the Jester
Legend
Whoah, weird.
And kinda pointless, I think... I mean, I like Anthraxus, and I love his name. He's got it going on.
And kinda pointless, I think... I mean, I like Anthraxus, and I love his name. He's got it going on.
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Shemeska
Adventurer
Spoken in the key of 'loth
I can only assume that Mydianchlarus walked up to one of the WotC folks and whispered something in their ear at which point they paled and abruptly changed the name to Phraxus. Some horrible, profound secret that shocked them into abandoning a 4e Anthraxus, left to wander the lower planes alone, without any friends or followers, now faced with the prospect that not only do the 'loths not want him, 4e didn't want him either. Mwahahaha!
I can only assume that Mydianchlarus walked up to one of the WotC folks and whispered something in their ear at which point they paled and abruptly changed the name to Phraxus. Some horrible, profound secret that shocked them into abandoning a 4e Anthraxus, left to wander the lower planes alone, without any friends or followers, now faced with the prospect that not only do the 'loths not want him, 4e didn't want him either. Mwahahaha!
Because it offends some people. Remember, people have a right to not be offended.
/sarcasm
/sarcasm
Scribble
First Post
Because Anthraxus by any other name is still- err ow... oh god it's eating my soul...
The various oinoloths, nominal leaders of the race ascended to the top of Khin-Oin on the throne of the Siege Malicious (invariably ultroloths) all had names related to disease. It was kind of cheesy since control over the diseases spread on Oinos, first of the Grey Wastes, was confered by the artifact powers of the Siege Malicious so said ultroloths retroactively bearing names related to disease is weird (unless we can assume, not that it is unreasonable, that they changed name upon ascension).
Still it remains to be seen if the 4E version of Anthraxus actually retains the Oinoloth relation to disease. If he does not and is more of a uniquely powerful ultrodaemon (which would actually make sense since he abdicated to Mydianchlarus so no longer has access to the Siege). it would be very reasonable for him to drop the name as well even by Great Wheel concepts. Keeping Anthraxus' name as a relic alone while not keeping him in character (either his early one as an Oinoloth, or his later one as a wanderer and mercenary force). does not do him much service.
Still it remains to be seen if the 4E version of Anthraxus actually retains the Oinoloth relation to disease. If he does not and is more of a uniquely powerful ultrodaemon (which would actually make sense since he abdicated to Mydianchlarus so no longer has access to the Siege). it would be very reasonable for him to drop the name as well even by Great Wheel concepts. Keeping Anthraxus' name as a relic alone while not keeping him in character (either his early one as an Oinoloth, or his later one as a wanderer and mercenary force). does not do him much service.
Mouseferatu
Hero
Anthraxus sounded too much like anthrax, maybe? Oh well, it's Phraxas then.
Well, yeah, it was supposed to. He was a creature of disease and pestilence, back in 1E.
Weird. I hope Phraxas is at least a completely new creature, then, and not "Anthraxus renamed."
Shemeska
Adventurer
I joke.
It's a new tactic. Now, rather than yoink the name of a classic creature (archons for instance) and apply it to something entirely different, they're going to try taking a classic creature and just randomly renaming it.
It's a new tactic. Now, rather than yoink the name of a classic creature (archons for instance) and apply it to something entirely different, they're going to try taking a classic creature and just randomly renaming it.
Mouseferatu
Hero
Well, hang on. We don't know that they did. All we know is they changed the name in the article. The inclusion of "Anthraxus" could've been a mistake from the get-go.
Whoever or whatever "Phraxus" is, it could be Anthraxus renamed--or it could be something entirely new, with a similar sounding name.
If it's Anthraxus with a new name, I agree I'll be disappointed (though not so much that I won't use "Phraxus" in my own games, with a name change); but we don't know for sure that's the case yet.
Me!
I just completed reading Hammerfast two days ago and was pleasantly surprised. The first 24 pages are pure gold.
That's exactly the kind of information and detail that should be included in every adventure module! It really reminded me what had been missing from the WotC modules so far.
