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  1. Marandahir

    D&D General I finally like non-Tolkien species for PCs

    Not quite this, but see Lorwyn-Shadowmoor (which will get an upcoming D&D setting booklet of some sort and is coming back to MTG next year). The setting is based on Celtic mythology elements and thus doesn't lack elves & dwarves and halflings, but it very specifically chose to omit Humans...
  2. Marandahir

    Worlds of Design: In the Shadow of Tolkien

    I was introduced to both early on by loving Rankin-Bass/Studio Topcraft (aka proto-Studio Ghibli)'s Flight of Dragons and their contemporary adaptations of both The Hobbit and The Return of the King (and The Last Unicorn to complete the quartet of these films, though that one is neither Tolkien...
  3. Marandahir

    Eberron: Forge of the Artificer Delayed Until December

    Great point and I was completely forgetting this. I've played in quite a few pre-releases at my FLGS and I should have thought about that. I was reacting to the topic of cannabilization of Magic audience via MTGArena, but it's very true that physical is still required for MOST EDH/Commander play...
  4. Marandahir

    D&D's October Product Revealed to Be Stranger Things Tie-In

    No spoilers please. I haven't seen the show yet, and others have already said as much as well.
  5. Marandahir

    Eberron: Forge of the Artificer Delayed Until December

    This is in part because of vastly different monetization schemata for the two most profitable Hasbro IPs. They've tried to monetize D&D on a booster-pack model in the past - Fortune Cards and D&D Miniatures come to mind. But In 5e, randomized booster Miniatures are gone, because it's just too...
  6. Marandahir

    D&D 5E (2024) Next issue of Game Informer will have details on the two upcoming Forgotten Realms books

    And now I've read the thread, and do not feel cheated. I am glad it was bought back.
  7. Marandahir

    D&D General Words which replaced "race" in fantasy games

    The problem with that is that race is a social construct, and even in real life, species is a construct that does not actually fit the "cannot interbreed" clause. Many are species that "do not normally interbreed." And then you have Oaks, where all the White/Swamp White/Chestnut/Swamp...
  8. Marandahir

    D&D 5E (2024) Next issue of Game Informer will have details on the two upcoming Forgotten Realms books

    Game Informer is still a magazine? GameStop stopped sending them in the mail and I never cancelled my sub. I feel cheated!
  9. Marandahir

    Eberron: Forge of the Artificer Delayed Until December

    Plus, propping up competition to Amazon (AND to their own platform on DDB no less) is actually pro-consumer, because healthy competition leads to lower prices and more accessibility to the products in the long run.
  10. Marandahir

    Eberron: Forge of the Artificer Delayed Until December

    Disagreed. Nothing was promised, releases get pulled all the time for various reasons. This is a lifeline to Mom and Pop shops that otherwise would have been screwed as everyone would have gotten the D&D Beyond version instead.
  11. Marandahir

    Eberron: Forge of the Artificer Delayed Until December

    Mythic Odysseys of Theros, too.
  12. Marandahir

    A Deep Dive in D&D: Dragon Delves

    The statblocks aren't reprinted in the text of this book. The beginning of each adventure tells you to use the MM and bookmark the pages of certain monsters that will appear, or else to bookmark the monsters in D&D Beyond. So the problem becomes if there's a monster or two that were new to the...
  13. Marandahir

    A Deep Dive in D&D: Dragon Delves

    There's an SRD v5.1-> v5.2.1 Conversion Guide on D&D Beyond, which should cover cases like these. https://www.dndbeyond.com/srd Though I guess if we're talking about the 13 monsters that appear on the "entirely new" list, they don't say what the closest v.5.1 Monster was, because it's not a...
  14. Marandahir

    D&D General What if the Wind Dukes of Aaqa were actually Djinn?

    What makes a God a God and not something else? How is Asmodeus a God and an Arch-Devil? Is Orcus a God named Tenebrous? Were Moradin and Corellon et al mortal beings in the First World who became Gods? Or are Gods a species of Celestial just with nigh-omnipotent power? There aren't right or...
  15. Marandahir

    D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn Eclipsed, the MtG set releases January 2026, could tge Lorwyn D&D be released concurrently?

    Kithkin are so akin to Halflings that unless they're treated like Kender, I don't see them needed as their own species.
  16. Marandahir

    Dark Horse Reveals First Dungeons & Dragons Comic

    Greg Pak is great. Loved his 2019 8-issue series-ending arc of Star Wars (2015) -- a series otherwise written by Jason Aaron and Kieron Gillen. Also loved his 50-issue run on Darth Vader (2020) from 2020 thru 2024.
  17. Marandahir

    D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn Eclipsed, the MtG set releases January 2026, could tge Lorwyn D&D be released concurrently?

    Less classical fairy tale and more Insular Celtic Mythology & Folklore inspired (the stories from Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Man, Cornwall, Brittany, etc). And Lorwyn-Shadowmoor block came out right as the Feywild and Shadowfell were being solidified as part of the World Axis cosmology model...
  18. Marandahir

    WotC WotC (Mistakenly) Issues DMCA Takedown Against Baldur's Gate-themed Stardew Valley Mod

    Oh, I don't think this is something I would generalize. I think in general this is crappy behavior from automation but I'm glad that they reversed it.
  19. Marandahir

    WotC WotC (Mistakenly) Issues DMCA Takedown Against Baldur's Gate-themed Stardew Valley Mod

    Wondering if this mod got more attention because of it, honestly? I certainly hadn't heard of it before this thread.
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