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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8804888" data-attributes="member: 22779">And, again, let's not forget, that the only reason that, say, Tieflings don't exist in Dragonlance is because DL was written first.&nbsp; If Tieflings had been part of D&amp;D in 1982, then DL would have had Tieflings.&nbsp; It's not like Dragonlance banned any PHB races.&nbsp; And, before anyone starts up about half-orcs, I'd point out that the official removal of orcs from Dragonlance came much, much later.&nbsp; As in several years after the release of the setting.&nbsp; You didn't have half-orcs in DL simply because no one played one.&nbsp; Drow weren't banned from the setting.&nbsp; They just didn't appear.&nbsp; It was much later, after the fact, that people started justifying why this or that race didn't appear in Dragonlance by changing things to exclude those races.&nbsp; I really wonder why people are so set on making sure that Dragonlance stays &quot;true&quot; to canon but insist that it must be canon that came much later and wasn't actually canon at the outset.&nbsp; I thought keeping settings true to their origins was the goal here.&nbsp; I thought that changing canon was a bad thing.&nbsp; Apparently not though.&nbsp; It's apparently only a bad thing to change canon when people don't like the changes.&nbsp; It really would be nice if the canon police would mind their own campaigns and leave the rest of us to enjoy things.&nbsp; If you don't want orcs or drow in your DL?&nbsp; Not a problem.&nbsp; Knock yourself out.&nbsp; I don't imagine that there will be a single orc or drow NPC in the module, so, it's not like you'll have to change a single thing.&nbsp; Why do you feel that you should be able to tell me what should be in my campaign though?&nbsp; Why can't you simply mind your own table?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 8804888, member: 22779"] And, again, let's not forget, that the only reason that, say, Tieflings don't exist in Dragonlance is because DL was written first. If Tieflings had been part of D&D in 1982, then DL would have had Tieflings. It's not like Dragonlance banned any PHB races. And, before anyone starts up about half-orcs, I'd point out that the official removal of orcs from Dragonlance came much, much later. As in several years after the release of the setting. You didn't have half-orcs in DL simply because no one played one. Drow weren't banned from the setting. They just didn't appear. It was much later, after the fact, that people started justifying why this or that race didn't appear in Dragonlance by changing things to exclude those races. I really wonder why people are so set on making sure that Dragonlance stays "true" to canon but insist that it must be canon that came much later and wasn't actually canon at the outset. I thought keeping settings true to their origins was the goal here. I thought that changing canon was a bad thing. Apparently not though. It's apparently only a bad thing to change canon when people don't like the changes. It really would be nice if the canon police would mind their own campaigns and leave the rest of us to enjoy things. If you don't want orcs or drow in your DL? Not a problem. Knock yourself out. I don't imagine that there will be a single orc or drow NPC in the module, so, it's not like you'll have to change a single thing. Why do you feel that you should be able to tell me what should be in my campaign though? Why can't you simply mind your own table? [/QUOTE]

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