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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 9793937" data-attributes="member: 58172">Every setting is opt in.Perkins,  Crawford, and others were referring to what is "canon" in the core rules, which is only what is published in PH, DMs Guide and MM. This means any book or show that officially has the Dungeons & Dragons brand should cohere with the core rules, but otherwise dont need to conform to other D&D products.Beyond core, every setting is its own canon -- and even every author that tells a story utilizing a setting is ones own canon. It is ok if authors disagree with each other. Each DM chooses which setting to use including the poetic license to alter a setting.Example. If Kieth Baker has WotC publishing the Eberron Rising campaign setting, that official setting is canon for everyone who opts in that canon. If an other author writes a story that takes place in Eberron, and Baker adds new setting content as an indy publisher, it is ok for each author to disagree in details. Baker tends to be consistent in that he integrates other content into his setting that he publishes online.With the Forgotten Realms setting there are several canonical authorities. For branding, probably these 5e 2024 books (Heroes in Faerun and Adventures in Faerun) are the only canon, for official novels and shows. But there are also several fansites accumulating lore from all related products across the editions, and the 2024 books even recommend one. Then there are the publications by Greenwood himself, including his indy publications and even his original setting before any other additions. It is ok if these different iterations of the Forgotten Realms setting have incongruent details. It is the DM and by extension the author of a novel or movie who decides which setting to use, and then tis DM-author becomes a self-referential canon.</blockquote>

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