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Rotting noseless (un)lives matter too! And the cover has plenty of space for multiple villains, she doesn't need to take it all up. They could have put Szass Tam, Klauth, Fzoul, and still have space for both a well-preserved Valindra and a shirtless brooding Manshoon. Cover all the customer bases!

I appreciate you searching, many thanks! Looks like we'll have to wait more for info on matters divine.

Could anyone with access kindly comment on whether there is anything on the pantheon and the gods? They're such an intrinsic part of the setting.

If you’re searching for ways to end combat faster, you can just assume the enemy had one fewer Hit Point to begin with, no Graze property required. This requires no homebrew, as enemies have Hit Dice next to their HP precisely to account for variance in life expectancy.

This is wonderful; I really hope there is lots of DM support within and this makes me optimistic.

I like the art; a considerable improvement over Dragon Delves’ covers (both of which I deeply disliked). The character choice is puzzling, especially for Adventures in Faerûn. Is Valindra really that iconic to warrant taking up the full cover? I wouldn’t even place her among the top 30 most...

James Wyatt, head designer for Fizban's, said in an interview back when the book was being released that they seriously considered a Dragon-themed Warlock subclass, but it became quickly mechanically redundant. To use a few of the examples he highlighted: A player who chooses Ashardalon as a...

But it is how the English language works, and I can delve into the grammar if you'd like -- it is the same difference between the following two statements: Bob gets along with my students that come from Europe. Alice gets along my students, who come from Europe. (1) is a restrictive clause...

We've had this discussion before, and I find your position equally puzzling. The sentence doesn't stop at "from the gods", as your quoting would indicate. The full sentence goes on to add a restrictive clause: "Bahamut and Tiamat are ontologically distinct from the gods that hail from the Outer...

I had a long back-and-forth with @dave2008 in another thread about Bahamut and Tiamat, but my understanding from Fizban’s and other 5e material is that they are clearly gods, just not from the Outer Planes. As @Henadic Theologian points out, not every god comes from an Outer Plane (the ones...

Loved the film. Liked it so much that I won’t list what I liked, because I’d write a whole testament. I have a few very minor complaints: I got the feeling that some scenes with the Daily Planet cast and with Ma & Pa Kent were left on the cutting room floor. The film just felt incomplete in...

I dislike most of the changes, and therefore my groups are not converting. Anecdotally, no one in any of the 3 games I DM has inquired about converting, and as far as I can tell, they don’t care. Of course, my groups are just a few data points. Some speculation about larger trends below: I...

There are many ways, but usually a humanoid or greater devil summons them. The tie-in novels are filled with such examples: Farideh and Havilar, heroines of the Brimstone Angels book series, start their adventuring careers by accidentally summoning the cambion Lorcan.

I think the shift from pre-2020 to post-2020 was pretty stark, not only in design but also in brand management. The concept of storylines coordinated across various media vanished, for one. Beforehand, we had streams, game expansions, boardgames, etc. all themed around the same concept. The way...

Descent Into Avernus was indeed a BG3 tie-in, but one meant for its early access phase (in 2019, if my memory does not fail). Besides, if BG3 was to serve as a gateway to D&D, it needed products other than a hardcover adventure, which is really limited in audience. When the game was properly...

I think that, in some ways, it’s shocking this hasn’t been the case recently. BG3 came out to resounding popularity, yet there wasn’t an obvious tie-in product for it. Under a better coordinated brand, the new FR setting books would have come out in 2023, alongside perhaps a themed Starter Set...

I think you misinterpreted what I was saying (which may have been my fault, by making the response too long). I’m not ignoring Fizban’s at all. Fizban’s states: “Bahamut and Tiamat are ontologically different from the gods that hail from the Outer Planes”. Notice that the text does not say...

I think you are getting caught up on a distinction that both Fizban's and the DMG delineate about how humanoids and dragons see Bahamut and Tiamat. Dragons themselves aren't religious by nature, and see both as monarchs. This does not stop Humanoids from considering Bahamut and Tiamat gods, as...

There is no exclusivity to (1). They can be both. Bahamut and Tiamat are both clearly gods per the 2024 PHB; here’s an excerpt from the dragonborn entry: “One story holds that these eggs were blessed by the dragon gods Bahamut and Tiamat”. The Lore Glossary in the DMG also makes this explicit...

This is what I remember as well, the Wind Dukes were his angelic envoys — though with the caveat that angels in 4E were a much more eclectic group than in 5E. If you are using the Fizban’s First World as part of your creation mythos, Bahamut predates all other gods (except Tiamat), so you can...