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Former Methodist minister and current Wizards of the Coast writer James Wyatt joins us to talk about designing pantheons for fantasy settings! James is a long-time D&D writer with a multitude of major credits, and he’s currently writing for the Magic: the Gathering creative team. That experience shows in this conversation, which covers the qualities of well-designed pantheons, their essential natures, and a multitude of design details relevant to your campaign world. We also talk about Shadows Over Innistrad and “The Lunarch Inquisition“, James’s recent story set there; Plane Shift: Zendikar, which turns that Magic: the Gathering setting into a home for D&D 5th Edition adventures; the paradox of the Cross; our first “gaming curriculum” episode; and Thursten. We talk a lot about Thursten. Enjoy!
Scripture: Deuteronomy 10:17, Job 4:15-17, Acts 17:22-26
One thought on “Episode 85 – Designing Fantasy Pantheons (with James Wyatt)”
Just listened to this yesterday, gave me a lot to think about for my western themed D&D world I’m working on.
As a poor DM, I buy only core rules and try to design anything else I want or need.