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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 7350430" data-attributes="member: 6779196"><p>I generally haven’t been a huge fan of these videos, but I really liked this one. As a big fan of Nentir Vale and the Raven Queen, I had been pretty concerned about how they were planning to handle her in 5e, and I’m pleasantly surprised. They acknowledged her origins as a Goddess from 4e’s core setting, which I kind of expected them to try to brush under the rug. They addressed why her origin in that world can’t really work in other settings, which helped to justify the changes to her presentation. They hinted that she may have been a Shadar-Kai before ascending to whatever she is now, which has long been a head canon of mine. The change of Shadar-Kai from humans to elves, and of the Raven Queen from shepherd of dead souls to guardian of the threshold between life and death are minor, perfectly acceptable changes. The idea that she occasionally holds onto souls and for instead of allowing them to pass on adds an element of intrigue, and actually fits in nicely with how I use her in my own games. I didn’t love the implication that she might be trapped in the shadowfell and/or her position as Raven Queen, but I didn’t hate it, especially since they went into her original backstory a bit and pointed out that her origins are very mysterious and might even be different in different D&D worlds. Overall it really put my mind at ease in regards to how they’re going to reinterpret her for 5e. That said, it did seem almost as if it was made specifically to reassure folks like me. I imagine if I was new to D&D and had no idea what the Raven Queen was, that video would not have helped me understand her at all. Really more of a “don’t worry, we get the Raven Queen and we’re not going to ruin her” to the 4e fans than an explanation for new fans.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 7350430, member: 6779196"] I generally haven’t been a huge fan of these videos, but I really liked this one. As a big fan of Nentir Vale and the Raven Queen, I had been pretty concerned about how they were planning to handle her in 5e, and I’m pleasantly surprised. They acknowledged her origins as a Goddess from 4e’s core setting, which I kind of expected them to try to brush under the rug. They addressed why her origin in that world can’t really work in other settings, which helped to justify the changes to her presentation. They hinted that she may have been a Shadar-Kai before ascending to whatever she is now, which has long been a head canon of mine. The change of Shadar-Kai from humans to elves, and of the Raven Queen from shepherd of dead souls to guardian of the threshold between life and death are minor, perfectly acceptable changes. The idea that she occasionally holds onto souls and for instead of allowing them to pass on adds an element of intrigue, and actually fits in nicely with how I use her in my own games. I didn’t love the implication that she might be trapped in the shadowfell and/or her position as Raven Queen, but I didn’t hate it, especially since they went into her original backstory a bit and pointed out that her origins are very mysterious and might even be different in different D&D worlds. Overall it really put my mind at ease in regards to how they’re going to reinterpret her for 5e. That said, it did seem almost as if it was made specifically to reassure folks like me. I imagine if I was new to D&D and had no idea what the Raven Queen was, that video would not have helped me understand her at all. Really more of a “don’t worry, we get the Raven Queen and we’re not going to ruin her” to the 4e fans than an explanation for new fans. [/QUOTE]
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