Jul 12, 2023
@ShanePlays
Following on from last week's entry, astute adventurers pointed out that the Quasqueton map from B1 In Search of the Unknown is lurking in the Ruins of Undermountain level 1 map. A random encounter, an in-joke, or an homage... on Map Monday aka Dungeon Day!!
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@LeroyD20
I wonder if @TheEdVerse is able to shed any light on this…
@ShanePlays
Evidently, TSR they didn't his exact maps for Undermountain and added a lot themselves, but sure I would love Ed's yarn spinning on this :D :D
@TheEdVerse
Yes. My maps for Undermountain were what I considered "realistic"...meaning there were clusters of rooms, then passages leading to other clusters, not "geomorphs" filling in every inch of a page. TSR crammed in Dave Sutherland's Empire Of The Petal Throne maps & more.
As they didn't want to publish maps with big black "solid rock" areas (or insets). So they used a small core of my level maps, leading from the Yawning Portal shaft. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
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Posted - 12 Jul 2023 : 06:09:55
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On Umberlee's order of rank
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1678944167387357185
Jul 12, 2023
@K_E_Dane
@TheEdVerse I'm on the Forgotten Realms Wiki bc I have a priestess of Umberlee and she's by no means a novice and I was wondering if the titles listed here were in order of rank or if they're all equal bc we have a Wavelord and he's the head of the temple
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@TheEdVerse
In the 1490s DR, the Church of Umberlee remains chaotic in the sense that ranks, titles, and vestments vary from temple to temple across Toril. However, the list of titles you cite is in rough rank order, so yes, a Wavemistress or a Wavelord would head a temple.
Here's a rank order followed in many temples of Umberlee on the Sword Coast, lowest to highest: Untaken (novices, no rank)/Tide Rider (accepted into the clergy, lowest-ranked of priests; "Rider" in short)/Breaking Wave ("Wave")/Flood Tide ("Tide")/Dark Breaker ("Breaker" in colloquial shortform)/Puissant Undertow ("Under" and also marking the highest church rank considered "underpriests," with all higher rank being "senior clergy")/Wave of Fury ("Varrwave")/Savage Seawind ("Wind")/Wavemistress and Wavelord (never shortened, and equal in rank to each other). In SOME temples, a novice is a 1st level cleric, a Rider is a 2nd, a Wave is 3rd, a Tide is 4th, a Breaker is 5th, an Under is 6th, a Varrwave is 7th, a Wind is 8th, and the temple head can be any level above that.
The "level gap" between 9th level and whatever level the Wavelord or Wavemistress (and there are more of the latter than the former, in this faith) is filled with specialized temple rank titles (in ascending rank order: infirmarer, cellarer, steward, and prior [who's also head of temple security/internal discipline within the clergy]), plus several others between cellarer and steward, if the temple is large enough. However, it's unwise to think that this rank structure is followed clearly at every temple of Umberlee.
"Varrwave" is derived from a long-ago Wavemistress, Varra Himril, who ordered her temple that way and named the rank after herself (with the typical humility of this priesthood [=sarcasm]).
If you see "Dread" in front of a church title, it means the holder is a Waveservant or True Servant of the Wave (specialty priest subclasses who have their own personal pledges and oaths to the goddess, who can possess their bodies at will and work or speak directly through them). |
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questing gm
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questing gm
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Posted - 18 Jul 2023 : 11:44:05
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On specific tract of land between Neverwinter Wood and Lurkwood
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1681071486512033793 https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1681103608819884033
Jul 18, 2023
@tlalchitonatiuh
@TheEdVerse; @Wizards_DnD; @SageAdviceDnD: does anyone know of any lore related to this very specific tract of land? I have spooled through grand history, fr campaign setting for every edition, and tons of side content and can't find so much as a name for it. Any help? Thanks!
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@TheEdVerse
Most traders and travelers think of that area as "the Uthgardt lands," and call it the "Uthgardt Hills" or "Wild Hills" or "where the Barbarians hunt."
