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<blockquote data-quote="Hexmage-EN" data-source="post: 8357820" data-attributes="member: 79428"><p>IIRC, the campaign that would become Critical Role started as a 4E one-shot and a lot of the lore synches up well, so the Critical Role gods are at least takes on the Dawn War gods (plus Sarenrae). The Raven Queen's background of being a mage who killed a god of the dead and took his place is nearly identical to the background of the 4E Raven Queen save for the explicit reference to that slain god being Nerull.</p><p></p><p>For my own Exandria campaign I'm drawing on the lore about the gods from 4E to use as the description for how things were pre-Calamity, drawing on 4E's Underdark book in particular to elaborate on how banishing Torog from the Underdark to the Far Realm during the Calamity might have been a bad idea (because both Dawn War and Critical Role Lolth definitely play second-fiddle to Torog as far as being the god of the Underdark).</p><p></p><p>The fact that Critical Role's lore is so friendly to 4E lore is a big reason why I'm using Exandria for my campaign. I can easily draw on 4E for any details that haven't been established in Critical Role yet to fill-in gaps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hexmage-EN, post: 8357820, member: 79428"] IIRC, the campaign that would become Critical Role started as a 4E one-shot and a lot of the lore synches up well, so the Critical Role gods are at least takes on the Dawn War gods (plus Sarenrae). The Raven Queen's background of being a mage who killed a god of the dead and took his place is nearly identical to the background of the 4E Raven Queen save for the explicit reference to that slain god being Nerull. For my own Exandria campaign I'm drawing on the lore about the gods from 4E to use as the description for how things were pre-Calamity, drawing on 4E's Underdark book in particular to elaborate on how banishing Torog from the Underdark to the Far Realm during the Calamity might have been a bad idea (because both Dawn War and Critical Role Lolth definitely play second-fiddle to Torog as far as being the god of the Underdark). The fact that Critical Role's lore is so friendly to 4E lore is a big reason why I'm using Exandria for my campaign. I can easily draw on 4E for any details that haven't been established in Critical Role yet to fill-in gaps. [/QUOTE]
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