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My apologies for forgetting the Seraphic Doctor, especially since my doktorvater was a Bonaventure scholar. To bring this back on topic, you can see some Platonic ideas filtering into Ravenloft and (I believe) Planescape in the mid-90s. I know it from the Nightmare Lands boxed set, which...

Thanks for the clarification. I've always wondered where the D&D archons came from, as they weren't from the hierarchy I know (Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones, Dominions, Virtues, Powers, Principalities, Archangels, Angels) or any other I've heard of. And while I have some knowledge of Neoplatonism...

Depends on the school and the curriculum. I suspect Gygax and Ward were familiar with it, if only because of mentions of Dis, Geryon and Malebolge in the MM; Greenwood (or whoever mapped out the 'official' Nine Hells) was either less so or took liberties, with misspelling Caina as "Cania" and...

I thought WotC's motto was more "One ruleset to rule them all, one play style to bind them, one game to bring them all and to Organized Play bind them." ;)

Calling it now: 6E will be the first edition of the game to focus on Evil PCs. ;) :p

That's a really deep dive into the lore--unless there's more about it in the Villain's Lorebook or elsewhere in Realmslore, Jander's background as a Hellrider of Elturel is mentioned in one line in Vampire of the Mists (the novel that created Jander) and that's it.

This sounds like it may be something I've been looking for--a good system for running a fairy-tale/medieval legend, "Romanticized Medieval Christendom" campaign.

People are still upset about his handling of the Zak S situation, and the official WotC account doing a Pride-related promo set off the new wave.

In the irony department, this thread gets resurrected just as there are cries for Mearls' firing resounding across Twitter.

Speaking only for myself, I didn't stop watching TBBT because I found their handling of 'geek subjects' offensive … I stopped watching it because I realized I didn't particularly like any of these people. (Now, some of the plot points with Sheldon's mother? Those I found mildly offensive.)

Champions definitely merits a nod for the move from 'take what the dice give you' to 'build the type of character you want to play.'

If memory serves, it was that work that got him into He-Man--Filmation was looking for people who knew fantasy. And the Isle of Darksmoke mentioned above? He reused the name and the dragon Granamyr in "The Dragon's Gift," one of the most beloved episodes of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

You'd know much better than I would, but I always had the impression Pulling was comparatively secular, as opposed to the rest of those involved in the scare. Am I mistaken?

According to C. S. Lewis in The Discarded Image, Demogorgon is this very thing.

Note that Savage Worlds surged to its highest point of the year in December--just after the Adventure Edition went live. I expect it to continue relatively strong in the new year.

So two cases of spirited (and somewhat hard-edged) disagreement and one of guilt by association?

Correia's statement on the disinvitation and his own explanation of Sad Puppies.

Paladin: Warriors of Charlemagne

Pelgrane has a policy of not putting standalone PDFs up for sale until the print version's been in stores for usually a month at least.

The answer to the article title is "No." :) Personally, I'm thoroughly sick of Lovecraft, especially in gaming, due to a mix of oversaturation, philosophical disagreement, and the tendency of some gamers to try and turn everything Lovecraftian. I think the tipping point for me was a thread on...