It's rolling country of scrub woods, small bogs and ponds, brooks and rills (tiny streams) running everywhere.
@NormanDuke6
Isn't Gharraghaur around there somewhere?
@TheEdVerse
Yes, that dwarven realm stretches from the coast along the river that runs through Neverwinter, east to the Goblintide, and north to the valley of Khedrun, so underlies much of that area. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
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Posted - 23 Jul 2023 : 11:57:09
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On wenches with a little extra
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1682058035168985088
Jul 21, 2023
@bittercatte
Oh mighty sage, devisor of the realms, keeper of the lore of Myth Drannor
Are there wenches with a little extra in the realms?
I will buy ALL of your books if you answer.
@TheEdVerse
Of course. With shapeshifting magic, individuals with either the Gift and training, or sufficient funds, can alter themselves as they desire. Some big-city thieving guilds and brothels even train deportment, acting, care of skin, hair, and nails.
We have MAGIC!
@bittercatte
I will never financially recover from this...
@TheEdVerse
Heh. You don't have to buy all my stuff. It would take you decades to find just all the books, anyway, we're up over 512 and counting...
I'd have answered you anyway!
Buy anyone's book or game that delights you! |
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questing gm
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questing gm
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Posted - 29 Jul 2023 : 12:44:56
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On name of a poet
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1684980916580429826 https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1684984166482358278
Jul 29, 2023
@TheEdVerse
That wizard drew her wand with a stern determined look
And peered hard at the very best battle spell in her book
And the dragon stretched out its neck to peer down with an interested air
For it’s always nice when your demise is done with the proper flair
@CatalogFantasy
Very nice. I'm going to put this on one scroll in a dungeon. Other than Ed of the Greenwoods, what is the name of a poet of the realms who penned, er quilled this work?
@TheEdVerse
With rare exceptions, I keep my doggerel apart from the Realms for legal reasons, but IF this was a Faerûnian poet, it'd likely be Ardanthra Rosetel of Silverymoon, or Jalastra Raendeem of Castle Ward, Waterdeep. Or maybe (when playful) Relve Hormatar of Athkatla. |
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questing gm
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questing gm
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Posted - 09 Aug 2023 : 12:15:03
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On the clan name for King Harbromm of Citadel Adbar and his sons
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1688981484604997632 https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1688982311641944065
Aug 9, 2023
@MagusScarlet
@TheEdVerse shooting my shot!
What was the clan name for King Harbromm of Citadel Adbar and his sons? I can't find it no matter how much I look.
Thanks so much!
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@TheEdVerse
That's because Harbromm was clanless (outcast); he spurned his clan, and they in turn spurned him. He was born an Ironhar dwarf.
He and his sons now style themselves "Ardbarhar" dwarves, so they are a new (albeit tiny) clan.
@TheEdVerse
Many (most) dwarven clans began in this way.
Clan Meiritarn (pronounced "MEER-ih-tarn") shattered entirely, long ago, in "clanstrife" fighting, becoming sixteen new (small) clans. |
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questing gm
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Posted - 09 Aug 2023 : 12:20:34
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On a general or commander who would have campaigned from the east of Faerun to the coast anywhere between 900-1200 DR
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1688986389633728513
Aug 9, 2023
@yo_kurf
@TheEdVerse I feel you may be the fastest resource in this regard !! Is there any figure that was either a general or commander who would have traveled or campaigned from the East of Faerun to the coast anywhere between 900-1200 DR? I’m looking for a good historical figure, ha!
