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I have nothing against stories or characters that make Faustian bargains. I don’t have anything against Oathbreakers, either. I was bringing up Oathbreakers to show yet another potential connection to the Knights Templar in D&D. Warlocks are mostly unconnected to any historical reality and have...

There are people on Reddit that repeatedly say “Deus Vult” anytime paladins are brought up. When paladins had the ability to detect evil at will, them being zealous murderhobos that kill anyone that detects as evil became a stereotype. Like I said, paladins are often depicted in armor based off...

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Didn't really work for previous threads of a similar nature that I've made. Maybe I'll make it a (+) thread if I decide to post it. That helped a bit. But I still expect it to go south quickly.

I don't know if I should create a thread about a topic I've been thinking about for a while. I doubt that it will generate much productive discussion and don't want to have to deal with the normal types of people that always threadcrap in threads of the type. But the topic has been bugging me...

Maybe there are examples of similar art from previous editions, but I never really thought that Mind Flayers would carve giant stone monuments of themselves. While they are super egotistical, it doesn't vibe with my view of them. They're too logic-driven and emotionless to make art, IMO. When I...

I always thought that the concept of evil wizards wearing black robes to literally advertise the fact that they’re evil to everyone they come across was the dumbest things about the setting. And Dragonlance has other major aspects that I think are dumb, so that’s saying a lot. If it was just...

II’m glad that the dragons are getting redesigned to look more unique. The original 5e versions all basically look the same, with minor variations.

Yeah. The darker parts of the Church of the Silver Flame are my favorites because of the story potential (the Silver Crusade, the Shadow in the Flame, the Pure Flame, etc).

It got so out of control that the Church of the Silver Flame called a crusade against lycanthropes in order to try and eradicate them because of how frequently people would transform. They also committed genocide against Shifters, mistaking them for lycanthropes...

It was a joke book about the only spirits that Volo is familiar with being the alcoholic kind.

That post is so long yet says nothing.

It’s been a couple of days, and while this post has seen pushback, no one pointed this out so I feel obligated too. I’m sorry I’m advance for how it might affect the thread. “There is a media-wide conspiracy to alienate true fans (meaning straight, white, cishet men) and pander to invaders...

I’m glad that Aasimar are getting added. I’m currently playing an Aasimar, so I’m interested to see if they just use the Monsters of the Multiverse stats or create a new version (the 4th in 5e) as a mirror of the 2024 Tiefling race. A Couatl, Guardinal, or Archon descended Aasimar with animal...

This is a complicated question, and shows the difficulty of applying real world scientific terms and ideas to fantasy settings. Are Owlbears, Pegasi, Hippogriffs, and Griffons mammals or birds? Are Chimeras mammals or reptiles? Do Druids classify animals in different categories like this? Since...

Dogwhistles show not only bigotry, but cowardice.

Everyone that thinks that this is “ruins the original art” is a 100% a bigot. Everyone that thinks it’s disrespectful to the artist or that Elmore should have been consulted has a poor understanding of how art interpretation works. It does not matter if the artist intended for the adventurer to...

They already did make mistakes. IMO, that was probably referencing the Bigby’s AI art

The origins of the Goblinoid races in D&D has always been a mystery. Maglubiyet is a conqueror god that assimilates defeated gods and races. IMO, I think it makes sense for the backstory of Goblinoids to be the Feywild. Not to mention that Goblins in D&D are not accurate to Tolkien either, as...

I typically do this with setting-specific monsters that I want to transplant into different settings. I did this a lot in my Eberron campaign. When I wanted to use Exandria’s Core Spawn Worm in Eberron, I said that they were purple worms that ate Khyber Dragonshards and were mutated by the...