Dungeons & Dragons Feats and Lore General

[Flowering Knight]

Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game created in 1974 by Gary Gygax and TSR, though the game would later be acquired by Wizards of the Coast in 1997. The game was derived from miniature wargames, though it would end up being recognized as the beginning of modern role-playing games as well as the RPG industry. As of now, the game is currently on its 5th edition.

This general is for feats and lore regarding the multiple official settings published by either TSR or Wizards of the Coast, and through the multiple editions the game has been through. Do keep in mind that each edition comes with many mechanical changes, in which the lore of many of the official settings are changed somewhat to represent (especially with 4th edition). There's also a fair amount of crossover settings (mostly with Magic the Gathering) but lets try and stick to mostly original settings.

Official D&D Settings (that are worth talking about):
Blackmoor
Dark Sun
Dragonlance
Eberron
Exandria
Forgotten Realms
Ghostwalk
Greyhawk
Mystara
Nentir Vale
Planescape
Ravenloft
Spelljammer

When D&D was transitioning from 3.5e to 4e, Paizo Publishing (who previously worked on the Dragon magazines) created Pathfinder, which was basically a free version of 3.5e with houserules that became massively successful, and is currently on its 2nd edition. Due to its history with D&D (as well as it being basically the same game), discussion of Pathfinder, as well as its main setting, Golarion, is also permitted here.

 

[Flowering Knight]

I'll post more stuff later. Will probably focus on content from 3rd or 4th edition since there's a ton of crazy shit that's overlooked in both of them.

 

[Papa Nier]

Deer Lord from NF did a bunch of threads and blogs for Dungeons & Dragons, mostly for Forgotten Realms and some from Exandria via Tal Dorei.

Respect Thread:

Dungeons & Dragons Respect Thread

Been compiling stuff for a while now, time to pout them to use; For those of you who are confused about D&D I have made a few blog post to explain some shit: Now, Imma do this in parts, since there is a lot to cover. But we'll start with gods since they are the real power of the verse. I'll...

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Blogs:

Vecna covers the world in clouds [Critical Role calc]

Who would have though I'd be doing calc about nerdy ass voice actirs playing D&D, but here we are So in ep.109, Vecna, after ascending to godhood gradually covered the whole of Exandria in dark clouds as a minor miracle. DM states that it was...

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How Fast is Kezef the Chaos Hound? [D&D- Forgotten Realms]

This is one fast doggo and I mean really fast, like "I outrun Gods" fast. But just how fast does can he go? According to his entry, he has the ability to use Teleport without error, except he isn't actually teleporting but just running fast...

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Dragon Fire (D&D calc)

Dragon fire is very intense, how intense? well, there's these A red dragon lands to attack small, weak creatures with its claws and bite rather than obliterating them with its breath weapon, so as not to destroy any treasure they might be...

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Dungeons & Dragons: Powers of the Planes

In the last entry I talked about cosmology, who actually rules the cosmos? This one will be about explaining these guys, who make up the top and god- tiers of D&D. no tl;dr this time since this whole entry is a tl;dr of a much larger explanation...

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Dungeons & Dragons: Cosmology

In this entry I'll talk about the cosmology of D&D, which is somewhat of a weird issue like before, I'll leave a tl;dr at the end for the lazy folk. -------------------------- Okay, a few basic term that I should get out of the way before doing...

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Dungeons & Dragons: Cannonicity

So, as you know I've been doing a lot of calculations for D&D as of late, and I figured I would at some point make a respect thread to compile all the feats and lore and stuff. But in order for that to make sense, I'll make a few blogs to make...

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Atropos drains a planet [D&D calc]

Atropos, the world born dead is a sentient, undead moonlet capable of draining planets of life for whatever reason an undying celestial objects has to consume planets I guess. Atropus, the World Born Dead, drifts through the gulfs of space...

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GODSPEED [Forgotten Realms / D&D calcs]

Time for some cosmic tier shit ------------------ 1. The Shadow Epoch 2. The Wars of Light and Darkness Final Tally: Shadow Epoch Dendar's movement speed > 58c Shar/Selune's casual movement speed > 14,216,395,144.27c

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Vhostym creates an eclipse [Forgotten Realms/D&D calc] [Reuploaded]

~didn't have this on my blog for some reason so re-uploading~ ------------------ Man, this calc was practically begging to be made, just read this He put his palms flat on the floor of the tower and let the magic flow through him and into the...

