Secrets of the Lady Mage of Waterdeep: Part 2 (Perfecting Your NPC)

[@edgreenwoodofficial]

I never meant to made him cry! Be sure you didn't miss part 1: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHrLdZdqpt98g6c

[@sath2749]

I have questions for you. Which makes me wish there was a way I could talk to you. But for now, I will post just one. When 4e came to be, it felt like the Forgotten Realms was being treated like trash. Many things changed. (I hate 4e) Things like the spell plague were introduced. Many gods and goddesses were removed, basically, the world of Toril was being screwed over. At least in my opinion. I read a series called Falconfar. I loved the books. It made me feel that Wizards of the Coast took the world of Toril in the wrong direction. 5e feels like it is trying to fix things, but honestly, I am not into 5e. I run the forgotten realms from the standpoint of 3rd and I ignore things like the spell plague. So, how much of the realms do you control the direction of? I own Ed Greenwood Presents Elminster's Forgotten Realms. (Hell, I own a lot of your stuff) I have most of the 3rd ed Forgotten Realms books. It gets harder and harder to find what I am missing. Is the world of Toril being written the way it should be?

[@iDEATH]

I always like that stuff Ed was talking about with extremely long lived people. It's a very interesting question to me, how living that long might change a person, and when you bring in the myriad concepts a fantasy setting can have, how that might differ between a human who has gained immortality versus an elf for whom it's natural. What about intelligent undead? How does the experience differ for them? I love exploring those ideas.

[@johncmousley]

an eleven sage and a lich playing chess against each other with very different vibes

[@carminegraves]

Elminster sounds like he's had a lot of plans that backfired

[@RavenCoyote]

yes, yes he has. Thats been mentioned repeatedly.

[@AnthonySmith-wc8ky]

It's interesting to me. He and Rincewind from the disc world novels seem to have a lot of overlap in how fate treats them. Of course, Elminster is much more powerful and competent but chance is not his friend.

[@Parktrizzle]

Chosen life is tough.

[@davidkobold5311]

I love Ed's commentary about how the gaming table can be a training ground for the challenges of the crucible of real life. I was not fully aware of the full breadth and depth of the lessons I learned from playing D&D for many years. But now decades on, I see more of those lessons in my personal and professional life, and I am eteranlly grateful. Thank you for your contributions to my education Mr. Greenwood!

[@edgreenwoodofficial]

You're very welcome. If I can brighten anyone's life, it's a delight. :}

[@gregbanks5624]

Im hoping that we get a 2-part series on each of the Seven Sisters. I know its old hat but boy would I love to get a run down of entire racial deity portfolios. Ok, I'll say it it: specifically my interest is in Drow and especially Ellistrae.

[@cristiananao294]

Oh yes please, I'm dying to hear more about the Seven Sisters!!!

[@seibervideo]

This added some good context for Laeral, Elminster, and Mirt. Definitely giving me some things to work with in my own campaign. I’m also looking forward to hopefully reading about Laeral and the others in future novels. Thanks for these videos!

[@JeMangeLaPoubelle]

The seven sisters are 100% my favorite entites in realms. They some how capture the same God-amongst men vibe, each in their own way. Simp for the Simbul.

[@edgreenwoodofficial]

Two of the Seven (Storm and Dove) were my inspiration for creating the Realms, when I was five years old, way back in 1965. They've always been special...and so, when I write about them, they feel that way.

[@miaththered]

I write a lot of immortals, I appreciate that someone else "gets" it that people aren't going to be static just because they live forever.

[@vadermardark]

I love these character videos...I think having knowledge of the movers and shakers is just as important as knowing the land marks....I'd love to hear your take on some of the BBEGs and some of the Choosen of the Evil gods and thier plans to spread thier God's wills across Thr Realms

[@davidlewis8814]

Ah ha! She’s only 19th Level because her connection to the weave is fading. Oh well done!

[@edgreenwoodofficial]

I DO think about these things. ;}

[@wolfleclair1399]

This was so great, I loved it. Glad to know the legendary figures of The Realms are just as messed up as the player characters. =^_^=

[@josephfaber4974]

This and part 1 have been very helpful! In our table's next game my players will be attending a masquerade ball at Lady Jalanvaloss's estate to celebrate the Dragondown festival and I planned on Laeral making an appearance :)

[@clarehidalgo]

Nice that Laeral has such a good relationship with her foster-dad/mentor

[@DMKarnholio]

fantastic content, as always! Can't wait til my group gets back to the City of Splendors.

[@michaelthomas1916]

Rebellious kids..with magic. I wonder how many times Elminster just had enough. That's it, Miss. You're a sheep for the rest of the afternoon.

[@TheMtotheF]

Blaine: "Well, hey, I didn't spend all those years playing Dungeons and Dragons and not learn a little something about courage." This old X-Files quote always made me laugh.

[@edgreenwoodofficial]

Nice. It makes me smile, too.

