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It's difficult to say to how us, human mortals from Earth, would act if placed in a D&D world. On one hand, the gods there are provably real, on the other, they're flawed polytheistic gods, not perfect beings. They're often former mortals. On one hand, great magic power can be obtained by...

But Ao has proven that he cares about keeping the system balanced. When the gods got uppity, he had no qualms punishing them severely (the time of troubles) and setting harsher rules for them (the "mortal worship required rule"). It stands to reason that, if Ao's "competitive capitalist prayer...

I believe the objection to that was that Myrkul died and lost his portfolio over death, so why is Kelemvor, a decent guy, keeping the wall? And the answer to that is: he tried removing it, and a lot of mortals went faithless, so he had to backtrack under tons of divine pressure. Also, Ao...

I don't agree, I think it makes perfect sense. Ao's will is to have a symbiotic relationship between mortals and gods. If we can agree that this is his objective, the wall and the "mortal worship required rule" work well in unison. The wall makes sure that mortals have a strong incentive to...

Liutbrand stands up on his feet, his wounds closing rapidly "Thanks buddy, that did the trick. Gotta learn how to do that stuff myself, one of these days".

Oh, they absolutely exist. They're just not the only type of "stupid" character archetype you can find out there. I've had my fill of chaotic stupid characters, as well.

According to my 3d edition FR setting book: "The close to the Avatar Crisis (aka the time of troubles) brought a change to the way the deities of Faerun relate to their followers. By Ao's decree, a deity's power is in part derived from the number and fervor of his worshipers, and so deities can...

I remember reading that, at some point, Kelemvor tried to do away with the wall, making the realm of the dead a more welcoming place. Apparently that got him a lot of angry mail from the other gods and possibly Ao itself, because mortals started relying on Kelemvor’s benevolence and the more...

I mean, they are going to do just that in Tasha. Sure, it's alternate class features, not updates, but it's a fine line. If Mearls himself was directly involved in Larian's ranger, it is even more puzzling how we ended up with something crappy like favored foe published.

That would be quite funny, except I'm not grumbling that 5e is different than BG3. I'm disappointed that the esteemed D&D game designing team, put in the situation of having to figure out an alternate class feature to favored enemy, could only come up with something as bland, lame, weak and...

Breathing heavily, Liutbrand sits on the ground "Anyone have some bandages or something?" he says in a joking tone, trying to downplay his painful wounds.

The favored enemy options that Larian have for the ranger in BG3 are far more interesting and rangery that this favored foe crap. It’s sad that a videogame studio understand the ranger class better than Wotc does.

Never had a problem with the wall of the faithless existing. It’s not like anyone in our group ever wanted to play an atheist, in a world where gods walk the earth and divine miracles are commonplace. I became an actual defender of the wall after playing neverwinter nights 2 mask of the...

Emboldened by his allies' counterattack and his own parries, Liutbrand draws a second short sword and goes on the offensive. He strikes a fierce blow at the closest goblin, dropping him outright. Then, he gives the goblin that was recently wounded by Ogham a vicious predatory look and swipes at...

Liutbrand finds himself severely injured all of a sudden, on the brink of passing out. He draws one of his swords, and instinctively goes on the defensive, trying to fend off his attackers. Liutbrand dodges as an action

Liutbrand hides a grin, then pats Alara on the back "Well done. As amusing as that situation was, we didn't need to attract further attention".

"I don't think we really need to trust them or anything, but let's look at the facts" Liutbrand starts looking at an indefinite point in the sky above and making hand gestures as he talks, as he usually does when thinking out loud "That kind of scene, with the old man bursting into tears and...

"Good news then, no need to fear sudden deadly petrification. We're off, thank you for your cooperation" Liutbrand follows the rest of the party on their way out.

"You know, he could be talking about the statue of a medusa" Liutbrand stops, thinking for a moment "as ironic as that would be".

Liutbrand focuses on Vishtai's unspoken words, not entirely sure of his intentions. This was unlikely to be a set-up, but better safe than sorry. insight check: 1D20+5 = [16]+5 = 21 He then prodded the kalashtar with additional questions, trying to further gauge his trustworthiness "One of my...