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D&D calculations compilation

A bunch of quick ones I did: 1. Call lightning 2. Disintegrate 3. Proctiv’s Move Mountain (Epic Spell in Forgotten Realms) 4. The Avatar of Gilgeam throws a dragon turtle Final Tally: Dodging Call lightning = Mach 15.2 Disintegrate dc =...

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Ragnorra's Slam Dunk [D&D calc]

So, the Elder Evil Ragnorra is D&D's version of Brood mother, sorta. She travels around the multiverse, occasionally crossing into the Material plane, in which case she'd very much like to crash land on a world and take it over. The book...

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The Simbul flings a mountain (Forgotten Realms/D&D calc)

Some more of the shit epic mages can do in D&D "Look you all" Grimvold said grimly, jerking a talon at the horizon. "That." They scarce had time to look before it whirled out of the sky at them-or rather, at the devils massed on the hillside. It...

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Forgotten Realms calcs

So the other day I posted this: http://www.narutoforums.com/blog.php?b=33840 And figured I'll try to calc the first two feats on this list Hopefully I've found a way to make them quantifiable. So, anyway, let's get to it...

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Forgotten Realms feats compilation

Wanted to do this for a long while, but since I don't have access to the source books themselves, I'll be quoting the wiki pages that describe said feats. Also, this will mainly cover deities feats. For those unfamiliar with Gods in D&D/FR...

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[Flowering Knight]

In Forgotten Realms, arcane spellcasters have access to a spell called teleport through time, which does exactly what you think it does. It's a web supplement, but it was still made by WotC, so it still counts.

https://web.archive.org/web/20201112010837/http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/pg/20030409b

 

[Papa Nier]

Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft 5th Edition - The Mist in Ravenloft drag Adventurer’s from anywhere in the multiverse/setting and other demiplane

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Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft 5th Edition - Attempting to use Spells such as Wish, Astral Projection, Plane Shift, and Teleport to escape from Ravenloft also refer as the Domain of Dread or Land of Mists simply do nothing.

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Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft 5th Edition - Ezra the God of the Mists is known for her ability to manipulate the Mists. She could be the manifestation of the Dark Powers in Ravenloft.

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[Papa Nier]

Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft 5th Edition - Darklords such as Strahd use Dark Powers that allows them to manipulate anything such as life, death, and reality within their domain. The Mist is the manifestation of the Dark Powers will via Strahd’s will.

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Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft 5th Edition - Anyone who dies in Ravenloft their souls become trapped within the Mist and can’t pass onto the afterlife. If they’re brought back to life their souls are still trapped within the Mist.

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[Flowering Knight]

In the Nentir Vale, Undying Warriors are fighters who cannot permanently die; they always come back to life shortly after. Though each time they die, the time it takes between their resurrections increases, up to a day.

Further more are Demiurges: psionics who go on to create their own universe, complete with their own gods.

 

[Flowering Knight]

3rd Edition (which has no 'main setting', other than what seems to be a variant of Greyhawk) gives us, among many things, the Book of Vile Darkness (the sourcebook, not the in-universe artifact). One of the things this book brought us was Warp Touch, a supernatural disease made from raw chaos and dissolution. The most direct way to inflict Warp Touch is through the Warpsword, a magic greatsword that inflicts the disease on whatever it hits. Warp Touch is notable in that, while random, it carries several effects that would be absolutely broken in a versus setting.

 

[Papa Nier]

Faiths & Avatars 2nd Edition - Powers and abilities of deities in Forgotten Realms setting. They have all sorts of abilities like immortality/resurrection, telepathy, teleport through space and time on anyway plane of existence, grant powers, they can every single spell, shapeshift, precognition/clairvoyance, warp reality, manipulate life and death, create multiple avatars, resistance to magic, immune to death magic, disintegration, energy drain, life drain, and psionic abilities (from mortals or divine beings of a low rank)

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Greater Deities are the most powerful rank of deity worshiped by mortals. Here are their powers and limitations.

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Intermediate Deities a type of deity who was less powerful than a greater deity. They were, however, above lesser deities, demigods, and dead powers in the ranking of powers. Here are their powers and limitations.

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Lesser Deities are a type of a deity who embodies in planes and are was less powerful than a intermediate deity. Here are their powers and limitations.

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Demigods are mortals who earned divine status and powers. They are the least powerful of the previous deities. Here are their powers and limitations.

