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Mother of evil dragons.
May 14, 2023 8:22 PM
sarukane
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Mother of evil dragons.
Vungor
The ywdw podcast loves this. https://twitter.com/Youwannapodcast/status/1654215749605507073?t=gyegHuqruovXc4DJmHmpzw&s=19
woozle
cuddleskunk
Fun trivia: Tiamat is not from DnD originally. She is the dead god of the Babylonian flavor of Sumerian creation myth. Their patron deity, Marduk, goes to war with her and slays her...then uses her miscellaneous bones and body parts to create the universe.
diezl97
I know her as Takhisis.
AZRAELSBLADE
The First Mother
magicrhombus
Let's not forget Shub-Niggurath and her thousand young.
OliverOtter
Medusa is the mother of Pegasus, and is also pretty well known.
leperoutcastunclean
Takhisis
ReelPoop
I prefer bahamut
squelcheswetly
Goody two shoes.
Frogapus
Also in Pathfinder: Lamashtu, Mother of Monsters
ChibiKia
Our cat folk inquisitor got my gnome artificer praising Lamashtu by the middle of the campaign. I can't even remember how she convinced me it was a good idea.
aabcdort
Way cooler than Tiamat imo 🙂
PrincessDaystar
Love me some Lamashtu
zim57398
Happy Mother's Day to Tiamat's mom: the real Tiamat.
DustinJL
Is she single?
clawthewolf
Alas, she's married to Abzu, Freshwater. Tiamat is Salt water
d3jake
I'm in my first campaign that's running the Hoard of the Dragon Queen.... Apparently she goes beyond that one?
Macewindow54
Oof hord is ... Kinda a bad campaign at first, but gets better. It's direct sequel is rise of tiamate, much cooler imo. And yes she is in both.
sarukane
Tiamat has been a d&d character for over 30 years.
idrinkcheapbeer
Almost 50 years. She was introduced in the Greyhawk supplement in 1975.
d3jake
I'm assuming she's been in manyany campaigns and stories?
queefteef
Monster manual one for sure
lapinmachin
And the primordial sea goddess for thousands of years
LordofSadFace
and a pain in my ass for two years in Smite
lapinmachin
You also reminded me of a band I used to enjoy
Fauxcused
Oh yeah there's a long history
Shaows
She must give the most amazing rusty trombones
dtallen243
I don't think you want your trombone melted, poisoned, frozen, burned, or electrocuted.
squelcheswetly
You don’t know me. I’ll roll my saves or die trying.
BeckyLookAtHerButt
Yes you will.
Burke616
Found the bard!
softballguy
AnAverageBoxEnthusiast
fantastic movie, more people should watch it
SpaceballsTheComment
The dragon made up for the lack of Drow. Absolute unit!
YouMagnificentBastard
Also an actual Deity from history - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiamat
DukeDarkwood
It was D&D that made the draconic association, but yes. She was in one of the earliest Mespotamian faiths, basically was the mother of all (or at least most) gods, and.... the literal foundation of the earth, when she ended up overthrown.
YouMagnificentBastard
Nope, she existed as a Serpent or Dragon long before Gygax/D&D :)
DukeDarkwood
Hrm.. Did not remember that.
YouMagnificentBastard
Haha all good, don't think the knowledge of Mesopotamian Gods appearance is high on anyone's curriculum ;)
DukeDarkwood
I had a Comparative Mythology class in college, but that was a single semester, and over 20 years ago!