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There’s a historical reason for that: much of our knowledge of the Gauls came from Caesar’s writings (or did, ~50 years ago). The...

According to Greenwood in Dragon 54: Chauntea - Demeter Gond - Hephaestus Lathander - Apollo Mask - Hermes Sune - Aphrodite Tyche -...

I mean, that’s like one of the key fundamental building blocks of European fantasy. The specifics of what technology the preceding...

Not to sound like an ass but CR isnt the first to do that. I applaud them for taking a lot of old AD&D stuff (and other sources)...

Rules for a dragon companion are like the 3.5 Leadership feat but even worse. It isn't something that should simply be an opt-in player...

Some like paper better, so yes. In this case, however, it’s moot: the book is still in print!

Oghma Silvanus Mielikki Loviatar Tyr Asmodeus Then there were those that were simply Greco-Roman Gods, but got renamed early on, like...

Pets are a tragedy of the commons for players. My experience as a constant DM is that every player wishes he could have a cool pet or...

Looks good. For someone wanting just the setting stuff, it is a bit annoying that it is spread across two books. For instance, it seems...

If people don’t like the Krynn thing, I definitely won’t mention how I’m crossing PDKs with Fourth Wing to get super sexy young knights...

But one would expect the rules to be at least connected to the fiction. So when the characters are planning their attack, if one...

I see it like this: The Krynn thing is background detail. I can't see it ever coming up in my game. I actually like leaning into the...

Yeah, I think this gets lost in thinking about the change. It's the key driver to making them bigger players across Faerun. IMO FR...

And what did the book do with that potential? Anything interesting? Seems like not.

It makes a better joke.