Lords of Magic Fansite

In 1997, Sierra released a PC game called Lords of Magic. It was really hard, had some awkward bugs, and in general was forgotten among most of the PC gaming community, but it was an amazing game! The setting was classic fantasy, divided into eight faiths: Fire, Water, Air, Earth, Chaos, Order, Life, and Death. Each had a different primary race makeup and personality, and each was organized into champions (warriors, mages, and thieves), cavalry, infantry, ranged, scout, three levels of mythical creatures, and a legendary creature. I always loved the unique interactions between the barracks, the thieves guild, the mage tower, the capital, and the Great Temple of each race. Each race also had its own set of spells and artifacts, all of which fit their respective faith perfectly.

In the 2000s, several fansites were made for Lords of Magic, but the sites have since gone the way of all Geocities sites and are hard to access now. So I made my own!

lordsofmagic.wordpress.com

Dubbing Differences: The Three Caballeros

 

Okay, this one here? This is a big one. The Three Caballeros was released by Disney in 1945 as a goodwill message for Latin America. Uniquely, as part of Disney's goal to make this movie specifically for Spanish, Portuguese, and English speakers, the three main characters—Donald Duck, José Carioca, and Panchito Pistoles—have the same voice actors in all three versions! It was a bit difficult to understand Donald's Portuguese in a few places, but for the most part, Clarence Nash did an admirable job throughout. And it was fun to watch the film through a Brazilian's eyes and see the ways that the three languages presented in the film overlap like a Venn diagram at times, just like they do in the English version. Here are the differences I found:

Bastion: Sage University

You are awarded a Bastion when you reach 5th level. During downtime, you can invest gold into your Bastion to upgrade it with new facilities and services. At the end of a downtime, you can choose a number of available services equal to your proficiency bonus and gain their effects until the end of your next adventure. You can gain multiple uses of the same service unless otherwise stated. See the original post here.

Sage Bastion: University

The university is a place of arcane secrets and research where the mysteries of the universe are unraveled and the barrier between planes of existence is thin. As a sage, you can use your University to obtain vital knowledge and enhance your arcane abilities.

Chrono Trigger-style Dual Techs in 5e

Chrono Trigger is one of the greatest games ever made. Everything from the complex plot to the incredible soundtrack to the lovable characters and their interactions with each other has an element of polished quality to it that is hard to find anywhere else. Its storyline in particular, with its themes of time travel and preventing the end of the world, is very inspiring for a D&D campaign.

Bastion: Soldier Barracks

You are awarded a Bastion when you reach 5th level. During downtime, you can invest gold into your Bastion to upgrade it with new facilities and services. At the end of a downtime, you can choose a number of available services equal to your proficiency bonus and gain their effects until the end of your next adventure. You can gain multiple uses of the same service unless otherwise stated. See the original post here.

Soldier Bastion: Barracks

The barracks is a Bastion of martial training, as well as a place of blade and armor honing and strategic discussion. As a soldier, you can use your Barracks to help augment your fighting abilities in coming battles. 

Bastions that Level Up Like Characters

 

One of the most fun parts about playing Dungeons & Dragons is leveling up. Before the campaign even starts, many players enjoy looking at their character class and looking forward to later levels when they can use more and more powerful abilities, or mapping out a complex multiclass build to make the most of the levels in more than one class.

Dubbing Differences: Beauty and the Beast

I found the following notable changes in the Brazilian Portuguese dub of Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Kind of an uneventful dub. Almost everything is translated word for word and there's not a ton of wordplay.