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Message: <blockquote data-quote="humble minion" data-source="post: 9583998" data-attributes="member: 5948">I ... don't think so here, personally.  I don't read it that way.The line <code class="bbCodeInline">Evolve and expand existing D&D settings through compelling narrative development</code>To me doesn't say 'metaplot designer', it says 'person who knows lore inside out and can mine if for bits and pieces we can use in modern-style narrative products, while without being so wedded to it that they'll get annoyed when we, for example, use Lord Soth's name and image in SotDQ because he;s an iconic character, but throw out all the actual character traits that made him interesting'.  When you want a place in Faerun that has properties X, Y and Z for an upcoming campaign book, then this person will put up their hands and say 'Durpar!' or whatever.  They'll be the ones whose job it'll be to find an approximately lore-adjacent excuse to squeeze harengon somehow into a hypothetical new Dark Sun book, for instance, or to remember an obscure magic weapon from an old 2e FR soufrcebook that can be dropped into a new product as an easter egg.</blockquote>