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Ed Greenwood

@TheEdVerse

Creator of the Forgotten Realms® and a myriad of other worlds, universes, and shared settings. Avid tea-drinker and swashbuckler. He/him, accepting of all.

Ontario, Canada Katılım Nisan 2014
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Ed Greenwood
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1) Belated Realmslore Replies Department: IanTheWanderer @IanWanderer asked me: "What methods did aquatic races, such as the tritons or sea elves, use to write underwater?" Herewith, a Realmslore reply: The slime of the little brown tetcher snail, which is very... #realmslore
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@franknsimmons They are just a dark spot like in real life, UNLESS they happen to be located in a spot shadow magic was cast on that still strongly radiates that enchantment, or that a "shadow trap" spell has been cast on, to deliberately make a natural shadow into shadowstuff. #realmslore
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@TheEdVerse I have a very small lore question that for some reason has come up in my group's home game. Are normal shadows, like from the sun, on the material plane made of shadowstuff, or have any connection to the Shadowfell, or are they just a dark spot like in real life?
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3) ..gains their soul. This isn’t true: souls go to the control of the deity the living being cleaved to more than any other deity (served more, believed in more, etc.). #realmslore
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2) ..does the soul get stolen by Shar or does Selune retain her claim over it? Herewith, a lore reply: Many deities, and their clergies because they have told their clergies so, believe that if a living mortal is sacrificed in the name of the deity, that deity... #realmslore
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1) Belated Realmslore Reply Department: back on Sept 10 of last year, Frozen @FrozenFinder2 asked me: A recent Reddit post brought up the question of, where does a creature's soul go if it is sacrificed in the name of a deity? If Sharrans sacrifice a Selunite in Shar's name, ...
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As promised, an early Lost Lore today to make up for the one I won't be able to post next week, as I journey home from GaryCon...enjoy! patreon.com/posts/lost-lor…
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Ed Greenwood@TheEdVerse·
1) Belated Realmslore Replies Department: Back on a December 1st, Ashenda Firemyst I VTuber, Epilepsy Advocate @AshendaFiremyst Asked me: Is there any chance of The Symbul could be resurrected? Asking for a friend (me). She was, after all, my favorite of the seven. ...
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5) ..worms over time, or rot), the snail slime forms an ink that hardens and lasts, in both dry sunny or shady damp out of water conditions, and underwater (fresh, brackish, or salt). #realmslore
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Ed Greenwood@TheEdVerse·
4) ..container (such as a cork-stoppered or screwtop-secured potion vial). Use a stone or fire-hardened wood stylus to dip into this and write with it; when applied to a shell or rock or mica surface (or even wood, though the wood itself can be eaten away by marine... #realmslore
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@XynRaven @AshendaFiremyst No. Other deities might appoint new Chosen or Champions, but they lack any means of preserving the sentience of lost ones (the Weave is Mystra, and is Mystra's means). #realmslore
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5) ..it is possible: so The Simbul could “come back” if she saw the need. Will she? That’s up to your DM—and if you’re the DM, up to you. #realmslore
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4) ..an active mind in charge, and used them for a time. Elminster has done this, too, sometimes with bodies whose resident minds he had to conquer. Leaving the ethics of doing so aside for the moment (it’s something I was deliberately exploring in Realms fiction), .. #realmslore
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