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Ulicus
Acolyte
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 17 Feb 2006 : 05:36:36
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(I'm sorry if this has come up many times before, but I couldn't find it on a search)
So... has it?
It seems as though he's only referred to as the god of murder in official sources these days, but while he was certainly the "Lord of Murder", "murder" wasn't even a portfolio when he was around - he was *all* of death, with a particular love of ritual and violent deaths.
So... what's happened? Are we supposed to suddenly accept that Myrkul was always the god of "death and the dead" and that Bhaal was 'just' the god of murder? This seems to be the opinion WotC want us to take.
Or can we assume that Bhaal's porfolio of "Death, particularly ritual or violent death" has been split into Kelemvor's "Death" and Cyric's "Murder"? If so, why is there no mention made of Kelemvor having inherited aspects of Bhaal's portfolio as well as Myrkul's?
Garghhh.
Ah well, I'm just curious - is this supposed to be a retcon? It seems a bit silly if it is....
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 17 Feb 2006 : 07:45:04
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| Yes, Lost Empires retconned those two and I'm still not sure why exactly. |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Chosen of Bane
Senior Scribe
USA
552 Posts |
Posted - 17 Feb 2006 : 12:47:17
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Ulicus
Acolyte
United Kingdom
18 Posts |
Posted - 17 Feb 2006 : 13:05:31
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Aye, just as Myrkul also had decay etc (I think)... I was only focusing on the main aspect of their portfolio, or at least, what I percieve to be the main aspect.
Anyway, thanks for the info Kuje. I think I'm going to ignore this little retcon however, after all, Myrkul makes such a big deal over the differences between his and Bhaal's portfolio in ToT that it seems nonsensical for him to suddenly have "had death all along".
Personally I'd have thought it more interesting had Cyric kept death and Kelemvor had just been stuck with "the dead". The thought of those two having anything resembling a symbiotic relationship makes me chuckle. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 17 Feb 2006 : 17:48:43
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Originally posted by Ulicus
Anyway, thanks for the info Kuje. I think I'm going to ignore this little retcon however, after all, Myrkul makes such a big deal over the differences between his and Bhaal's portfolio in ToT that it seems nonsensical for him to suddenly have "had death all along".
Yeah,
It bothered me as well when I read it and I went.... why did WOTC decide that when it was firmly established that the two had different portfolios. |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
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Posted - 17 Feb 2006 : 19:11:08
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Perhaps it was a mistake that didn't get spotted?
Death and The Dead would be quite easy to miss if one were a bit tired or got distracted by something when going through a text looking for errors. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 17 Feb 2006 : 21:07:35
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Originally posted by Kajehase
Perhaps it was a mistake that didn't get spotted?
Death and The Dead would be quite easy to miss if one were a bit tired or got distracted by something when going through a text looking for errors.
I don't believe it was a mistake because Richard Baker has commented on it on the WOTC boards but I don't want to dig through all those pages to find it. :) |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Aquanova
Seeker
USA
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Posted - 18 Feb 2006 : 02:33:33
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Originally posted by Chosen of Bane
Bhaal also had 'assassins/assassination' as a portfolio.
You know, those are still unclaimed, aren't they? I mean, Cyric has Murder, but that's (at least in semantics) different from Assassination. Hmph. Why hasn't Mask or Cyric gobbled those two portfolios up? |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 21 Feb 2006 : 01:41:59
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Has Bhaal's portfolio been retconned?
