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Well, that’s because art reflects life, and in life the real bad guys are a tiny handful of legitimately bad actors. But I wouldn’t...

I guess you could make the Elder Brains a future evolution of human brains, and the Illithids a separate species that the future-humans...

It doesn't make sense that they'd be tadpoles though lol nor that Elder Brains would exist, nor a million other things. There's this...

I mean, it's just about the most implausible possible backstory given their lifecycle so I don't think that's worth considering lol.

Well, in the take on them I described, they can’t survive on the material plane without a cerromorphed sapient being to wear like a...

I mean, yeah, in that setup I don’t think peaceful coexistence with Illithids is possible, at least not on the material plane. An...

Seems like kind of hair-splitting to call that evil of action, given the brain-eating and parasitization of sapient beings when they are...

Personally, I prefer my Illithids as alien terraformers. Their physiology is not natively suited to survival in the prime material...

I’d say that’s an accurate assessment, yes.

I would argue that your opposition is a matter of desiring contrast. "They're Just Always Evil, get over it" is a rejection of...

All I'm saying is, I have seen--from canon WotC sources--stuff that indicates it does not have to happen that way. Couldn't care less...

Every single Tiefling being recognizable on sight to those who know their history as having been descended from a member of a specific...

Fiend pact Warlocks are not necessarily in league woth the Devil, nor Grwat Old One Warlocks with Cthulu, they just have a connection...

Well, yes, that is accurate. I was using the terms “afford” and “risk” in the euphemistic way they are often used in the business world...

Not really. I don't think it's jarring for any normal people, because many of the most evil regimes in history haven't really been keen...