[@Khurzan72]

I have been a fan of the Forgotten Realms since I bought the original box set back in 87. Since I had purchased all FR materials until 4th edition. What I always wanted to know was if all of these characters were once player characters, and if so, what are the stories behind those real people and the actual game sessions. In my mind I always figured Ed made a lot of the characters, and areas in the Realms based on games he ran in the past and it ended up fleshing out the realms. That is where the real interesting stories would be.

[@paulflood9826]

These videos are amazing. I’ve been reading FR for close to 30 years now and I love getting all the lore behind them. I’m so glad these are being made and shared. Thank you @edgreenwoodoffical for making these videos and for creating such a wonderful immersive world.

[@gab.americano]

Just to send love from Brazilian fans Ed! Thanks for the best content I know.

[@SimpleHealth83]

Thanks for sharing this info on Laeral 😊

[@RavenCoyote]

funny I remember Khelben was LN with good tendencies and Elminster was chaotic good with good intentions

[@edgreenwoodofficial]

Life changes us all...

[@GabrielSoares-qp1he]

So, i've heard it for a while now, from Mr. Greenwood and from Chris Perkins a while ago that in 5e the gods are taking a step back in relation to mortal affairs, letting mortals deal with their own problems, there's even a hook in dungeon of the mad mage about helping Laeral with her dwindling chosen power problems, what's the reason for this change in the god's attitudes ?

[@TerryWhy007]

🧙‍♂️

[@benbeals8479]

I hope a segment on Storm is in the works.

[@MartinAhlman]

As an older bard, I love this! And I mean IRL...

[@GameTimeWhy]

That's really cool.

[@csdn4483]

@EdGreenwood - you mentioned that someone trying to impersonate Khelban could catch Laeral by surprise, what about someone impersonating Qilue considering how close those two sisters were? Considering you've shown in the lore that the Seven Sisters could return from being a weave ghost if Mystra creates a new body for them to inhabit. Could someone impersonating Qilue catch her offguard as well?

[@deke2096]

Good stuff. 👍

[@AutumnSonderness]

Love your channel! I'd love to hear more about the minor gods of magic: Azuth, Savras and Velsharoon and their churches or followers. I'm sure Ed has some cool nuggets of wisdom that one does not find in the published books. ;)

[@jackhowe6]

And Leira.

[@johngillan4475]

Thank you for your information video

[@markgoggin2014]

Can you do one on The Blackstaff next?

[@UnemployedDM]

How about a video about The Moonshaes...

[@edgreenwoodofficial]

It's on the list. (A long, long list...)

[@crystalmeyer7449]

Trust. The foundation of relationships, agreed it is a treasure.

[@keithvanboskirk7327]

is there an equivalent to Barbadillo prison in realms for ex-rulers?

[@aaronbrown5776]

So Alustriel appears in Out of the Abyss where she "interacts with the characters with kindness and a certain whimsy, but doesn’t disclose what time period she’s from, admonishing characters who try to learn too much of the past or future." Any clues as to what information she is seeking down in Gravenhollow? (Basically my way of asking for Alustriel and Storm videos).

[@davidgrider4302]

There is supposed to be a TV show about The Continental Hotel.

[@williammcdowell3718]

Sweating, cursing, and being in pain... I can relate.

[@Parktrizzle]

Can i get a Storm episode?

[@redemption101caleb]

My wizard in our campaign serves under her and secretly worships Vecna. Feeling a little unsafe.

[@joshuaharvey8046]

Is she living for herself or just living for the good of the people of the realm. That is true selflessness.

[@Ivalice_Dshunter]

Trust No One, Only The Blade At Your Side!

[@theprofessorkeen1911]

Mr. Greenwood. I don't get why the Gods are pulling their power away. They can stop themselves from showing up in person, but shutting down the power of arcane and divine seems like a rather foolish in universe wise, but I can understand outside when D&D was re-balanced. I do hope you don't plan for the realms to go down the same path that Tolkin envisioned where all the magic goes away and we're left in a much more empty world.

[@matthewvillanueva4420]

Might be caused by the second sundering maybe

[@SoakedNDnotSorry]

Iirc when the gods were pulling back he's talking about was the consolidation of 4e, that's been walked back in 5e via the Second Sundering bringing the rebirth of many dead or lost gods. They still don't show up in person so often, and spells cap at 9th level (Thanks, Karsus), but divine and arcane casters aren't as Rare with a capital r as they were in 4e. If I'm remembering right. I don't think we're at risk for FR and D&D to become a magicless world.

[@edwardbirdsall6580]

If her boyfriend is actually deceased she could plane shift to his new address and at least know the truth. Or join him.

[@RavenCoyote]

All longlived, powerful humansare a bit crazy-- humans weren't meant to last so long

[@edgreenwoodofficial]

Yes, indeed!

[@partyontheobjective]

kinda sad that in a vid abour Laeral, half of it is spent talking about two dudes.

[@jediburrito]

Not gonna lie laerels relationship with khelban sounds like just a stereotypical cookie cutter masculine feminine dynamic.

[@AncientRylanor69]

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