@TheEdVerse
Hmmm. The best-known at the time example would be the mercenary “captain” (she commanded her own in-demand mercenary force) Ilhaera Maraztrel of Talathat (in Murghôm). She’s why “Ilhaerans” [pronounced “Ill-HAIR-ans”] are regarded as great mercenaries to this day. She was a human female (long black hair, flashing green eyes, nutbrown skin, fierce temper but iron resolve and self-control, and an uncannily-accurate horse archer with rippling-muscled shoulders as a result of that, so her shafts went astonishing distances with piercing force). Relocated to Madan and then Phannaskul, but her hirings often dragged her west, and she eventually dwelt in Zazesspur, where she ended her days as a local “lady” of wealth and influence who refused to marry but took multiple lovers, and died in her eighth decade fighting raiding peryton (perishing “happily” according to witnesses).
And the best places to shoot me Realmslore queries like this are my Patreon (ed greenwood), or the q4ed channel on the Greenwood’s Grotto Discord, which is a great community of Realms fans where much lore can be found. |
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questing gm
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Posted - 09 Aug 2023 : 12:23:28
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On polite greetings with dismembered goblin parts
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1689026187517976576 https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1689027280067051520
Aug 9, 2023
@dhodgs
In some Rashemi tribes it is considered impolite if you don't bash your host in the face with a dismembered goblin arm or leg and I'm sure @TheEdVerse would back me up on this #128514;#128514;
@TheEdVerse
Nowadays, a gentle tap is considered polite. "Bash" is so 1300s DR.
Unless you're signalling an eagerness for intimacy, that is.
@dhodgs
Ed...thank you for joining our fun discussion on the many uses for miscellaneous goblin parts in traditional greetings across The Realms
@TheEdVerse
My pleasure!
And I see you haven't yet touched on the genuine widest use of goblin parts: sharpened and pierced and used as sewing needles, or as pen nibs, by many beings (including goblins) right across Faerûn. |
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questing gm
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Posted - 09 Aug 2023 : 12:49:54
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On lady dwarves looking better with or without beards
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1689106756444508160
Aug 9, 2023
@Moonflower_MG
@TheEdVerse In your opinion do lady dwarves look better with or without beards?
@TheEdVerse
It depends on the lady dwarf. I've seen some fetching fire-red thin, pointed beards on some dwarven ladies. Fair turned my head! |
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questing gm
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Posted - 17 Aug 2023 : 10:33:31
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On "common knowledge" of ancient Imaskar in 1496 DR
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1689650976142299136
Aug 10, 2023
@GregEPatterson
@TheEdVerse Great Sage! If I am planning a deep dungeon that is a relic of ancient Imaskar, how much would your average adventurer know as "common knowledge" of the ancient empire in 1496 DR?
@TheEdVerse
That long, LONG ago, there was an ancient empire, mighty in magic (and that had complex plumbing!) named Imaskar, and its folk were the Imaskari, and there was something called "High Imaskar"...and that's about it. |
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questing gm
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Posted - 17 Aug 2023 : 10:36:35
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On Lathander's relevanance in the current lore
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1690016097041317888
Aug 11, 2023
@OmegaNumari
@TheEdVerse I have a lore question, is Lathander still relevant in the current lore?
@TheEdVerse
Of course! Folk in the Realms pray to the Morninglord for every new venture, most creative acts, the beginnings of friendships and partnerships, pregnancy and childbirth, mercantile pacts, and so on (and on). He is everpresent in most human lives. |
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Posted - 17 Aug 2023 : 11:19:28
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On stirge on toast
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1691289421633519616 https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1691290474026266625 https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1691291511818792960
Aug 15, 2023
@Artie_Pavlov
im making stirge on toast this weekend coz i'm traveling back home and won't have time - is making bread egg-soaked and a morningfeast - lore friendly? I think is plausible. What do you think Ed @TheEdVerse ?
@TheEdVerse
1) In the Dales, upland Sembia, Cormyr and along the Heartlands trade routes west as far as Scornubel, what Brits in our world call “eggy bread” (savory NOT sweet French toast) is a breakfast staple among farm folk. Seasoned 2) with crushed dill or diced chives, or failing that fresh parsley and a pinch of salt and pepper. Taverns and inns serve this with strips of bacon and/or a slab of sharp cheese (like strong cheddar); the hot wet eggy bread is 3) often laid atop the cheese to partially melt it, so they stick, with seasonings trapped between.
