Pipeweed grown on Toril is the equivalent of tobacco. Calming and SLIGHTLY deadens nausea and pain. NO hallucinogenic effects unless things have been added to it. So, tobacco, not marijuana. #realmslore
JT
@McCarthy_JT
13 Oct 2024
Just to be clear, is Toril pipe weed more like tobacco or more like marijuana?

Oct 14, 2024 · 2:21 AM UTC

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So what hard narcotics are there?
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I've written them up about a dozen times, but most mentions weren't published (TSR had a Code of Conduct, and drug use was verboten). However, some mentions have slipped into print, and can be found in sourcebooks, in my YouTube videos, and my old Candlekeep postings.
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Thanks! I'm never sure in fiction. Like in LoTR, I think they're smoking weed. Every new setting, that's why I always ask myself, but then there's no one to go to for more info. You're the most informative creative I've ever communicated with
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I'm trying to make the Realms ever-deeper in lore, but even after sixty years of creating it, in some places the lore is darned thin. I will always try to "be there" with lore replies, but tomorrow I'll fall silent for a week, attending Gamehole Con.
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That's OK, I know this Druid...
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Something I've had a hard time working out is how widespread/affordable rolling papers are as an alternative to pipes. Feel like they'd be pretty available in waterdeep at the least
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Tobacco is a stimulant
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Same as it in Tolkien, then! Good!
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Next time you're in Luiren I will get my cousin to hook you up, the code word is "Marshwiggle".
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