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<blockquote data-quote="ferratus" data-source="post: 4767431" data-attributes="member: 55966"><p>The dislike among Dragonlance fans for Tiamat and Takhisis being the same is that in prior editions Tiamat was just an archdevil or lesser diety, rather than the ultimate power of evil in the universe (as she is Krynn). So it tends to deflate the majesty of her darkness to be a small fish in a big pond.</p><p></p><p>There is also some sense that Tiamat and Takhisis have diverged in flavour. In the Chronicles she was just a big 5 headed dragon ruling over a chaotic army of dragonmen and goblins. As the series progressed however, Takhisis took on a decidely more "lawful" slant, and fans began to argue her methods began to resemble Asmodeus and Zehir more than Tiamat. </p><p></p><p>I myself am not entirely sure that she was drifted that far, as Takhisis is still obsessed with entering the world and sitting on it like her own private hoard, which seems very much like the 4e Tiamat.</p><p></p><p>Of course, even though Dragonlance fans think Tiamat and Takhisis are two different beings, they are happy enough to steal all the prestige classes, feats, paragon paths, and other rules and flavour text surrounding Tiamat. Takhisis will never escape being a Tiamat clone, because the 5-headed dragon is too iconic an image for the setting. So powerful in fact, that I think most fans think that the killing of Takhisis was a colossal mistake.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ferratus, post: 4767431, member: 55966"] The dislike among Dragonlance fans for Tiamat and Takhisis being the same is that in prior editions Tiamat was just an archdevil or lesser diety, rather than the ultimate power of evil in the universe (as she is Krynn). So it tends to deflate the majesty of her darkness to be a small fish in a big pond. There is also some sense that Tiamat and Takhisis have diverged in flavour. In the Chronicles she was just a big 5 headed dragon ruling over a chaotic army of dragonmen and goblins. As the series progressed however, Takhisis took on a decidely more "lawful" slant, and fans began to argue her methods began to resemble Asmodeus and Zehir more than Tiamat. I myself am not entirely sure that she was drifted that far, as Takhisis is still obsessed with entering the world and sitting on it like her own private hoard, which seems very much like the 4e Tiamat. Of course, even though Dragonlance fans think Tiamat and Takhisis are two different beings, they are happy enough to steal all the prestige classes, feats, paragon paths, and other rules and flavour text surrounding Tiamat. Takhisis will never escape being a Tiamat clone, because the 5-headed dragon is too iconic an image for the setting. So powerful in fact, that I think most fans think that the killing of Takhisis was a colossal mistake. [/QUOTE]
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