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<blockquote data-quote="JEB" data-source="post: 8357198" data-attributes="member: 10148"><p>EXPLORER'S GUIDE TO WILDEMOUNT</p><p></p><p><em>Nentir Vale</em></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The creation story has parallels with the World Axis cosmology (not explicitly tied to Nentir Vale)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Dawn War pantheon is worshipped in Exandria, to include the Raven Queen (whose origin story differs from <em>Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes</em>) (not explicitly tied to Nentir Vale)</li> </ul><p><em>Greyhawk</em></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Vecna the Whispered One" was a notable archmage in the Age of Arcanum, and is part of Exandria's pantheon (the same Vecna as the one on Greyhawk, or a variant? not explicitly tied to Greyhawk)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Kord, Pelor, and Tharizdun are part of Exandria's pantheon (not explicitly tied to Greyhawk)</li> </ul><p>VAN RICHTEN'S GUIDE TO RAVENLOFT (thanks, [USER=7015558]@Urriak Uruk[/USER])</p><p></p><p><em>Nentir Vale</em></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">One option for Ezra's true nature is that she's an aspect of the Raven Queen (not explicitly tied to Nentir Vale)</li> </ul><p><em>Greyhawk</em></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Azalin Rex once existed as the Darklord of Darkon (not explicitly tied to Greyhawk)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Among the domain of Klorr's echoes of "lost and failed" domains is one with "a city of skulls"; possibly a reference to Vecna's 2E Ravenloft domain of Cavitius, although for 5E alone it could be anything</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Kas the Bloody Handed, Vecna's traitorous vampire ex-lieutenant, rules the domain of Tovag; he's "notorious across the planes"; he was taken by the Mists after betraying Vecna and engaging in a battle with him that supposedly destroyed them both; he searches for the Sword of Kas (same setting as Vecna by implication)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The entry for Tovag also describes the lich Vecna as growing in power "over ages and across worlds" after escaping the battle with Kas that supposedly destroyed them both</li> </ul><p><em>Dragonlance</em></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Among the domain of Klorr's echoes of "lost and failed" domains is one with "a tower like a blackened rose"; possibly a reference to Lord Soth's 2E Ravenloft domain of Sithicus, although for 5E alone it could be anything (note also that Lord Soth hasn't explicitly been tied to Dragonlance in 5E)</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JEB, post: 8357198, member: 10148"] EXPLORER'S GUIDE TO WILDEMOUNT [I]Nentir Vale[/I] [LIST] [*]The creation story has parallels with the World Axis cosmology (not explicitly tied to Nentir Vale) [*]The Dawn War pantheon is worshipped in Exandria, to include the Raven Queen (whose origin story differs from [I]Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes[/I]) (not explicitly tied to Nentir Vale) [/LIST] [I]Greyhawk[/I] [LIST] [*]"Vecna the Whispered One" was a notable archmage in the Age of Arcanum, and is part of Exandria's pantheon (the same Vecna as the one on Greyhawk, or a variant? not explicitly tied to Greyhawk) [*]Kord, Pelor, and Tharizdun are part of Exandria's pantheon (not explicitly tied to Greyhawk) [/LIST] VAN RICHTEN'S GUIDE TO RAVENLOFT (thanks, [USER=7015558]@Urriak Uruk[/USER]) [I]Nentir Vale[/I] [LIST] [*]One option for Ezra's true nature is that she's an aspect of the Raven Queen (not explicitly tied to Nentir Vale) [/LIST] [I]Greyhawk[/I] [LIST] [*]Azalin Rex once existed as the Darklord of Darkon (not explicitly tied to Greyhawk) [*]Among the domain of Klorr's echoes of "lost and failed" domains is one with "a city of skulls"; possibly a reference to Vecna's 2E Ravenloft domain of Cavitius, although for 5E alone it could be anything [*]Kas the Bloody Handed, Vecna's traitorous vampire ex-lieutenant, rules the domain of Tovag; he's "notorious across the planes"; he was taken by the Mists after betraying Vecna and engaging in a battle with him that supposedly destroyed them both; he searches for the Sword of Kas (same setting as Vecna by implication) [*]The entry for Tovag also describes the lich Vecna as growing in power "over ages and across worlds" after escaping the battle with Kas that supposedly destroyed them both [/LIST] [I]Dragonlance[/I] [LIST] [*]Among the domain of Klorr's echoes of "lost and failed" domains is one with "a tower like a blackened rose"; possibly a reference to Lord Soth's 2E Ravenloft domain of Sithicus, although for 5E alone it could be anything (note also that Lord Soth hasn't explicitly been tied to Dragonlance in 5E) [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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