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I agree that this list is like comparing the Greek/Roman/Celtic/Norse/Hindu/Persian pantheons and filing the serial numbers off at the similarities because they all share a common origin. I would argue the list takes inspiration from Semitic pantheons too, though, especially Egyptian (or at...

Any of those deities can be replaced with a sufficiently powerful enough "Great Power" from one of the other planes - Archangels, Titans, Demigods, Demon Princes, Archdukes of Hell, Primordials or Genie Lords or Elemental Princes of the Inner Planes, Archfey of the Feywild, Dark Lords of the...

In many Indo-European traditions, the Sun is female, and represents the eye of the Sky Father God (her father Dyeus-Pater). Sometimes she's merged with the Goddess of Dawn (Eos/Aurora/Ushas/Uzume), or sometimes the Dawn Goddess is fused with the Goddess of the Heights...

Correct. We're talking Hasbro, remember. They saw how much WotC is making on D&D and want them to make MOAR. For the first time in like EVER, since WotC bought TSR, D&D is a brand that is making top tier cash like MtG does. Oh, I agree. Some of the art makes me think the entities, but there is...

The other 4 are Lorehold, Prismari, Quandrix, and Witherbloom. I thought it was pretty awesome in Strixhaven. History and Archeology and Anthropology and Treasure Hunting; Arts, Dance, Music, and Explosions; Maths and Physics and Philosophy of Science; Politics, Drama, Rhetoric, Literature, and...

The risk is that Hasbro don't own the DM's Guild; they license their properties to DriveThru, who takes a cut of the sales (in addition to the indie creators on the Guild taking their own fair cut). This was set up in part because Hasbro didn't own D&D Beyond at the time. They identified the...

To be fair – there's broad thematic overlap between Woden & his son Thor, Gwydion and his son Lleu, Cian and his son Lugh, Hermes and his son Pan, Mercury (and Faunus after syncretism with Pan), and Pushan of the Rig-Veda. See below for an relatively detailed exploration of these overlaps...

Depends on the source. The Greek Titans are widely believed by scholars to be imports / analogues of Middle eastern religious pantheons, grafted onto a war between old gods and new gods to explain why the Hellenes worship the Olympians and not their forebears and not other gods of the region...

And the mountain heights (etymologically linked to Hahra Berezaiti of Zoroastrianism & the Burgundians of the Niebelungenlied), as well as the return of Spring (story of the Groundhog seeing the shadow is a descendant tale of Brigid coming out of her cave in late winter at Imbolg, to see how far...

Another vote for the Nerathi Pantheon, here.

The nice thing about the 3 hardcover MtG X D&D books was that they used the 5 colors really only for factions / deities rather than trying to force alignment onto it or twice D&D alignment and elementals into the 5 colors. The 5 colors are useful as an organizational principle, and these are...

NOT AT ALL. Have you played Scorn? Do you like THE BACKROOMS? Duskmourn seems to scratch that horror itch in a very different way from Innistrad. I'd love a Duskmourn book. It also wouldn't conflict with Ravenloft for its niche space, if ported to D&D.

Sorry – I've never been a re-sale person of like ANYTHING in my life (I unbox amiibo and play with them, for example), so they probably feel more expensive to me than they would to someone who sells their old cards at the FLGS. I WANT THAT SO MUCH. REDWALL X D&D!

This. If Kamigawa returns for the "Death Race" set early next year (I could totally see Akira-style biker gangs drag racing around Cyberpunk Kamigawa) I would DEFINITELY count a D&D Kamigawa crossover as a high possibility. If Kamigawa isn't returning to MtG anytime soon, then I'd bank a...

Secret Lair is Whale-targeted DLC for MtG. These are highly expensive, highly limited-releases that often cross over with other properties or have some sort of famous artist collaboration or classic MtG artist from decades past. This particular Secret Lair release is 5 foil cards for $40...

I'd love more dual-school subclasses like the War Mage. Maybe a Beguiller Wizard specializing in Illusions & Enchantments? How about a Summoner Wizard specializing in Conjuration and Necromancy? A "Witch" Wizard specializing in Enchantments and Transmutations? A "Sha'ir" Wizard specializing in...

Did you skip out on 2014-2024's 5e? because this is literally the same system, just tweaked a bit.

I used the Backrooms as the part of the Outlands that touches the Far Realm.

Paladin is a culturally preferred class among Svirfneblin. In 4e, the Svirfs got Str/Con or Str/Wis, which made for great warriors of various kinds. People got angry because they're a small species with those abilities but not Dwarves. In v5.2, ability scores are de-associated from species...

Unclear. Could represent someone of mixed ancestry or just a particular appearance. I wouldn't jump to say they're an Albino of African-descent. The Psi Warrior character looks a LOT like Erin Kellyman to me; her mother is Irish (and white) and her father is Jamaican (and black). I guess I would...