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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 8042140" data-attributes="member: 6796661">The answer to that is usually that "I am running a game inspired by [famous show/book series], but it is not, and does not pretend to be canon."The problem is that the sell is usually that you are running Star Wars, Middle Earth, Forgotten Realms, etc. and you want to attract other fans of the property. It is difficult to walk the line between making it feel like you are living and adventuring in a beloved setting on the one hand, but not being overly constrained by it on the other. With something like Forgotten Realms, I really don't have an issue because I have read none of the novels, never played in FR in any earlier edition, never played any of the video games set in the FR, and the 5e adventure modules and SCAG are my only really exposure. So if I run Dragon Heist, Descent into Avernus, Storm Kinds Thunder, etc. I really have only bothered to prep the book, which I may customize.  I simply am not running a Forgotton Realms campaign. More like a home brew campaign that generously borrows from the FR.  So it is easy to deal with uber fans.  "Who?  Drizzt? Is that a verb for applying sauce to a dish?  Never heard of him. Not in my campaign. Sorry." Good news is that you can play a dual-wielding drow ranger with a big cat companion and I won't roll my eyes at you. The only time I've run into this issue was with The Expanse. I'm a big fan of the TV show, though I have not read the novels. I also like the game, both the crunch and the fluff. But I really felt constrained by canon (as well as by some of the science for space travel) and I only ran one session. It was...okay.  But the book is mostly for reading and collecting.</blockquote>

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