Talk:Asura

Asura vs. asuras
In the Monstrous Compendium Al-Qadim Appendix as well as Planescape, asuras is both plural and singular. Is this different in the Book of Exalted Deeds? If it is different, which version should take precedence, the newer core source or the Al-Qadim source? Daranios (talk) 19:55, January 1, 2018 (UTC)


 * Typically, newer edition spellings are preferred on our wiki, but not always. I switched it because, yes, asura is the singular form in Book of Exalted Deeds. However, I'm open to a reason to switch it back, as I tend to personally prefer the more complicated plurals of the older editions. :) One might argue that the 3e source was in error, not making a change. In any case, we should note the discrepancy in the article. ~ Lhynard (talk) 20:06, January 1, 2018 (UTC)


 * Yeah, the later editions tend to dumb down the old pluralisations, and tended to work off previous monster write-ups rather than go back to the real-world mythology they were based on. But the BoED might have a point here: the mythological asura is the singular in English, with asuras the plural, at least on Wikipedia, but games with them vary. — BadCatMan (talk) 02:06, January 2, 2018 (UTC)