Who Is Volo in D&D? (His Creator Tells All)

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  • @edgreenwoodofficial
    @edgreenwoodofficial  Рік тому +93

    Leave a comment to let us know if you decided to download Volo's spells and cantrips! I'd love your feedback and to hear about whether you plan to use them in your home game. :}

    • @IamGruntonHGH
      @IamGruntonHGH Рік тому +6

      Flatus Nullifier - Yes Please

    • @helixxharpell
      @helixxharpell Рік тому +8

      Would Volo have somehow "borrowed" the floating page spell from a long-forgotten Netherese tomb? 🤔 😉
      I've already written the spell into my "Valley of the Six Winds" campaign. 😉

    • @edgreenwoodofficial
      @edgreenwoodofficial  Рік тому +11

      @@helixxharpell Quite possibly! Volo IS more of an adaptor than a creator...

    • @helixxharpell
      @helixxharpell Рік тому +1

      @@edgreenwoodofficial I say this at the risk of the warlock in the party seeing the post then asking me, "I want to know more about the floating page spell." 🤣
      Seriously tho. I remember a blurb years ago about "Sardra's Chaining Spell" but it was under another name. 🤔
      Ed.. They go up to the valley not knowing what's about to happen. 😲

    • @sosrope3420
      @sosrope3420 Рік тому

      Downloaden and shalt peruse!

  • @Scott.webb64
    @Scott.webb64 Рік тому +272

    Volo being an unwitting chosen and weave anchor is awesome and makes how he acts (and always survives) in his portrayal so far in BG 3 even more hilarious.

    • @snonyabeeswax
      @snonyabeeswax Рік тому +5

      volo doesnt seem totally dumb either hes likely smart enough to flatter someone to nit kill him XD

    • @nathanfivecoate5848
      @nathanfivecoate5848 Рік тому +8

      ​@@snonyabeeswaxHave you been Volobotomized yet?

    • @highdefinition450
      @highdefinition450 Рік тому

      i mean the goblin camp is nothing for him lol

    • @Nanomachinesson9094
      @Nanomachinesson9094 Рік тому +5

      @@nathanfivecoate5848 yes, yes I did. and he gave me a new better eye and I can see invisibility. win for me.

    • @gerihuginn2143
      @gerihuginn2143 9 місяців тому

      I killed him by mistake in Act 3 . Blew him up.

  • @L4NC3_L0T
    @L4NC3_L0T Рік тому +87

    I love how old manuals of the first Baldurs Gate games had annotations by Volo wich in turn had corrections by Elminster whenever Volo missed something or got something wrong (as in: practically always ;)
    "I prefer to avoid violence,myself."-Volo
    "Perhaps because everyone you meet tries to direct their violence in your direction."-Elminster

  • @rpgmatch5726
    @rpgmatch5726 Рік тому +212

    Greenwood's guide to Volo? So meta - I love it.

    • @leandrochavez6480
      @leandrochavez6480 Рік тому +24

      Then comes the biography Volo's Guide to Greenwood: The truth.

    • @go-nogo1475
      @go-nogo1475 11 місяців тому

      @@leandrochavez6480 "Greenwood: The Over-Drinks Discussion of Ed, by the Elminster & Volo. Without Ed."

  • @johnstuartkeller5244
    @johnstuartkeller5244 Рік тому +57

    I love how, when talking about the "uplifting" tomes, the younger man is laughung like he's trying not to think about being demonitized, while the elder is expounding with the confidence and frankness of one who long ago did away with his last darns.

  • @SageSaga25
    @SageSaga25 Рік тому +85

    Volo writing Chapbooks makes a lot of sense- I feel like, since Elminster is frequently editing his work, and with Volo's propensity for blunders, I expect on several occasions Elminster has sat down to read a Volo book to edit only to realize he was given the wrong book. My personal favorite go to Chapbook title is Wanderlust.

    • @chaos9059
      @chaos9059 7 місяців тому +1

      So basically Volo writes smutty fanfiction and sells it? .
      This is either glorious or gloriously bad .

