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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Obryn" data-source="post: 4854283" data-attributes="member: 11821">But that's a problem, in my mind.  Basically, you're saying that a DM should feel free to change stuff - so long as they don't change too much, or else only change the boring bits.  I'm not good with that; if I'm given a detailed setting, I can guarantee it will be blown all to hell by mid-level.I mean, in my Star Wars game, I had Jabba the Hutt assassinated by noghri under orders by Vader's apprentice Darth Nemesis (formerly Princess Leia) and replaced with a different, force-sensitive Hutt as part of a grand political power-grab against the Emperor.  When I get a setting, I blow it up.But you're kinda contradicting yourself.  If I only invest in the grey box, and I'm only interested in using the grey box as a source, I as a DM don't know if my changes will be internally consistent in the greater canon.  I also, honestly, wouldn't care.If that excludes canon-lawyers from playing in my games, I'd have to be fine with that.  I think they could be missing out on a fun experience that violates their expectations, though.-O</blockquote>