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[Parmandur]

I’m ok with that. No Zeus but a big Zeus sized space at the dinner table in Olympus.

As a big fan of the show Kaos I can dig it.

Aa and example, Thebestus is present near the river Ma'ar...but the text merely states that it was built by a nameless "god of knowledge"...no mention of Thoth.

 

[Yaarel]

What if Forgotten Realms used Theros to represent the Greekesque gods?

 

[Parmandur]

What if Forgotten Realms used Theros to represent the Greekesque gods?

There isn't traditionally a major Hellenic Pantheon presence in Faerûn, just the Egyptian and Mesopotamian ones in the Old Empires. I doubt that any Egyptian or Mesopotamian deities will be name checked, it will be interesting to see what they do here.

 

[Yaarel]

There isn't traditionally a major Hellenic Pantheon presence in Faerûn, just the Egyptian and Mesopotamian ones in the Old Empires. I doubt that any Egyptian or Mesopotamian deities will be name checked, it will be interesting to see what they do here.

Magic The Gathering also has the Amonkhet setting for Egyptesque gods.

 

[Yaarel]

For the Mesopotamian deities, maybe draw from the "Chaldean" astrologer-priests of Babylon. They worship the seven planets: Sun (Shamash) and Moon (Sin), plus Mercury (Nabu), Venus (Ishtar), Mars (Nergal), Jupiter (Marduk), and Saturn (Ninurta). These gods are impersonal, more like abstract principles of a clock-like universe. The planets are omens revealing the cosmic processes. The Sun is daily and annual properties, and Saturn properties stretch out across three decades.

For D&D, the planets and astrology are already in place, perhaps give them names sounding as if Sumerian, Akkadian, or Aramaic. While the horoscopes are thought to be"inescapable", magic can enhance good ones and contain bad ones. The magic is a divine-arcane blend of theurgy. The horoscopes only refer to nations and geographic regions, not individuals (unless involving the leader of a nation).

 

[Paul Farquhar]

That’s only half the definition of stealing/theft.

The half that matters is the emotional impact. You don't get to tell people if you consider the emotional impact justified - by your definition of justice. You either acknowledge the hurt and try to avoid it in future, or you are the bad guy.

 

[TheSword]

The half that matters is the emotional impact. You don't get to tell people if you consider the emotional impact justified - by your definition of justice. You either acknowledge the hurt and try to avoid it in future, or you are the bad guy.

Yes. That’s the next part of my quote that you didn’t post. It has nothing to do with theft though.

You have to look at these things on a case by case basis. Not all borrowing from other cultures is negative and whether it is bad will depend on many factors.

 

[Misanthrope Prime]

The half that matters is the emotional impact. You don't get to tell people if you consider the emotional impact justified - by your definition of justice. You either acknowledge the hurt and try to avoid it in future, or you are the bad guy.

Here on EN World, we make fun of people who get mad when they see others "playing D&D wrong." There's no one prescriptive way to play D&D, and trying to impose your interpretation on what is the "best" D&D is considered to be wrong.

Why can we not apply that logic to something like a war bonnet? If the original artifact is not being stolen and the cultural group is not being denied the ability to set the terms of their relationship with their media, why does it matter what other people do with their copies of it?

 

[Nicholas Reed]

I think this thread is REALLY overthinking the real world gods thing. They probably definitely will be in the Mulhorand section. It's ancient Mesopotamian mythology, for crying out loud. If we put down the line of "no real world mythology" the majority of pop culture and D&D lore itself gets shot out of a cannon into the void lol.

 

[Parmandur]

I think this thread is REALLY overthinking the real world gods thing. They probably definitely will be in the Mulhorand section. It's ancient Mesopotamian mythology, for crying out loud. If we put down the line of "no real world mythology" the majority of pop culture and D&D lore itself gets shot out of a cannon into the void lol.

I don't think it isnoverthinking it to point out that WotC simply has a "no real world religion, period" policy that theybhave consistently applied for years.