You know, I've almost ceased to give a fuck about 4e already, but it sure is good grist for the mill about a lot of these old tyme D&D questions.

Clerics of THOR? Yeah, I saw these guys all the time, back in 1979. It's been a fuckin' while, I'll tell you that.

(I played a neutral male drow cleric of Tyche once upon a time...that was fun. Not evil, but not driz'zt either.)

I'll assume it's the market research and not the pipe that's telling them lots of D&D players still like real-world mythology.

Most D&D players I meet in a casual way seem to either not give a fuck or to be into Forgotten Realms mythology, though.

(And how are Clerics of Odin going to give them new protectable IP, anyway?)

Anyway,

do you think Wizbro is serious about this?

What would be the point exactly?

How does it fit with FR and their other tie-in settings?

The one REALLY GOOD thing that they COULD be doing with this is using real-world mythology as a tool to actually help DMs build their own worlds for the game. It's a pretty good starting point with lots of free resources.

If they supported worldbuilding GMs again that would be great. I view the cultivation of worldbuilding GMs as long-term seed capital for the hobby - much of it goes nowhere, but some of it turns into the long games people love and the future setting and game designers that keep us going into the future.

What are your thoughts?

Quote from: CalithenaI view the cultivation of worldbuilding GMs as long-term seed capital for the hobby - much of it goes nowhere, but some of it turns into the long games people love and the future setting and game designers that keep us going into the future.

What are your thoughts?

I'm pretty far outside of the modern mainstream, but what you write here makes sense to me. I just don't see how real-world mythology fits into it. I guess I don't see how real-world mythology makes any difference one way or another.