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Aren't Archmages, archdruids, etc. supposed to be 20th level casters? They only have CR of 12.

There is a pretty big logical flaw that permeates this thread (and most of the threads recently). So, if most of the goblins the PC's get into a fight with are fey, why are we assuming that means the majority of goblins anywhere else are fey? It seems like this is boarding on "All the Asian...

In the DMG, they reference Minotaurs of Baphomet, so I think your odds are pretty good.

If every plane had a specific being (or type of being) associated with it, I would be okay with moving the planes stuff to the MM (since more outsiders would make me happy), but as far as I can tell Arcadia, Bytopia, Arborea (depending on whether eladrin are default fey or celestials), Ysgard...

The Great Wheel is only verifiable in the real world, because we have DMG's and other publications. Inside the D&D worlds, we just have someone teleporting someplace and someone else told them, "Welcome to X". In other words, a story. Exactly the level of "proof" you said doesn't count. MY...

Or more likely Gygax had actually read Paradise Lost. Especially the part where Satan runs into Orcus and Demogorgon OUTSIDE of Hell: and by them stood Orcus and Ades, and the dreaded name Of Demogorgon;.... T' whom Satan, turning boldly, thus:—"Ye Powers And Spirits of this nethermost Abyss...

One DnD 2025.03 on the front page has all the magic items from Chapter 7 of the 2024 DMG and everything from the Artificer UA.

Sure, maybe you can do something else on your second trip to Sigil, but everyone does a heist there on their first trip, right?

Maybe it is just the murderhobos I have to deal with, but I think the story line is less "paradise invaded" and more "five-finger discount or heist caper, with consequences to follow."

I don't think you should be a monstrosity without some kind of curse, magical ability (medusa's gaze), or being the extra big version of a humanoid (I presume the Minotaurs of Baphomet they mentioned in the DMG will be monstrosities, but they could be thought of as large humanoid minotaurs)...

I think it depends on how secure your Upper Planes are. If demon hordes show up every week, then your ground level plane will be one big fortress (LG), one big bar full of heavily armed, rowdy heroes (CG), or a pleasant forest where Guardinals are waiting behind every tree to...

I really like aura of encouragement. Definitely feels like a lawful thing.

Today's word of the day is connotation. Angels don't have a connotation of "giant wingless guy" or "floating eyeballs." It is very rare that D&D choses something that conflicts with connotation. I don't see it happening here.

There were celestial dwarves in Arcadia and celestial elves in Arborea, either of which could use the NPC stat blocks. Likewise, the fiendish orcs and hobgoblins of Archeron could use the NPC stat blocks. That being said, I wouldn't want to go overboard on that, it would be a little...

I usually move the gods to Arcadia, Bytopia, the Beastlands, and Ysgard, as the "pure" alignment planes are too stuck to be changed by a god (what is the point of being a god if a HOA is looking over your shoulder). Arcadia: Moradin has lots of elementals (Planar Ally usually gets you a Dao or...

Hmm, I could see higher level sphinxes and angels being the bosses of archons in Mt. Celestia, higher level angels and animal lords being the bosses of guardianals in Elysium, and animal lords and empyreans being the bosses of eladrin in Arborea.

They could make multiple stat blocks for the different forms; they did it for Alyxian in Call of Netherdeep and Auril in Rime of the Frost Maiden. In 5e, having higher than animal intelligence made a critter a monstrosity (unless it was awakened), so if a werewolf stat block is a beast, it will...

One DnD 2025.02 on the front page has all the magic items with names starting with A-S from chapter 7 of the 2024 DMG.

I suspect we won't see any humanoids in the MM except as examples for the NPC's. I do hope they expand the NPC's significantly, and I wouldn't mind if there was a list of "feats" for lack of a better word to make an NPC more Lolth-specific, Gruumish-specific, or Tiamat-specific, etc. One...

If the Planar Incarnate is any indication, sometimes the planes can be pretty interested in sending messages.