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<blockquote data-quote="Urriak Uruk" data-source="post: 7967748" data-attributes="member: 7015558">I don't think there is actually an official statement. D&amp;D canon is not stringently enforced like canon for say Star Wars or Marvel. However, the unwritten rule (and this is from the rules prominent/stringent D&amp;D wiki seem to use, like Forgotten Realms wiki) is that video games are considered canon unless they contradict content from other official publications.So for example, the game Neverwinter Nights has a plotline where Mephistopheles attempts to absorb Toril into the Nine Hells to create a 10th Layer, superseded Asmodeus and becoming the new king of hell. He invaded both the Underdark and Waterdeep in pursuit of this goal.Now, technically by the unwritten rules, this is canon. However, such an event is not mentioned in recent books like Dragon Heist, despite it being a pretty insane event. So is it canon or not?My intuition would say probably not. But nothing directly contradicts it, so it's not.Anyway, my point is you shouldn't really use something from a video game as proof something is canon, unless it has been confirmed in other sources.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Urriak Uruk, post: 7967748, member: 7015558"] I don't think there is actually an official statement. D&D canon is not stringently enforced like canon for say Star Wars or Marvel. However, the unwritten rule (and this is from the rules prominent/stringent D&D wiki seem to use, like Forgotten Realms wiki) is that [I]video games are considered canon unless they contradict content from other official publications[/I]. So for example, the game Neverwinter Nights has a plotline where Mephistopheles attempts to absorb Toril into the Nine Hells to create a 10th Layer, superseded Asmodeus and becoming the new king of hell. He invaded both the Underdark and Waterdeep in pursuit of this goal. Now, technically by the unwritten rules, this is canon. However, such an event is not mentioned in recent books like Dragon Heist, despite it being a pretty insane event. So is it canon or not? My intuition would say [I]probably not[/I]. But nothing directly contradicts it, so it's not. Anyway, my point is you shouldn't really use something from a video game as proof something is canon, unless it has been confirmed in other sources. [/QUOTE]

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