D&D General Did Dragonlance/Krynn exist in 4e canon?

[JEB]

Following on from my similar question about Greyhawk...

Per official Wizards policy there would be distinct versions of the Dragonlance setting for 1e, 2e, 3e, and 5e. (Plus however Fifth Age canon would be categorized, since it was a separate game rather than a D&D edition.) Was there also any official coverage of the Dragonlance setting for 4e? I believe there were 4e draconians, but no idea if their lore tied them to Dragonlance, Nentir Vale, or none of the above...

 

[Parmandur]

Following on from my similar question about Greyhawk...

Per official Wizards policy there would be distinct versions of the Dragonlance setting for 1e, 2e, 3e, and 5e. (Plus however Fifth Age canon would be categorized, since it was a separate game rather than a D&D edition.) Was there also any official coverage of the Dragonlance setting for 4e? I believe there were 4e draconians, but no idea if their lore tied them to Dragonlance, Nentir Vale, or none of the above...

I seem to recall that Dragonlance was intended to be the accompaniment for the 4th year of 4E, but got canceled after the 4E product model collapsed due to tge disasters of the PHB 2/3, DMG 2, etc

 

[Morrus]

What does ‘4e canon’ mean to you?

As in was there a 4E D&D book covering Dragonlance? No, there wasn’t.

It’s D&D canon, whatever ruleset is currently depicting it. Batman is DC canon even if a run of Green Lantern comics doesn’t feature him.

So yes, Dragonlance exists in 4E canon, because Dragonlance is D&D canon. But it wasn’t detailed in a rulebook using the 4E rules.

 

[JEB]

I seem to recall that Dragonlance was intended to be the accompaniment for the 4th year of 4E, but got canceled after the 4E product model collapsed due to tge disasters of the PHB 2/3, DMG 2, etc

Interesting! IIRC there were similar plans for a standalone Ravenloft RPG around the same time (which I guess would have been like the 4e-based Gamma World RPG). Seems like they planned a number of setting expansions/revivals at the time.

 

[JEB]

What does “4e canon’ mean to you?

Official details of the Dragonlance setting published by Wizards of the Coast during the run of D&D 4th Edition.

As in was there a 4E D&D book covering Dragonlance? No, there wasn’t.

Yep, I figured that, that would have stood out in the product lists! Was more interested in mentions in other 4e sourcebooks, or Dragon/Dungeon, or the like. (Or at least interesting trivia like @Parmandur brought up.)

 

[Morrus]

Official details of the Dragonlance setting published by Wizards of the Coast during the run of D&D 4th Edition.

Then no.

 

[Parmandur]

Interesting! IIRC there were similar plans for a standalone Ravenloft RPG around the same time (which I guess would have been like the 4e-based Gamma World RPG). Seems like they planned a number of setting expansions/revivals at the time.

Those were a bit latter, I remember Mike Mearls talking about working on a Ravenloft iteration for 4E Essentials was the final straw when theyvreliazed they needed a new edition.

Did lead to the cool Castle Ravenloft boardgame.

 

[mamba]

Was there also any official coverage of the Dragonlance setting for 4e?

they worked on one, but 4e sales fell off a cliff before it was finished and it got cancelled as a result, from what I heard

 

[EzekielRaiden]

Wellll....

What does ‘4e canon’ mean to you?

As in was there a 4E D&D book covering Dragonlance? No, there wasn’t.

That's not entirely true.

Draconomicon 2: Metallic Dragons has monster stats for all the types of draconians, though it doesn't go into their setting origins explicitly. Dragon 421, on the other hand, has two sections specific to Krynn and explicitly referencing it as such. I admit it isn't much, but it's not quite nothing either.

they worked on one, but 4e sales fell off a cliff before it was finished and it got cancelled as a result, from what I heard

While I think the order of causation is the other way around (books got cancelled left and right because of simply not-meeting-expectations sales, so necessarily sales plummeted when there weren't any physical books being published), the net result is still correct. There would've been one, but it got cancelled. It's plausible, perhaps even probable, that the Dragon articles were salvaging what they could of the time they spent on developing the cancelled books.

 

[JEB]

Draconomicon 2: Metallic Dragons has monster stats for all the types of draconians, though it doesn't go into their setting origins explicitly. Dragon 421, on the other hand, has two sections specific to Krynn and explicitly referencing it as such. I admit it isn't much, but it's not quite nothing either.

I thought draconians had been somewhere in 4e. Thanks for the info!

Don't suppose any other DL species/monsters got official 4e writeups + lore in the magazines? Say, kender? (All Google is showing me is fanmade material...)