Talk:Day of Reckoning

Mind flayers?

Illithids and Alhoons are a surprising choice IMO. These creatures are very closely tied to D&D, and in fact the mind flayers are part of what Wizards of the Coast had specifically claimed as their "Product Identity" that other publishers couldn't play with in the Open Game License. Due to this, it's pretty clear they would never have appeared in an official expansion from NWC/3DO. The same basic concept of a squid-headed monster might have been used (after all, it's also the fangarm; though that one is more of a mini-Cthulhu than a mind flayer), but it would have had to have a different name and design. Compare D&D's beholders with Heroes 3's; and note how their upgraded version is called the Evil Eye, not the Eye Tyrant. For these reasons I was pretty sure the illithid and alhoon were a part of ToW that would not appear in DoR... --Turnam (talk) 16:54, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

• They appeared in the CD-Action article (I assume that is where Phasma got the info from). Otherwise, H3 did borrow some DnD concepts and got away with it, but we are indeed strongly considering the possibility of renaming these creatures, among other changes, such as to the color palette. --FirePaladin2 (talk) 16:58, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
  • Haha, yes, I've been going through the article with Google Translate on my phone and adding information that appeared there! 17:00, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

HotA and DoR

• Curiously, do HotA crew and the DoR devs interact? Judging by unit concepts and abilities, DoR was pretty much inspired by it.--Archer (talk) 03:20, 26 April 2026 (UTC)
  • I sincerely doubt there's much interaction at all. DOR have showcased their Palace and Forge for quite some time; HOTA then rushed (in my opinion) the release of Bulwark and have since announced their Forge, despite Factory supposedly being HOTA's Forge compromise. I personally think that's telling of how the HOTA team sees DOR, but I can only speculate! 11:17, 26 April 2026 (UTC)
  • To my knowledge, they do not interact besides some rare interactions with certain members. AFAIK, DoR Forge wasn't really inspired by the HotA one, it's more that some concepts kind of overlapped due to both being well... Forge. --Olegmods.INC (talk).