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Scots Dragon
Learned Scribe
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 Posted - 04 Nov 2025 : 15:42:50
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Yet somehow people of Faerūn know the names like Melf, Mordenkainen, Bigby, and Tenser despite not being from Faerūn. Go figure...
Some worlds have more portals between them than others, evidently. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 06 Nov 2025 : 22:45:06
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I still find the beginning of that Magic/FR crossover to be ridiculous...
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A lone mage roams the land. He is a visitor from another world. He has come to the Sword Coast in pursuit of legends and lore, in the footsteps of others who came here long ago. He is called Tyreus, though few here know him by name.
Oh, wow, no one local knows the name of someone from ANOTHER WORLD? 
Yet somehow people of Faerūn know the names like Melf, Mordenkainen, Bigby, and Tenser despite not being from Faerūn. Go figure...
Yeah, they know the names from the spells. I'm not aware of any spells named after Tyreus.
Either way, my point is that it's goofy to say "oh, hey, there is absolutely no reason that people should know who this guy is, but we're going to make a point of saying that no one knows who he is!" |
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Diffan
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 06 Nov 2025 : 22:46:09
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Originally posted by Scots Dragon
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Originally posted by Diffan
Yet somehow people of Faerūn know the names like Melf, Mordenkainen, Bigby, and Tenser despite not being from Faerūn. Go figure...
Some worlds have more portals between them than others, evidently.
Very true, though Im assuming that the main antagonist has plans to make his name, even as an off-worlder, something everyone will know. At least that's the gist I got when I read and ran the adventures.
Also, Im not sure that Sylvene used a portal, as she has the "spark" and innate ability to Planeswalk.
Obviously the links through different IPs is meant to be a bridge so that they A) sell more stuff and B) use said stuff in all their products. If you make a character from Lorwyn and are playing Descent to Avernus, there's gotta be a reason for that and WotC thinks this is as good as any. Not saying its the best, but I understand why.
TECHNICALLY it could also open up other IP to which MtG has been crossing over with, like Warhammer 40,000. |
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Scots Dragon
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
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Posted - 07 Nov 2025 : 09:29:35
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It makes all sorts of sense from a business perspective, but it's creatively bankrupt.
The fact that half of the art in the new books looks like it's depicting a very different world to Faer#251;n doesn't help. |
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hashimashadoo
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08 Nov 2025 : 16:28:07
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Lorwyn & Shadowmoore are a very Feywild-like plane, but every 3 years, Lorwyn turns into Shadowmoor or vice versa. Everyone has their memories of the previous 3 years erased, and they all go through a radical attitude shift to match the plane they now find themselves on. Lorwyn is bright & cheerful, Shadowmoor is dreary and dangerous.
I know my MtG-obsessed housemate will be ecstatic for more MtG lore, but I'm not thrilled.
I also ran that FR/MtG crossover series. It fizzled out before the conclusion because I was playing with fans of both games, and the ones who preferred MtG wanted to go off and do more MtG stuff in Ravnica (they actually ended up grabbing a couple new players and starting a new campaign in Strixhaven), while the Realms fans wanted to go do a side quest that they thought would keep them in the Realms (but would actually, if they'd pursued it, turn into a search for a dwarf who got herself lost in the Astral Plane) and ended up doing neither because a new DM offered to run an Exandria game, and they were also fans of Critical Role. |
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The Forgotten Realms ate another setting: Lorwyn
