I bought the Starter Set within a week of it's first release. But I recently accessed the PDF of the Starter Set characters (here) and the Cleric's background has changed.
In the first edition he was a cousin of the Rockseeker brothers. So he knew Gundren, Tharden and Nundro, and was especially attached to rescuing all of them. But in the new version (since I don't know when) he is just someone who has heard that Daran Edermath in Phandalin wants someone to teach the Redbrands a lesson.
Anyone know why this was changed?
EDIT: Someone just pointed out to me that the Cleric's Bond in the PDF linked to above is "I have three cousins—Gundren, Tharden, and Nundro Rockseeker—who are my friends and cherished clan members." So it's still there. I was just looking in the wrong place (the background).
Interesting. At first I figured it was to make the pregen more universally usable, aside from lmop.
But it still is tied to that adventure. I can’t really see why they’d make this change, unless they found it made beginners too hung up on the family connection.
I think I’m going tweet at Chris Perkins, as he is one of LMOP’s writers. Maybe he’ll respond.
I bought the Starter Set within a week of it's first release. But I recently accessed the PDF of the Starter Set characters (here) and the Cleric's background has changed.
In the first edition he was a cousin of the Rockseeker brothers. So he knew Gundren, Tharden and Nundro, and was especially attached to rescuing all of them. But in the new version (since I don't know when) he is just someone who has heard that Daran Edermath in Phandalin wants someone to teach the Redbrands a lesson.
Anyone know why this was changed?
EDIT: Someone just pointed out to me that the Cleric's Bond in the PDF linked to above is "I have three cousins—Gundren, Tharden, and Nundro Rockseeker—who are my friends and cherished clan members." So it's still there. I was just looking in the wrong place (the background).
Should I delete this post?
Interesting. At first I figured it was to make the pregen more universally usable, aside from lmop.
But it still is tied to that adventure. I can’t really see why they’d make this change, unless they found it made beginners too hung up on the family connection.
I think I’m going tweet at Chris Perkins, as he is one of LMOP’s writers. Maybe he’ll respond.
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Sorry. My bad.
Someone just pointed out to me that the Cleric's Bond in the PDF linked to above is
So it's still there after all, I was just looking in the wrong place (the Background).
Should I delete this post?