Charles
Gunn asks Fred Burkle for the slime analysis on “the Illithid
case.” Illithids
are the mind-flayers from the Dungeons
and Dragons games,
thus making the various D&D
realms
alternate realities to the CU.
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Does this require that the various D&D realms be actual AUs, or maybe they're just supernatual/demon dimensions within the CU? After all, I assume the various demon dimensions seen in Buffy/Angel are part of the CU, and it seems like the D&D realms would fit easily into that sort of classification.
ReplyDeleteThere's an episode of Angel where the protagonists is asked if he's familiar with Dungeons and Dragons. He responds "I've seen a few."
ReplyDeleteIs this the first reference to Dungeons and Dragons? If so I wonder what (if any) link it might have to the Lord of the Rings?
Will D&D crossovers like the Abyssal Plague be covered as a result?
ReplyDeleteHaving just read the wikipedia article on the creatures I notice they are fairly Cthulhuesque so there might be some relation there
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illithid
I think since the various D& D universes are fairly complex with alternate dimensions and universe if their own it would be better if they were AUs
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