Talk:Celestial Emperor

Shang-ti
Should we identify Shang-ti from Legends & Lore (2nd edition) with the Celestial Emperor, where that material does not disagree with the Kara-Tur material? On Hallowed Ground calls Shang-ti "The Celestial Emperor". The overlap is clear, but should we do the extra step? The same question will be for Kwan Ying from Kara-Tur vs. Kuan Yin from Legends & Lore Daranios (talk) 10:42, June 16, 2016 (UTC)


 * I considered this and compared the pantheons, but apart from the obvious parallels, there's no solid connection. We don't know enough about the Celestial Emperor himself to say for sure if he's Shang-ti. Kwan Ying is closest to Kuan Yin, but doesn't share her portfolio of childbirth. None of the other gods or immortals seem to match at all. I think I can only say that aspects of the Celestial Empire are inspired by D&D's Chinese pantheon. — BadCatMan (talk) 11:04, June 16, 2016 (UTC)


 * Fair enough (though I would have loved to add the statistics part :-). Daranios (talk) 13:23, June 16, 2016 (UTC)