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Where are these ancient folk rituals in D&D? Unfortunately, I don't see this. Maybe they're found Forgotten Realms? #dnd #dandd @Wizards_DnD it's a game of imagination, right?
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I'm asking @Wizards_DnD, see if they can answer as it's their IP. I doubt I'll get one.
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I did over 20 pages of such local rituals and traditions, but WotC has never published, except for one New Adventures of Volo web column. I'll do a video for my YouTube channel early next year.
Most of them are rural "placate local place spirits" observances.
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Ed, every culture has old rituals and festivals. Why don't @Wizards_DnD publish this stuff? Are they afraid of offending groups like modern pagans? Their roots lie in the modern world.
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I have no idea. I suspect it's for that: afraid of giving offense.
Back in the old TSR days, it would have been: we're conservative Midwest whitebread Christians, and this stuff is WITCHCRAFT.
I had a hard time just getting them to understand polytheism!
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I get it. And yet D&D clerics and paladins worship a variety of deities and causes. There's a big disconnect here. @Wizards_DnD needs to take responsibility instead of being silent. Thanks for replying, Ed.
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My pleasure!
Yes, I'd patiently explain the pantheons and everybody praying to all deities as propitiation, and I'd get: "Yes, yes, but which god is MY god?"
Expect a Realms vid on some local customs, rites, and festivals in Jan or Feb next year. I hope. :}
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