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funnily enough the 3.0 DDG doesn't describe the D&D version of the aegyptian pantheon, but an alternate aegyptian pantheon as the only pantheon in a world and cosmology of it's own. Same with the other "historial" pantheons That's why it doesn't use the D&D planes or mentions what's Lokis...

I would need to look them up again in the PS sources for Loki and Aegir. Set has his realm in the nine hells, he doesn't room with the rest of his pantheon. His "tug of war" with Levistus where he tries to extend the boundariesof his realm while Levistus tries to shrink and ideally absorb it a...

That's about every official D&D World in a nutshell. And not just the deities. Usually there are too many mortal organizations that should get in each others hair constantly but all is just ignored. All were just thrown in at some point for one specific reason or another and then just left...

I disagree that there's nothing to see unless you can back that up by citing a RAW that proves that our vision is blocked

Which actually proved how interchangeable even WotC sees them. He was a deity until 3e just out of the blue decided that he no longer was a deity. 4e than made him a primoridal which is just a deity by another name and then 5e once again decided that he's not a deity. 6e (or 5.5e for what it's...

In Germany a man got angry that he was denied buying cigarettes at a gas station whithout wearing a mask, so he drove home, picked up a mask and a gun, drove back and killed the 20-year old cashier in cold blood.

I doubt that, because it's not only counterspell that is affected. I fear that they did not intend any monster change except an easier readable format. Any rule change that arises from this is a major misstake they made due to not thinking about all implications. Maybe they were too...

In 3e he was a rank 6 lesser deity (F&P, page 86) As to how with so few followers? Because the designers just spitballed everything and ignored the very guidelines they gave earlier in the book.

Yes, I would say that the worhsip of Graz'zt, if it happens at all, is kept pretty small by degree of Iuz himself. He's his own fiend now, he doesn't feel love or loyalty toward his father and has no reason to share his power with him.

The big doubt is whether this was what the designers intended with this change or if they just did a major brainfart and broke all the former interactions just due to not thinking about them at all. And if it's the later then oh boy will fixing this make everything soo much more complicated...

No, the second one results in a lot of issues that take extra time to solve. Which have all already been mentioned in this thread. It's not just counterspell, there's a whole lot of class features and items that are keyed to work against spells. And just whether it's a spell or not is not...

How would they ever know they wasted a slot? They cast counterspell and either need to roll or block automatically. They'll never know what exactly the blocked and thus whether it was a wasted counterspell or not.

But it would not swap if you change Bane with Asmodeus (who happens to be a deity in 4e). Also being ret-conned into former primordial, the demon princes are equal to deities in power in 4e

But what if next week or in two month they have a neat idea for an adventure that would not work with the consistent nailed down background? Can't have themselves tie their hands like that. no no no

Given their current direction I'd expect the exact opposite. Don't nail anything down, be as vague as you can get away with it still being a "setting", not shackle yourself to any canon way of how things work

As to the battle between Kelemvor and Cyric, it was a little longer struggle then I remembered. I am too lazy to type it all, but the gist remains that Cyric's mind was shattered and he wasn't really defending himself. E.g. Kelemvor tries to tackle him and Cyric thinks about avoiding him by...

I had some time to dig out Prince of Lies. Here's some quotes, all typos are on me It then goes on with some more samples for the later. A sick old merchant who wanted to end his life with poison and is killed over and over by it for hours and some poor sod strapped to the table of a drow...

It has been discussed. No consensus has been reached about what this actually means. The wall is now merely no longer mentioned, but it hasn't been removed either. It's now in Limbo despite being on Hades :)

It's been a while that I read the novel, so my memories might not be the most accurate, but IIRC there wasn't really a fight. Cyric had just totally lost his s*i* and was already running out of his throne room like a madman. Kelemvor was just entering and upon seeing him Cyric became even more...

Asmodeus is labled as a lesser deity right in the 5e MM (in a factual wrong sentence that forgets all about Tiamat when it says that he's the only lesser deity in Hell)