@Artie_Pavlov
But what about stirges on it? #129300;
@TheEdVerse
If you can get blood pudding, or blood sausage, the taste is pretty close to stirge.
Failing that, get some mild pepperettes, slice them in half, and fry them. Fallback is fried thin-sliced Spam but you MUST coat with HP sauce and black pepper to cut the sweetness.
@Artie_Pavlov
I’m using the recipe you shared in Ed Greenwood presents #128521; going to make sauce from scratch
@TheEdVerse
That works!
(BTW, for non-culinary, not-Brit readers, "HP sauce" is Houses of Parliament sauce (a brown sauce: tamarind and tomatoes main ingredients). |
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questing gm
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Posted - 17 Aug 2023 : 13:24:48
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On Elvish words for dawn, daybreak, sunrise
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1692008517597532172
Aug 17, 2023
@AngelOfTheGrove
@theedverse If it's possible, I can't seem to find a Faerûnian Elvish word that means something on the order of dawn, daybreak, sunrise. I'm going for a sort of "flower of daybreak" feeling in the blade's name. Thanks in advance if you see this!
@TheEdVerse
Calam is sunrise, and aulauth is flower in the blossom (right) sense, so “Aulauthycalam” (“All-LOTH-ee-KAHL-am”) is literally ‘flower of sunrise.’
"Daybreak” is unknown in Elvish, but louah (“LOO-ah”) is dawn, so you could also have the blade be named Aulauthlouah. |
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Posted - 20 Aug 2023 : 08:01:58
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On re-establishing the Trade Way
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1692571106677342281
Aug 19, 2023
@TheSaltminer
Out of interest @TheEdVerse, is it just that nobody’s had the idea of re-establishing the Trade Way? Seems like too convenient a thing to just leave broken, what with a trade hub literally called the City of Caravans on a road north just going to no man’s land.
@TheEdVerse
The Trade Way is flourishing, and always has been. Don't be misled by the maps. It "peters out" because that stretch of countryside allows wagons to go anywhere, so every caravan takes its own route to discourage bandits, avoid ruts from earlier caravans, etc. |
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questing gm
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Posted - 30 Aug 2023 : 05:36:22
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On the Gift for psionics
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1694968050510893356
Aug 25, 2023
@Contiguouskitt1
@TheEdVerse One more question. In the 3rd ed Forgotten Realms Campaign guide it mentions that anyone sufficiently dedicated can use psionics. Does that mean that psionics doesn't require "The Gift" like Arcane magic does?
@TheEdVerse
Yes. The mind can be developed, usually with guidance if any precise control is desired. Good tutors who aren't VERY dangerous to pupils are, however, rare.
Whereas if you lack the Gift, you just can't wield the Art, except by triggering items enchanted by others.
@Contiguouskitt1
Is The Gift another way of referring to ability scores (Int, Charisma) or is it more esoteric than that?
@TheEdVerse
The Gift is the ability to wield the Art (arcane magic). It has nothing directly to do with game stats (D&D came along a decade after the Realms). |
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questing gm
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Posted - 30 Aug 2023 : 05:40:06
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On books/lore/adventures on the Moonshaes
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1695477989457211651
Aug 27, 2023
@MoseyDm
I haven’t read much at all of D&D novels but someone has to have done books/lore/adventures about the islands off the Sword Coast, right?
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@TheEdVerse
Eric Menge just wrapped an HUGE AdvLeague adventure path w/Baldman Games, set in the Moonshaes.
I did a 2e campaign "DM's toolbox" supplement for the Moonshaes entitled HALLS OF THE HIGH KING (get your moonwells here!), that follows FR2 Moonshaes by Doug Niles. |
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