    • @rknowling
      @rknowling 3 місяці тому +1

      @@chaos9059 They charge you more to be gloriously bad! :P

  • @ivoryinkwell7864
    @ivoryinkwell7864 3 місяці тому +1

    The fact that Volo spent some time as a frog in Elminster's garden and that Laerel Silverhand likes frogs makes me think there might be a bit of a connection there.

  • @Briandnlo4
    @Briandnlo4 Рік тому +20

    Volo is the guy who checks every seat, in every outhouse, every time, for gooseberry jelly.

  • @Baraz_Red
    @Baraz_Red Рік тому +10

    Ah, I knew it. I often commented how Volo logically has a mystical or supernatural blessing needed to explain his survival, incredible travelling, and crazy luck (considering he is never portrayed as a powerful caster and often even appears low level in many games :P).

  • @pelijer
    @pelijer Рік тому +41

    I still use my copies of Volo's Guide to the North, and the Sword Coast, from '93 and '94. Just fantastic stuff!

    • @edgreenwoodofficial
      @edgreenwoodofficial  Рік тому +25

      I will do more. They are SO much fun to do!

    • @almitrahopkins1873
      @almitrahopkins1873 Рік тому +4

      Everybody does. Volo is the Marco Polo of the Realms. Half of what he writes is true, but the other half, may be not so much…

  • @WolfheartFPS
    @WolfheartFPS Рік тому +70

    Quite literally the best channel on the tube!

    • @edgreenwoodofficial
      @edgreenwoodofficial  Рік тому +25

      Thank you! I'm glad to share a mutual love of "The Gate" with the Wolfpack!

    • @almitrahopkins1873
      @almitrahopkins1873 Рік тому +6

      @@edgreenwoodofficial It’s good to hear it from the author himself.

    • @pizzaa_party
      @pizzaa_party Рік тому +3

      Im going to cry, my life is complete

  • @Gnight787
    @Gnight787 11 місяців тому +4

    Learning this after playing BG3, volo was one of my favorite characters and I was wondering, because he makes an off hand comment about being like 150 years old, how? Now I know! So glad to be a Patron, thanks Ed and team!

  • @spiderpsycho_8887
    @spiderpsycho_8887 Рік тому +13

    We had Volo in our Tomb of Annihilation game. We rescued him from pirates and later uh... Accidentally killed him. He did write a book about our exploits though since he had a clone.
    However uh, we all died.

  • @KaleidoscopeofBrilliance
    @KaleidoscopeofBrilliance 10 місяців тому +3

    Volo poked my eye out.

  • @lixnix2018
    @lixnix2018 Рік тому +17

    I love Volo especially the version in bg3 I love what Larian made out of him

    • @TheDrudgenator
      @TheDrudgenator 8 місяців тому +3

      Loved reading Balthazar’s personal diary talking about being up to date on current events and says “must keep up to date with the last 100 years, not Volo, better an eternity of ignorance” 😂😂

    • @lixnix2018
      @lixnix2018 8 місяців тому

      @@TheDrudgenator I do love the volo notes in dnd books

  • @wesleygibson5546
    @wesleygibson5546 11 місяців тому +7

    Am I the only who's disappointed that Larian didn't have Ed voice Elminster or Volo

    • @KarlKapo
      @KarlKapo 4 місяці тому

      Yes. Volo in game is good tho

  • @Grinding4Gems
    @Grinding4Gems 4 місяці тому +1

    How does Greenwood not have more followers? We have to get his numbers up folks!

  • @mojoschmee9320
    @mojoschmee9320 Рік тому +10

    I've been chasing Volo through campaigns for over thirty years... After seeing this, I wish I could go back and do it all over again.

  • @lucaswyattjackson
    @lucaswyattjackson Рік тому +34

    "recklessly indiscreet" Volo must be a member of a DnD party.

  • @gabrielponche
    @gabrielponche Рік тому +39

    We need hour-long videos! can't get enough of Ed's insights into the Forgotten Realms. Which I discovered when I bought Neverwinter Nights all those years ago when I was a kid.

