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BAHAMUT, The Platinum King ✧ Forgotten Realms 5e

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This is a lore pamphlet for players that play clerics, paladins, or worshippers of Bahamut, god of justice, wind, and good dragons in the Forgotten Realms. Updated to post-Sundering status quo.

A compilation of lore based on established canon lore published across all editions of Dungeons & Dragons, combined with non-canon gap fillers.

This document contains the following:

 • a poem for Bahamut worshippers

 • lore about Bahamut and his exarchs

 • lore about Bahamut's realm

 • the tenets of Bahamut's faith

 • lore about the clergy of Bahamut

 • two special feats for clerics and paladins that worship Bahamut

 • two signature magic spells for clerics and paladins that worship Bahamut

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Johnny T November 30, 2023 9:52 pm UTC
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The Bahamut Pamphlet has been updated to version 1.5 - here are the update notes:


Changes in v1.5:

Added Sang-Je to Divine Allies.

Added Shang-ti to Divine Allies.

Added Loviatar to Divine Enemies.

Added paragraph to Celestia entry in Afterlife section, describing the Marble Isles.

Moved Silver Sea entry to just before Lunia entry in Afterlife section.

Added a paragraph to Silver Sea entry in Afterlife section about travel between Celestia and the Astral Sea via Mist Corridors.

Added Box Text: The Tower of Fire in Afterlife section, just after Silver Sea entry.

Added paragraph to Lunia entry in Afterlife section, describing its Valleys of Night.

Added paragraph to Lunia entry in Afterlife section, describing Castle Mahlevik.

Added paragraph to Lunia entry in Afterlife section, describing the town of Heart’s Faith.

Expanded Box Text: The Archons to...See more
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Daniel K September 24, 2023 8:06 pm UTC
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Looking through the two feats, I noticed that there's something with the feats: Scale Bearer of Bahamut and Platinum Guard of Bahamut. Scale Bearer overall seems to be a lot more beneficial to a cleric than Platinum Guard is to a paladin, and that's mostly because what Scale Bearer grants doesn't already get fulfilled by other class or subclass features. Platinum Guard, however, has part of it that is already fulfilled by a class feature of paladins, and so has less actual impact on the class.

Scale Bearer:
● You have advantage on Intelligence checks made to recall information about dragons. (Not provided by a class or subclass feature of cleric)

● You have advantage on Insight checks made to detect lies (or +5 to passive Insight against lies). (Not provided by a class or subclass feature of cleric)

● You treat shield of faith as one of your prepared spells without counting it towards your maximum limit. If you already do so, then choose any other 1st-level cleric...See more
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Johnny T October 01, 2023 10:25 am UTC
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The last benefit for Platinum Guard is not meant to be a particularly great benefit of the feat, but a situational benefit that fits the theme.

I also had to balance it against the other benefits of the feat. The wording of the Lay On Hands could be better - it's supposed to be an additional effect rather than replacing the healing.

I also plan to update the Divine Smite benefit as well, expanding it to "dragons, demons, and followers of Tiamat".

v1.5 will be up soon, maybe after NYCC, maybe this coming week; it'll include an update to the feat.



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Johnny T February 25, 2023 7:41 am UTC
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The Bahamut Pamphlet has been updated to version 1.4 - here are the update notes:


Changes in v1.4:

Added Jazirian to Divine Allies section.

Corrected Cyric’s holy symbol in Divine Enemies section.

Updated Bane’s and Bhaal’s entries in Divine Enemies section, regarding their avatars in Realmspace.

Removed Chessenta from Tiamat’s portfolios in Divine Enemies section since that’s a region where she has worshippers, not a portfolio.

Re-formatted the Celestia entry in the Afterlife section.

Corrected the second to last paragraph of the Celestia introduction entry in the Afterlife section, which describes the layered nature of Mount Celestia, using lore from 2e Planes of Law.

Moved the paragraph about floating islands to the second-to-last position of Celestia introduction entry in the Afterlife section, and added detail about the layers where Helm’s and Bahamut’s realms are found.

Added...See more
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Johnny T February 25, 2023 6:16 pm UTC
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I forgot to erase one of the lines on the update notes for a change I decided not to make until Planescape is officially opened this year. "Added an entry for in Afterlife section" was a place holder.
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Andy H February 21, 2023 5:54 pm UTC
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Why did you choose to present Bahamut's proxies from previous editions (such as Medrinia) as exarchs?
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Johnny T February 25, 2023 7:39 am UTC
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It made sense considering their abilities and origins, and even more sense after Ed Greenwood explained how exarchs are formed, with divine investiture shared to enhance (or in some cases save) those in service to the deity (letting the exarchs channel an aspect of the deity's portfolio, which is a step above Chosen). Typically deities or demigods, but not necessarily starting as deities or demigods nor changing their forms, and while mortals turned exarchs are typically weaker than demigods (while stronger than Chosen), they do have many similar abilities due to the portfolio channeling. It's like when the Green Ranger let the Red Ranger borrow his Power Shield, sort of.
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Andy H February 27, 2023 3:18 pm UTC
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Interesting, might I ask where Ed Greenwood was talking about exarchs? I would love to learn more about the subject.
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Johnny T March 03, 2023 8:26 am UTC
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Here you go, copied the link from my notes. Ed Greenwood also has a Patreon and has been interviewed for Mages & Sages podcast for non-NDA lore reveals.

https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1448495742893633539?fbclid=IwAR0e6fZZN3mU0mBzKiNmMMU-GxPUf4i0cgAoVCqUfBepQzxiZjf5-H6AaUU

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Dana F September 07, 2020 7:44 pm UTC
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when i opened it almost all the text is white on a white background. is that just an issue on my end?
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Johnny T September 09, 2020 7:50 am UTC
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I checked just now and the pdf is still fine. It might be your reader or settings. The text should appear black under normal conditions.
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Johnny T January 06, 2020 1:04 pm UTC
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GRAAAAAHHHH IT'S HERE: v1.3 update!

