Ed Greenwood
@TheEdVerse
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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
Joined April 2014
So, yes: half-elves, but variants (in life specifics) individual to individual. "Wild talents," to use my Realms term from before D&D. #realmslore.
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The offspring will vary with individual genes, favoring either parent, but will usually grow up to have some sort of "elfin" look (large eyes, pointed ears, delicate features, better low-light vision than humans) AND innate fey traits not visible to other eyes. #realmslore.
@TheEdVerse I've an interesting question for you, if you happen to have the time. Fey eladrin, as I understand, are high elves that have spent such time in the Feywild that they become themselves both fey and elves. Now, we already know elf + human = half-elf. What might the.
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2). green dragons like red wine vinegar, black dragons like iodine, and so on. The scent is innate; where they live (e.g. stinking swamp waters, mud, volcanic ash) adds smells atop their innate smell, mingling with it. #realmslore.
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1).Different dragon types have different smells, that intensify when a dragon is angry or has other strong emotions right now, is horny, or is unwashed, and also increase with age and size. Blue dragons smell like ozone, copper like heated copper, . #realmslore.
@TheEdVerse Hi, Mr Greenwood, I have a question, my fiancee and I have been discussing this for quite some time about a half dragon character we have, do dragons have any specific smell? Or do they smell like where they live ie a red dragon smelling like sulfur because they live in a volcano.
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The secret project I’ve been working on! “Souls for the Taking” is the first in a series of books set in the Forgotten Realms that I’m co-authoring with the legendary @TheEdVerse ! Our sneak preview will be out at #GenCon! #dungeonsanddragons
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In the Realms, you CAN change them (rarely done, though; tradition). I'm not sure if that holds true for Krynn, where Talis decks originated; you'd have to ask Margaret Weis or Tracy Hickman about that. #realmslore.
@TheEdVerse This is the oldest and most random question, surely, but for the original Talis cards - do the races depicted have significance or can the cards depict any race and hold the same meanings? Ex: changing the Flames suit from Dwarves to Tieflings.
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And yes, trying to become a lich by one of the popular methods is VERY dangerous. Most of those ways involve imbibing a potion of lichdom which is essentially a poison. Some who do drink, die irrevocably. See Minsc and Boo's Guide and several other canon sources. #realmslore.
@TheEdVerse Woah! . Are you saying that being eaten by a hag means the SOUL is eaten too?! Permanent, forever death with no afterlife?. What other perils in the world of Faerûn carries this same level of danger? Becoming a vampire or lich, etc?.
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4). very weak or wounded, and need the life-essence, they will devour a soul they catch. Looking at the title of what we've just heralded, soul taking MIGHT just feature in some small way in its contents. #realmslore.
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3).Hags rarely dine on souls they capture, because they're "ruining goods" they can sell or barter. However, if they desperately want a talent the being had (spellfire wielding, for instance) and think they can get it by eating the soul, or if they are themselves. #realmslore.
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2). survives, but lessened. So the soul likely cannot come back as whatever being it formerly was, but something lesser (lemures, etc.). And if the hag sells/barters the soul to a devil who's not outcast, the soul WILL be put into a devil to live a "new life.".#realmslore.
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1).Ah! Here's the thing: if a hag steals a soul in her soul bag, the body it belongs to can't be resurrected. It CAN be animated. If the soul is consumed by a hag or a being the hag sells/barters the soul to, it, er, passes out the other end diminished. So the soul. #realmslore.
@TheEdVerse Woah! . Are you saying that being eaten by a hag means the SOUL is eaten too?! Permanent, forever death with no afterlife?. What other perils in the world of Faerûn carries this same level of danger? Becoming a vampire or lich, etc?.
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Oho, looky here! Realms fans, miss this not! And. @RpgMatch, we got a quote from Szass Tam!!!.#realmslore.
Sneak preview for a new #dungeonsanddragons #ForgottenRealms title on @dms_guild #DMsGuild this fall, by @TheEdVerse @RhysYorke @chutneychiller @AdventuringZone produced by Visionary!
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And Maro, sorry it took so long to get back to you. I'm falling farther and farther behind, as the lore queries rush in!.Plus tard il sera trop tard. Notre vie c'est maintenant. Sigh.
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2). respectively). Elves are among those mortals that Kelemvor would normally not judge, though almost all half-elves do experience his judgment. #realmslore.
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1).No. Kelemvor judges the souls of humans and sentient beings whose souls aren’t consumed (by hags or beings hags sell souls to, for instance) or claimed for judgment by other deities (such as goblin or kobold deities judging the souls of goblins or kobolds, . #realmslore.
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And, does the soul of an elf go through Kelemvor's divine judgment before being reborn as a new elf?.2:42 PM · May 11, 2025.
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Maro @timemarry.@TheEdVerse Hey Ed! I've got a question for you. I really like Kelemvor, as a character and as a god. He and Jergal are by far my favorite DnD gods. I always wondered, does the souls of every being in the multiverse pass the divine judgment of Kelemvor? +.
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This looks like a story I want to read. Different but calls to familiar elements I want more of! Take a look.
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Miss this NOT! Not just essential Realmslore, but recipes that work in the real world and will make your tummy HAPPY!.#realmslore #GREATeats #yum.
Realmslore! . The Forgotten Realms Wiki Presents Juniper's Companion to Venturesome Cookery features a foreword from Elminster by setting creator Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) and an article on halflings by fellow luminary Steven E. Schend!. #DnD #CookingintheRealms
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