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<blockquote data-quote="Irennan" data-source="post: 7519059" data-attributes="member: 6778119">I think that what you call baseline narrative is actually canon. Canon is a bunch of info about a world that is considered to be the default for that world. It doesn't need to be super-detailed, it can also be rather vague. The concept behind canon is intended to provide the designers of a shared world with a tool to be on the same page, and a default, published version to users (or it comes naturally when the world only has 1 author, since all that they say/write about their world is obviously canon), and the fact that you can change canon at will in a given game doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. The fact that WotC have been undoing a lot of past events in the Realms, often time leaving the explanation mysterious, doesn't mean that they don't have a canon. They introduced a huge plot device in the Sundering that they're loosely using as a justification (direct or indirect, or even just implied) for most changes that they're making. In short, they have opened up the old canon to build their new one, but they still have it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Irennan, post: 7519059, member: 6778119"] I think that what you call baseline narrative is actually canon. Canon is a bunch of info about a world that is considered to be the default for that world. It doesn't need to be super-detailed, it can also be rather vague. The concept behind canon is intended to provide the designers of a shared world with a tool to be on the same page, and a default, published version to users (or it comes naturally when the world only has 1 author, since all that they say/write about their world is obviously canon), and the fact that you can change canon at will in a given game doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. The fact that WotC have been undoing a lot of past events in the Realms, often time leaving the explanation mysterious, doesn't mean that they don't have a canon. They introduced a huge plot device in the Sundering that they're loosely using as a justification (direct or indirect, or even just implied) for most changes that they're making. In short, they have opened up the old canon to build their new one, but they still have it. [/QUOTE]

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