But that is an Aberrant trope too: warp and corrupt ... dispassionately.
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Remathilis
Legend
Right. Getting rid of Clerics of Thor because actual people today still worship him is overreacting, but getting rid of Great Old One Warlocks because the guy who created Cthulhu was racist is necessary.
Tales and Chronicles
Jewel of the North, formerly know as vincegetorix
I'd go with ''C-C-C-C-CHanges, turn and face the strange''.
But yeah, somekind of evolutionary endgame that is beyond the reach of the human's mind is pretty on point with the idea of Aberrant(Yugos). When you look at the mindset of other aberrant, such as the aboleth and beholders, there's always that theme of evolution and ''betterment''.
The thing I love the most with this idea is that it gives a place for the Far-Realm on the Great Wheel without having it be outside the standard planar configuration. And, if you look at the usual Yugoloth-inhabited planes, they fit really well with the notion of a maddening void with strange non-eucledian geography as often seen in the Mythos lore.
Mecheon
Sacabambaspis
Y'know, I really liked 4E's interpretation of the Slaad in that they were trying to tear down the walls of the multiverse and restore reality to its primal state. No laws of physics. No boundaries. No stuck in limited forms, instead free to be and to do and to wander was one wants, with no more multiple realities chained in their various 'rules' and 'laws' but instead a quagmire of an infinite possibility.
Actually, Great Old One Warlocks can still be around. They make a Fiend pact, with an Aberrant, such as a Yugoloth.
Remathilis
Legend
I have a hard time following the outrage train on this one.
We are discussing the place of aberrations in D&D because someone MIGHT connect aberrations to the Mythos and because the creator of the Mythos was racist, they might get offended by that.
Yet giving stats (including an alignment) to some real religious figure in neopaganism is ok, because comic book movie.
If there is one constant I find among all these threads, it's that I can never predict what things will incite torches and pitchforks and what will be greeted with a collective shrug.
Really?
If there was a D&D plane called "Ku Kl*x Klan", you would have a hard time following the outrage?
Really?
Lovecraft is a problematic source.
WotC does well to keep it away.
There are no torches and pitchforks. That's hyperbole, and not helpful.
The place of aberrations is being discussed. No one wants to get rid of them. People don't want the "inspirational reading list" to direct people to someone who, even for his time, was severely racist. If it means a tweak to aberrations, so be it.
There.
The place of aberrations is being discussed. No one wants to get rid of them. People don't want the "inspirational reading list" to direct people to someone who, even for his time, was severely racist. If it means a tweak to aberrations, so be it.
There.
Isn't yugoloths all about selfish power and wealth
whereas aberrations are just abnormal that their minds and/body barely fit the broad definition of what constitutes as normal..
Devils- LE Pride
Demons- CE Wrath
Yugoloths-NE Greed
"B-b-b-b-but you can't just field chariots!"
Aberrations- BEYOND YOUR COMPREHENSION!
whereas aberrations are just abnormal that their minds and/body barely fit the broad definition of what constitutes as normal..
Devils- LE Pride
Demons- CE Wrath
Yugoloths-NE Greed
"B-b-b-b-but you can't just field chariots!"
Aberrations- BEYOND YOUR COMPREHENSION!
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