D&D 5E Dragon + Issue 26 is out

lkj · Jun 19, 2019

http://www.dragonmag.com/5.0/#!/article/117400/103786065?loadFresh=true&title=26_01_Issue 26 cover

Some fun content. Digital maps for Saltmarsh are provided.

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gyor · Jun 21, 2019

I noticed that in one of the posters Zariel looks like an Asura instead of a devil or angel.

lkj · Jun 21, 2019

gyor said:
I noticed that in one of the posters Zariel looks like an Asura instead of a devil or angel.

Interesting. Which image? And when you say 'asura' are you specifically referring to the Hindu adversaries of the Devas (and often sort of demonic in temperament). Or is there another popular context I'm not aware of?

Adrian

Beleriphon · Jun 21, 2019

lkj said:
Interesting. Which image? And when you say 'asura' are you specifically referring to the Hindu adversaries of the Devas (and often sort of demonic in temperament). Or is there another popular context I'm not aware of?

Adrian

D&D monster type. Borrows the name from Hindu texts.

MechaTarrasque · Jun 21, 2019

If I recall correctly, D&D Asuras had flaming wings and bird feet. I think they were CN with good tendencies or CG (although most of the descriptions leaned towards CN with good tendencies).

lkj · Jun 21, 2019

Beleriphon said:
D&D monster type. Borrows the name from Hindu texts.

Thank you. Wow, I had missed that entirely in my many, many years of playing D&D. But I suppose if D&D took devas, it was only natural they'd use asuras as well.

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Quartz · Jun 21, 2019

lkj said:
http://www.dragonmag.com/5.0/#!/article/117400/103786065?loadFresh=true&title=26_01_Issue 26 cover

Some fun content. Digital maps for Saltmarsh are provided.

Sigh. I really dislike the format of Dragon+. Is it possible to download them as PDFs?

lkj · Jun 21, 2019

Quartz said:
Sigh. I really dislike the format of Dragon+. Is it possible to download them as PDFs?

Not that I'm aware of. They offer it on their Android and iOS apps. But the format is basically the same except that you can swipe through pages with your finger. Maybe someone else knows a trick for saving the whole thing as a pdf. But it's not obvious to me.

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gyor · Jun 21, 2019

Quartz said:
Sigh. I really dislike the format of Dragon+. Is it possible to download them as PDFs?

I wish they'd publish them as PDFs, you can even have hyperlinks in PDFs. The APP is awesome, works slowly, takes up way too much space on my phone.

gyor · Jun 21, 2019

lkj said:
Interesting. Which image? And when you say 'asura' are you specifically referring to the Hindu adversaries of the Devas (and often sort of demonic in temperament). Or is there another popular context I'm not aware of?

Adrian

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Asura

In Hinduisms while at times it can refer to evil spirits, it's abit more complicated then that. For example I think the Rig Veda references the Indra as an Asura, and that was written back when Indra was a lot more popular then he is now.

Asuras is D&D are basically similar to Angels, but more Chaotic to the Angels Lawful inclinations,
serving Gods of Good (and some times Chaos). They see Devas as rivals.

There were a type of more powerful Asuras I believe and at the top an Asura general.

I could see WotC merging the Asura into Angels, a type based on the passions of a God, where Devas would be the thoughts of a God

It's be an interesting twist if instead of a Solar, Planetar, or Deva, Zariel was a Asura Angel, so falling from not just good to evil, but from choas to lawful as well.