D&D 5E Do you care about setting "canon"?

[jayoungr]

See, this isn't your standard Eberron, better or worse?

Neither. I might very well happily play in such a setting; I just wouldn't call it Eberron. I might say "It's a world based on Eberron."

 

[DeltaEcho]

Neither. I might very well happily play in such a setting; I just wouldn't call it Eberron. I might say "It's a world based on Eberron."

But what if within canon someone went back it time and changed history, and the fall out became that setting?

 

[jayoungr]

But what if within canon someone went back it time and changed history, and the fall out became that setting?

I dunno, man. I'd deal with that when it happened at my table.

 

[DeltaEcho]

I dunno, man. I'd deal with that when it happened at my table.

But what if that happened, (because that was the original reason to explain the change)
if it started with a standard issue of the peg setting of eberron then was altered via time travel...should still be canon if altered in game right?

 

[jayoungr]

But what if that happened, (because that was the original reason to explain the change)
if it started with a standard issue of the peg setting of eberron then was altered via time travel...should still be canon if altered in game right?

My point is that we're getting too far into hypotheticals for me to speculate on how I'd feel about it.

And I'll say this nicely, because you were nice enough to give me XP when I tried to explain myself, but I'm really starting to feel like you're trying very very hard to make me recant or admit that I was wrong to want a setting that I play in to feel like itself to me. I don't think that's a wish that I should have to apologize for.

 

[DeltaEcho]

My point is that we're getting too far into hypotheticals for me to speculate on how I'd feel about it.

And I'll say this nicely, because you were nice enough to give me XP when I tried to explain myself, but I'm really starting to feel like you're trying very very hard to make me recant or admit that I was wrong to want a setting that I play in to feel like itself to me. I don't think that's a wish that I should have to apologize for.

no, just exploring the ideas, I'm not trying to change your opinion, just seeing if there is any validity in it,
not an attack,

 

[I'm A Banana]

But what if within canon someone went back it time and changed history, and the fall out became that setting?

Speaking for myself:

Yeah, that would lose authenticity.

It's a game I'd be willing to play and engage with, but I think dubbing it "Eberron" when it actually differs in several very important respects would be a mischaracterization.

Which isn't to say it's good or bad or anything, just that it's not "Eberron." It's some Eberron-like world.

 

[DeltaEcho]

Speaking for myself:

Yeah, that would lose authenticity.

It's a game I'd be willing to play and engage with, but I think dubbing it "Eberron" when it actually differs in several very important respects would be a mischaracterization.

Which isn't to say it's good or bad or anything, just that it's not "Eberron." It's some Eberron-like world.

That makes no sense at all, if the change is caused within the game, it's still Eberron,

your logic is broken,

 

[I'm A Banana]

That makes no sense at all, if the change is caused within the game, it's still Eberron,

your logic is broken,

I mean, no more broken than the Ship of Theseus. Identity is a sticky beast. I'm not so authoritarian that I imagine that what WotC writes as canon is equal to a setting's true identity. If Disney takes Star Wars and suddenly says that none of the previous movies or works are canon and that henceforth the Star Wars brand will apply only to Frozen and its sequels, is then a story about Olaf a Star Wars stroy? I mean, to Disney, sure, but I'd certainly have cause to dispute that claim.

 

[DeltaEcho]

I mean, no more broken than the Ship of Theseus. Identity is a sticky beast. I'm not so authoritarian that I imagine that what WotC writes as canon is equal to a setting's true identity. If Disney takes Star Wars and suddenly says that none of the previous movies or works are canon and that henceforth the Star Wars brand will apply only to Frozen and its sequels, is then a story about Olaf a Star Wars stroy? I mean, to Disney, sure, but I'd certainly have cause to dispute that claim.

Well, that's insane, how would Star Wars become frozen (hmm...Han in carbonite.....shakes head, never mind....)

if you interact within canon you inherently add to that canon, and by doing alter it,

the golden question here is, does a setting remain canon once you play in it? Because you will impact it,