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If the video is misinformation, I apologize and will retract that part of my post, but I would like to see a source countering the video’s view. He does list his sources, after all.

Yep. That is why I stopped making threads like that. More people want to make sure a discussion doesn’t happen than actually want to engage with the premise of the thread. Instant regret.

This post is not meant to stir controversy. I very nearly didn’t post this thread because I knew it would be controversial and the dumb repetitive arguments in these sorts of threads are a major reason why I haven’t been as active as I used to be on this site. I thought I explained my mindset in...

Where did I ever say that I don’t think you should be allowed to play a paladin? Wait, let me answer that for you. Never. I didn’t say that. This is the type of bullcrap that made me reluctant to post this thread. I am talking about the roots of the class and how they are depicted in the game...

Your last sentence has too many typos for me to be able to understand it. I am aware that the Muslims conquered Roman territory (Africa, the Levant, and Egypt). They had controlled those lands for several hundred years by the time of the crusades. The Crusades were motivated by the Pope wanting...

There is a world of difference between how Rogues and Paladins are depicted. Paladins are almost always depicted as good guys, and Rogues are at best depicted as Robin Hood or swashbuckling archetypes, but are normally darker themed (Thieves’/Assassins guilds). One is presented as moral, the...

That is not what caused the Crusades. The Umayyad invasion of southern France was not the cause of the crusades. The Crusades happened because of the Turkic migration into Anatolia, which took a lot of land from the Eastern Roman Empire. Alexios I Komnemos asked Pope Urban II for military aid...

Granted, I’m not as familiar with French tales of Charlemagne’s Paladins as I am with Arthurian Legend, but it seems to me that Paladins, while being named after Charlemagne’s knights, take more inspiration from Arthurian Legend and the Crusades. Going on quests, killing monsters, etc. And that...

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.