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Avatars are physical manifestations of deities and they can have multiple of them. They are significantly less powerful than their true form. Here are their powers and limitations

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[Flowering Knight]

Abominations are nigh-immortal monsters that have a spark of godhood within them. By default, this gives them regeneration, telepathy, the ability to see through illusions, various resistances, and immunity to transmutation and mind manipulation. But for this specific post, we'll be looking at the Phane: an abomination that also happens to be one of the more broken monsters in the D&D cosmology.

While other abominations are typically sealed away somewhere, Phanes aren't really sealed so much as they are located so far back or forward in time that time itself has no meaning. In addition to being intangible, they are experts at manipulating time, capable of permanently locking opponents into suspended animation with their stasis touch, and can fire energy blasts comprised of space-time. Additionally, creatures temporally frozen by a Phane's stasis touch have their futures stolen by the Phane, causing them to age 1 to 4 years every six seconds, healing the Phane all the while, and those who die from this effect fall out of static time.

A Phane is also capable of summoning duplicates of others from parallel alternate pasts, albeit slightly less experienced (and therefore weaker) than the original. Said duplicate also serves the Phane loyally.

Additionally, Phanes also have a null time field, which is to say that anything nearby a Phane must make a save to act, else they be locked in a static time stream, which can also be combined with a Phane's stasis touch. With spells it can stop time, teleport, and trap souls. They are also capable of going both backward and forward through time, as well as slow down opponents

Physically it should be similar to other abominations, most notably Phaethons, which are hot enough to act as the cores of planets. So somewhere around multi-continental+, probably.

 

[Flowering Knight]

Was looking through some old 3.5 books (because it's got so much soul) when I found this spell.

So clerics and wizards, in addition to all the hax they normally have, can straight up remove intangibility, thus opening the doors for more hax.

Shouldn't even be surprised though, this was the caster edition.

 

[Papa Nier]

All undead type creatures in D&D are immune to all mind-affecting spells and abilities, such as charms, compulsions, phantasms, patterns, and morale effects. They're also immune to poison, being put to sleep, paralysis, stunning, diseases, instant death effects, fatigue, and exhaustion. In 3e, they're immune to non-magical damage, while in 5e, they take half-damage. They do not need to breathe, eat, or sleep. Negative energy via necrotic damage such as inflict spell can heal undead creatures. Necrotic damage withers matter and even the soul. It is possible to bring undead creatures back into living creatures before becoming undead.

Spoiler: Undead and Vampire Characteristics

Damage and Healing :: 5e.d20srd.org

Vampires have multiple forms and abilities. They can regenerate, turn into a bat, a dire bat, a wolf, a dire wolf, and a gaseous mist form. Vampires can climb surfaces like a spider, drain energy and blood to heal, summon a swarm of rats, bats, and a pack of wolves. They can dominate will/minds with their eyes and create vampire spawns if slained by being drained of their energy or blood.

They have weaknesses like if someone is holding a mirror or a holy religious symbol, they cannot touch or attack them. Being exposed to direct sunlight will disorientate them and eventually be utterly destroyed. Being immersed in running water like water with a natural current such as the ocean, a lake, a river, etc, will hurt them and eventually destroy them. Driving a wooden stake through their hearts render them inert like a normal corpse, and they become vulnerable to normal attacks. They can't enter private buildings unless invited.

 

[Papa Nier]

Besides being a powerful vampire, Strahd is also a powerful Necromancy Wizard Fighter. He most likely knows every single Wizard spell throughout his 400 years. He has all sorts of abilities like life and death manipulation, reality-warping, mind manipulation, probability manipulation, creating illusions, can inflict all kinds of diseases, dispel/nullify magic, time and spatial manipulation, BFR, sealing, soul manipulation, and can harm non-corporeal beings.

A level 15 Wizard can cast spells like Control Weather within a 5-mile radius to however they want, like torrential rain, thunderstorms or a blizzard, and level 17 Wizards can cast Meteor Swarm that can destroy towns and cities and warp reality with Wish. As a Necromancer, Strahd invented better and unique undead variants, giving his skeleton army the ability to see through invisibility and magic resistance. He can create his custom spells in the 2nd Edition.

Spoiler: Strahd's stats from multiple Editions and books

Strahd differs from standard vampires such as having magic armor, resistance to energy attacks, undetectable, has no aversion to garlic or mirrors, characters can't keep him from touching them or attacking them with mirrors or holy religious symbols, he can enter any building in Barovia whether he is invited or not. He can transform into a werebat or a werewolf-like feral form.

