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With the release ofDungeons & Dragons’Strixhaven A Curriculum Of Chaosplayers are transported to an adventure in a sprawl wizard university , but it ’s dissimilar from the more famous witching institution seen inHarry PotterorThe Witcher . The schoolhouse is comprised of five colleges that each check with two colors . These colors are deduce from theMagic : The Gatheringtrading posting game . This release marks the second crossover by Wizards of the Coast betweenD&DandMTGthis year .
The estimation of a magic school day or mages academy inD&Dis nothing new . The less enthused DM or participant may think that it ’s a Hogwarts knockoff orAretuza , fromThe Witcherminus the eels . However , such an ill - informed comparability is like trying to equate veridical - earth colleges and universities - it ’s not so black and whitened . As schools in the existent human beings can differ , so too can wizard schools .
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The first , and easiest mode to tell apart these three school from one another is to see at how they were constitute . The Witcher’sAretuza was founded by one sorceress , Klara Larissa de Winter . Hogwarts was establish by two wizards and two witches , each of whom have a business firm in their name to cement their bequest , Gryffindor and Slytherin being the two most big . Strixhaven however , takes it to another stratum with five Founder Dragons being the founders and ultimate office of the university .
How D&D’s Strixhaven Sets Itself Apart From Harry Potter
D&D ’s Strixhaven utterly dwarfs Hogwarts and Aretuza in a size comparability . Strixhaven sits on century of acres and is home to six campus . Each of the five colleges have a campus and the Central Campus that is host to the Biblioplex and Strixhaven Stadium . D&D : Strixhavenadds new spells , and the Biblioplex is said to be home to every spell that has ever existed in the multiverse . A lieu like the Biblioplex make a great opportunity for a DM to bring out new turn or revisit old unity fromD&D ’s past , ( like the Cleric ’s Miraclewishspell ) . Strixhaven Stadium is where the secret plan Mage Tower is played . TheD&Dadventure " The Hunt for Mage Tower " give more information about the plot .
The most interesting aspect of Strixhaven University may be the faculty and governing body . All wizards and scholars of the Strixhaven faculty apply the enjoyment of illusion to enhance all fields of study they teach . Students of history may be taught by wizards who use necromancy to have specific history speech give by the drained . This could lead to someunique backstories forD&Dwizards . As far as the administration , that is best described by a passage from the book itself .
" All these operations are oversee by an government manage by the ten deans , two in each college . Each dean is an esteemed prof who embraces one side of their school ’s philosophical duality . The James Dean , like the professors who serve as counselors to students , view it as their role to disagree with each other and take the college by way of their arguments . Furthermore , rivalries among the Dean only worsen this disputatious posture . "
How a DM apply the Strixhaven background to theirDungeons & Dragonscampaign is boundless . Whether followed now as the principal setting or a side emplacement in a homebrew campaign , it will be a welcome addition . Some of the lineament function especially well NPC for a DM to take over . ThisMagic : The GatheringandDungeons & Dragonscrossover see like another win for Wizards of the Coast and player alike .
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