Mon Jun 08, 2020 2:33 pm
Why Leomund left the Circle of Eight (a theory)
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While browsing through the PHB last night, looking at some of the "named" spells, I realized that Leomund's schtick is mostly creating "boxes," whether for items or people (he's more versatile than Bigby, at least).
Mordenkainen, however, has attached his name to a wide range of spells.
Ergo, I'm sure I'm not the only one who's noticed that Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion is just a ramped-up version of Leomund's Secure Shelter, all the way down to the unseen servant effects.
My theory is that Leo was working on a better version, but Mordy plagiarized his research and published the spell as his own in Spell Research Quarterly, thus leading to Leo breaking from Mordy's pet project, the Circle of Eight.
Everyone knows Mordenkainen's a bastard, even more than I am.
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