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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ralif Redhammer" data-source="post: 8747733" data-attributes="member: 30438">Yeah, though what exactly went down behind the scenes and what discussions were had before Wizards and the authors agreed to move forward is still an unknown. One thing that seemed very telling was at the last Wizards Direct, they announced a full line of reprints of R.A. Salvatore's Drizzt novels, but not a word about Dragons of Deceit.Ultimately, I guess my point is twofold on changes to Dragonlance lore:1 - The only reason Dragonlance didn't have dwarven wizards is because at the time D&D didn't. If D&D did, for all we know Raistlin and Caramon could've been dwarves. This isn't some deep authorial decision, but simply a direct influence of the game at the time. To me, it's the same with Greyhawk and arguments that it shouldn't have this or that race or class - if harengon had been around back then, you can bet Gary would've had them in Greyhawk. Since the game has changed, I don't really see a reason why the worlds can't change too.2 - Where canon meets real-world pain, canon must always give. Seeing segregated dining for kender at the Inn of the Last Home felt very ugly.</blockquote>