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Originally posted by Markustay

Except that that would would mean that the cataclysm of Krynn now puts that world out of (temporal) reach, and that in-setting (The FR setting), Ed Greenwood should be dead, and can no longer talk to Elminster (because FR is now a 100 years or so into our future). In fact, come to think of it, Earth-time canonically ran at a different rate then FR setting time (I forget the exact ration - something like 1 of our years = 3 Toril years). If that is the correct formula, then WotC can't possibly produce any 'new' FR material for at least 33 years.*

How long was the cataclysm, BTW? If it was only a century, then we (FR) probably 'caught up', as it were.

And from what I understand, absolutely no time passed on Krynn while Soth was in RL... and it may not have even been the same Soth. That means that not only can Ravenloft reach through time, it can also reach into 'alternate timelines' (in order to obtain these 'duplicates' it apparently finds). Either that, or Ravenloft doesn't 'steal' anything - it merely makes copies (but there is enough lore to the contrary for that to be highly improbable).


*On the other hand, if we figure this formula to be accurate, 35 years has passed since TSR first published The Realms... so 105 years could have gone by. If we take into account that the OGB may have been 'recent past', and the setting was actually 'current' as of 2e or so, that puts us pretty damn close to the current (4e) date.

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