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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JEB" data-source="post: 9473115" data-attributes="member: 10148">For the record, the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20240504060302/https://dnd.wizards.com/news/dnd-canon" target="_blank">final canon policy</a> (Internet Archive link; it disappeared in the switch to DDB as the central D&D hub) narrowed that further: only what was in the current printings of the core rulebooks was confirmed to be canon for 5e, the status of everything else canonically was no longer "public-facing". They also reinforced this with the "Legacy Content" label on DDB, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20220513172922/https://www.dndbeyond.com/legacy" target="_blank">which indicated</a> that the lore in such products (like Volo's) was superseded by newer works (such as Monsters of the Multiverse).That said, Dragonlance 5e marked a shift from how they'd handled Ravenloft and (to a lesser extent) Spelljammer in terms of pre-5e canon - they avoided contradicting established lore, and the changes they did make don't necessarily prevent the classic storylines from happening. As long as you can accept some retcons (Soth retreated to Dargaard after SotDQ and only rejoined the fray after Kitiara's test; the true gods were discovered in multiple places independently; etc.). Which was a wise move, considering the Dragonlance fandom is (even today) more robust than the Ravenloft or Spelljammer fandoms, and probably would have been vocally unhappy about a Ravenloft-level reboot. They continued this approach with Planescape, and I expect something similar with 2024 5e Greyhawk.</blockquote>

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