D&D General What if the Blood War ended? (Possible Outcomes Discussion)

[Protonicmass]

And what is canon? What was written in 1e, or is it what was written in 3e, or is it what has been written in 4e? No wait, it is what the DM makes up at the table.

Canon is what Wizards defines in their current campaign setting. But they have a whole lot of contradictions that are supposed to be canon. The DM can make up his own rules but if you take the books, raw, no alterations, that's what's "canon".

 

[Uni-the-Unicorn!]

Canon is what Wizards defines in their current campaign setting. But they have a whole lot of contradictions that are supposed to be canon. The DM can make up his own rules but if you take the books, raw, no alterations, that's what's "canon".

And you know this because you have worked at WotC in the D&D team? You are simply speculating really. The is not the literary understanding of canon, that is for sure.

As far as I know, WotC has not made a statement on what is canon. And they probably will not, because it doesn’t really make sense for an RPG.

In a book or series by one author, the concept of canon makes some sense, but in an RPG with millions of authors - not so much. It just not a very useful concept for D&D.

 

[Stormonu]

Infinite timelines and parallel universes can make things both true and false at the same time. Maybe it happened in one reality, but not in all of them - or someone went back in time and undid something that was formerly true.

Or, like with the crazy god in FR (forget his name), someone could have spread rumors that something WAS true, and either everyone believes it or the power to shape reality through belief actually changed reality at some point.

 

[SehanineMoonbow]

Or, like with the crazy god in FR (forget his name), someone could have spread rumors that something WAS true, and either everyone believes it or the power to shape reality through belief actually changed reality at some point.

I believe you are thinking of Cyric