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<blockquote data-quote="Amphytrion" data-source="post: 9724378" data-attributes="member: 7046181">I'm somewhat surprised that there are people wondering how Sammaster returned. He's an archlich! Coming back is his deal!Look, I'm sympathetic to all the lore folk out there. I've spent some energy this week arguing on the Purple Dragon Knights thread that they should have respected that more Arthurian/Camelot fantasy rather than smashing them together with Amethyst Dragons for a whole separate fantasy. I think that where possible, WotC should be respectful of the customers who have invested a lot of time in their property, because most of the time it doesn't even take a lot of effort, just good sense and tact.All that being said, FR is a D&amp;D world, and it is meant to be adventured in. Sammaster is much more valuable to DMs alive/unalived (?) than dead and buried. He's an iconic character! He's a deranged, insane, megalomaniacal villain with grandiose plans to remake the world! He's fun!Sidenote: his design is the same as Dragon Heir's tie-in from last year, where he got a lot of cool art. The Black Dragon design also previewed its 2025 redesign before we got a chance to see it. Intersting that the design teams collaborated that closely. The art here indicates that he creates flameskulls on the fly, which probably doesn't mean anything, but would be a fun addition to the statblock.[SPOILER=&quot;Art&quot;][ATTACH=full]413734[/ATTACH]Artist: <a href="https://www.artstation.com/wangdaye" target="_blank">Wang Jianxi</a>[ATTACH=full]413735[/ATTACH]Artist: <a href="https://veritevraie.artstation.com/projects/dKkwYx" target="_blank">Yang Boyu</a>[/SPOILER]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Amphytrion, post: 9724378, member: 7046181"] I'm somewhat surprised that there are people wondering how Sammaster returned. He's an archlich! Coming back is his deal! Look, I'm sympathetic to all the lore folk out there. I've spent some energy this week arguing on the Purple Dragon Knights thread that they should have respected that more Arthurian/Camelot fantasy rather than smashing them together with Amethyst Dragons for a whole separate fantasy. I think that where possible, WotC should be respectful of the customers who have invested a lot of time in their property, because most of the time it doesn't even take a lot of effort, just good sense and tact. All that being said, FR is a D&D world, and it is meant to be adventured in. Sammaster is much more valuable to DMs alive/unalived (?) than dead and buried. He's an iconic character! He's a deranged, insane, megalomaniacal villain with grandiose plans to remake the world! He's fun! Sidenote: his design is the same as Dragon Heir's tie-in from last year, where he got a lot of cool art. The Black Dragon design also previewed its 2025 redesign before we got a chance to see it. Intersting that the design teams collaborated that closely. The art here indicates that he creates flameskulls on the fly, which probably doesn't mean anything, but would be a fun addition to the statblock. [SPOILER="Art"] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Sammaster 1.jpg"]413734[/ATTACH] Artist: [URL='https://www.artstation.com/wangdaye']Wang Jianxi[/URL] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Sammaster 2.jpg"]413735[/ATTACH] Artist: [URL='https://veritevraie.artstation.com/projects/dKkwYx']Yang Boyu[/URL] [/SPOILER] [/QUOTE]

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