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The-Lore-Behind-Elemental-Evil MMORPG Interview

normandy9normandy9 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 0 Arc User
edited March 2015 in The Moonstone Mask (PC)
From MMORPG Interview with Cryptic.
Aarakocra would be awesome. always liked them. But i'd pay out the nose to play a Saurial "Hornhead" [humanoid Triceratops from Forgotten Realms™] :)
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Cyptic:
"Marlos Urnrayle is the Earth Prophet, and possesses the war pick called Ironfang. He was once a handsome noble who acquired a cursed fae ring that turned him into a medusa."

He should be pissed, cause now he is a female lol.
lil'Factoid- Male "medusa" are known as "Maedar". Dragon magazine in the 80's did a fantastic description of them and how they live and are created.
PS: Cryptic, its D&D, Maedar don't have snakes, so it either made him female (the cursed ring) or it simply gave him medusa-like abilities. Since this article is about "Lore" its not canon to say he was "turned", get on those books Cryptic.
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  • jpalo316jpalo316 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 44 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    normandy9 wrote: »
    Cyptic:

    He should be pissed, cause now he is a female lol.
    lil'Factoid- Male "medusa" are known as "Maedar". Dragon magazine in the 80's did a fantastic description of them and how they live and are created.
    PS: Cryptic, its D&D, Maedar don't have snakes, so it either made him female (the cursed ring) or it simply gave him medusa-like abilities. Since this article is about "Lore" its not canon to say he was "turned", get on those books Cryptic.

    I'm not sure there's still that male/female difference in 5th Edition. Took a quick peek at the Medusa entry in the Monster Manual and it seems to imply that both men and women can get the curse with the snake hair.
  • koalazebraiikoalazebraii Member Posts: 108 Bounty Hunter
    edited March 2015
    lol a triceratops
  • iambecks1iambecks1 Member Posts: 4,044 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    The official D&D website page about the Princes of the apocalypse says he is a male Medusa and on the official DM screen there is a picture of him with the snake hair and it is very similar to how he looks in the game so I'd guess things have changed since the 80's? -
    while Marlos Urnrayle, a fierce male medusa, leads the Cult of the Black Earth.

    http://www.gf9-dnd.com/Home/tabid/56/entryid/161/Default.aspx

    http://www.gf9-dnd.com/images/Products/TEE-Screen-Cover.jpg
    koalazebraii wrote: »
    lol a triceratops

    IKR! I wouldn't pay to be a Dragonborn but I'd definitely pay to be a Triceratops lmfao.-
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  • sockmunkeysockmunkey Member Posts: 4,622 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Considering Wizards of the Coast signs off on all of this stuff long before it even gets revealed to us. I have a feeling, that it's both canon and that they are ok with it.
  • ironzerg79ironzerg79 Member, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 4,942 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Yep. I'm going to get a 30 year old article from Dragon Magazine might not be the best source for up-to-date information on current D&D lore.

    Everything that Cryptic puts out is approved by Wizards, and almost all of the art is direct from their current source material.
    "Meanwhile in the moderator's lounge..."
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