Here are the notes:

Restored and revised missing Torm entry in Divine Allies section.

Revised entry on Jazirian’s realm in Celestia, Afterlife section.

Fixed Falazure’s entry in Divine Enemies section, adding his portfolio of exhaustion.

Added a paragraph about Siamorphe’s Noblesse Court at Lunia in Afterlife section.

Added entries for the plane of Dragon Eyrie and Bahamut’s fortress in the plane of Dragon Eyrie in Afterlife section.

Exclusive Spells: Fixed an error on “Breath of the North Wind”, swapping “failed” and successful” on saves.

Changed the resistance in the exclusive feats from “evil dragons” to “dragons”. Sometimes a servant of Bahamut might take a breath attack from a non-evil dragon while trying to talk with them or protect them, especially if they’re a panicking youngling. It’s still very situational so it shouldn’t be problem...See more
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Johnny T December 24, 2019 2:41 pm UTC
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I might not finish the Trial of Asmodeus this week but at the very least I'll do the next Bahamut update this weekend.

It won't be as extensive as the previous update but I learned some interesting things to add.

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Johnny T November 09, 2019 2:59 am UTC
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I'll be posting a v1.3 update soon after I finish up with writing the Trial of Asmodeus. That's probably sometime this month. A smaller update, with some fixes and some new lore.

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Jonathan G December 24, 2019 12:33 am UTC
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I'm waiting for it!
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Johnny T December 24, 2019 2:38 pm UTC
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The Trial of Asmodeus has been challenging to write to say the least. I'm getting there but if it takes too long, I'll take a break this weekend to do the Bahamut update.
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Jarosław L November 09, 2019 12:01 am UTC
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Breath of the North Wind: should be "Hostile creatures within the area of effect must make a Constitution saving throw, taking 6d6 cold damage on a failed save, and half damage on a successful save."
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Johnny T November 09, 2019 2:55 am UTC
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Oops lol thanks for catching that.
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Johnny T June 24, 2019 12:34 am UTC
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The Bahamut pamphlet has been updated to v1.2 - here are the update notes.

Changes in v1.2:

Added logo to title cover.

Added Divine Realm entry to initial description stats.

Moved Altiul di Okarthel in Bahamut’s Divine Residence entry to Divine Realm entry.

Added mention of the first Dragonfall War in Bahamut’s history.

Added mention of the Thousand Year War in Bahamut’s history.

Revised description of Marduk in the Untheric pantheon.

Added more of the history of Bahamut after the Year of Lightning Storms.

Revised format of Divine Allies and Divine Enemies, adding alignments and holy symbols as well as partitioning and labeling the sections.

Added mention of pantheon for Faerûnian deities in ally and enemy entries.

Added Agni to Divine Allies section.

Added Arvoreen to Divine Allies section.

Added Fa Kuan to Divine Allies section.
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Johnny T June 24, 2019 12:37 am UTC
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v1.1 had to be removed because it contained a term referring to a certain space-based DnD setting, in compliance with DMsGuild regulations.
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Johnny T April 16, 2018 8:35 am UTC
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The Bahamut pamphlet has been updated to v1.1 - here are the update notes.

Changes in v1.1:

Added update log.

Added “Draco Paladin” and “Marduk” to Bahamut’s Other Names of Titles.

Expanded Bahamut’s historical lore, including more detail in the evolution of his faith across the millennia.

Added Amaunator, Corellon Larethian, Garl Glittergold, Horus-Re, and Yondalla to Divine Allies.

Added Cyric, Gruumsh, and Ilneval to Divine Enemies.

Added sentences to first paragraph describing Bahamut: “The King of the Good Dragons teaches his faithful to uphold the ideals of compassion, justice, and the sanctity of life. Bahamut himself will never willingly kill a creature unless absolutely necessary.”

Moved paragraph about Torm.

Added paragraphs describing Bahamut’s relationships with his other allies.

Moved paragraphs about Tiamat and Garyx, to place the enemy-describing paragraphs...See more
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Johnny T April 16, 2018 3:18 am UTC
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The update is almost done. It'll be up in about 3 or 4 hours from now.
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Johnny T April 05, 2018 4:44 am UTC
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After assessing how much I want to add to or revise in the Bahamut pamphlet update and how much time I am allocating to it this week, the next version will definitely be up next week, but no sooner than the middle of the week.
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Johnny T April 01, 2018 11:07 pm UTC
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An update for the Bahamut pamphlet with added lore is coming soon, possibly in the coming week since it's next after the Kelemvor update that's going to be done within the next couple of days.

The current document seems fine at the moment for download (at least on my end), in case anyone is wondering.

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Joshua G February 03, 2018 10:14 pm UTC
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I just grabbed this and I get an error that the file is damaged and cannot be repaired. Double check the file in case there is a larger issue, but it may just be on my end.
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David R June 04, 2017 5:18 pm UTC
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HEy qucik question , your PDF says Divine Portfolio: Justice, Wind. is it me or this is not whats in the PHB ?
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Johnny T June 08, 2017 7:23 pm UTC
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It's expanded detail based on research across multiple editions. The PHB only mentions the basics.
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Johnny T June 08, 2017 7:26 pm UTC
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Bahamut is the general go-to deity for good dragons but he does have specific things that he's known for or presides over. The 5e PHB doesn't include that info.
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