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James Wyatt, head designer for Fizban's, said in an interview back when the book was being released that they seriously considered a Dragon-themed Warlock subclass, but it became quickly mechanically redundant. To use a few of the examples he highlighted: A player who chooses Ashardalon as a...

But it is how the English language works, and I can delve into the grammar if you'd like -- it is the same difference between the following two statements: Bob gets along with my students that come from Europe. Alice gets along my students, who come from Europe. (1) is a restrictive clause...

We've had this discussion before, and I find your position equally puzzling. The sentence doesn't stop at "from the gods", as your quoting would indicate. The full sentence goes on to add a restrictive clause: "Bahamut and Tiamat are ontologically distinct from the gods that hail from the Outer...

I had a long back-and-forth with @dave2008 in another thread about Bahamut and Tiamat, but my understanding from Fizban’s and other 5e material is that they are clearly gods, just not from the Outer Planes. As @Henadic Theologian points out, not every god comes from an Outer Plane (the ones...

Loved the film. Liked it so much that I won’t list what I liked, because I’d write a whole testament. I have a few very minor complaints: I got the feeling that some scenes with the Daily Planet cast and with Ma & Pa Kent were left on the cutting room floor. The film just felt incomplete in...

I dislike most of the changes, and therefore my groups are not converting. Anecdotally, no one in any of the 3 games I DM has inquired about converting, and as far as I can tell, they don’t care. Of course, my groups are just a few data points. Some speculation about larger trends below: I...

There are many ways, but usually a humanoid or greater devil summons them. The tie-in novels are filled with such examples: Farideh and Havilar, heroines of the Brimstone Angels book series, start their adventuring careers by accidentally summoning the cambion Lorcan.

I think the shift from pre-2020 to post-2020 was pretty stark, not only in design but also in brand management. The concept of storylines coordinated across various media vanished, for one. Beforehand, we had streams, game expansions, boardgames, etc. all themed around the same concept. The way...

Descent Into Avernus was indeed a BG3 tie-in, but one meant for its early access phase (in 2019, if my memory does not fail). Besides, if BG3 was to serve as a gateway to D&D, it needed products other than a hardcover adventure, which is really limited in audience. When the game was properly...

I think that, in some ways, it’s shocking this hasn’t been the case recently. BG3 came out to resounding popularity, yet there wasn’t an obvious tie-in product for it. Under a better coordinated brand, the new FR setting books would have come out in 2023, alongside perhaps a themed Starter Set...

I think you misinterpreted what I was saying (which may have been my fault, by making the response too long). I’m not ignoring Fizban’s at all. Fizban’s states: “Bahamut and Tiamat are ontologically different from the gods that hail from the Outer Planes”. Notice that the text does not say...

I think you are getting caught up on a distinction that both Fizban's and the DMG delineate about how humanoids and dragons see Bahamut and Tiamat. Dragons themselves aren't religious by nature, and see both as monarchs. This does not stop Humanoids from considering Bahamut and Tiamat gods, as...

There is no exclusivity to (1). They can be both. Bahamut and Tiamat are both clearly gods per the 2024 PHB; here’s an excerpt from the dragonborn entry: “One story holds that these eggs were blessed by the dragon gods Bahamut and Tiamat”. The Lore Glossary in the DMG also makes this explicit...

This is what I remember as well, the Wind Dukes were his angelic envoys — though with the caveat that angels in 4E were a much more eclectic group than in 5E. If you are using the Fizban’s First World as part of your creation mythos, Bahamut predates all other gods (except Tiamat), so you can...

Not to be pedantic, but it is actually 3 extra pages. We see pages 100 & 99, in that order (differently than what they’ll appear in the book). Remaining are 101, 102, & 103. As MonsterEnvy pointed out, the Contents page posted on the other thread show that all 10 dragons receive 4-5 pages of...

I didn’t care for Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel much at all, and didn’t resonate with the Godsbreath either, so I’m not particularly excited about this piece of news. I’m happy for those around who did seem to like it, though. Hope you enjoy revisiting the setting. I generally love...

Something is indeed clearly going on. It is possible that Crawford and Perkins were both offered early retirement as part of the company-wide policy Mearls mentioned as being recently instituted. That being said, I don’t think they’d have taken it if the situation as-is was sustainable. Anyone...

I have plenty of FR material, but I’m not the target audience for tie-ins, neither are any of us in this forum. The value of the tie-in is to capture someone who is not usually a customer via the associated property. When BG3 came out, the FR subreddit was awash with waves of newcomers everyday...

Descent Into Avernus is part of the Mearls era of D&D, I think, and thus not encapsulated in my comment. It is a fine idea for a tie-in for early access, even if the final product is hamstrung. The Nine Hells angle was clearly meant to be more important early on in BG3's development. The...

Sure? Against my better judgment, I shall assume good faith from you in this response: Our categories aren't different. They're the same: all subtypes of a larger monster type. They all divide monster statblocks, rather than books or animals. Your example refers to two categories of entirely...