Fiendish Codex II next month--Any scoop/rumors/etc.?

[dargoth3]

I imagine they invest a character with qualities of the devil in the spell title.

Isnt that what Fiendform does?

 

[morbiczer]

Ah thanks

Any idea what the Investiture spells do?

Again, I wrote about this earlier.

This give you some benefits relating to the actual devil after which the spell is named. I think all of them run 1 round/level, and after they run out, the recipient is fatigued for one minute. Benefits form different investiture spells stack, but not those from multiple castings of the same investiture spell.

 

[BOZ]

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bah, i don't need charity, just a better paying job or a less expensive family.

 

[BOZ]

Out of curiousity, is Takhisis mentioned anywhere as one of the deities having a divine domain in Baator? If so she'd be on Avernus.

after having seen the ToC, it certainly seems that they used Tiamat, but not Takhisis. not a surprise in the least.

 

[M.L. Martin]

after having seen the ToC, it certainly seems that they used Tiamat, but not Takhisis. not a surprise in the least.

Three reasons come to mind:

1. DL fans and authors haven't been that fond of mixing the core cosmology with DL.

2. Tahkisis is dead.

3. If you go by what I've gathered of their latest portrayals, the DL deities would all cluster on Acheron, Mechanus, and Arcadia.

 

[Shemeska]

after having seen the ToC, it certainly seems that they used Tiamat, but not Takhisis. not a surprise in the least.

I just figured that since FC:I included Dragonlance gods, and Torillian gods, on top of the Greyhawk and real-world historical pantheons, that FC:II might follow the same path and include Takhisis's domain on Avernus (much to the expected lament of some DL folks).

There aren't any exclusively single-sphere FR gods in Baator anyway, so no problem there, and FC:II included the historical pantheons so I'm very happy. I was also hoping to see DL included, but I can't win all the time.

 

[Shemeska]

Three reasons come to mind:

1. DL fans and authors haven't been that fond of mixing the core cosmology with DL.

Krynn = clueless primes^n

2. Tahkisis is dead.

Yeah, that would make a difference... I'd read the book, but I'd forgotten about that. Whoops. And that I suppose is a way out for the authors to avoid having to make a decision as to whether to keep that particular DL deity in the Great Wheel were she'd been since 1e, at the risk of cheesing off some DL folks who seem to have never wanted her there for the past few decades.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

If you go by what I've gathered of their latest portrayals, the DL deities would all cluster on Acheron, Mechanus, and Arcadia.

That would make an interesting spread for a pantheon. You'd end up with a lot tighter religious imagery, for one thing.

 

[Pants]

after having seen the ToC, it certainly seems that they used Tiamat, but not Takhisis. not a surprise in the least.

Takhisis = Tiamat, previous canon screwups notwithstanding.

 

[BOZ]

keep in mind that unless i'm not remembering correctly, the DL and FR references in FC1 don't extend beyond those listed in the appendices in the back...