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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 8349489" data-attributes="member: 18182">For Dragonlance, at least, the sword cut both ways. The "Chaos War" storyline, and later the "War of Souls" storyline, were novel centric plots that had major metaplot/canon impacts on the setting. But the "Dragon Overlords" storyline was all about shifting the game away from AD&D and to the new Saga system. At the time, the novels supported the changes in the game! Ugh, what a disaster that was.Dark Sun is interesting, because the Prism Pentad novels were part of the plan before launch. Not unlike the original Dragonlance novels and adventure modules. It was just a weird decision to present the world of Athas, and then immediately break it with the first set of novels.I suspect part of the reason novels aren't canon now . . . is because WotC isn't really in the business of publishing novels anymore. It used to be a BIG part of the D&D franchise, but no more. Salvatore's Drizzt books continue despite WotC's reluctance because they are so popular. Weis & Hickman's upcoming new Dragonlance trilogy almost didn't happen, WotC actively tried to kill the project. And that's it, there aren't any other current novels, other than a new YA series coming up soon . . .</blockquote>