Spoiler: Strahd's a super vampire

Wizard’s who study Necromancy learn to manipulate the energy that animates all living things. They can sap the life force from any creature and heal themselves, even if they cast spells that aren’t Necromancy. Also, bring any other undead under their control.

Spoiler: School Specializations, and Necromancy

Here are some abilities from the Neverwinter video game.
Castle Ravenloft Guide – Guides and Stuff



Has the ability to create duplicates of his enemies.

Disarm: Big overhead slam with a knockback, when he performs this attack, whoever is holding the Sunsword will drop it. He usually performs it at 100% HP, 75% HP, and 50% HP.
After he disarms someone, the sword materializes in the center of the room and the arena enters the “kidnap” phase. During this phase, the boss is not visible and one player is taken below the arena, separated from their allies. They will be attacked by four Paranoid Delusions down below. It is worth noting that if you reduce them to 0 Hit Points down below, a red invulnerability sphere spawns around them and they do not die until their corresponding Delusion is killed above. All you need to do while below is run around and survive. Meanwhile, the team above needs to kill the four Doppelgangers, to free the ally down below. After some time, an executioner will materialize below at the ghosted door, steer clear of him as if he hits you it will be an instant kill. It is very important the group has at least 2 capable DPS in the group. Otherwise, if the DPS is taken down below and there is no DPS above, it will likely mean certain death. The Delusions are clones of your party members and use basic at wills for that class, which means that ranged class allies make this stage more dangerous. They are vulnerable to CC effects.

A notable magic item that Strahd has in his possession is Dayheart which makes him immune to sunlight and can share it with his vampire spawns.

Spoiler: Dayheart

Another one is Heart of Sorrow hidden inside his castle, which transfers his damage to Heart of Sorrow.

Spoiler: Heart of Sorrow

 

[Papa Nier]

Spellcasters can use Anger of the Noonday Sun to create an explosion of ultraviolet light, and Moonfire uses fiery moonlight that requires saving throws to dodge. Low-level creatures and monsters can react and dodge these spells.

Spoiler: Anger of the Noonday Sun & Moonfire

Level 7 Monks and Rogues in 5e have Evasion skill that makes them capable of dodging lightning or massive explosions.

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Ancient Dragons can burn down cities and towns to the ground with their breath attacks and control the weather inside their lairs.

Ancient White Dragon

Ice Walk. The dragon can move across and climb icy surfaces without needing to make an ability check. Additionally, difficult terrain com...

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Regional Effects​

The region containing a legendary white dragon’s lair is warped by the dragon’s magic, which creates one or more of the following effects:

• Chilly fog lightly obscures the land within 6 miles of the dragon’s lair.
• Freezing precipitation falls within 6 miles of the dragon’s lair, sometimes forming blizzard conditions when the dragon is at rest.
• Icy walls block off areas in the dragon’s lair. Each wall is 6 inches thick, and a 10-foot section has AC 5, 15 hit points, vulnerability to fire damage, and immunity to acid, cold, necrotic, poison, and psychic damage.
  If the dragon wishes to move through a wall, it can do so without slowing down. The portion of the wall the dragon moves through is destroyed, however.

If the dragon dies, the fog and precipitation fade within 1 day. The ice walls melt over the course of 1d10 days.

Ancient Blue Dragon

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Multiattack. The dragon can use its F...

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Regional Effects​

The region containing a legendary blue dragon’s lair is warped by the dragon’s magic, which creates one or more of the following effects:

• Thunderstorms rage within 6 miles of the lair.
• Dust devils scour the land within 6 miles of the lair. A dust devil has the statistics of an air elemental, but it can’t fly, has a speed of 50 feet, and has an Intelligence and Charisma of 1 (−5).
• Hidden sinkholes form in and around the dragon’s lair. A sinkhole can be spotted from a safe distance with a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check. Otherwise, the first creature to step on the thin crust covering the sinkhole must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or fall 1d6 × 10 feet into the sinkhole.

If the dragon dies, the dust devils disappear immediately, and the thunderstorms abate within 1d10 days. Any sinkholes remain where they are.

Level 9 spell Apocalypse from the Sky can level forests, tumbling mountains, and wipe out entire populations in a 10-mile radius. A Young Dragon's breath weapon in 3e is 6d10 damage, and Apocalypse from the Sky does 10d6 damage. So their full total of damage would be the same.

Spoiler: Apocalypse from the Sky

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Level 8 spell Earthquake can cause fissures and change the terrain massively.

