New Design and Development: Pantheon

[frankthedm]

I wouldn't worry. After the Soth Incident, I don't expect that anything DL-specific will be included as part of the core D&D cosmos ever again. Actually, I don't think any DL-originated creatures even made it into the 3E monster books.

The kapak and bazz made it into the minis game.

 

[Lonely Tylenol]

I'm just gonna finish filing the serial numbers and call Bahamut Paladine.

And Bane rocks. Best FR God ever.

I'm not an FR person, so bear with me, but what's so cool about Bane?

 

[allenw]

Once you get past the unicorns, it's a totally different story, that's all I'm saying.

Raaaaar.

And let's not forget Tiamat! Boy, can she give... nevermind.

 

[Aloïsius]

We wanted the kind of heavily militaristic god whose temples you might find among non-evil societies who have spent long years at war, as well as among hobgoblins. We wanted a god who embodied just the sort of tyrannical dictatorship that Bane stands for in the Forgotten Realms.


After that quote, I believe that Hobgoblins are a PHB race.

Hum... That would fit the new cosmology/setting, I guess, as hobgobelins are more "fey" than orcs.

 

[PeterWeller]

I'm not an FR person, so bear with me, but what's so cool about Bane?

His dogma centers around tyranny and dictatorial rule instead of just being an evil god of war. He also has a strong iconography and image. In FR, he's the baddest of the bad, a master of direct conflict and a consummate manipulator. He's also one of the most consistently successful and influential evil deities in the Realms, having even cheated death.

 

[Wormwood]

I'm not an FR person, so bear with me, but what's so cool about Bane?

I was sold on BANE as the ultimate villain god back in the old Grey Box days of FR

I don't know about current 'continuity', but to me he'll always be the BANE the Black Hand, God of Tyranny and Hatred and Fear. He sits on a black pimp throne and he has the Nazi Mafia on speed dial.

He's Darth Hitler.

 

[Henry]

For PeterWeller's and Wormwood's reasons, I've always liked Bane as a depiction. I remember him described as less demonic-looking in early FR material, and more of the ultimate warlord (pre-4e) type; he definitely has a lot more material on him than Hextor ever had.

I'm playing a Crusader of Bane in an FR game right now; it's 16 years in the future, and due to the chaos of Shar's ascension and Mystra's death (which the DM came up with before the Grand History of the Realms was out), my character (Lawful Neutral) envisions Bane as the ultimate figure of Law, Order, Authority, and Punishment. Order is needed in these chaotic times, and Both Tyr and Torm have failed, so Bane is naturally the one to turn to.

Heck, I've had the Monk of Ilmater in the group agree with me more often than not.

 

[WhatGravitas]

He's Darth Hitler.

You mean he has something like force-and-lightsaber-wielding gestapo stormtroopers at his disposal... oh, wait, that sounds like clerics!

Cheers, LT.

 

[PeterWeller]

Additionally, Bane represents the right to rule. He can be worshiped by nobles and lords who see their "divine" right as ownership of their lands instead of a service to their people.

 

[Klaus]

Hextor LOOKS like exactly like a he-man villian with his name would.

Can He-Man defeat the many arms of...
HEX-TOR​

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http://wizards.com/dnd/images/war_drums_gallery/Aspect_of_Hextor.jpg​

... and that is GOOD!

We should have more He-Manisms is D&D!