D&D General Who's in the Who's Who of D&D

[The Myopic Sniper]

I am guessing that Dark Sun characters and adventures won't be included so that they can quietly boot it from the canon by way of omission. Even if it does get a token mention, I don't expect much coverage in it if they aren't looking to do a sourcebook or explore it in multimedia like a TV show.

 

[Azzy]

Likely, if there's a spell or magic item named after them, they'll likely be in the glossary. Likely, as will be some of the big named NPCs (Elminster, Drizzt, Volo, etc.) and Big Bads (Vecna, Xanathar, Orcus, Szass Tam, etc.).

 

[Parmandur]

It also strikes me that WotC "canon policy" for licenses and such is that only the conte t in the Core books is considered "canon" for media projects. So, a big point of this Flossary is probably too serve as the sheet they can hand to media partners as the important info to be consistent on.

 

[JEB]

I am guessing that Dark Sun characters and adventures won't be included so that they can quietly boot it from the canon by way of omission.

They made it pretty clear that they think Dark Sun's more trouble than it's worth at this point, so I think you're correct here.

Even if it does get a token mention, I don't expect much coverage in it if they aren't looking to do a sourcebook or explore it multimedia like a TV show.

Odds are pretty good that any classic setting not mentioned in the 2024 core rules is not considered useful to the brand anymore (or worse, detrimental to it) and won't be developed further in the future, yeah.

 

[Mad_Jack]

If Melf's not in it, I'm not buying it.

 

[Dragonhelm]

If Melf's not in it, I'm not buying it.

Nobody's putting Melf on a shelf.

 

[Mad_Jack]

Nobody's putting Melf on a shelf.

Well, not again, anyway...

 

[Parmandur]

If Melf's not in it, I'm not buying it.

Melf has Apells named after him, so I'd bet he gets some official lore.

 

[Azzy]

Melf has Apells named after him, so I'd bet he gets some official lore.

Useless Trivia Time™: Melf is a prince (Prince Brightflame) from World of Greyhawk's Kingdom of Celene. In the Gord series of novels, he's known as Melf of the Arrow. The name Melf originally came from Luke Gygax writing "M. Elf" ("M" for "male") on the character sheet. Also, of note is that one of the LJN toys of the AD&D line was originally released as Melf, but the toy was later released with the name Peralay.

So, in my headcannon, Melf is properly Prince Peralay Brightflame of Celene and he uses the name Melf as an alias to keep his anonymity.

 

[Parmandur]

Useless Trivia Time™: Melf is a prince (Prince Brightflame) from World of Greyhawk's Kingdom of Celene. In the Gord series of novels, he's known as Melf of the Arrow. The name Melf originally came from Luke Gygax writing "M. Elf" ("M" for "male") on the character sheet. Also, of note is that one of the LJN toys of the AD&D line was originally released as Melf, but the toy was later released with the name Peralay.

So, in my headcannon, Melf is properly Prince Peralay Brightflame of Celene and he uses the name Melf as an alias to keep his anonymity.

They seem to be leaning into the LJN toys in upcoming Adventures, so some of that may be in the DMG!