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Why would you have assumed they were retconning where their name came from…? They’re not re-writing realms history, they’re advancing...

This is why we can't have nice things. Designers: "Okay, so get this. The Purple Dragon Knight. You can either play as a guy who wears...

Depends on what feedback WotC got on the survey. I wager, based on a lot of comments here and elsewhere, the two most common pieces of...

Exactly. They didn't do a UA on the lore of Cormyr's knighthood. That part was already in the Adventure book. The art was ordered. They...

In short, there will still be Cormyr knights riding amethyst dragons, except you don't get to play one. Enjoy your second wind burat heal.

No, the UA introduced the idea that, by [current year in FR calendar], the purple dragon knights allied with amethyst dragons and now...

Well, bad news, it looks like the purple dragon knights are going to be riding amethyst dragons anyway. The subclass we’re getting in...

Say it louder for the people in the back

That isn’t exactly true. Nothing about the UA suggested the old lore was removed, only that their current status in the realm has...

Yup. Just like the zhentarium and red wizards are always scheming villains who are kill on sight. Imagine if they tried to make Zhents a...

I find it ironic (though of course unsurprising) that some people are so concerned about Forgotten Realms lore, when to me the whole...

I mean, I agree in principle. But I don’t think chivalrous knight was really an archetype in need of filling. The Banneret doesn’t feel...

Sure, but that is not what they did up to 3rd level at least. Instead they took what was an interesting UA subclass and made it largely...

This right here is the biggest issue with D&D going forward. It's caught in a catch 22 of people who cry for new ideas and innovations...

I think Wizards is trying forward looking content, they just have an established player base that viciously resists change. Their strict...