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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6786881" data-attributes="member: 22779">I'd 100% agree with this.This, not so much.  If we're simply going to start comparing home games, we'd have to establish lengthy baselines every single conversation and have to do so for discussions with every single other player we talk about.If I say "I'm playing in FR", it's probably safe to assume that there is a Cormyr and a Waterdeep and a bajillion gods that govern the physics of the setting.  If I want to depart from that, I should state so up front that that's what I'm doing.Note, this entire conversation has been about canon FR.  About trying to pin down exactly what that canon is.  Now, for my home game, I can do whatever I please and I'd probably go back to the idea that the Wall is there to keep the Far Realms out.  Something I mentioned way back at the beginning of this thread.  But, for the purposes of discussing the Realms with other people, I certainly can't assume that my version of the Wall is anything other than my version of the Wall.It's like when you try to discuss game rules.  If I say I'm playing Edition X, it's safe to assume that the RAW of Edition X is what we're talking about.  I've seen far too many conversations entirely derailed by people trying to pass of their version of the rules as what the rules actually say.  It leads to far too much confusion.  We need a common baseline to start from and then we can go from there.</blockquote>

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