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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 7011664" data-attributes="member: 2067">There's a few different angles to approach this question from.From the angle of brand identity (and thus what gets published), no I don't think those settings aren't part of the D&D multiverse. WotC defines "D&D" and "The Multiverse," so by the strictest definition, those aren't a part of it, in the same way that Superman isn't part of Marvel's Universe and that Starbuck isn't part of the Star Wars Multiverse. In the World of the Brand, D&D isn't a generic name for "fantasy tabletop RPG," it's a specific name for a specific setting with specific (though very diverse!) trappings and tendencies. (My theory - not without some support - is that a lot of the changes in 4e were meant to pull D&D specifically away from the risk of being "generic.")But that's the level of publications, of movies, of marketing. From the angle of practical use at the table, it's mostly irrelevant. Is D&D-Alike X somehow set within the D&D multiverse? Does it matter? It's not really going to affect gameplay very much whether it is or it isn't. Those settings are about adventures in those settings, and so the hypothetical existence of other settings out there in the multiverse aren't really going to come up in play.The only time where they would come up in play, I imagine, is if you're doing some sort of world-hopping adventure, and in that case, for your table, maybe these are in the same multiverse! At other tables, maybe they are oil and water. On the level of mouth feel, I think that it's really up to the individual. Person A would say D&D and Scarred Lands are the same thing, Person B would say they couldn't be more different, and each one is right because that's a subjective thing and everyone has their own taste buds and tooth alignment and salivary production and life experiences, so it's going to vary between individuals and that's just fine.</blockquote>

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