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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7729758" data-attributes="member: 20323">&quot;Dagger&quot; was a reference to MacBeth (&quot;is this a dagger I see before me&quot;), building on Chris Perkins' hints about &quot;Shakespeare with giants.&quot; &gt;Storm King's Thunder&quot;Cloak&quot; may have been a reference to the classic I6 Strahd cover illustration by Clyde Caldwell. &gt;Curse of Strahd&quot;Dust&quot; was a reference to &quot;ashes to ashes, dust to dust&quot;, reflecting the Death Curse of Acererack. &gt;Tomb of Annihilation.&quot;Midway&quot; was included in many titles/URLs of the playtest surveys for Unearthed Arcana. &gt;Xanathar's Guide to EverythingFor rampant speculation about &quot;Marathon&quot;...<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A marathon is 26.219 miles, which is close to the old TSR product codes for several Planescape products, such as TSR2620 Planewalker's Handbook, TSR2621 Hellbound, TSR2628 Great Modron March, TSR2629 Faction War, TSR2631 Dead Gods, etc.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A marathon is about 26 miles, and the Dungeon-ranked 26th best adventure of all time was Greyhawk's City of Skulls...which builds on some of Mike Mearls' &quot;Greyhawk&quot; rules &amp; Chris Perkins' thoughts on leveraging Iuz for a theoretical Greyhawk release.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Marathon-gaming refers to long D&amp;D sessions, like the 24 Hours of D&amp;D events for Extralife.org they've been running since 2014. Maybe others more well informed could speculate about stories unique to Extralife.org.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The word marathon comes from the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon to Athens, who reported the victory. So that could be the premise for a war-based adventure.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">May 2018 release &amp; 192 page count suggest &quot;Marathon&quot; may be a release with less overhead than longer new hardback adventures, similar to Tales From the Yawning Portal. Perhaps some kind of competition loosely may connect the individual adventures, like a marathon connecting milestones.</li>
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[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 7729758, member: 20323"] "Dagger" was a reference to MacBeth ("is this a dagger I see before me"), building on Chris Perkins' hints about "Shakespeare with giants." >Storm King's Thunder "Cloak" may have been a reference to the classic I6 Strahd cover illustration by Clyde Caldwell. >Curse of Strahd "Dust" was a reference to "ashes to ashes, dust to dust", reflecting the Death Curse of Acererack. >Tomb of Annihilation. "Midway" was included in many titles/URLs of the playtest surveys for Unearthed Arcana. >Xanathar's Guide to Everything For rampant speculation about "Marathon"... [list][*]A marathon is 26.219 miles, which is close to the old TSR product codes for several Planescape products, such as TSR2620 Planewalker's Handbook, TSR2621 Hellbound, TSR2628 Great Modron March, TSR2629 Faction War, TSR2631 Dead Gods, etc. [*]A marathon is about 26 miles, and the Dungeon-ranked 26th best adventure of all time was Greyhawk's City of Skulls...which builds on some of Mike Mearls' "Greyhawk" rules & Chris Perkins' thoughts on leveraging Iuz for a theoretical Greyhawk release. [*]Marathon-gaming refers to long D&D sessions, like the 24 Hours of D&D events for Extralife.org they've been running since 2014. Maybe others more well informed could speculate about stories unique to Extralife.org. [*]The word marathon comes from the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon to Athens, who reported the victory. So that could be the premise for a war-based adventure. [*]May 2018 release & 192 page count suggest "Marathon" may be a release with less overhead than longer new hardback adventures, similar to Tales From the Yawning Portal. Perhaps some kind of competition loosely may connect the individual adventures, like a marathon connecting milestones.[/list] [/QUOTE]

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