Dragonlance WotC Officially Confirms Takhisis and Tiamat Are The Same

It's been an issue in dispute for decades, over various editions of D&D, but WotC has officially confirmed that - at least in 5E - Dragonlance's Takhisis is, indeed, currently Tiamat. In previous editions, Tiamat has varied from being a big dragon to a minor goddess, while Takhisis has been a greater god on Krynn. At times they've been the same entity, and at others different entities. Today, WotC is putting its foot down and saying that Takhisis and Tiamat are, indeed, the same being.



Of course, this is not an opinion universally held. Dragonlance co-creator Margaret Weis emphatically stated that "TAKHISIS IS NOT TIAMAT, DAMN IT!"

Fizban's Treasuryof Dragons confirms that the beings echo across various settings.

D&D 5E - Is Paladine Bahamut? Is Takhisis Tiamat? Fizban's Treasury Might Reveal The Answer!

According to WotC's James Wyatt, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons introduces a new cosmology for dragon gods, where the same beings, including Fizban, echo across various D&D campaign settings with alternate versions of themselves (presumably like Paladine/Bahamut, or Takhisis/Tiamat). Also... the...

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[darjr]

The city of Calaman is mentioned and this person.

 

[Aldarc]

"They are one and the same."

 

[overgeeked]

"She's rallied all of these disenfranchised people of Krynn who know that in the past they were so much more, so much greater. She's tempted all of them to her cause, whether they're humans or ogres or other creatures. She's brought her dragons back in secret. And she's united them into these multiple dragon armies."

Huh. Is WotC getting...political?

 

[Scribe]

"She's rallied all of these disenfranchised people of Krynn who know that in the past they were so much more, so much greater. She's tempted all of them to her cause, whether they're humans or ogres or other creatures. She's brought her dragons back in secret. And she's united them into these multiple dragon armies."

Huh. Is WotC getting...political?

If that's what is going to pass for political in gaming, just close up shop.

 

[Kai Lord]

I thought that Takhisis saying that she was going to make a "big announcement" exactly one week after new members of the Knightly Orders were elected (though some had yet to still be fully counted) was going a little too far.

 

[overgeeked]

If that's what is going to pass for political in gaming, just close up shop.

Well, political for WotC.

 

[Scribe]

Well, political for WotC.

Not a path we should walk.

 

[Umbran]

I thought that Takhisis saying that she was going to make a "big announcement" exactly one week after new members of the Knightly Orders were elected (though some had yet to still be fully counted) was going a little too far.

Mod Note:
How to say, "I want to be removed from this discussion," without saying "I want to be removed from this discussion."

Folks, the rules still hold. Be smart. Thanks.

 

[AnotherGuy]

"She's rallied all of these disenfranchised people of Krynn who know that in the past they were so much more, so much greater. She's tempted all of them to her cause, whether they're humans or ogres or other creatures. She's brought her dragons back in secret. And she's united them into these multiple dragon armies."

Huh. Is WotC getting...political?

I didn't notice that. I did notice what Aldarc highlighted.
The dude made a bold divisive comment. They are so set in pinning everything down instead of leaving it to the players.