D&D 5E Is the Wall of Faithless in 5e?

[Xenonnonex]

Is the Wall of Faithless a part of 5e? This was one of the most idiotic ideas to come out of 3e and from prior editions. It was incredibly stupid.

 

[ccs]

Do you want it to be? If so, then sure, it's right over there..

If not, then nope.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I would say it is still part of the standard FR campaign setting, but it is not part of 5e itself, and in 5e there is no "canon".

 

[Xenonnonex]

Do you want it to be? If so, then sure, it's right over there..

If not, then nope.

I would say it is still part of the standard FR campaign setting, but it is not part of 5e itself, and in 5e there is no "canon".

In other words is the Wall of the Faithless an assumed core concept of the 5e FR?

 

[S'mon]

There's been no mention of it since 3e AFAICT. I ran 4e FR and it didn't feature in the described cosmology.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

In other words is the Wall of the Faithless an assumed core concept of the 5e FR?

There is no "core 5e FR". 5e FR is whatever you want to use.

The Wall of the Faithless has not been mentioned since 3rd edition. It's up to you to decide if that means it is still there, has been destroyed, or never existed in the first place.

 

[Seramus]

This was one of the most idiotic ideas to come out of 3e and from prior editions. It was incredibly stupid.

It was an innovative and darkly comedic idea. I loved it, even if Kelemvor changed things.

 

[Leatherhead]

According to the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide: Yes, the Wall of the Faithless still stands.

Souls that are unclaimed by the servants of the gods are judged by Kelemvor, who decides the fate of each one. Some are charged with serving as guides for other lost souls, while others are transformed into squirming larvae and cast into the dust. The truly false and faithless are mortared into the Wall of the Faithless, the great barrier that bounds the City of the Dead, where their souls slowly dissolve and begin to become part of the stuff of the Wall itself.

 

[Xenonnonex]

It was an innovative and darkly comedic idea.

Considered innovative and darkly comedic by the edgiest teenager maybe.

 

[Seramus]

Considered innovative and darkly comedic by the edgiest teenager maybe.

Just imagine how many teenagers were playing D&D back then!