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Level 7 spell Control Weather in 3e can cause different effects depending on the session, while the 8th level spell in 5e can change the temperature and manipulate the precipitation and wind anyway. Ranging from violent tornadoes, thunderstorms, and blizzards.

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A legendary creature, Elder Tempest, can cast those spells or naturally affect the weather. In addition, they have a large Living Storm that follows them at all times.

Spoiler: Elder Tempest

Krakens can wipe out island populations over time.

Spoiler: Kraken's wiping out island populations

The demon lord Eltab, being summoned by his cult/servants, brings along parts of his home, the Abyss over 500 feet in diameter, creating little islands.

Spoiler: Eltab

These epic level spells, Ice Age and Global Warming can alter the weather from 20 to a 100-mile radius. Volcano spell can raise a small active volcano.

Spoiler: Epic Level Spells

Any creature that counts as legendary get Legendary Actions, which is probability manipulation. Like if they fail to dodge something like an explosion or fail to resist something, they can choose to succeed instead. Though saying they can use this ability to dodge anything surpassing their speed is a NLF.

Legendary Creatures - 5th Edition SRD

Rules, including lairs and actions, for legendary creatures from the 5th Edition (5e) SRD (System Reference Document).

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[Flowering Knight]

Some potential FTL feats found in 4e.

Warlocks are capable of forming pacts with stars, and are able to call upon the powers of said stars.

This is further supported by warlocks being able to call down beams of sunlight from as early as level 3. It even provides benefits for Star pact warlocks, which pairs well with the implication that this originates from another star.

Sorcerers are also capable of casting similar spells. The spell in question is also capable of being amplified if the sorcerer in question is a cosmic sorcerer. For context, sorcerers gain their powers (at least in 4E) through an instinctive or innate connection to a specific source of power.

Context on cosmic sorcerers.

A small but important detail about the latter spell is that it can't be avoided via reflex, but will. Despite this, there are still certain abilities that could let characters react to the beam outright.

(Context on the 'square' term: 4E replaced all instances of conventional distance with 'squares', but for all intents and purposes it should still be the same as other entries, and therefore 1 square=5 feet)

Pretty sure these feats should scale to just about everyone.

 

[Atem]

Do we treat the video-game adaptations as separate canons? Since they tend to deviate a lot from the source books.

Anyway, some things from Planescape: Torment.

On the Siege Tower, and the Blade of the Immortal. How the Nameless One can only be killed by it, and only in a specific location. Namely, the negative material plane.

"What *are* you? "

I AM IRON GIVEN PURPOSE. I FORGE THE IMPLEMENTS BY WHICH THE MULTIVERSE WILL BE UNMADE.

"You mean forging weapons? That's your purpose?"

METAL IS LIKE FLESH. BOTH CARRY POTENTIAL IN THEIR VEINS. WHEN TEMPERED WITH HEAT AND PRESSURE, THE POTENTIAL SURFACES. MY PURPOSE IS TO BRING FORTH THIS POTENTIAL. ALLOW IT EXPRESSION.

"Who do you make these weapons for?"

I FORGE THEM FOR THE SAKE OF ENTROPY. THEY ARE PAIN SEEKING EXPRESSION.

"What does entropy need weapons for?"

BEYOND THIS TOWER, ORDER RALLIES ITS LEGIONS. THE MULTIVERSE HEALS ITS WOUNDS. IN TIME, ITS STRENGTH MAY EQUAL ENTROPY.

"The multiverse is your enemy? Why?"

THE MULTIVERSE BREATHES. IT GROWS. IT STAGNATES. IT FORGES ITS CHAINS AROUND THE PLAINS LINK BY LINK. IN TIME, EVEN ENTROPY MAY BE CHAINED.

"And you're opposed to chaining entropy?"

WHEN A THING SEALS ITSELF AGAINST ITS OWN DESTRUCTION, IT MERELY DIES A DIFFERENT DEATH.

"So you're saying immortality is just a different kind of death?"

IMMORTALITY IS ONLY A WORD. ALL THAT EXISTS CAN DIE. EVERY LIVING THING HAS A WEAPON AGAINST WHICH IT HAS NO DEFENSE. TIME. DISEASE. IRON. GUILT.

"How do you know what weapon to use?"