    • @edgreenwoodofficial
      @edgreenwoodofficial  Рік тому +21

      Longer versions of almost all of my videos are on my Patreon. Sometimes we talk for hours.

    • @PeruvianHeadShrinker
      @PeruvianHeadShrinker Рік тому

      I can confirm that the Patreon posts are WORTH IT. The depth of Ed's lore is unreal. It's like a font of richness and imagination that never ceases.

    • @coyoboyo
      @coyoboyo Рік тому

      I'd to listen Ed tell tales of the Forgotten Realms or read us some kind of story any day.

  • @kishinasura1989
    @kishinasura1989 Рік тому +4

    Me and my friends love Volo in fact my Merc character that runs a adventures guild gave Volo a infinite tab and just loves chilling with him when he's in town

    • @edgreenwoodofficial
      @edgreenwoodofficial  Рік тому +1

      Volo's Guide To Ormpur will be coming out (on the Guild) when it's ready.

  • @greygubbins3666
    @greygubbins3666 Рік тому +3

    Mystra is to Voldemort as Volothamp is to Harry Potter.
    That's wild.

  • @trevorloken2164
    @trevorloken2164 Рік тому +19

    Volo is actually a major supporting character in my Undermountain game I'm running. He's accompanied the PCs into the dungeon to help him research his newest book and has even managed to deliver the killing blow to no less than two dragons, which he now endlessly brags about.
    We often joke that Volo has plot armour as he seems to somehow be seriously injured far less than any of the PCs who have much better AC. So it was hilarious to me to learn that he's a Chosen of Mystra and there's actually a Realmslore reason for this.
    I'm definitely going to use these spells in the game, as well of the information gleaned from this video. Thanks for posting it!

    • @thisscreensucks
      @thisscreensucks Рік тому +3

      Letting an NPC outshine the heroes......odd choice.

    • @GomulDart
      @GomulDart Рік тому +5

      @@thisscreensucks It's pretty common actually. I've run many games in my day and 8/10 of those games had a NPC that is either a little OP or has some special moments, while getting dragged around by the players. The NPC is like a mascot + follower. Keeps the morale up. But the most important part is it's a handy self insert for the DM. Useful with new parties who still need a lot of guidance. It can bring people out of it if your DM is just guiding you through the whole encounter. But when DM can insert as a NPC it gives them more room to create new stories and help players along the way without interfering directly

  • @LuvboneX
    @LuvboneX Рік тому +6

    I still think that the "Volos Guides" books were some of the most amazing supplements to D&D.
    I used to have a print of Volos Guide to the Swordcoast that I bought in a secondhand book store and it was so full of characters and adventurehooks that you could use in your game that it was mindblowing.
    I recommend them to anyone who struggles with coming up with NPCs or how to get your players involved in an adventure.

    • @edgreenwoodofficial
      @edgreenwoodofficial  Рік тому +3

      I'm writing new ones! Volo's Guide to Ormpur is coming to DM's Guild, and there will be others...

    • @LuvboneX
      @LuvboneX Рік тому

      @@edgreenwoodofficial Im looking forward to it!

  • @BigbyOShaunessy
    @BigbyOShaunessy Рік тому +37

    Another Volo’s Guide would be nice. But the world needs a collection of Volo’s erotica to be published.

    • @edgreenwoodofficial
      @edgreenwoodofficial  Рік тому +24

      LOL! That would be fun to write, but I have a sneaking feeling it would swiftly be repressed. Watch DM's Guild, because Volo's Guide to Ormpur is on the way!

  • @Ofley_Adventures
    @Ofley_Adventures Рік тому +7

    Volo is my favorite character in the Forgotten Realms by far. Thank you mister Greenwood for providing such an amazing twist and personality to the storyteller archetype. Have a fantabulous day everyone! Thanks for the vid.

  • @ally4800
    @ally4800 Рік тому +2

    Titles of volo's saucy literature has me in stitches!

  • @jonathanfenton2601
    @jonathanfenton2601 Рік тому +5

    Volo does tend to travel a lot more than he realizes with Elminster. He just became petrified and shrank into a figurine to place in E's pocket.

