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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6058376" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>This is ballocks. The DM's of 3e were no more or less beholden to canon than any other edition. I challenge you to show me a single, solitary piece of advice in any WOTC publication that states anything remotely close to, "it was expected for the DM to retro change his narrative in order to preserve consistency". This is simply not true.</p><p></p><p>Hey, I'm not the biggest fan of 3e, but, let's not start making stuff up to complain about. I had players in 2e challenge me on canon elements. For example, I had a player complain that I used a monster in a particular area, when the monster manual clearly states that said monster lives in another area. So, IME, it's hardly a new thing at all.</p><p></p><p>I would also advise you to peruse 2e modules if you think that canon is not king in 2e. Never mind the entire Planescape and Spelljammer lines which were massive canon metaplots that overarched every TSR setting. </p><p></p><p>DM fiat was accepted to some degree in 2e because 2e mechanics didn't cover a large number of pretty basic game interactions. Want to bluff the guard? DM fiat and free form roleplay because 2e had virtually no mechanics to help you here. It has nothing to do with players being any different then than today.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6058376, member: 22779"] This is ballocks. The DM's of 3e were no more or less beholden to canon than any other edition. I challenge you to show me a single, solitary piece of advice in any WOTC publication that states anything remotely close to, "it was expected for the DM to retro change his narrative in order to preserve consistency". This is simply not true. Hey, I'm not the biggest fan of 3e, but, let's not start making stuff up to complain about. I had players in 2e challenge me on canon elements. For example, I had a player complain that I used a monster in a particular area, when the monster manual clearly states that said monster lives in another area. So, IME, it's hardly a new thing at all. I would also advise you to peruse 2e modules if you think that canon is not king in 2e. Never mind the entire Planescape and Spelljammer lines which were massive canon metaplots that overarched every TSR setting. DM fiat was accepted to some degree in 2e because 2e mechanics didn't cover a large number of pretty basic game interactions. Want to bluff the guard? DM fiat and free form roleplay because 2e had virtually no mechanics to help you here. It has nothing to do with players being any different then than today. [/QUOTE]
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