D&D General MtG Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Spoiler Thread

[Maxperson]

Different human torch... And it's amazing to think the FF one held down the lead in Strange Tales for so long.

And despite being first, has never been the face of Marvel the way Elminster is for the Realms. False Equivalences are false.

 

[Dausuul]

I'll concede that Elminster has mostly faded from the picture nowadays. But he looms large enough in the history of FR that I can't see how he could be left out of a set like this one--I mean, if you're gonna reach back to Minsc and Boo, and make alt frames that echo the old BD&D covers, that's well into the Horny Gandalf era of the Realms.

I'm still surprised they didn't tap him to be one of the planeswalkers. I'll be utterly shocked if he isn't in the set somewhere.

 

[Bardic Dave]

Horny Gandalf era of the Realms.

 

[Bolares]

And despite being first, has never been the face of Marvel the way Elminster is for the Realms. False Equivalences are false.

But Iron Man was never the main character of Marvel... Until the MCU came out. The comparison maybe wasn't perfect, but their point that main characters can change with time is still solid

 

[Charlaquin]

Have we considered that WotC might want to distance themselves from “horny Gandalf?”

 

[Bolares]

Have we considered that WotC might want to distance themselves from “horny Gandalf?”

Yeah. Today, even Volo is more of a big deal.

 

[MoonSong]

Damn, I might need to order another box. There is so much cool stuff being passed around. I'll be destitute by August.

 

[Rikka66]

Have we considered that WotC might want to distance themselves from “horny Gandalf?”

It's a possibility, though certainly a more negative interpretation. Some other speculation on my part;

1. They're confident this won't be the only D&D themed set and want to save an iconic figure for the next one.
2. We're too close to Strixhaven to give Horny Dumbledore a card.
3. They asked Greenwood and he didn't want Eliminister in the set.

Regardless, if he doesn't make it in the set it will be a common question as to why, so I bet we'll get some kind of answer. It may be the generic "D&D has so many iconic characters we couldn't possibly include them all" though.

 

[Parmandur]

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Well, well, well...Mordenkainen is not the Blue Planeswalker either, this Mindflayer eliminates him.

 

[Bolares]

Mordenkainen is not the Blue Planeswalker

I'm a little lost, how do we know that is not the case?