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Any Realms-Heads Know About The Politics of The Sword Coast?
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<blockquote data-quote="Blue Orange" data-source="post: 8471012" data-attributes="member: 7025997"><p>Well, <em>of course </em>the <em>Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide</em> says the Open Lord is good and chosen by the gods and there is no scarcity! We all know Wizards has been bought off by Silverhand...perhaps she's charmed Peter Adkison? (The official D&D cosmology includes multiple worlds and some individuals such as Tasha/Iggwilv have been to a few...perhaps the Lords of Waterdeep are spreading propaganda in our world!) Are they going to talk about the way vagabonds are taken off the streets and slaughtered for the dark rituals that fuel the Masked Lords' power? Are they going to talk about the slave trade that made the noble families' power and wealth? Are they going to talk about the way opponents to the Lords' power are frequently arrested and executed on trumped-up charges?</p><p></p><p>Wait? That's not in the official material? Well, of course it isn't! You think the venal, corrupt Lords of Waterdeep want you to know about all their crimes?</p><p></p><p>Maybe the <em>Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide</em> isn't Lonely Planet...maybe it's Fox News. (You tell me your group leans left.) I'd say read a couple of those lefty treatises on how the official story favors the groups in power (or just read a few issues of <em>Jacobin</em>), and then <em>deconstruct the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide</em>.</p><p></p><p>Heck, you can draw from both ends of the spectrum. QAnon always struck me as a <em>Call of Cthulhu</em> plot that someone took seriously. It's your game. Nobody says Laeral Silverhand isn't drinking the blood of poor children to maintain her youth and making orcs and humans hate each other to maintain the position of the ruling class.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue Orange, post: 8471012, member: 7025997"] Well, [I]of course [/I]the [I]Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide[/I] says the Open Lord is good and chosen by the gods and there is no scarcity! We all know Wizards has been bought off by Silverhand...perhaps she's charmed Peter Adkison? (The official D&D cosmology includes multiple worlds and some individuals such as Tasha/Iggwilv have been to a few...perhaps the Lords of Waterdeep are spreading propaganda in our world!) Are they going to talk about the way vagabonds are taken off the streets and slaughtered for the dark rituals that fuel the Masked Lords' power? Are they going to talk about the slave trade that made the noble families' power and wealth? Are they going to talk about the way opponents to the Lords' power are frequently arrested and executed on trumped-up charges? Wait? That's not in the official material? Well, of course it isn't! You think the venal, corrupt Lords of Waterdeep want you to know about all their crimes? Maybe the [I]Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide[/I] isn't Lonely Planet...maybe it's Fox News. (You tell me your group leans left.) I'd say read a couple of those lefty treatises on how the official story favors the groups in power (or just read a few issues of [I]Jacobin[/I]), and then [I]deconstruct the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide[/I]. Heck, you can draw from both ends of the spectrum. QAnon always struck me as a [I]Call of Cthulhu[/I] plot that someone took seriously. It's your game. Nobody says Laeral Silverhand isn't drinking the blood of poor children to maintain her youth and making orcs and humans hate each other to maintain the position of the ruling class. [/QUOTE]
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