  • @NoahStavish
    @NoahStavish Рік тому +13

    This was all great info to hear. I'm working on a 5e setting guide to Amn for the DM's Guild and was planning on using Volo as the narrator.

    • @StabYourBrain
      @StabYourBrain Рік тому +3

      That way it wouldn't even be off-brand if you got something wrong lol

    • @NoahStavish
      @NoahStavish Рік тому +4

      @@StabYourBrain Amn has also barely been touched as setting since the Spellplague. Maztica has returned too. So we're able to come up with a lot of our own lore over the past century, including a few gameplay systems that we're experimenting with as we warp real world examples of European colonialist empires with the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires that seem to have inspired a significant portion of Amn.

  • @yokothespacewhale
    @yokothespacewhale 4 місяці тому

    5:40 I saw a really cool snake at that bog once and am reminded of it every time I hear the name.
    You should check out volo bog if you ever find yourself with an abundance of free time in Chicago or Milwaukee

  • @oxylepy2
    @oxylepy2 Рік тому +1

    Elminster's commentary on salted butter in Volo's Guide to the Dale Lands was what made me love D&D

  • @fornax4676
    @fornax4676 8 місяців тому +1

    I wasn’t prepared to learn the fact that Volo is secretly a Chosen of Mystra but I 110% was NOT prepared for some of his best sellers being Nymphs in Need (of my Embraces) and Shalana Slides on the She-Dragon's Scales

  • @johngleeman8347
    @johngleeman8347 Рік тому +2

    Those are some good tidbits I didn't know about that wonderful rascal. Thanks!

  • @Direwolf9818
    @Direwolf9818 Рік тому +4

    Love the fact we can meet him in BG3

  • @Itachi45481
    @Itachi45481 Рік тому +5

    The more I learn about Volo the more I feel obligated to write him or someone similar into a Champaign

  • @Valandar2
    @Valandar2 Рік тому +7

    For some reason... Volo and Mirt together makes me think of hijinks akin to the 90s cartoon, "Road to El Dorado". Which one is Mirt and which one is Volo would be up in the air. :D

  • @EvelynNdenial
    @EvelynNdenial Рік тому +9

    the guardian angel bit would be a fantastic easter egg in bg3 if they add a see invisibility or true sight spell to the game.

  • @sirwilliam4128
    @sirwilliam4128 Рік тому +9

    @Ed Greenwood thank you 😊 so much for doing these videos❣️‼️

  • @GameTimeWhy
    @GameTimeWhy Рік тому +6

    Always nice hearing from the lore master. 😊

  • @LanJemWezz
    @LanJemWezz 4 місяці тому

    Phenomenal. This reinforces and informs so much of what I do in my FR games where I (the DM) narrate as Volo. Thankee, El(/d)!

  • @FlyingFairyS2
    @FlyingFairyS2 Рік тому +2

    This is so unfathomably amazing, i cant believe what im hearing

  • @TheJohtunnBandit
    @TheJohtunnBandit 8 місяців тому

    I need to get into an Ed Greenwood DM campaign, I'm learning so much and what a character he is

  • @lazydave9761
    @lazydave9761 Рік тому +1

    Sa'Sani?! That just blew my damn MIND! She's in Storm of Zehir! Good lord, it's been a hot minute since I heard that name.

  • @WckD135
    @WckD135 Рік тому +2

    In my games Volo is played by beloved musician and actor Jack Black. I also usually use a famous meme of Terry Crews in golden armor as Paladin of Tyr

    • @edgreenwoodofficial
      @edgreenwoodofficial  Рік тому

      Wow, Jack would find the role slimming, with all the running Volo has to do. Good choice, though!

  • @kylezehner975
    @kylezehner975 9 місяців тому

    I'm running Waterdeep Dragon Heist right now and having these details from the man who wrote him is so cool! Absolutely love Ed's work.

