Recent content by Amphytrion

Is Branchala not a Corellon analogue, like Reorx is Moradin’s?

I think the Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes approach to elves was very useful. Actually, it’s approach to everything was useful, as it painted a standard fantasy cosmology for all major fantasy races. I believe it is not unfair to say that most tables portray elven society in a somewhat archetypal...

Dragonlance has a Corellon in all but name, Branchala, specifically for this. Paladine is Bahamut, naturally.

The Purple Dragon Knight retooling was misguided, but I think the worst part is the implementation. It’s misguided for all the reasons already given in the thread: that’s not the core fantasy of the Purple Dragon Knights or Cormyr, nor does it make much sense for Eldenser and his amethyst...

I’m a bit late to this thread, so forgive me if everything said below has already been said by another: It is not just you. Mos Eisley Cantina parties are something I only allow under very specific circumstances or settings (e.g. Spelljammer), otherwise it completely shatters the narrative...

I think that, in general, the desire for the setting to offer hooks to player options is very understandable. I support the general desire for a setting that incorporates baseline assumptions and gives players story hooks for their species, class, and background. Part of the 4e-era Points of...

I think that the answer is split, at least on my case. The following is exclusively from a DM perspective. I am a big fan of Chris Perkins and most of the material he worked on directly fo 5e. All of the most iconic and most inspiring 5e modules are his (Curse of Strahd, Tomb of Anhilation...

I own both of these and I highly recommend them! Fantastic material in both. Sadly true. I’m slowly making my way through Adventures in Faerûn and I’m astounded at the very poor quality of the pre-written snippets. This is doubly surprising because WotC has delivered much better material in...

There are multiple dragonborn and tieflings in that adventure. Here are some off the top of my head: A tiefling judge; A tiefling orphan, pictured multiple times in the book; A dragonborn bookseller; A dragonborn priestess of Gond. There are probably others.

I've always wanted to do a Phandbox! I imagine you've combined Lost Mines and Icespire Peak, but what else have you put in? Stormwreck Isle? The 4e Neverwinter book? (Sorry, I know this is a bit-off topic. Maybe the Phandbox can be our 5.5 setting?)

I thought this was a blast. The animation is an improvement from Vox Machina, the voice acting is top notch, and every character is captivating on its own. There are some points in which the script is very heavy handed, and that seems to clash with the evidently adult audience this is meant to...

I always assume a Tolkien-leaning pronunciation, which can be approximated by the letter sounds in romance languages and makes them usually very straightforward. English has a very particular extreme case of vowel drift that makes words such as these confusing, but that ambiguity goes away on...

What part? I don’t imagine a lot of it being difficult to replicate. Example: there is a werewolf shaman with some lightning-themed powers. I’d make her a Loup Garou and give her some druid spells that tie to that. The Spelllplague was indeed put to good use in multiple tie-in projects...

The SCAG has a better Races of the Realms chapter for player-facing information on races/species, including blurbs on racial pantheons. It also has a valuable comparable chapter on classes tying them closely to the Sword Coast; and some interesting background ideas. I think that makes the SCAG...

Wanted to say that I read this today and you are very much correct: great adventure with a good mixture of roleplay, mystery, and combat! Thank you for the recommendation; I’ll likely run it next weekend.