D&D 5E Obelisks? [spoilers YES]
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Leatherhead
Possibly a Idiot.
Clearly, Vecna is using the power of the obkisks to break into Earth proper (our world) and then rewrite the OD&D rules so that he can never be defeated in his home multiverse.
Rabulias
the Incomparably Shrewd and Clever
So that's who was behind that OGL thing a few weeks ago...
humble minion
Legend
I’d bet any money that they won’t do this. I loathed the whole spellplague business as much as anyone, but it’s settled now, FR is in a quasi-status quo ante state, and I don’t think anyone at WotC will be wanting to rake over that old wound. It’s very clear that WotC aren’t really in the world building business any more.
When WotC talks about metaplot and continuity these days, what the generally mean is ‘some of our adventures will have Easter eggs referring to other adventures in them’. Nothing that renders previous products obsolete, nothing that kills off or destroys anything their other products refer to.
UngeheuerLich
Legend
Obelisks played a role in night below.
So phandelver... below... could mea something...
So phandelver... below... could mea something...
Jolly Ruby
Privateer
Although I'm excited to see what's the payoff of this obelisk setup, for me it's kinda bittersweet because I'm a fan of unsolved mysteries in RPG modules. They are wonderful as a device to DMs expand the worlds on their own unique ways. I hope the next edition campaigns have some overarching unsolved mystery.
Or maybe he already did (see: rebooted Ravenloft, rebooted Spelljammer, etc...)
darjr
I crit!
I you sure there aren’t any in Witchlight?
Parmandur
Book-Friend
I am not sure, lol
pukunui
Legend
They’re not in every adventure but they are in many of them.
Curse of Strahd has a ring of standing stones related to druids and some megaliths that I think have something to do with Jeremy Crawford’s homebrew world (aka Barovia’s original homeworld), but none of them are described as being made of black stone or metal, and none give off an aura of abjuration magic.
Hoard of the Dragon Queen has several sets of standing stone portals outside the cult’s hunting lodge but again, none are described as being black obelisks, and while they are active magic portals, they aren’t described as having abjuration auras.
overgeeked
B/X Known World
In C2, the Mighty Nein encounter an obelisk. Though it had a necromancy- rather than abjuration-based aura.
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Parmandur
Book-Friend
Hence storyline: HotDQ covers Tyranny of Dragons, and Mad Mage covers Waterdeep.
Henadic Theologian
Hero
Doing that also gets rid of all the Dragonborn and causes a huge pile of messiness in the process, makes all the books of 4e and 5e meaningless so I doubt it.
RangerWickett
Legend
I was confused for a second because I thought, well, I put an obelisk in one of the War of the Burning Sky adventures, so maybe I'm part of this conspiracy too.
That obelisk magnified magical power so you could cast spells with a range anywhere in the world. It was basically a proto Death Star super laser.
That obelisk magnified magical power so you could cast spells with a range anywhere in the world. It was basically a proto Death Star super laser.
Henadic Theologian
Hero
I think Vecna could be resetting most of the settings, but ultimately fails when it comes to FR, because most D&D settings have been in stasis for decades now, except for FR, resetting it now would wreck the Drizzt series and more, most 5e adventures and remove the changes made to FR that allows it to fit into 5e/1D&D.
darjr
I crit!
You can’t deny it NOW!
LuisCarlos17f
Legend
It would be really funny if after this epic event there is a merger or new acquistion by Hasbro, and then new IPs and franchises would be added to the D&D multiverse. And so WotC had to start again to prepare a new event.
Seriously, if some things written in internet are true, this is going to be a year with a lot of troubles in the global economy, and this would mean biggest megacorporations changing owners. One of the possible impacts in the entertaiment industry is the release of intercompany crossovers.
Seriously, if some things written in internet are true, this is going to be a year with a lot of troubles in the global economy, and this would mean biggest megacorporations changing owners. One of the possible impacts in the entertaiment industry is the release of intercompany crossovers.
Paul Farquhar
Legend
It's clear that Vecna's (AKA WotC CEO) real plot is to use the obelisks to merge the Real World(tm) with the D&D multiverse.