ONE MUST KNOW THE ENEMY TO FORGE SUCH A WEAPON. START WITH A FRAGMENT OF THE ENEMY. A DROP OF BLOOD. A CRYSTALLIZED THOUGHT. ONE OF ITS HOPES. ALL OF THESE THINGS TELL THE WAY IT CAN DIE.

"What if your enemy strikes from a distance, from shadows, and never shows himself?"

THEN THAT IS THE FRAGMENT OF THE ENEMY YOU MUST USE. THE ACTIONS OF YOUR ENEMY HAVE TOLD YOU MUCH. YOUR ENEMY DOES NOT WISH TO ENGAGE YOU DIRECTLY. THAT IS A WEAKNESS.

"Or… for some reason, it *cannot* engage me directly."

THAT IS AN EQUAL POSSIBILITY. EITHER POSSIBILITY REVEALS WEAKNESS.

"How do I exploit that?"

IF THE ENEMY DOES NOT WISH TO CONFRONT YOU DIRECTLY, DENY ITS WISH. TAKE THE BATTLE TO THE ENEMY. IF IT IS NOT ALLOWED TO CONFRONT YOU DIRECTLY, FIND THE REASON. THE REASON WILL REVEAL A WEAKNESS.

"Hmmmm. Could you forge a weapon that would kill me?"

YES. I wasn't really certain I wanted to know, but continued.

"Really? How?"

I WOULD NEED A DROP OF YOUR BLOOD. THAT IS ALL.

Such a weapon might prove useful. I wondered if my enemy was really interested in permanently killing me, after all there must have been times when I was weak, bereft of memory. I provided the blood, and told the golem to continue.

THE TOOL OF YOUR DESTRUCTION HAS BEEN FORGED AND EDUCATED. IT IS NOT ENOUGH. THE MAGICKS THAT KEEP YOUR HEART BEATING AND MEND YOUR FLESH ARE STRONG. YOU MUST SINK THE BLADE INTO YOUR BODY ONLY WITHIN A SHELL WHERE YOU ARE CUT OFF FROM THE PLANES.

"Why?"

THE REASON IS NOT KNOWN TO ME. YET BOTH THE WEAPON AND THE PLACE ARE NECESSARY FOR YOUR DESTRUCTION.

"Where would I find such a shell that separated me from the Planes?"

THAT IS NOT KNOWN TO ME.

"Earlier you said that if the multiverse sealed itself against its own death, it would die a different death. What makes that death any worse than another?"

ALL THINGS HAVE A COMMON GROUND IN DECAY. WAR IS NECESSARY. DEATH IS NECESSARY. DECAY IS NECESSARY.

"And how much of this is too much?"

THERE ARE NO LIMITS. LIMITS ARE ONE OF THE LINKS IN THE CHAIN OF ORDER. LIMITS MUST BE SHATTERED.

"Even if death is the result?"

ALL MUST FALL UPON ENTROPY'S BLADE. THE TIME NEARS WHEN IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO BREACH THE WALLS OF CREATION. ORDER WILL BE PUT TO THE SWORD. ITS CHAINS WILL BE BROKEN. THE MULTIVERSE WILL BE UNMADE.

Interesting philosophy, although I wondered if even the balmy Xaositects would willingly embrace chaos this completely. I asked about something else.

"What is this place?"

THIS TOWER IS A SIEGE ENGINE. IT EXISTS TO BREACH THE WALLS BETWEEN PLANES.

"Breach planes? How?"

THE TOWER ANCHORS ITSELF UPON A PLANE. A WOUND IS TORN IN THE MULTIVERSE WHEN THE BRIDGE OF THE TOWER OPENS. LEGIONS MAY PASS FROM ONE PLANE TO THE OTHER THROUGH THE TOWER. WHEN THE PLANE HAS SERVED ENTROPY'S PURPOSE, THE TOWER ANCHORS ITSELF AGAIN.

"What happened to the legions that have used the tower?"

ENTROPY HAS UNMADE THEM.

"And what happened to the Planes the siege tower invaded?"

ENTROPY HAS UNMADE THEM.

It also clarifies that Entropy is currently more powerful than the multiverse, and it wishes to destroy the multiverse before it grows powerful enough to face it.

Also, once again it's made clear that through sheer belief the Nameless One can circumvent his immortality and erase himself from existence.

"Wait! I have one final question: What can change the nature of a man?"

THE QUESTION IS MEANINGLESS.

"Nonetheless, before there is an ending between us, I will hear your answer."

THEN THIS IS MY ANSWER, AND YOU ARE THE PROOF. *NOTHING* CAN CHANGE THE NATURE OF A MAN.

