Teos Abadie
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Yes, we had a lot of fun breaking this down on our Discord. And what I find interesting about the... There are a number of things I find to be really, really very interesting about the Cyclops. One is that we see a very different... approach to the lore of the monster, which we haven't kind of super talked about that angle of it. But one of the questions is, okay, what do you do
Yes, we had a lot of fun breaking this down on our Discord. And what I find interesting about the... There are a number of things I find to be really, really very interesting about the Cyclops. One is that we see a very different... approach to the lore of the monster, which we haven't kind of super talked about that angle of it. But one of the questions is, okay, what do you do
You know, how do you handle your lore from one edition to the other, especially when it's not a change in edition in theory? And the answer is, well, we've changed a lot. Like there is a lot that's different here. And the Cyclops is a great example that because if if I were to say to you, you know, what do you think about it? Well, where do you go back when you think Cyclops?
You know, how do you handle your lore from one edition to the other, especially when it's not a change in edition in theory? And the answer is, well, we've changed a lot. Like there is a lot that's different here. And the Cyclops is a great example that because if if I were to say to you, you know, what do you think about it? Well, where do you go back when you think Cyclops?
What, you know, famous work do you think of?
What, you know, famous work do you think of?
yeah yeah you're thinking jason argonauts you're thinking about you know uh this kind of dumb brute that can can't you know has to feel for you once it's blinded and stuff that kind of cat and if you go back and read the 2014 description you know of the cyclops it has and and i like this about third about fifth edition 2014.
yeah yeah you're thinking jason argonauts you're thinking about you know uh this kind of dumb brute that can can't you know has to feel for you once it's blinded and stuff that kind of cat and if you go back and read the 2014 description you know of the cyclops it has and and i like this about third about fifth edition 2014.
Fifth edition said has those kinds of like generally three things sometimes four that are in bold Italic that tell you sort of the key things about the monster So here it says non-religious unsophisticated unwise And then it goes on to give you quite a good number of words and I forget what the number breakdown was But it's I did look at the word count and the word count is far higher on the other version here
Fifth edition said has those kinds of like generally three things sometimes four that are in bold Italic that tell you sort of the key things about the monster So here it says non-religious unsophisticated unwise And then it goes on to give you quite a good number of words and I forget what the number breakdown was But it's I did look at the word count and the word count is far higher on the other version here
we get the name Cyclopes and then it just says monocular servants of destiny. And then it says they're descendants of the gods using their mystical vision. And I'm like, what? And so are we suddenly saying that Dungeons and Dragons no longer has the kinds of Cyclops that we've been putting in all our adventures?
we get the name Cyclopes and then it just says monocular servants of destiny. And then it says they're descendants of the gods using their mystical vision. And I'm like, what? And so are we suddenly saying that Dungeons and Dragons no longer has the kinds of Cyclops that we've been putting in all our adventures?
Because the whole idea that they said on the videos was we're working hard to bring forth that what these monsters are not necessarily mythology but in D&D, boy, we've had that. We've kind of had the mythical version, the Greek version in D&D and suddenly we don't. And they talked about the art being symbolic of the monster in D&D and when I look at the art that they showed off, it's Two Cyclops.
Because the whole idea that they said on the videos was we're working hard to bring forth that what these monsters are not necessarily mythology but in D&D, boy, we've had that. We've kind of had the mythical version, the Greek version in D&D and suddenly we don't. And they talked about the art being symbolic of the monster in D&D and when I look at the art that they showed off, it's Two Cyclops.
One of them looks like you wouldn't even guess it's a Cyclops. You would guess it was like a cloud giant or something with robes and it's spell casting and weaving some sort of arcane whatever. And then you've got one wearing all these tattoos, chucking a rock and behind them. What looked like sort of like Greek architecture ruins.
One of them looks like you wouldn't even guess it's a Cyclops. You would guess it was like a cloud giant or something with robes and it's spell casting and weaving some sort of arcane whatever. And then you've got one wearing all these tattoos, chucking a rock and behind them. What looked like sort of like Greek architecture ruins.
And none of this is to me the cave sheep whatever that probably would have been used in your average D&D adventure. So I find that fascinating.
And none of this is to me the cave sheep whatever that probably would have been used in your average D&D adventure. So I find that fascinating.