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AAmphytrion reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with
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It's a pretty extreme deviation from the long post he actually wrote. I don't think that the selective quoting was deliberately... -
AAmphytrion replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.I generally find Mike Mearls’ patreon very insightful, and I think he is much missed in thr D&D team. I agree with him here. Some...
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AAmphytrion reacted to THEMNGMNT's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Okay, that's not exactly what @mearls said. But here's an excerpt from the latest post on his Patreon. Legendary resistance is a cheap...
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AAmphytrion replied to the thread D&D General Forgotten Realms: Real World Gods Still Present in the Old Empires.This is because both things are true: Ed claims (and I'll take him at his word) that the original FR sold to TSR did not include...
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AAmphytrion reacted to Voadam's post in the thread D&D General Forgotten Realms: Real World Gods Still Present in the Old Empires with Like.
Greenwood in Dragon 54 said "SILVANUS Straight from DDG, p. 30." James Ward or Rob Kuntz in doing the Celtic mythos in DDG probably got...
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AAmphytrion replied to the thread D&D General Has Tiny Hut actually affected your game? Or has it otherwise mattered?.In my experience, it attracts a certain kind of player with a more gamist bent. My more narratively-driven players have never cared for...
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AAmphytrion reacted to Alzrius's post in the thread D&D General Forgotten Realms: Real World Gods Still Present in the Old Empires with
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If Nobanion is still around, then as per Dragon #54, he's Aslan from C. S. Lewis' Narnia books, who (spoiler alert) is actually Jesus by... -
AAmphytrion reacted to pukunui's post in the thread D&D General Forgotten Realms: Real World Gods Still Present in the Old Empires with Like.
She doesn't have her own entry, but she is mentioned in both Beshaba's and Tymora's entries: Beshaba: "The ancient empire of Netheril...
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AAmphytrion replied to the thread D&D General Forgotten Realms: Real World Gods Still Present in the Old Empires.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...
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AAmphytrion reacted to Voadam's post in the thread D&D General Forgotten Realms: Real World Gods Still Present in the Old Empires with Like.
According to Greenwood in Dragon 54: Chauntea - Demeter Gond - Hephaestus Lathander - Apollo Mask - Hermes Sune - Aphrodite Tyche -...
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AAmphytrion reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread Critical Role Tell me the selling points of Tal'Dorei / Wildemount, without mentioning Critical Role, Matt Mercer, etc. with Like.
I mean, that’s like one of the key fundamental building blocks of European fantasy. The specifics of what technology the preceding...
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AAmphytrion reacted to DarkCrisis's post in the thread Critical Role Tell me the selling points of Tal'Dorei / Wildemount, without mentioning Critical Role, Matt Mercer, etc. with Like.
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)...
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AAmphytrion reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread Purple Dragon Knight Retooled as Banneret in D&D's Heroes of Faerun Book with Like.
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...
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AAmphytrion replied to the thread D&D General Forgotten Realms Books Tables of Contents.Some like paper better, so yes. In this case, however, it’s moot: the book is still in print!
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AAmphytrion replied to the thread D&D General Forgotten Realms: Real World Gods Still Present in the Old Empires.Oghma Silvanus Mielikki Loviatar Tyr Asmodeus Then there were those that were simply Greco-Roman Gods, but got renamed early on, like...