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  1. Marandahir

    D&D 5E (2024) They are starting to sell MtG Secret Lairs on D&D Beyond as a hint that a D&D 50th Anniversay Secret Lair/s is coming.

    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...
  2. Marandahir

    D&D 5E (2024) They are starting to sell MtG Secret Lairs on D&D Beyond as a hint that a D&D 50th Anniversay Secret Lair/s is coming.

    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...
  3. Marandahir

    D&D 5E (2024) They are starting to sell MtG Secret Lairs on D&D Beyond as a hint that a D&D 50th Anniversay Secret Lair/s is coming.

    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...
  4. Marandahir

    D&D General Build the "Definitive Pantheon"

    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...
  5. Marandahir

    D&D General Build the "Definitive Pantheon"

    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...
  6. Marandahir

    D&D General Build the "Definitive Pantheon"

    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...
  7. Marandahir

    D&D General Build the "Definitive Pantheon"

    Another vote for the Nerathi Pantheon, here.
  8. Marandahir

    D&D 5E (2024) They are starting to sell MtG Secret Lairs on D&D Beyond as a hint that a D&D 50th Anniversay Secret Lair/s is coming.

    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...
  9. Marandahir

    D&D 5E (2024) They are starting to sell MtG Secret Lairs on D&D Beyond as a hint that a D&D 50th Anniversay Secret Lair/s is coming.

    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.
  10. Marandahir

    D&D 5E (2024) They are starting to sell MtG Secret Lairs on D&D Beyond as a hint that a D&D 50th Anniversay Secret Lair/s is coming.

    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!
  11. Marandahir

    D&D 5E (2024) Orogs in the 2025 Monster Manual?

    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...
  12. Marandahir

    D&D 5E (2024) They are starting to sell MtG Secret Lairs on D&D Beyond as a hint that a D&D 50th Anniversay Secret Lair/s is coming.

    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...
  13. Marandahir

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook Reveal: "New Wizard"

    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...
  14. Marandahir

    D&D 5E (2024) Check Out The New Map Of D&D's Planes!

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

    D&D 5E (2024) Check Out The New Map Of D&D's Planes!

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

    D&D General Gnome Paladins

    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...
  17. Marandahir

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook Reveal: "New Rogue"

    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...
  18. Marandahir

    D&D 5E (2024) Check Out The New Map Of D&D's Planes!

    Zendikar is roughly analogous to Eberron as an Adventure World, only if it was in adrift in Limbo / Elemental Chaos. Old Phyrexia & Mirrodin / New Phyrexia is an interesting "Future World" plane, a sort of Shadowfell meets Mechanus Ixalan is The Lost World + Mayaincatec Sun Empire riding...
  19. Marandahir

    D&D 5E (2024) Check Out The New Map Of D&D's Planes!

    If you're strong, you can fly; You can reach the other side of the rainbow…
  20. Marandahir

    D&D 5E (2024) Check Out The New Map Of D&D's Planes!

    If I was doing a cosmology based off of MtG, I'd probably combine and symplify: W -- Astral Sea U -- Mechanus B -- Shadowfell R -- Elemental Chaos G -- Feywild WU -- Sigil & The Outlands UB -- The Far Realm BR -- The Abyss RG -- "Prehistoric World" echo plane GW -- Arcadia WB -- The Nine Hells...
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