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Filmation had even more freedom than that on He-Man and the Masters of the Universe--so much so that Mattel could only 'make suggestions', and Lou Scheimer had the right to ignore any of their suggestions. It's why Stinkor and the Bashasaurus (prototype name: "Ball Buster") didn't show up...

D&D. :D

The 2E DMG explains it as "All the long hours of study and reading the character has been doing finally jells into something real and understandable." (p. 61, 1995 edition. The 1989 edition has it on p. 41 and adds the parenthetical "(It's kind of like waking up one morning and finally...

Morgoth Bauglir

I didn't say that Hickman was at fault for anything (although part of my problem with the Vistani is the divination element, which Hickman did introduce--but it probably came across differently in 1983 or 1990 than today, and taking about it more would push the boundaries of the forum rules)...

Controversial opinion: With the exception of Strahd and Castle Ravenloft themselves, the Hickman elements taken into the setting (the Vistani and Soth) have been more trouble than they were worth. :)

Found it: https://x.com/WeisMargaret/status/1810395294322012604

I wouldn't expect it--WotC is also making nice with Weis & Hickman, and they virulently oppose him ever having been in the Land of Mists. The sample pages for the forthcoming D&D encyclopedia contained the Lord Soth entry, and it's comprehensive and pulls from everything from the 1996 novel...

He got his start doing fan work on the Kargatane netbooks last century.

Avoid the 3.5 Player's Handbook--it's a mixed bag at best--and Champions of Darkness.

Some of the same sources reported Ed Greenwood and Tracy Hickman were involved in those talks as well ... Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance guides to follow?

Given that it jumps from Moonstone Dragon to Myconid without an entry for Mul, it looks unlikely. Not certain--there could be layout decisions that mean it isn't maintaining perfect alphabetical order, or they could decide to cover Dark Sun without including muls for various reasons--but it's a...

Looks like the headers are color-coded by setting: Purple for Eberron, Green for Forgotten Realms, Red for Dragonlance, Blue for Spelljammer, Black for Ravenloft, and Gray for 'generic' D&D. There's a Yellow header on the Moonstone Dragon, but I'm not familiar enough with those to know with...

So, Lord Soth's Ravenloft tenure is probably officially 'decanonized', judging from the screenshot of the entry.

Demons and devils, perhaps, but it's a close-run thing.

Agreed; Masque was great at the time, but there's plenty of other stuff filling its niche today, such as Triple Ace Games' Leagues of Gothic Horror and Pinnacle's Rippers for Savage Worlds. Trivia: According to TSR's 1994 Catalog, Masque of the Red Death was originally intended to include...

Revised Third was the original nomenclature for the 2003 revision. "3.5" was adopted because everyone kept calling it that online even before it saw print. (This was back in the days when we had typically 8-12 months warning of new products.)

Same age, similar length of time thinking about it, and I haven't nailed down the ultimate source either. D&D has just enough influence at the right time that it might be to blame, but I think there are other factors. I'm inclined to suspect Morcoock and pop Eastern religion combined with rising...

The closest I think we ever get are in two sources. First is the explanation of the Law of Gilean in Dragonlance Adventures; while I don't have my copy to hand at the moment, it talks about a need for contrast and 'unity in diversity.' Second is the material on souls' progession in Holy Orders...

I'm afraid I have to go with the 'hogwash' answer to the question of True Neutrality/Active Balancing Between Good and Evil, since it's tied up with another one of D&D's very silly ideas--the moral and ontological equivalence of Good and Evil, which is probably both root and fruit of the game's...