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I saw this reply to a post about BG3 that questioned some elements of the Forgotten Realms lore. As a World of Darkness player who has only done a few D&D one-shots, I'm not super familiar with the default setting.

I would really like to know your guys' opinion on this take, because I don't quite know what to make of it:

This isn't a Baldur's Gate 3 problem. It is a Forgotten Realms problem.

As unpopular as this take might be, the truth is that Forgotten Realms has absolutely disastrous world-building. The divine pantheon and how the gods interact with mortals is easily one of the worst offenders.

I have been DMing for 12 years, and the consensus among me and the people I've played with has always been clear: the more lore you pull from Forgotten Realms, the more bloated and broken your campaign becomes. It is essentially a scrap yard. You pick the things that actually work, throw out the rest, and build your own setting. Personally, I just use the D&D ruleset and ditch the official lore entirely.

It is easy to see why Forgotten Realms fails as a cohesive fantasy world when you compare it to established IPs like Lord of the Rings. Tolkien built Middle-earth with deep internal logic. Magic is rare, races have distinct historical roots, and the divine forces feel monumental yet structured.

Forgotten Realms, on the other hand, just throws dozens of contradictory ideas into the canon pool because they look cool or because Wizards of the Coast needs to sell a new sourcebook. When you have dozens of active gods constantly meddling, micro-managing mortal affairs, and treating the material plane like a high school drama, the stakes disappear. If every tavern has a level 20 retired wizard and every city has a direct line to a deity, your players' actions stop feeling heroic and just feel redundant.

Good world-building requires restraint, and Forgotten Realms has none.

Kids focused dnd groups sound adorable. Ugh I hate when this happens...

I present Sean the Flail Snail.

Trying to finally paint some models for my table rather than just have bits of grey plastic and wanted something more colourful and graphic - so attempted an adapted cel shaded style with a more graphic lining effect to give it a kind of borderlands vibe.

I also wanted to see if I could make FDM printed miniatures look more compelling and compensate for their lower resolution and stair stepping layer lines.

This little guy is from SuperPrints3D and is printed at 32mm scale using matte PLA, with a 0.4 nozzle and 0.08 layer height. Post processing involved a very brief sand on any sagging overhangs and then a very thin coat of UV resin, which was then cured in a curing station for several minutes to even out layer lines.

Cel shading is just a very different way of painting from what I’m used to, as it involves painting in controlled block colour. It basically looks terrible until you black line the details you want to highlight, which pulls the whole thing together.

In hindsight attempting an iridescent shell was somewhat optimistic as a first go, especially as I wanted the shell to be segmented but the model itself actually has a completely smooth round spiral shell; however despite not being perfect I really like how he turned out and am definitely gonna see if I can use this style on other models and I think my players should enjoy it. (Sorry for the rambley message - the bot deleted my first post on this and told me I needed to write a 400 word descriptor of my work so thus the wee backstory here. Anyway hope you guys like him.)

Hey guys, a few months ago I released The Magical Code of Regulations, which started as a dumb joke I had while working as an IRS agent that asked what would happen if a fantasy realm had its own Code of Federal Regulations.

I thought maybe a couple hundred people would enjoy it over its lifetime. Instead, it's now passed 2,500 copies sold, I've got an official Chinese-language licensing deal in the works, and I'm currently building what is essentially an IRS.gov-style website for the Department of Magical Affairs!

It'll include downloadable forms from the book, searchable regulations, corrective bulletins, and even a SimCity-style radio station with fake news broadcasts, public service announcements, and bureaucratic propaganda playing in the background.

It's grown into something way bigger than I ever imagined, and I really appreciate all the support this community has given me. Some of you have probably already seen previous posts from me here, so thanks for putting up with my continued descent into magical bureaucracy.

The long-term goal is to build this into a full universe of legal and government publications. I'm already working on physical props and official-looking forms, and I'd love to eventually release themed bundles for every D&D class. Since my master's degree was in forensic accounting, I'm also kicking around the idea of writing a massive arcane forensic accounting manual. No promises on that one yet, but the idea has been rattling around in my brain for a while now.

Additionally, I'll be hosting a giveaway in the coming weeks, so be on the lookout for that!

Anyways, for anyone who hasn't seen it before, here's the back cover blurb:

Ever wondered whether a wand must be registered before it can be used in public, or what documentation must be filed before casting a fireball? Curious how many forms stand between you and a legally compliant resurrection, or whether your familiar qualifies as a protected creature or a reportable asset?

The Magical Code of Regulations has answers. Or at least, it has rules.

Presented as the official body of law governing magic, the Code defines who may cast, what may be cast, and under what authority it may all go wrong. It establishes licensing requirements, classifies spells by risk and complexity, regulates rituals, familiars, and magical property, and outlines the penalties for failing to follow any of it properly.

Structured like a real legal code and written with complete sincerity, The Magical Code of Regulations offers a comprehensive system for managing magic. Whether that system actually works is addressed elsewhere in the Code.

And here's some reviews:

"An unnecessarily comprehensive and deeply inconvenient framework. Several of my longstanding plans now require prior authorization." -Glorgon the Destroyer, Antagonistic Entity of Prophetic Significance #33

"Clear, thorough, and appropriately burdensome. I have no notes, though I will be requesting additional documentation." -Arthur B. Wexler, Senior Auditor, Department of Magical Affairs

If you'd like to take a look, it's available in hardcover, paperback, and Kindle on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Magical-Code-Regulations-Spellcasting-Regulation/dp/B0GZF9PVQL/

It's also available as an eBook on DriveThruRPG:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/566282/the-magical-code-of-regulations

And booksellers can order it through IngramSpark (currently #1 in fantasy!).