"If there is anything I have learned in my travels across the Planes, it is that many things may change the nature of a man. Whether regret, or love, or revenge or fear - whatever you *believe* can change the nature of a man, can."

THEN YOU LEARNED A FALSE LESSON, BROKEN ONE.

"Have I? I've seen belief move cities, make men stave off death, and turn an evil's hag heart half-circle. This entire Fortress has been constructed from belief. Belief damned a woman, whose heart clung to the hope that another loved her when he did not. Once, it made a man seek immortality and achieve it. And it has made a posturing spirit think it is something more than a part of me."

YOUR DEFIANCE WILL HURT YOU MORE THAN ANY WOUND IN THIS PLACE. BELIEF CANNOT CHANGE THE NATURE OF A MAN.

"I think it can. I think belief could even unmake me, if I believed it *enough.*"

YOU DO NOT POSSESS THE FORCE OF WILL FOR SUCH A THING.

"So you admit it's possible."

DO NOT TRY MY *PATIENCE,* BROKEN ONE.

I focused my will inwards, centering myself.

YOU ARE A *FOOL* TO THINK YOU CAN ACHIEVE SUCH A THING. YOU CAN BARELY KEEP YOUR OWN TATTERED MIND INTACT. THERE IS NOWHERE LEFT FOR YOU TO FALL, BROKEN ONE.

I kept focusing.

*STOP.* YOU KNOW *NOT* WHAT YOU DO.

"I know what I do. You have tormented me enough, and now it ends."

IF YOU DO THIS THING, *WE* SHALL BE UNDONE. THERE IS NO ONE FATE HERE. YOU DESTROY US BOTH.

Which again besides the Blade of Immortal is the only thing that can bring an end to him permanently, and in the former case the magics behind his immortality have to be weakened by the negative material plane first.

Oh, and the planes were dying ever since because of the actions of the first incarnation and his immortality.

"I became that way, yes. Because for me..." His voice took on a strange echo. "It is *regret* that may change the nature of a man." He sighed. "But it was too late. I was already damned."

"I found that changing my nature was not enough. I needed more time, and I needed more life. So I came to the greatest of the Gray Sisters and asked her for a boon - to try and help me live long enough to rectify all the damage I had done. To make me immortal."

"And Ravel did. But when she first tested your immortality and killed you, you forgot everything. *Everything.*" He looked broken at my words.

"And the Planes have been dying ever since. The crime is great, and the blame is mine."

Ravel was not only powerful enough to cast the magic behind the spell that made the first incarnation immortal. She was also powerful enough to destroy the Sigil, and was only stopped by the Lady of Pain mazing her.

"Why were you imprisoned, Ravel?"

"I tried to help a Lady and a-kindly she did not take to it." Fall-From-Grace broke in with a question.

"The Lady of Pain? You tried to *help* her?"

"My offering of help was unwelcome. I *tried* to set her FREE; Sigil is the CAGE, a City of Doors and Locks, is a prison for her. It must be, mustn't it be? Why else call the city of Sigil 'the Cage?' And who is caged? The Lady! A prison so small for one so great. Unjustness, wrongness, intolerable to torment a woman thusly!" Morte added his own comment.

"I think I know who should be in a cage…"

"I tried to break the Cage, let the Lady go free." She made a shooing motion, her expression becoming pained as she scattered invisible birds. "Shoo, shoo, o pained woman, let Sigil's ring be broken so you might fly far from its filthy streets and the stupid dabus that dare not speak in words for fear their thoughts would be overheard!" Ravel's hands slowly stopped their 'shooing' motion, and she gave a slow sigh.

"Before I could finish, I a-found myself here, and my memories none the better for the trip... much has slipped away, much forgotten, yes it was... is? Was?" Ravel smiled with her yellowed teeth. "The dwindling of memory has become a comfort to these old bones. Much have I forgotten... I am fortunate in that I still remember you."

"Ravel, but... WHY did you try to free the *Lady of Pain* from Sigil?"

Ravel's voice dropped, almost reprimanding. "I resent anyone, even a Power, being imprisoned and think that all, everyone ...whether stones, shores or quiet bladed ladies... should be FREE. Some have said more fool, I. Why risk such a thing, they said?" I had heard many reasons why Ravel attempted to break the cage that was Sigil, but none had suggested this motive. I wondered if Ravel had always had a capacity for compassion within her blackened soul, or if somehow the improbable love I had awakened inside her had made room for other, kinder, emotions.

