Talk:Beloved of Lurue

The problem with this class is in its very name: beloved of Valarian. Valarian is not a Realms deity. This would have to be adapted as beloved of Lurue, or removed. Fw190a8 (talk &middot; contr) 19:46, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

I would imagine that's why StarSword included an "Adaptation for Forgotten Realms" subheading, Fw190a8. 67.142.130.35 01:33, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

67-whatever is correct. Though the Book of Exalted Deeds does not include an "adaptation" heading, it's fairly obvious how to fix this problem; it's merely a matter of semantics. When I started writing articles for the BoED prestige classes, I just wanted to eliminate red links. Adapting a class which references something non-canon is as easy as changing a word or two. Another example: Shining Blade of Heironeous could easily be changed to, say, Shining Hammer of Moradin, Shining Blade of the Red Knight, and so on. StarSword 15:46, 19 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes you're right about it being a matter of changing a word or two. The wiki is written from an in-universe perspective (with the exception of pages about novels, sourcebooks, authors, etc) so any "Adaptation for Forgotten Realms" sections aren't relevant; the whole wiki is about the Realms. I've moved this away from beloved of Valarian to beloved of Lurue and redirected all the incoming links. Fw190a8 (talk &middot; contr) 20:11, 19 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Fair enough. I took it the rest of the way and replaced all instances of "Valarian" with "Lurue", and turned the "Adaptation" heading into a note on the original "Beloved of Valarian" class.  StarSword 19:50, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Okay, back to this and the other BoED prestige classes. Without an official note on adaptation, there's no cause for us to rename them like this. First, Lurue is not a unicorn a deity, she's a general magical-beasts nature deity who just happens to be a unicorn. Second, unicorns exist in the Realms, doubtless worshipping Valarian, so he has a presence there too, ergo the "beloved of Valarian" can function in the Realms. Third, changing it is confusing for anyone looking for the beloved of Valarian class. So I propose changing back to its proper name. The unrelated tag can stay. — BadCatMan (talk) 00:13, August 31, 2016 (UTC)