Recent content by Paul Farquhar

Yes, his helmet is very distinctive.

I think Takhisis would have a better manicure. If this is new art the timescale does make it seem more likely that it’s for Ravenloft.

The hand is cadaverous and long nailed, and the grip is tight, not friendly, as if to assert control over Soth. The obvious person is Strahd, but if they are both dark lords, they can never meet. It raises the suspicion of being an AI artefact, it’s badly drawn, and so are Soth’s other hands...

I.e all female lanterns are relegated to supporting roles, even in 2026.

I think the important question is “whose hand is gripping his left shoulder?”

I think it had more to do with the author’s wife…

I think the overlap is pretty massive! I know I do both, and I think you would be hard pressed to find anyone under 30 who doesn’t play video games. I would be up for that campaign! Certainly more interesting than FF7 without the interesting characters. Yuffi and Cait Sith can sit it out...

Quite.

Other people have already talked about this, but if what you mean by ninja is “a character who can do the things a ninja is supposed to be able to do” 5e has all that covered. If you mean a character in a land where people talk about ninja in hushed whispers, then you could make a class (along...

Didn’t seem to hurt the sales of Baldur’s Gate 3.

The timeline is all messed up anyway if you move between settings. But Soth in Ravenloft isn’t the problem, Sithicus is. A setting heavy in obscure lore built to tell a specific story? I can’t see any reason WotC would want to put that back, given their renewed focus on content for play rather...

I don’t think WotC will be shy of slavery, no. I just think implying “you get to be a slave!” Is a really really bad marketing strategy. “Season of Liberation” would be a far better tag line for that approach. Although I think they will market it as Fantasy Fallout. Something else just...

Not original art, but then you wouldn’t expect the art for a product that is still eight months from release to be done yet.

Yeah, I expect any modern writer would take a more nuanced approach. It wouldn’t affect anything apart from the end, which didn’t exactly sink the landing anyway. This one you really need to keep in, since it is so characteristic of the author. Just in such a way as to not be repetitious.

That’s already been done in VGR. It’s subtle though, you need to know who “Firan” really is.