Ok so pretty simple , we're a casual group of players I'm running a loose version of tyranny of dragons for. I want to drop in a cameo of a famous hero at some point. Who canonically fits the time line. I have found some conflicting information and I will admit I do not know the deep lore of the universe. Any thoughts or ideas of who may fit would be good. Im pretty sure Drizzt and some of his companions have been reincarnated at this time but that might be too cliché. Thoughts?
One thing to consider is what purpose do you want them to serve beyond just being someone your players will recognise? If it's someone to run into in the wild you'd be better off with a ranger like Drizzt or Minsc, if it's a city setting and you want to drop a quest hook Volothamp Geddarm would be better, or if you need magical advice then a mage like Bigby or Laeral Silverhand would be a better fit.
I'm always a big fan of Tasha - and she's a three-in-one. I think technically she'd be in her fey Zybilna persona, but, as shown in Vecna, she can pop up in any of her forms (Evil Iggwilv or a more neutral Tasha as well).
Ok so pretty simple , we're a casual group of players I'm running a loose version of tyranny of dragons for. I want to drop in a cameo of a famous hero at some point. Who canonically fits the time line. I have found some conflicting information and I will admit I do not know the deep lore of the universe. Any thoughts or ideas of who may fit would be good. Im pretty sure Drizzt and some of his companions have been reincarnated at this time but that might be too cliché. Thoughts?
What list of "in-lore" heroes would your players recognize and be excited to pal around with for a short time?
One thing to consider is what purpose do you want them to serve beyond just being someone your players will recognise? If it's someone to run into in the wild you'd be better off with a ranger like Drizzt or Minsc, if it's a city setting and you want to drop a quest hook Volothamp Geddarm would be better, or if you need magical advice then a mage like Bigby or Laeral Silverhand would be a better fit.
If you're running for a casual group, they're not going to notice that your cameo is out of their proper timeline. That's deep lore stuff.
They’re casual but we have all read the books for years, we’re old lol and they usually deep dive cool stuff
Most of the more common known ones. anything from the drizzt book, elminster, volo, tasha yada yada. just dont wanna get too far out of the time line
I'm always a big fan of Tasha - and she's a three-in-one. I think technically she'd be in her fey Zybilna persona, but, as shown in Vecna, she can pop up in any of her forms (Evil Iggwilv or a more neutral Tasha as well).
interesting play.... that could be fun