D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting

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There canonically no dragonborn mercenaries in Baldur's Gate. The are not mentioned. Even Decent into Avernus, where we actually HAVE Flaming Fist Mercenaries outlined, does not have a single Dragonborn. IIRC, there is a single Dragonborn in the module, but, not in Baldur's Gate.

I want to bring this back up as I catch up on the thread.
If a player isn't mentioned in a game recap of a sporting event it doesn't mean the player doesn't exist. I don't know why the assumption is that every single possibility needs to be mentioned in a book for it to exist.
None of my characters are mentioned in official books, do they exist?

 

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I want to bring this back up as I catch up on the thread.
If a player isn't mentioned in a game recap of a sporting event it doesn't mean the player doesn't exist. I don't know why the assumption is that every single possibility needs to be mentioned in a book for it to exist.
None of my characters are mentioned in official books, do they exist?

Because D&D rarely goes out the way to show the assumption that every possibility is possible.

If a player isn't mentioned, you can't assume a specific player is on the team if the team is mention.

A position of the team can be assumed but specifics not attached to the requirements of the time isn't.

The player characters are mentioned in the adventure so whoever is in the party is assumed to be there but specifics aren't. Unless the adventure has specifics required in the player party.

For example there is nothing banning a person who was from France from being on a professional football team. But unless you mentioned that they have a player from France on the professional football team you wouldn't assume that there is a Frenchman on the professional football team.

In order for a French footballer to be assumed frenchmen would have to be already tied to football or a football player on the team would have to be described as being French.