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I just don’t have the energy to argue with someone whose unconscious bias is obvious to everyone but themselves.

Everyone can “go pale” due to a vasovagal response. It’s literally the blood draining from your head. It may be more noticeable on a white person with a tan, but that doesn’t mean they’re the only ones who can go pale. To me, Laurana’s got more of a Mediterranean complexion than a Germanic or...

Just revisiting this to set the record straight. Chronicles page references are as per the annotated version. I don’t have any of the other books mentioned. p 433: "Tanis saw none of this inner turmoil. He thought [Laurana] looked unusually pale and exceptionally beautiful this morning." p...

The idea that Sammaster mistranslated the prophecy predates WotC. It’s from TSR’s 2e Cult of the Dragon book. (I did a lot of research into the Cult of the Dragon back when Tyranny of Dragons was new; the setup in that adventure is actually remarkably faithful to the pre-5e canon, building on...

I have no memory of that at all.

Except the book explicitly says his skin was white before it turned golden … I’m on to book 2. Since I’m paying particular attention to physical descriptions in this re-read, I’m actually surprised by how little there is! If there’s one thing they’ll need to change to appeal to modern gamers...

Also the ancient Greeks (Chessenta). Not sure why they made it so the ancient Greeks, Egyptians, and Babylonians were all the same ethnicity but anyway ...

Tymanchebar's old capital remains: Djerad Thymar. The fortress-city called Djerad Thymar was the capital of Tymanchebar, an empire of dragonborn that was transported from its home world of Abeir to Toril during the Spellplague and fused with Unther to form the new realm of Tymanther. With...

She doesn't have her own entry, but she is mentioned in both Beshaba's and Tymora's entries: Beshaba: "The ancient empire of Netheril revered a single god of luck, Tyche, whose influence extended over both good luck and bad. According to myth, Tyche became corrupted and died, but her essence...

I don't like this spell but I must admit that in my 10+ years of running 5e games, it has only been an issue for me once or twice.

Yeah. Speaking of which, while Tales from the Tables itself is 100% SFW, the author has dabbled in some NSFW stuff featuring the same characters. Consider yourself warned!

Good point! I've gone back and edited my post to add more detail.

I really like Tales from the Tables by Dungeons & Doodles This one is set in and around Waterdeep in the Forgotten Realms. It follows the adventures of the author's OC, a paladin named Angela, and her friends. These are different adventures to the ones in which he plays Angela as an actual PC...

I am so over the grind. I also find lots of customization off-putting these days. I've been playing Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, which is very basic and linear by today's standards, but I'm having a lot of fun with it. Just a nice point-and-click game. Looking at newer WW2-themed games, I...

What put me off ever giving it a go was the idea that Is that still the case?

I don't really understand the issue with this. I mean, they're called the Forgotten Realms because the idea was they were once connected to our world, allowing people to move back and forth, but those connections have been lost and the realms of Toril have now been forgotten by Earthlings. It...

Given how much effort the authors put into describing how hot all the ladies are, they're decidedly young adult male fiction. That other people can enjoy them too is a bonus. I wouldn't describe them as literature ... they would've needed a better editor for that. They certainly are light...

Jut started a quick reread of Dragons of Autumn Twilight, paying particular attention to the descriptions of the main characters. I’d never noticed before that Raistlin’s white hair isn’t mentioned until 100+ pages in!

They didn’t. As has been pointed out upthread, Ergothians (who had an empire to rival Solamnia and Istar before the Cataclysm) are described as being black. One such Ergothian is Theros Ironfeld. He isn’t a main character, but he has an important role to play as the one who gets the magic silver...