Bits and Pieces of Worlds & Monsters

[Roger]

It's okay for D&D environments [the world] to have no realistic analog.

No one race lords over the world, and vast kingdoms are rare.

You can't use magic to know whether or not a creature is evil or good.

We expect heroic-tier PCs to stick pretty close to the middle layer [of planes]: the Feywild, the Shadowfell, and of course the world.

A few [empires] spanned all the world and more, such as the primeval illithid empire.

A massive earthquake dragon destroyed much of the city.

We worked really hard to better differentiate the various dragon types, as well as the age categories of dragons.

Shadow power isn't evil, but it isn't friendly either.

The primordials, themselves composed partially of creation-stuff, were inspired to mold it, shape it, and use it. In a chaotic frenzy, they set forth to create the world.

We didn't so much kill them off as demote many of them to the status of exarchs -- godlings in the service of more important deities.



Cheers,
Roger

 

[Szatany]

A massive earthquake dragon destroyed much of the city.

What city?

We didn't so much kill them off ...

Who?

 

[Plane Sailing]

What city?

One of the dragonborn cities from their ancient empire

 

[Connorsrpg]

Cool little bits Roger. Thanks.
Like the last one re godlings. Some deities will certainly look much better as underlings of others.

Good to see a thread post interesting bits re the book. Let's hope this one doesn't get bogged down in arguments about dragon pwers (or lack thereof)
C

 

[Walking Dad]

Cool little bits Roger. Thanks.
Like the last one re godlings. Some deities will certainly look much better as underlings of others.

Good to see a thread post interesting bits re the book. Let's hope this one doesn't get bogged down in arguments about dragon pwers (or lack thereof)
C

Anything more about "shadow"?
Is it hinted as a new power source?

 

[Sitara]

What bugs me is that the book has a BEHOLDER on its front cover, yet there is apparently no info/tidbits on beholders inside it.

 

[Plane Sailing]

Anything more about "shadow"?
Is it hinted as a new power source?

"Shadow will be a power source in the 4th edition D&D game. Shadow power isn't evil but it isn't friendly either. It aids in stealth, conjures illusions, inspires dread, devastates enemies and manipulates necrotic energy. If all that is not enough, a character who works with shadow might even have some influence over death itself"

(p46 boxed text)

nb earlier on that same page it says "its necrotic energy animates the undead"

Cheers

 

[Elsenrail]

Is there any info of how the "default" world/cosmology was created? We know about the primordial war with the gods (how to differentiate them if they were born at the same time?).

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

You can't use magic to know whether or not a creature is evil or good.

Is this mentioned as something that has no real world analog, or does this mean they've gotten rid of Detect Evil?

 

[Roger]

Is this mentioned as something that has no real world analog, or does this mean they've gotten rid of Detect Evil?

I believe it means they've gotten rid of Detect Alignment effects.


Cheers,
Roger