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<blockquote data-quote="tardigrade" data-source="post: 7104069" data-attributes="member: 6874311"><p>(anyone playing D&D via a Meetup group in Surrey please stop reading now, by the way).</p><p></p><p>Does Maegera seem a little underpowered in Storm King's Thunder, or is it just me? I'm not too well up on the lore around primordials (I only started 5e recently; before that I'd only played 2e) but I was under the impression that they were similar power level to gods in most cases (even if they didn't get their power from worship). And then I read SKT, in which "Maegera the Inferno" is stolen from Gauntlgrym by a few drow with a standard magic item (iron flask) to be used as a heat source by the fire giants. Yes, a heat source. Admittedly he/she/it is stated to break out after a while, but that also means DMs running SKT need to know a bit more about Maegera's abilities than "very hot". Oh, and I gathered online that Maegera can spawn fire elementals as well.</p><p></p><p>I couldn't find much on specific powers of primordials but for comparison, Asgorath/Asgoroth (another primordial, according to everyone except the dragons) caused the Tearfall, creating the Sea of Fallen Stars, destroying the batrachi civilisation and apparently creating the dragons of Toril in one go. And last time Maegera even *woke up* it caused earthquakes and a volcanic eruption that devastated Neverwinter and the surrounding area.</p><p></p><p>I'm trying to think up some ways to rewrite this situation and frankly make this less embarrassing for a creature of god-like power from the dawn of time, but does anyone else have any suggestions - or alternatively, do you think Maegera's power level is actually appropriately represented in SKT?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tardigrade, post: 7104069, member: 6874311"] (anyone playing D&D via a Meetup group in Surrey please stop reading now, by the way). Does Maegera seem a little underpowered in Storm King's Thunder, or is it just me? I'm not too well up on the lore around primordials (I only started 5e recently; before that I'd only played 2e) but I was under the impression that they were similar power level to gods in most cases (even if they didn't get their power from worship). And then I read SKT, in which "Maegera the Inferno" is stolen from Gauntlgrym by a few drow with a standard magic item (iron flask) to be used as a heat source by the fire giants. Yes, a heat source. Admittedly he/she/it is stated to break out after a while, but that also means DMs running SKT need to know a bit more about Maegera's abilities than "very hot". Oh, and I gathered online that Maegera can spawn fire elementals as well. I couldn't find much on specific powers of primordials but for comparison, Asgorath/Asgoroth (another primordial, according to everyone except the dragons) caused the Tearfall, creating the Sea of Fallen Stars, destroying the batrachi civilisation and apparently creating the dragons of Toril in one go. And last time Maegera even *woke up* it caused earthquakes and a volcanic eruption that devastated Neverwinter and the surrounding area. I'm trying to think up some ways to rewrite this situation and frankly make this less embarrassing for a creature of god-like power from the dawn of time, but does anyone else have any suggestions - or alternatively, do you think Maegera's power level is actually appropriately represented in SKT? [/QUOTE]
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