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<blockquote data-quote="Marandahir" data-source="post: 8080903" data-attributes="member: 6803643">Except that the Norse gods all used magic too (that said, there are stories about O∂inn and Loki assuming female shapes in order to weave their spells).Remember also that the Norse Seeres is called a völva, or &quot;Wand-Bearer&quot; - very clearly a Magic Wand/Staff using Wizard type character, but also by way of cultural diffusion, by the time of interaction with the Roman Empire, took on a NSFW meaning (and NSFW imagery associated with the translation), despite the two words having completely different roots and meanings. I doubt we'd get a Kaldheim book so soon after Icewind Dale. Instead, I'm guessing Kaldheim is an attempt to cash in on excitement about Skyrim-esque settings in WotC products. Mine ideas from the Kaldheim set for your Icewind Dale game, or vice versa. Are folks really thinking Tarkir would be used rather than Kamigawa if WotC wanted to do a M:tG based &quot;Oriental Adventures&quot;? Would they really use EITHER of them when they could make a new setting from scratch that's actually written by East Asians? (For example, they could buy the rights to a fan-setting like Storm Edge from Tribality, and let Yo Frank do the heavy lifting like Matt Mercer did for Explorer's Guide to Wildemount). Do I even want to open up that can of worms?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marandahir, post: 8080903, member: 6803643"] Except that the Norse gods all used magic too (that said, there are stories about O∂inn and Loki assuming female shapes in order to weave their spells). Remember also that the Norse Seeres is called a völva, or "Wand-Bearer" - very clearly a Magic Wand/Staff using Wizard type character, but also by way of cultural diffusion, by the time of interaction with the Roman Empire, took on a NSFW meaning (and NSFW imagery associated with the translation), despite the two words having completely different roots and meanings. I doubt we'd get a Kaldheim book so soon after Icewind Dale. Instead, I'm guessing Kaldheim is an attempt to cash in on excitement about Skyrim-esque settings in WotC products. Mine ideas from the Kaldheim set for your Icewind Dale game, or vice versa. Are folks really thinking Tarkir would be used rather than Kamigawa if WotC wanted to do a M:tG based "Oriental Adventures"? Would they really use EITHER of them when they could make a new setting from scratch that's actually written by East Asians? (For example, they could buy the rights to a fan-setting like [I]Storm Edge[/I] from Tribality, and let Yo Frank do the heavy lifting like Matt Mercer did for [I]Explorer's Guide to[/I] [I]Wildemount[/I]). Do I even want to open up that can of worms? [/QUOTE]

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