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.

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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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[GMforPowergamers]

M. Weis' social media posting have been interesting. It seems largely to be "Glad WotC is giving Dragonlance more life. I just wish the weren't messing with it so much."

It seems to me to be "burning bridges" but I'm sure she realizes the new "Classic Dragonlance" trilogy she and Hickman had to legally fight for, is probably the end of the DL road for them as far as WotC is concerned.

yeah I was afraid of that

 

[Kai Lord]

Considering Margaret quite literally "wrote the book" on Takhisis, if she says she isn't Tiamat then she isn't Tiamat.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Are you really going to argue with one of the creators of the character about what she had in mind when she created the character? Seriously? I can link you to the post on Facebook and you can tell her she's wrong.

i mean I have no reason to argue with anyone, but I can't believe her 5 headed dragon queen wasn't based on the other older 5 headed dragon queen....

 

[DarkCrisis]

i mean I have no reason to argue with anyone, but I can't believe her 5 headed dragon queen wasn't based on the other older 5 headed dragon queen....

"Based on" and "is" are 2 different things.

Takhisis can be based on Tiamat. Doesn't make her THE Tiamat.

 

[Scribe]

Seems a weird hill to die on, and I have died on many a hill.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Are you really going to argue with one of the creators of the character about what she had in mind when she created the character? Seriously? I can link you to the post on Facebook and you can tell her she's wrong.

Yes, cause it was clearly based on Tiamat. Also pretty sure Tracey Hickman had just as much involvement. Now he also would probably not agree with Tiamat and Takhisis being the same being. But the official story is that they are.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

M. Weis' social media posting have been interesting. It seems largely to be "Glad WotC is giving Dragonlance more life. I just wish the weren't messing with it so much."

It seems to me to be "burning bridges" but I'm sure she realizes the new "Classic Dragonlance" trilogy she and Hickman had to legally fight for, is probably the end of the DL road for them as far as WotC is concerned.

Probably not. It seems like they are much better terms now even if they don't agree on everything.

 

[Kai Lord]

Yes, cause it was clearly based on Tiamat. Also pretty sure Tracey Hickman had just as much involvement. Now he also would probably not agree with Tiamat and Takhisis being the same being. But the official 5E reimagining that is completely separate from the previous 38 years of canon is that they are.

Fixed..

 

[DarkCrisis]

Yes, cause it was clearly based on Tiamat. Also pretty sure Tracey Hickman had just as much involvement. Now he also would probably not agree with Tiamat and Takhisis being the same being. But the official story is that they are.

Again, based on is different from “is”.

 

[Demetrios1453]

Considering Margaret quite literally "wrote the book" on Takhisis, if she says she isn't Tiamat then she isn't Tiamat.

From a purely deconstructionist point of view, her opinions are neither more nor less valid than anyone else's, even for her own work...