If you're still not convinced, QuestingBeast also did a great review on the book that shows some of the pages inside:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffP-xvpRS5Q

And if you're still not convinced, know that the second edition will feature laws requiring you to own it, so you might as well give in now.

Anyways, thanks again, everyone. Never expected a fake legal code about fantasy bureaucracy to become whatever this has become, lol.

Just a quick character concept I've been working on. I wanted him to look like a young barbarian rather than the usual massive warrior, so I kept his build lean and athletic instead of overly muscular. I also experimented with giving him modern sweatpants instead of traditional clothing because I liked the contrast between the tribal elements and something so ordinary. I'm curious to know what your first impression was. Does he read as a barbarian, or does he give off a completely different vibe?

Hey gang.
If you're like most players, you've likely sorted through the Players Handbook for the strongest of spells, and you've likely immediately started looking into the endgame mythical 9th level spells. And you've probably found the spell Meteor Swarm For a quick tl;dr:

• Meteor Swarm - 9th Level Evocation
• Creates four meteors that strike locations you choose
• Creatures within must make a Dex Saving Throw
• Each Meteor does 20d6 fire damage and 20d6 Bludgeoning damage
• Creatures only take half damage on a successful Saving throw
• Meteors cannot hit the same target twice

Safe to say it's a pretty darn strong spell, and is the natural apex of the Fireball evolution. But I was thinking, what's the theoretical worst it can do? Well...

For our experiment, we will need a squishy little Level 2 Wizard.

The Wizard needs to either be a Dragonborn (Brass, Gold, or Red lineage), or a Tiefling. These races get resistance to Fire damage, which means whatever fire damage dealt to them is simply halved.

Now, our Wizard needs to cast the Cantrip Blade Ward. In 5th edition; Blade Ward lets you choose between most physical damage types and grants resistance until the end of the next turn. For our case, we'll choose Bludgeoning Resistance.

That means we have resistance to the two types of damage Meteor Swarm deals. Which means, the following needs to happen:

1. We need to cast Blade Ward before we're hit.
2. We need to succeed the DEX saving throw
3. The meteor Swarm needs to roll about 40 1's in a row

Assuming we get 40 1's in a row, that means it deals a base of 20 damage for each type. Since we're resistant to each type, that means the total damage of each is halved to 20, and since we passes the DEX save, it's halved again to a measly 10 damage total and since we can only take damage from one meteor, that's all the damage we take.

And Since Wizards have a Hit dice of 1d6, we need to be level two for a potential maximum health of 12 (excluding any CON modifiers). And since 12 > 10, the weak level 2 Wizard faced the horrors of a level 9 spell and lived (barely)!

Now... That's all well and good on paper. But if you're like me, you're probably wondering what the probability of this actually happening in game are... Well...

Lets start first with our poor Level 2.

The only stats that matter are health and Dex. lets assume they have 11 health. Perhaps a bit high for a level two, but still far within normal rules.

Let's also assume they have a 10 in DEX, so they have a +0 in the saving throw. Again, totally reasonable.

Now for our Meteor Swarm Wizard

The earliest a Wizard can cast 9th spells is at Level 17, so let's make this Wizard level 17.

The only stat that matters here is INT, and since they're high level, lets assume they have the highest natural score of 20 (or +5)

Since the Prof. Bonus at level 17 and above is +6, and DC's have a base of +8, the DEX check our Level 2 wizard needs to beat is 6 + 5 + 8, or DC 19.

Since our Level 2 doesn't have a DEX mod, that means they need to roll at least 19. Since there is only two possible outcomes out of twenty that succeed, we can express this a 2/20 and simplify it to a 1/10 chance of succeeding the save.

Now for the fun part...

Each dice roll is a 1d6. Which means there's a 1/6 chance of rolling a 1. To calculate the possibility of rolling two 1's in a row; the calculation is simply (1/6) * (1/6). Since 1*1 = 1, and 6*6 = 36, the odds of rolling two 1's in a row is 1/36.

We need to roll 40 1's in a row.

Or:

(1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6) * (1/6)

The odds that happening are about 1 in 7.31231688x10^15

Or

1/7312316880000000 or about 0.0000000000000136755561%

But, do keep in mind we still need to make the 1/10 chance to even pass the DEX save. So in total, our "lucky" little bookworm's survival odds calculate to about:

• 1 in 7.31231688x10^16
• or 1/73123168800000000
• or about 0.00000000000000136755561%

For context, the worst odds I found for winning the lottery is the Powerball Jackpot at about 1 in 292,201,338, or about 0.000000342229781%. A whooping 8 less zeroes than surviving this meteor swarm.

Obviously this was just a silly little thought experiment I had whilst casually looking through the spell list that turned into a mild number crunch. Obviously I'm not a professor in Statistic, so if I made a mistake, please let me know! I just got curious and thought someone out there might appreciate pushing the rules to their absolute technical absurdity. Thank you for coming to my little TED Talk!

I was debating in my mind if it was ethical or not and wanted to hear other opinions. Would killing every single mindflayer, elder brain and spawn be ethical and for the better of the realms?