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Marandahir reacted to Stormonu's post in the thread D&D General D&D Archetypes that spread out to other settings and media with
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Green orcs is more of a Warhammer Fantasy thing, I believe. Color-coded dragons - and metallic dragons certainly comes from the... -
Marandahir reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General D&D Archetypes that spread out to other settings and media with Like.
I believe D&D orcs were first green in the 2nd edition monster manual 1993. Warcraft came out in 94. However, Warcraft was an unlicensed...
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Marandahir reacted to Corinnguard's post in the thread D&D General D&D Archetypes that spread out to other settings and media with
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Definitely a dire situation to be addressed in a D&D adventure path. ;) -
Marandahir reacted to Misanthrope Prime's post in the thread D&D General D&D Archetypes that spread out to other settings and media with Like.
Here's a very specific 3e one: creatures other than wolves being called "dire". Every so often I'll catch reference to a "dire crow" or...
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Marandahir reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General D&D Archetypes that spread out to other settings and media with Haha.
A capybara is already a dire guinea pig, which is a dire miniature giant space hamster, so that would be a dire dire dire hamster. And...
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Marandahir reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General D&D Archetypes that spread out to other settings and media with Like.
Lord Vader finds your lack of faith disturbing. Star Wars was probably as big an influence on Dragonlance as Tolkien was. But the...
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Marandahir reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread D&D General D&D Archetypes that spread out to other settings and media with Like.
Dwarves being greedy and having dragon-sickness isn't specifically a Tolkien thing- if we look at old folkore we see some real origin...
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Marandahir replied to the thread D&D's Obelisk Plotline Was Supposed to Be Resolved in Vecna: Eve of Ruin.Agreed. I'd note that The Wild Beyond the Witchlight had an Extra LIfe-funding supplement that's available on both DM's Guild and D&D...
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Marandahir reacted to TravDoc42's post in the thread D&D's Obelisk Plotline Was Supposed to Be Resolved in Vecna: Eve of Ruin with Like.
I wonder if the weird mention of the in Phandalin & Below: The Shattered Obelisk would have play a bigger role. I would love to see...
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Marandahir reacted to LuisCarlos17f's post in the thread D&D's Obelisk Plotline Was Supposed to Be Resolved in Vecna: Eve of Ruin with Like.
I still think Witchlight is like a backdoor pilot for a future setting, like it happened with the first Ravenloft adventure. Other idea...
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Marandahir reacted to THEMNGMNT's post in the thread D&D's Obelisk Plotline Was Supposed to Be Resolved in Vecna: Eve of Ruin with Like.
I agree with everything you said. However, that's what I liked about these books! The mashup of campaign setting and adventure path was...
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Marandahir reacted to J-H's post in the thread D&D's Obelisk Plotline Was Supposed to Be Resolved in Vecna: Eve of Ruin with Like.
Don't a lot of the Adventurers League seasons correspond with the big campaign book for the year? If so, this would set up a payoff for...
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Marandahir reacted to doctorbadwolf's post in the thread D&D's Obelisk Plotline Was Supposed to Be Resolved in Vecna: Eve of Ruin with Like.
Nah, it is good to have a world where other groups of heroes have done cool things that have nothing to do with your group of heroes...
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Marandahir reacted to GarrettKP's post in the thread D&D's Obelisk Plotline Was Supposed to Be Resolved in Vecna: Eve of Ruin with Like.
Because Crawford, one of the team leads at the time, has said Hags are his favorite creatures.
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Marandahir reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D's Obelisk Plotline Was Supposed to Be Resolved in Vecna: Eve of Ruin with Like.
This article is very interesting. I had always suspected that 5e’s big-honking-adventure books were backdoor setting guides. Tyranny of...