  • @offspringfan100
    @offspringfan100 Рік тому +3

    Awesome series! I've really been deepdiving into the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide to get perspective on the world that I'm building off of for a DnD 5e game. This has been really cool to watch and learn things that few are saying. Listening to you is like hearing a person reading a story in an interesting way and Volo is such a well designed character, he's my favorite!
    If you're interested in what I'm writing, I am doing a 10 year timeskip into the future after the events of the Lost Mine of Phandelver campaign I had redesigned that my irl group never finished. Basically how the world would evolve if the heroes didn't succeed in stopping the Black Spider from gaining control of the Forge of Spells. If you have any good ideas pet me know haha

    • @edgreenwoodofficial
      @edgreenwoodofficial  Рік тому +1

      That sounds VERY interesting. I would say that wizards and sorcerers would be gunning for the Black Spider. Desperately, as the spells they depend upon become unreliable. They'd hire adventurers as hit teams. It'd be...fun. ;}

  • @djm.o.d.1
    @djm.o.d.1 Рік тому +1

    20:15 so use that cantrip ALL the time while holding that one dagger that is really a transformed dragon

  • @AwsmNix
    @AwsmNix Рік тому +6

    I would love a campaign where Volo accidentally is the villain 😂

  • @Jerrysteward59
    @Jerrysteward59 7 місяців тому

    19:19 this spell reminds me of that eyeball creature you encounter in the ghost house of Super Mario 64

  • @marcelo9752
    @marcelo9752 Рік тому +3

    It would be so amazing to hear about the Chosen of the gods! Waiting for a full video about them

  • @DIEGhostfish
    @DIEGhostfish 10 місяців тому +1

    The way tou hold to the NDAs wizards probably long ago lost the copies of if TSR even had them to hand over is incredible. Awe inspiring lawful behavior. Which is funny since Elminster is so Chaotic Good.

  • @philipcomins106
    @philipcomins106 Рік тому +1

    Plus whatever Volo's role is in the Baldur's Gate 3 game beyond what we've seen so far

  • @Andonios88
    @Andonios88 Рік тому +1

    Came for the info on Volo’s Guides, stayed for the Volo’s Novels on the extra curricular.

    • @edgreenwoodofficial
      @edgreenwoodofficial  Рік тому

      I would so much like to write and publish them all...bye-bye, what little reputation I've ever had (Volo has none to lose).

  • @zeroanonymity9736
    @zeroanonymity9736 Рік тому

    Oh!! Oh that's actually really neat as a Cantrip! You could use the smell one to confuse an intercepted Spy's tipoff, negating the perfume they've been trained to recognize to denote a contact. Or someone unscrupulous could hide the aftermath of a murder, covering up the smell of blood from the other room while the guard chats with them in their entryway. Or even do the same thing for blending in as a guard of a dungeon! Use minor illusions to hide the blood and the other spell to hide its smell!

  • @charlesslaton5924
    @charlesslaton5924 Рік тому +5

    Oh gods. That poor Yuan-ti.

  • @RobKinneySouthpaw
    @RobKinneySouthpaw Рік тому

    I created in my game a plane-shifting tower that has gone haywire and moves nightly to a random location across the planes of existence. It's a scheme of Volo's, as he had it built as a research vessel but lost control of it. Right now he's stranded in one of the locations on the random travel table.
    Having run across it twice, my players have been sorely tempted to spend the night inside, but have yet to dare.

  • @BillAllanWorld
    @BillAllanWorld Рік тому +2

    This is an awesome video! Great job, Ivan and Ed.

  • @doraveloso
    @doraveloso Рік тому +1

    I got it! Volo is the Henry Chinaski of the Realms!

  • @NemoOhd20
    @NemoOhd20 Рік тому +1

    Fantastic. So much depth to Volo.

  • @1973Washu
    @1973Washu 28 днів тому +1

    volo , designed to be unlikable , but ends up as a relatable lovable rogue .

  • @andya9899
    @andya9899 Рік тому +5

    Great video as always

  • @MGP2210
    @MGP2210 11 місяців тому +1

    17:30 Cool secret spy gem. 😮 👍👍

  • @zer0homer
    @zer0homer Рік тому +3

    We desperately need updates on Vilhon Reach and Shining South!

