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5e isn't a Golden Age of D&D Lorewise, it's Silver at best.
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<blockquote data-quote="Swordsage" data-source="post: 8716594" data-attributes="member: 14904"><p>In a published "name" setting like the Realms or GH you shouldn't disagree. For a generic kitchen sink, no name setting that exists solely to showcase the game mechanics, you can. People lean on the published lore for a number of reasons - convenience, because some of it is really good, because it provides a foundation for them to showcase their own ideas - and when that lore is inconsistent, changed for no reason, changed for the worst reason ("I'm X the famous game designer. Y the famous game designer in 1999 wrote Z but my idea is soooo much better and I can't be bothered integrating their work, so I'm going to ignore it ..."), it just creates dilemmas, albeit minor, for harried DMs. While Jackson had his way with the LotR, he still kept true to a substantial chunk of it. All of the fandoms that nod to the "old stuff" and weave it in cleverly receive a decent amount of fan approbation and approval. Using the Realms as an example, the D&D crew saw what Star Wars did re canon and went in that direction too. But did they do it because of bloat, inconsistencies and because it impeded their grand vision? If so, I'd love to see what that grand vision is. Going by the cycle, I think we are due for drow again ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Swordsage, post: 8716594, member: 14904"] In a published "name" setting like the Realms or GH you shouldn't disagree. For a generic kitchen sink, no name setting that exists solely to showcase the game mechanics, you can. People lean on the published lore for a number of reasons - convenience, because some of it is really good, because it provides a foundation for them to showcase their own ideas - and when that lore is inconsistent, changed for no reason, changed for the worst reason ("I'm X the famous game designer. Y the famous game designer in 1999 wrote Z but my idea is soooo much better and I can't be bothered integrating their work, so I'm going to ignore it ..."), it just creates dilemmas, albeit minor, for harried DMs. While Jackson had his way with the LotR, he still kept true to a substantial chunk of it. All of the fandoms that nod to the "old stuff" and weave it in cleverly receive a decent amount of fan approbation and approval. Using the Realms as an example, the D&D crew saw what Star Wars did re canon and went in that direction too. But did they do it because of bloat, inconsistencies and because it impeded their grand vision? If so, I'd love to see what that grand vision is. Going by the cycle, I think we are due for drow again ... [/QUOTE]
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