Ravel gets beaten effortlessly by the Nameless One, and then afterwards the Transcendent One kills her after she was playing dead.

Ravel's corpse lay upon the ground, surrounded by what looked like a tangle of tree limbs, but which a short time before were woody creatures. A barbed specter glided forward, stopping by the corpse. Not-corpse, as it spoke.

"Off with ya. Dead I am." The specter replied in a booming voice, as though reverberating across the planes.

THEN DEATH'S KINGDOM HAS SEALED ITS GATES TO US BOTH. ARISE, CRONE!

"Sh. Sh. Sh. Away with ya. I'm dead and no traffic with the living may I have."

I CARE LITTLE FOR HOW YOU DIE. BUT I WARN YOU FOR THE LAST TIME, ARISE OR I SHALL SLAY YOU WHERE YOU LIE.

The crone that was Ravel staggered to her feet.

"I had thought that dying at his hand would fulfill the requirements the past put forth."

YOU CANNOT HAVE THOUGHT THAT ONE WOULD HAVE A CHANCE. YOU WERE INDULGENT TO LET HIM THINK HE WAS SUCCESSFUL.

"Powerful this incarnation is. And kill me he could of, but for a few tricks which I posses. Fortunate was I."

FORTUNE ABANDONED YOU THE MOMENT I FOUND YOU. HAS YOUR LIFE PREPARED YOU FOR WHAT IS TO COME, HAG?

"I am not afraid. Not of the likes of you, ragged thing. Weak Ravel may be, but a few tricks has Ravel learned over the years. And I have known you would come." Ravel prepared a spell. "Witness Ravel's anger."

Both beings cast spells at one another, but Ravel had already been severely weakened, and soon she slumped to the ground again, this time broken beyond repair.

NO LONGER SHALL YOU TROUBLE EXISTENCE WITH YOUR PRESENCE, WITCH.

 

[Atem]

Also, some Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous stuff.

Once again the campaign it's based on deviates drastically from the one it is based on so this probably only applies to the video-games. I mean Camellia doesn't exist, and she murders a major character in it early on. Areelu's motivation is fleshed out, and she is not a cartoon villain like she was in the books. Ember is the one responsible for Our Lady in Shadow becoming the Redeemer Queen. They basically rewrote the whole campaign.

The Commander prevents all the events of the game via the Mythic Path of the Aeon. Stopping the Worldwound from being created, and erasing himself from existence. This doesn't actually kill him but it does retcon the time-line. He is powerful enough to ensure that at least his friends and lovers remember him. Despite none of the events actually happening.

Afterwards we see that he has ascended to the plane of the rest of the Aeons, and can interrupt the trial where Pharasma dictates what will happen to Areelu's soul.




As a Trickster the The Commander is able to change the nature of the Worldwound, and transforms it into a hub of inter-dimensional trade. By fusing many different planes together. This was supposed to kill him but he rewrites the narrative, and changes it in such a way that he lived through it. Stopping the Worldwound by changing the very nature of it.




The Commander manages to collect everything necessary to achieve ascension not only for themselves but also for their companions and Areelu. Pharasma admits that they're almost as powerful as she is. They take control of Baphomet's and Deskari's planes of existence in the Abyss, and make them their own.

 

[Papa Nier]

Do we treat the video-game adaptations as separate canons? Since they tend to deviate a lot from the source books.

I always thought that since D&D and Pathfinder have such a big massive multiverse any form of media would be considered canon.

D&D Canon | D&D Studio Blog | Dungeons & Dragons

In this D&D Studio Blog, Chris Perkins describes the D&D Studio's position on canonicity.

dnd.wizards.com

 

[Papa Nier]

Here are the Gods of the Multiverse from Forgotten Realms, Greyhawk, Dragonlance, and Eberron.

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Gods from the Greek pantheon, Celtic pantheon, Egyptian pantheon, and Norse pantheon exist in D&D.

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Planes of existence and the cosmology for all worlds of D&D.

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[Papa Nier]

Here is a more in-depth of Dragonlance’s gods, the creation, and the cosmology. The first two gods were the High God, who brings order, and Chaos, who brings chaos. Both of them created the multiverse of Dragonlance. You have the three children of the High God, who are embodiments of the three alignments. Paladine the leader of the Good alignment, Gilean the leader of the Neutrality alignment, and Takhisis the leader of the Evil alignment.