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<blockquote data-quote="Mephista" data-source="post: 7668220" data-attributes="member: 6786252">No, I remember reading specifically that Tymanchebar is going to stay.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Realms aren't going backwards to erase everything that 4e (and, to an extent, 3e) did.&nbsp;&nbsp; They're still going forwards, and a number of 4e things do remain.&nbsp; &nbsp; The design philosophy is to unify every edition, and that includes a number of changes of 4e.&nbsp;&nbsp; From what I understand, dragonborn are staying, we're going forwards with the Pact Infernal that turned tieflings into their current form (note that we've confirmed that Planescape-style tieflings are still being born in the Realms in addition to the 4e style, so we've got two kinds running around).&nbsp;&nbsp; As far as I can tell, Asmodeus isn't losing his divinity, though it sounds like he's going to lose influence.&nbsp;&nbsp; This isn't an all-or-nothing affair.&nbsp;&nbsp; Yes, they're bringing back a lot of the things eliminated from the 2e era.&nbsp;&nbsp; That doesn't mean everything from the 3e and 4e era are completely wiped out, however.&nbsp; &nbsp; People are assuming that, because the Realms are returning a lot of the early edition stuff, it means the elimination of all the newer edition stuff.&nbsp;&nbsp; Just as we've got classes and mechanics that have bits of everything from 1e to 4e in them, so we'll have the same thing in the Realms.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mephista, post: 7668220, member: 6786252"] No, I remember reading specifically that Tymanchebar is going to stay. The Realms aren't going backwards to erase everything that 4e (and, to an extent, 3e) did. They're still going forwards, and a number of 4e things do remain. The design philosophy is to unify every edition, and that includes a number of changes of 4e. From what I understand, dragonborn are staying, we're going forwards with the Pact Infernal that turned tieflings into their current form (note that we've confirmed that Planescape-style tieflings are still being born in the Realms in addition to the 4e style, so we've got two kinds running around). As far as I can tell, Asmodeus isn't losing his divinity, though it sounds like he's going to lose influence. This isn't an all-or-nothing affair. Yes, they're bringing back a lot of the things eliminated from the 2e era. That doesn't mean everything from the 3e and 4e era are completely wiped out, however. People are assuming that, because the Realms are returning a lot of the early edition stuff, it means the elimination of all the newer edition stuff. Just as we've got classes and mechanics that have bits of everything from 1e to 4e in them, so we'll have the same thing in the Realms. [/QUOTE]

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