    • @edgreenwoodofficial
      @edgreenwoodofficial  Рік тому +1

      Full agreement from me! I've just done a Patreon post on daily stuff (social customs, cusswords, etc.) in the South, but it's time for a "who rules where, and what are they up to" level update. I'll have some fun Vilhon-related lore as a Candlekeep seminar giveaway at GenCon this year, if the gods don't prevent me...

  • @christophermills7693
    @christophermills7693 Рік тому +9

    Volo's Guide to I ticked off Elminster one time too many and he turned me into a woman by Volo

  • @Highwaym4n
    @Highwaym4n 11 місяців тому

    This is kindof awesome. Id entertained the notion of having Mirt act as occasional patron to my crew, and his ... "extentions" to life would mean he wasent nailed down to one specific period in 'Ruun timeline. Id had the followup idea that Volo could hire them out to 'investigate' a new creature he'd heard about, (Only for his details to be way off it it comically threatening.) BUT i had concerns with the limits of HIS time in the timeline.. But hes a weave anchor? And Mirt and He will be adventure companions in the future? Frabjous Day, mine cup overfloweth with joys unbounded... !

  • @jeffreycrowder2866
    @jeffreycrowder2866 Рік тому +3

    Love this series!

  • @torreydunn7034
    @torreydunn7034 5 місяців тому

    ThNks for the eye!

  • @benofavalon7121
    @benofavalon7121 Рік тому

    Great video, guys 😊I still look through my Volo's Guides on occasion. Sometimes for reference, other times just for fun 😄

  • @roguedexx938
    @roguedexx938 Рік тому

    Always wanted a Volo series

  • @magdalenavalentinastegaru8531
    @magdalenavalentinastegaru8531 Рік тому +3

    Please add to list a segment about the 9 Hells.

  • @robertfoerster566
    @robertfoerster566 10 місяців тому +1

    After he stabbed my character in the eye in Baldur's gate III and failed to remove the interloper.....I'm not so sure about him! LOL

  • @RobKinneySouthpaw
    @RobKinneySouthpaw Рік тому

    22:32 verbal component "yoink"

  • @bernarrcoletta7419
    @bernarrcoletta7419 Рік тому +1

    “Volo’s Guide to the Tomb of Horrors”. “Completely satisfied, or your money back!”

  • @longlivetherebellion7379
    @longlivetherebellion7379 Рік тому +2

    love all ed does

  • @pizzaa_party
    @pizzaa_party Рік тому +1

    My man is on youtube now too??? AAHHHHHH

  • @theophrastusbombastus1359
    @theophrastusbombastus1359 Рік тому +2

    I had no idea he was such a scamp! Wish id known all this before i ran the Dragon heist
    _Voloscamp_ he shall be froever known as now to me

    • @edgreenwoodofficial
      @edgreenwoodofficial  Рік тому +2

      Perhaps he was really behaving during Dragon Heist because the city authorities had their eyes on him, and he knew it...

  • @jesterjames7633
    @jesterjames7633 Рік тому +1

    lol, i can totally see volo write a corn book for bg3 that involves tentacles and mindflayers.

  • @DIEGhostfish
    @DIEGhostfish 10 місяців тому

    I do like how Volo being fallible lets people more easily choose if they want to use a given work's possible retcons or go with some other take. I know a lot of people didn't like Barghests being a punishment/hostile with Magliubiet rather than allied. But that was in a Volo's guide so it might be wrong!

  • @RyllenKriel
    @RyllenKriel Рік тому

    Volo is such a great foil to Elminster.

  • @charper13126
    @charper13126 Рік тому +4

    Weird, I can't find The Dutchess Spanks Back in my Libby app...

  • @natanharel
    @natanharel Рік тому +8

    Thank you for the video as always. I’m running Waterdeep Dragon Heist so getting to hear about Volo and what he’s like has given me some ideas.
    Can we get a Volo’s Guide to Volothamp Geddarm? I just want to read him talk about his personal life ad nauseam. 😂
    On a more serious note, can we get more information on how divinity works in the realms? I think it would be a neat topic to talk about how the gods rise, fall, gain or lose elements of their portfolio, etc.

