D&D General The Purple Dragon Knights are tied to an Amethyst Dragon (confirmed)

[Paul Farquhar]

None of the previous Forgotten Realms plots involved time travel or the multiverse in the sense of there being multiple versions of the Forgotten Realms and every other change I mentioned was recent.

The D&D multiverse predates TSR’s purchase of the Forgotten Realms. It’s in the core rules.

 

[Necropolitan]

The D&D multiverse predates TSR’s purchase of the Forgotten Realms. It’s in the core rules.

"Every table decides for themselves" isn't the same as "There are infinite versions of the Forgotten Realms that can interact with each other like in Rick and Morty."

 

[Parmandur]

None of the previous Forgotten Realms plots involved time travel or the multiverse in the sense of there being multiple versions of the Forgotten Realms and every other change I mentioned was recent.

That's been a core part of all d&D since the 1970s.

 

[Parmandur]

"Every table decides for themselves" isn't the same as "There are infinite versions of the Forgotten Realms that can interact with each other like in Rick and Morty."

No, that has been a core part of D&D since Gary Gygax, for real.

 

[Necropolitan]

That's been a core part of all d&D since the 1970s.

By that reasoning electric trains have been part of all D&D settings since 2004 since that's when Eberron came out.

 

[Parmandur]

By that reasoning electric trains have been part of all D&D settings since 2004 since that's when Eberron came out.

I mean, they can be. But the comic book style infinite multiverse has always been in D;D.

 

[Azzy]

The D&D multiverse predates TSR’s purchase of the Forgotten Realms. It’s in the core rules.

Yup....

Oerth, Aerth, Yarth, Uerth

 

[Necropolitan]

Yup....

Oerth, Aerth, Yarth, Uerth

None of those are The Forgotten Realms.

Which this is actually about.

 

[Azzy]

None of those are The Forgotten Realms.

Which this is actually about.

So? It still shows that alternate worlds were still a thing in D&D going waaay back.

 

[Necropolitan]

So? It still shows that alternate worlds were still a thing in D&D going waaay back.

I've only been talking about The Forgotten Realms.

And that's not been the case there.