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WotC has stated what is Canon

Started by Thorn Drumheller, July 22, 2021, 05:43:21 PM

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Thorn Drumheller

July 22, 2021, 05:43:21 PM Last Edit: July 22, 2021, 05:45:38 PM by Thorn Drumheller
https://web.archive.org/web/20210721194916/https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dungeons-dragons-canon-roleplaying-game-novels/

And just like that with the advent of 5th everything is new. LOL. See, we didn't need to worry about Ravenloft before 5e, cause it wasn't canon...or the Forgotten Realms.....or drow....or anything.
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TJS

#1
July 22, 2021, 05:48:27 PM
Well that was was vacuous.

Maybe someone can interview them about the wetness of water in the D&D world.

Although maybe if that needs to be said, it's an indication of how D&D is becoming more and more of a "Fandom".

Armchair Gamer

#2
July 22, 2021, 05:51:21 PM Last Edit: July 22, 2021, 06:16:42 PM by Armchair Gamer
I don't care about the canonicity in and of itself (I've had my own work go from fanwork to canon to uncanon), but there are usually two negative consequences to this kind of declaration:

1. So far, whenever a corporation has gone out of their way to declare old stuff non-canon, the replacement material has been decidedly unimpressive.

2. While the Pop Cultists may claim "the old material's still there for you," if you express a preference for it over the new stuff in public, you will be bullied and calumniated until you bow down and offer your ceremonial pinch of incense to the idols of the New Age.

Reckall

#3
July 22, 2021, 06:22:44 PM
So what? This is my Canon, and it is the only thing that matters.

For every idiot who denounces Ayn Rand as "intellectualism" there is an excellent DM who creates a "Bioshock" adventure.

DocJones

#4
July 22, 2021, 06:38:01 PM

Now that's a Cannon!

But...seriously the only thing canon in D&D is that which is in the setting that I make.

Shasarak

#5
July 22, 2021, 06:51:23 PM
What Jeremy does not realise is that everything released after 2007 is non-canonical.

Who da Drow?  U da drow! - hedgehobbit

There will be poor always,
pathetically struggling,
look at the good things you've got! -  Jesus

TJS

#6
July 22, 2021, 07:02:06 PM
Quote from: Shasarak on July 22, 2021, 06:51:23 PM
What Jeremy does not realise is that everything released after 2007 is non-canonical.
Half right.

Also everything before.

Spinachcat

#7
July 22, 2021, 07:10:02 PM
I never liked gunpowder in D&D.

:)

Quote from: Armchair Gamer on July 22, 2021, 05:51:21 PM2. While the Pop Cultists may claim "the old material's still there for you," if you express a preference for it over the new stuff in public, you will be bullied and calumniated until you bow down and offer your ceremonial pinch of incense to the idols of the New Age.

No. I will not be.

They, however, will be crying on Twatter about the bad man who hurt their fee-fees.

Shasarak

#8
July 22, 2021, 07:13:13 PM
Quote from: TJS on July 22, 2021, 07:02:06 PM
Quote from: Shasarak on July 22, 2021, 06:51:23 PM
What Jeremy does not realise is that everything released after 2007 is non-canonical.
Half right.

Also everything before.

Sorry man, I dont make the rules.
Who da Drow?  U da drow! - hedgehobbit

There will be poor always,
pathetically struggling,
look at the good things you've got! -  Jesus

TJS

#9
July 22, 2021, 07:35:32 PM
Quote from: Shasarak on July 22, 2021, 07:13:13 PM
Quote from: TJS on July 22, 2021, 07:02:06 PM
Quote from: Shasarak on July 22, 2021, 06:51:23 PM
What Jeremy does not realise is that everything released after 2007 is non-canonical.
Half right.

Also everything before.

Sorry man, I dont make the rules.
Gygax did when he told us to make the game our own.

Completely incompatible with "Canon".

Thorn Drumheller

#10
July 22, 2021, 08:11:42 PM
The more I think about this the more I realize WotC is distancing itself from past game products. In a way I think they're trying to erase history.....without erasing history, if that makes sense.
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Armchair Gamer

#11
July 22, 2021, 08:17:37 PM
Quote from: Thorn Drumheller on July 22, 2021, 08:11:42 PM
The more I think about this the more I realize WotC is distancing itself from past game products. In a way I think they're trying to erase history.....without erasing history, if that makes sense.

  It's the classic Revolutionary approach--the past is a bleak abyss, and history begins today.

Shasarak

#12
July 22, 2021, 08:18:25 PM
Quote from: TJS on July 22, 2021, 07:35:32 PM
Quote from: Shasarak on July 22, 2021, 07:13:13 PM
Quote from: TJS on July 22, 2021, 07:02:06 PM
Quote from: Shasarak on July 22, 2021, 06:51:23 PM
What Jeremy does not realise is that everything released after 2007 is non-canonical.
Half right.

Also everything before.

Sorry man, I dont make the rules.
Gygax did when he told us to make the game our own.

Completely incompatible with "Canon".

Thats not what he told me.
Who da Drow?  U da drow! - hedgehobbit

There will be poor always,
pathetically struggling,
look at the good things you've got! -  Jesus

rocksfalleverybodydies

#13
July 22, 2021, 08:18:44 PM
Quote from: Thorn Drumheller on July 22, 2021, 08:11:42 PM
The more I think about this the more I realize WotC is distancing itself from past game products. In a way I think they're trying to erase history.....without erasing history, if that makes sense.

It makes perfect sense.  Take away the interest and they hope it will eventually wither and die on the vine.
It must grind some of their teeth having to reference the stuff that they put warnings up for.
Guess they're fixing that 'problem'.

I'll bet you they wish they could go back in time and tell Dancey to shut up. heh

palaeomerus

#14
July 22, 2021, 09:07:05 PM
So no more evil drow and knghtly orders that are majority men and Redgar who no one outside of WotC ever gave two shits about will get raped in a very special adventure.

Got it.

Devils and Demons dancing at the Blood Prom. The Orange god Iuge is the new elder eye. etc. etc.
Emery
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