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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Levistus's_Leviathan" data-source="post: 8529021" data-attributes="member: 7023887">I wholly agree with this. While reading this, it reminded me a lot about a similar circumstance from some book series that all take place in a connected-universe that I've been reading lately. To simplify things a bit, most of Brandon Sanderson's novels take place in the same shared-universe, called the "Cosmere". Now, all of his individual stories that he tells in this universe (Mistborn, Elantris, Warbreaker, the Stormlight Archive, White Sand, etc) are separate stories that can stand on their own, and most of them don't even reference the larger universe (and most the references that they do have are minor cameos or shout-outs that most people easily miss), but every single story in the Cosmere also shares a universe with one another and are building up to over-arching stories that will take place in it later-on. You don't need to know anything about the Cosmere, Realmatic Theory, Hoid's background, or many of the other shared-elements of the Cosmere in order to enjoy the stories that take place in it, but for those that do want to learn about it, they can. The same concept applies here. Does D&D have a shared Multiverse that most/all of its official settings take place in (Planescape, Spelljammer, or the M:tG Multiverse)? Sure. Does that in any way invalidate the stories that take place at your table? Of course not. That, to me, seems very similar to an<a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AppealToWorseProblems" target="_blank"> "Appeal to Worse Problems" fallacy</a>. Just like the fact that the world will be consumed by the Sun in 6 billion years does not invalidate any problems that you have with your life, the fact that the D&D worlds exist in a shared Multiverse do not invalidate your settings or stories that take place in them. It solely exists as a meta excuse for the shared connections between the many D&D worlds, as well as an interesting concept and story for those that want to learn more about it. If you don't like it, ignore it. I like it, so I'll learn more about it. Please do not ask for what makes me have fun to stop existing because you're undergoing a Tabletop Gaming Existential Crisis about whether or not your game really matters when compared to the rest of the D&D Multiverse. No worlds, stories, cosmologies, or characters are invalidated by the fact that a larger D&D Multiverse exists.</blockquote>

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