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Alexander Clark
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
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 Posted - 20 Mar 2019 : 03:16:15
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No, Ed has on many occasions stated that his contract with TSR/WotC is such that anything that he says about the Realms is canon unless superseded or contradicted by an officially published company product. Obviously, all published FR products are canon although there is some "grey area" when it comes to the "outcomes" of the various computer games. Elements of those games (i.e. characters and some of the events) are certainly canon if put into a novel or published game product.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 20 Mar 2019 : 08:18:13
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Originally posted by George Krashos
No, Ed has on many occasions stated that his contract with TSR/WotC is such that anything that he says about the Realms is canon unless superseded or contradicted by an officially published company product. Obviously, all published FR products are canon although there is some "grey area" when it comes to the "outcomes" of the various computer games. Elements of those games (i.e. characters and some of the events) are certainly canon if put into a novel or published game product.
-- George Krashos
...With the exception of the Double Diamond Triangle Saga series of books, which WotC called "Apocrypha / Volo's Attempts at Fiction" in their long-ago "Presenting . . . Seven Millennia of Realms Fiction" web article/fiction chronology.
Of course, since the advent of 3E, "canon" has become kind of a lose concept for WotC; they have developed a tendency to ignore prior canon on a distressingly regular basis. |
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Edited by - Wooly Rupert on 20 Mar 2019 08:19:45 |
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Alexander Clark
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 20 Mar 2019 : 10:58:15
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
With the exception of the Double Diamond Triangle Saga series of books, which WotC called "Apocrypha / Volo's Attempts at Fiction" in their long-ago "Presenting . . . Seven Millennia of Realms Fiction" web article/fiction chronology.
Thanks, that's an interesting bit of information. I found that article archived.
http://web.archive.org/web/20030626011859/http://www.wizards.com/forgottenrealms/FR_Timeline2.asp#Apocrypha
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Of course, since the advent of 3E, "canon" has become kind of a lose concept for WotC; they have developed a tendency to ignore prior canon on a distressingly regular basis.
I just wanted Ed's quote for a debate on another forum. I mean I can just give them a link to FR wiki, but I like to use sources better than that.  |
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Matthian
Acolyte
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Posted - 20 Mar 2019 : 11:35:47
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
...With the exception of the Double Diamond Triangle Saga series of books
Why did they remove that specific series from canon? Was it especially bad or something? |
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Bulak
Acolyte
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Posted - 20 Mar 2019 : 11:51:46
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From here: http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=556
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Originally posted by George Krashos
Making the Double Diamond Triangle Saga the work of Volo (and hence fiction within fiction) was one of the last FR decisions made by Steven Schend before he left WotC. It didn't fit into plans for FR 3E, was a noose around designers necks as it was set so far into the future, and wasn't an all that brilliant FR product in the first place. It wasn't a tough decision to make.
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 20 Mar 2019 : 12:04:23
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I couldn't have said it better myself.
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