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I'm not sure Io counts, since he's dead and never coming back. It could mean just the current pantheon has 21 deities.

Those deities are no longer just for elves, dwarves and orcs. Heck, the elf write-up even mentions evil elves sometimes worshiping Gruumsh.

I think having something like an "official" PoL map is a bit of a slippery slope. It goes from being less of an implied setting to more of an actual setting. And with an actual setting comes the the temptation for Wizards to flesh it out with npcs, towns, and metaplots that end up invalidating...

That was some truly great stuff. Oh, by the way...*YOINK* ;)

This is how I was hoping the "Points of Lights" fluff was going to work. Give us some names, legends, and history, and we'll do the rest. I'm very happy with this info. :D

It was Pool of Radiance that did it for me. After that game I didn't just toss fireballs off willy nilly in 20x20 rooms anymore. Also, PoR had something that resembled AoO in battles, so it was easy to get a hold on those rules when 3E was introduced.

Ha! As soon as I read that, I thought the same thing. Oh that's why, he threw an evil and potentially devastating object into the Elemental Chaos! I do appreciate how the story team's work has been coming together so far. It's one of the unique aspects to this edition that I really look forward...

Not surprising considering it wasn't presented as actual fluff. They were just examples for Paragon level play. Whereas Heroic level play used names and locations from classic First Edition modules.

And it's something that's only common to halflings. But it's ALSO something that's noted in the description of the halfling head study on page 42: Halfling hair coils naturally.

Same here. Dang collectibles, got me in their grip. I avoided them before, but I'm actually pretty glad I started buying 'em.

Torog was mentioned in the Design & Development: Pantheon article, but so far we have no idea what his(her?) portfolio is.

I'm really getting tired of all the dumbing down that takes place with every new edition. I mean the only people "The Rouse" will appeal to is ADD kiddies and WoW players. >=(

Oh, if hamsters are so freakin great why don't ya change your handle there wolfspider. ;)

Don't be silly, that would require using the grappling rules. :p

Powerful annoying maybe, if Grobnar from Neverwinter Nights 2 is anything to go by. I know I wanted to exterminate him more than once. :D

Funny you should mention Phlan. One of the most unexpected sidebars from The Grand History of the Realms was about Phlan. Pretty good for a town that got almost no coverage in 3rd edition. Of course, the guy who wrote GHOTR (Brian R. James) seems to like the place quite a bit, and since he's...

The book was finished in August. The warlock article was October, so it seems like it may have changed to just three choices for pacts.

Ah, found it. To me it sounds like they've dropped the real world stuff. Maybe I'm assuming too much, wouldn't be the first time. It's from Design and Development: Pantheon

I think this is the best reason to stay away from overly flavorful names. A name causing people to groan because it's silly is one (very minor) problem. A name that impedes the ease of which one can learn the game is a more serious issue. Then again, WoW has talent names like "pursuit of...

Are they still gonna use Thor? I thought there was an article where they said they dropped the idea of using real world gods as sample deities in the PHB.