    • @edgreenwoodofficial
      @edgreenwoodofficial  Рік тому +4

      Great ideas, both! It'll be down the road before I do any Patreon posts on such topics, but maybe a video...

  • @Reddotzebra
    @Reddotzebra Рік тому +2

    What exactly did Volo do to be banned from the Yawning Portal?

  • @johngillan4475
    @johngillan4475 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for your video

  • @GoldHeart180
    @GoldHeart180 Рік тому +1

    Hello, Mr. Ed Greenwood! Curiosity of Wolf, I subbed to your channel. 🎉🎉🎉 thank you thank you.

  • @pb-bx1ll
    @pb-bx1ll Рік тому +2

    Great video thank you

  • @mingbritson
    @mingbritson Рік тому +2

    beautiful + brilliant!!!

  • @jayisbored
    @jayisbored 10 місяців тому +1

    Where can i buy a copy of "the duchess spanks back"? Definitely asking for a friend

  • @infectedastronaut7733
    @infectedastronaut7733 Рік тому +1

    Do you plan on doing videos about Daurgothoth and the other chosen? I'd love to learn more about them!

  • @chaos9059
    @chaos9059 7 місяців тому +1

    I Volo writes a book based on Baldur's Gate 3. What are the odds it's a chapbook? That's almost to terrible to imagine.

  • @marcosmiotti7399
    @marcosmiotti7399 Рік тому

    23:31 folklore from what part of the world, Ed? I couldn't find it. The closest I could get was a reference to a Warring States period's politian and poet named Qu Yuan, who wrote a few stories involving mythical snakes in Ancient China. "Yuan Qu" (in the name-surname Western convention) in the Chinese pronunciation sounds very similar to "yuan-ti".

  • @brycevo
    @brycevo Рік тому +2

    I need reprints of the Volo's guides

  • @KnightoftheNightLady
    @KnightoftheNightLady Рік тому +3

    Volo sounds like a Bard instead of a wizard/mage.

  • @BrazenBard
    @BrazenBard Рік тому +2

    ...I think my drow city watchman has first editions of some of those... chapbooks...

  • @ivoryinkwell7864
    @ivoryinkwell7864 3 місяці тому

    Oh I am going to have fun with Volo in Waterdeep.

  • @jonathanfenton2601
    @jonathanfenton2601 Рік тому +1

    Ah Volo, the author of Tusk Love....

  • @RavenCoyote
    @RavenCoyote Рік тому +2

    poor Volo, getting used by everyone

  • @Thespartan19
    @Thespartan19 Рік тому +1

    Volo on BG3 physically looks like my 1 of my best friend, and to be honest, they are so similar personality wise too lol. He knows I'm not gonna live it down, but deep down I actually annoyingly like Volo, just like my friend Ed. Hope you guys keep your Volo. I know he's annoyingly pompous and gets you in all sorts of weird trouble, but he will grow on you.

  • @andrewz5981
    @andrewz5981 Рік тому +1

    Do one on various deities!! (other than mystery)

    • @andrewz5981
      @andrewz5981 Рік тому +1

      Stupid autocorrect, Mystra I meant.

    • @edgreenwoodofficial
      @edgreenwoodofficial  Рік тому +4

      Understood. It's high time to spotlight some of the other deities in the Realms; Mystra, Lolth, Cyric, and Eilistraee seem to always get the love.

    • @andrewz5981
      @andrewz5981 Рік тому

      ​@@edgreenwoodofficial

  • @danielsilva-duarte571
    @danielsilva-duarte571 Рік тому +1

    I really would like to see him doing some advertising of his other books. 😂

  • @allywebb
    @allywebb Рік тому +1

    Did I misunderstand, or did you say he's banned from The Yawing Portal. That's where we met him in Waterdeep, and when I took a peek out of curiosity, it's apparently written into the campaign that he's hanging out there. Cheeky boy!

    • @edgreenwoodofficial
      @edgreenwoodofficial  Рік тому +1

      He was banned at the time he was writing Volo's Guide To Waterdeep. Hence the paucity of coverage of the Yawning Portal therein. However, things have been patched up (sort of) since.