Well, y'know, they had their hands full with the anniversary and all...

Well, y'know, they had their hands full with the anniversary and all...
They could, but marketing says "The Forgotten Realms is the world where the smash hit BG3 took place, play D&D and find out what happens next." So "the present" is going to be fixed at shortly after BG3 (which would make it 1493 I believe), for commercial reasons, at least until BG4 or the next smash hit D&D thing in popular media.Pretty sure WotC can still say "The events of BG3 still happen 100+ years from the current date."
I think it's more likely they are on the rod, rather than being connected to the location or guardian.I noticed those 7 same symbols appear on the front of the Platinum Box as the symbols on the other circle of the back of the alt cover book.
I'm really curious if each of those seven symbols just represent each piece of the Rod, or if it represents the 7 main settings of 5e or both or whatever Guards each piece.
I think it's more likely they are on the rod, rather than being connected to the location or guardian.
Insert tab A is socket B.Okay, but what do the symbols mean?
part 1 of 7, 2 of 7, …Okay, but what do the symbols mean?
Now you've got it! Finally fix the BS that was 4E's lore change. Long time coming.
But that’s not what resetting the setting means. It means all that material after the grey box is gone. All those novels, setting books, video games? All gone. Poof.
You thought the Spellplague was a big change? Wait until you undo thirty years and thousands of pages of lore
Yeah that’s going to happen.
We already know the central concept pf the Campaign is time travel, via the obelisks.But that’s not what resetting the setting means. It means all that material after the grey box is gone. All those novels, setting books, video games? All gone. Poof.
You thought the Spellplague was a big change? Wait until you undo thirty years and thousands of pages of lore
Yeah that’s going to happen.
Honestly, that's easy enough to do now by just ignoring the products that don't fit folks version of the realms.At best we might get a multiverse thing where there are 2 timelines. I can see Salvatore happily staying in the "modern" timeline while Greenwood happily goes back to before WotC killed almost every single thing he created.