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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 9508842" data-attributes="member: 18182">Heh. The word &quot;retcon&quot; exists for a reason.But yes, as shows expand and develop, they usually try to not overwrite the &quot;history&quot; of the setting and story.But, as with [USER=7025508]@Crimson Longinus[/USER], I'm not sure I get your point.If in my D&amp;D world, I don't currently have a place for dragonborn, and one of my new players REALLY wants to play a dragonborn . . . me finding a way to include that into my setting isn't changing the history of my world, or overwriting history. It is expanding and adding new elements, with likely some reverse timeline additions.Perhaps, in discussion with the player, we decide there is an island chain far to the south that remains mostly uncontacted by the powers of the &quot;Known World&quot;. This island is ruled by dragons who are served by dragonborn. The PC has escaped from this land, and managed to travel to the &quot;Known World&quot; by means mundane or magical.This dragon-ruled island chain didn't exist in my campaign until I had a need for it, to accommodate one of my players. Did I change the history of my world? Did I change &quot;what already happened&quot;?Whatever.If you and your gaming group are happy with a more restrictive approach, that's fine as long as y'all are having fun. I prefer the more collaborative approach. I'm having way more fun that I did when I was a kid and every DM's world (in our little corner of D&amp;D fandom in the 80s) was considered sacrosanct and inviolable. I have some old school friends who still play like that . . . and while I love them . . . I don't want to play D&amp;D with them anymore.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 9508842, member: 18182"] Heh. The word "retcon" exists for a reason. But yes, as shows expand and develop, they usually try to not overwrite the "history" of the setting and story. But, as with [USER=7025508]@Crimson Longinus[/USER], I'm not sure I get your point. If in my D&D world, I don't currently have a place for dragonborn, and one of my new players REALLY wants to play a dragonborn . . . me finding a way to include that into my setting isn't changing the history of my world, or overwriting history. It is expanding and adding new elements, with likely some reverse timeline additions. Perhaps, in discussion with the player, we decide there is an island chain far to the south that remains mostly uncontacted by the powers of the "Known World". This island is ruled by dragons who are served by dragonborn. The PC has escaped from this land, and managed to travel to the "Known World" by means mundane or magical. This dragon-ruled island chain didn't exist in my campaign until I had a need for it, to accommodate one of my players. Did I change the history of my world? Did I change "what already happened"? Whatever. If you and your gaming group are happy with a more restrictive approach, that's fine as long as y'all are having fun. I prefer the more collaborative approach. I'm having way more fun that I did when I was a kid and every DM's world (in our little corner of D&D fandom in the 80s) was considered sacrosanct and inviolable. I have some old school friends who still play like that . . . and while I love them . . . I don't want to play D&D with them anymore. [/QUOTE]

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