No? As a frequent player of Ilmatari in tabletop games and reader of the majority of 3e rulebooks, there isn't a single source I can attribute to Ilmater finding arcane magic perfid. In fact, his own… (View Post)

Mages draw all of their power directly from the weave (or the shadow weave, if they are Shadowcasters), which was created by Mystra (or is Mystra, by some theories) after the twin godesses Selûne and… (View Post)

Correction: Both Jaheira and Khalid are HALF-elves, Jaheira's apparent dominant heritage being elven, Khalid's being human. Jaheira is also ethnically Tethyrian, a hotch-potch of the Iberian Peninsul… (View Post)

Now that you talk about Minsc, I feel that it is imperative of me to add that Rashemen is based on Romani culture, and not scandinavian. The similarities are clear: Hatred of the color red (gypsies c… (View Post)

Something that has always been in my mind and I cannot make peace with is the presence of such bizarre accents in the Baldur's Gate series. As a student of linguistics, I find myself struggling to ma… (View Post)