How official is FR material on the WTC website? [Archive] - Wizards Community

How official is FR material on the WTC website? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Yokinobu
04-28-04, 02:50 PM Can anyone tell me if the information in FR on the WTC is really official? I have a pretty good idea that the web enhancements are official, but I don' t want to use anything that are merely supposed to be ideas for a DM running a FR campaign. For example, are there really supposed to be steel dragons in the realms? As far as I've read, the FRCS mentions none.

If moon doors aren't officially in Silverymoon, I don't want to use them. If there is officially no such book as the Lesser Testament of Vraer then I don't want to use it.

For those who don' t get the idea, I want to strictly keep things out of my campaign that I can't rely on to be in a current or future source book, and I don' t want something that Sean Reynolds just came up with off the top of his head to contribute to the site.

If anything on the site besides web enhancements are validated as official, you can bet I'll implement them. That's why I want to know so bad.
Kuje31
04-28-04, 03:02 PM Originally posted by Yokinobu
Can anyone tell me if the information in FR on the WTC is really official? I have a pretty good idea that the web enhancements are official, but I don' t want to use anything that are merely supposed to be ideas for a DM running a FR campaign. For example, are there really supposed to be steel dragons in the realms? As far as I've read, the FRCS mentions none.

If moon doors aren't officially in Silverymoon, I don't want to use them. If there is officially no such book as the Lesser Testament of Vraer then I don't want to use it.

For those who don' t get the idea, I want to strictly keep things out of my campaign that I can't rely on to be in a current or future source book, and I don' t want something that Sean Reynolds just came up with off the top of his head to contribute to the site.

If anything on the site besides web enhancements are validated as official, you can bet I'll implement them. That's why I want to know so bad.

They are as official and canon as any thing in the sourcebooks. Ed's material is usually requested by the people at WOTC a year in advance before it even shows up on the WOTC site. Every thing that is posted on the WOTC site for FR is official and canon.
Yokinobu
04-29-04, 02:53 PM Thanks alot. But I wonder why Steel Dragons aren't in any source books, or why it isn't in the Web Enhancement for Player's Guide to Faerun.
Sammael_the_Chosen
04-29-04, 04:00 PM Steel dragons (AKA Greyhawk dragons) were mentioned in a number of 2nd edition supplements and were (officially) stated for 3E by Sean K. Reynolds in a Living Greyhawk supplement (I think), and then revised for 3.5 on the website. The general thought is that they migrated to FR from Greyhawk, much as some other races did (from other worlds).

As Kuje31 said, website = official. Although I do have to question the reasoning behind such... overly exaggerated... adherence to "canon." What will you do if one of your players does something that screws up the FR canon? Tell the player that he can't do it?
Kuje31
04-29-04, 04:31 PM Originally posted by Sammael_the_Chosen
As Kuje31 said, website = official. Although I do have to question the reasoning behind such... overly exaggerated... adherence to "canon." What will you do if one of your players does something that screws up the FR canon? Tell the player that he can't do it?

Well no. :) My FR is far from WOTC's canon since I don't like many things from 2e/3e/3.5. If you DM in FR sooner or later your games will be your own canon.

I mean I had a PC who married Alusair and the two of them rule Cormyr and Azoun and his wife retired from the court. The Tree of Souls was also planted by a PC in northen Cormyr so those lands where granted to the elven people.
orinbalenovic
04-29-04, 05:46 PM I mean I had a only PC who married Alusair and the two of them rule Cormyr and Azoun and his wife retired from the court. The Tree of Souls was also planted by a PC in northen Cormyr so those lands where granted to the elven people. [/B]

In our campaign, Shades invaded Cormyr, I imagine they turned it into a bleak dessolate wasteland by now...ain't that a shame :smirk:
Sammael_the_Chosen
04-30-04, 01:47 AM Sorry, I can see now that my post wasn't clear at all. My "canon" question was aimed at the author of the thread.
Yokinobu
04-30-04, 07:37 PM Originally posted by Sammael_the_Chosen
As Kuje31 said, website = official. Although I do have to question the reasoning behind such... overly exaggerated... adherence to "canon." What will you do if one of your players does something that screws up the FR canon? Tell the player that he can't do it?

Of course not. All my campaigns start out official and canon, but pretty much anything within the rules goes. If someone becomes a Epic level Sorceror and decides to level part of the High Forest, he can do it. Although, most likely if another game of mine nothing accomplished by the players in a previous campaign will still have been. Basically, it will be reset to the original FR canon. And anything not provided as clear enough by my FR sources are subject to my own interpretation of the certain element, obviously.

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Yokinobu 04-28-04, 02:50 PM	Can anyone tell me if the information in FR on the WTC is really official? I have a pretty good idea that the web enhancements are official, but I don' t want to use anything that are merely supposed to be ideas for a DM running a FR campaign. For example, are there really supposed to be steel dragons in the realms? As far as I've read, the FRCS mentions none. If moon doors aren't officially in Silverymoon, I don't want to use them. If there is officially no such book as the Lesser Testament of Vraer then I don't want to use it. For those who don' t get the idea, I want to strictly keep things out of my campaign that I can't rely on to be in a current or future source book, and I don' t want something that Sean Reynolds just came up with off the top of his head to contribute to the site. If anything on the site besides web enhancements are validated as official, you can bet I'll implement them. That's why I want to know so bad.
Kuje31 04-28-04, 03:02 PM	Originally posted by Yokinobu Can anyone tell me if the information in FR on the WTC is really official? I have a pretty good idea that the web enhancements are official, but I don' t want to use anything that are merely supposed to be ideas for a DM running a FR campaign. For example, are there really supposed to be steel dragons in the realms? As far as I've read, the FRCS mentions none. If moon doors aren't officially in Silverymoon, I don't want to use them. If there is officially no such book as the Lesser Testament of Vraer then I don't want to use it. For those who don' t get the idea, I want to strictly keep things out of my campaign that I can't rely on to be in a current or future source book, and I don' t want something that Sean Reynolds just came up with off the top of his head to contribute to the site. If anything on the site besides web enhancements are validated as official, you can bet I'll implement them. That's why I want to know so bad. They are as official and canon as any thing in the sourcebooks. Ed's material is usually requested by the people at WOTC a year in advance before it even shows up on the WOTC site. Every thing that is posted on the WOTC site for FR is official and canon.
Yokinobu 04-29-04, 02:53 PM	Thanks alot. But I wonder why Steel Dragons aren't in any source books, or why it isn't in the Web Enhancement for Player's Guide to Faerun.
Sammael_the_Chosen 04-29-04, 04:00 PM	Steel dragons (AKA Greyhawk dragons) were mentioned in a number of 2nd edition supplements and were (officially) stated for 3E by Sean K. Reynolds in a Living Greyhawk supplement (I think), and then revised for 3.5 on the website. The general thought is that they migrated to FR from Greyhawk, much as some other races did (from other worlds). As Kuje31 said, website = official. Although I do have to question the reasoning behind such... overly exaggerated... adherence to "canon." What will you do if one of your players does something that screws up the FR canon? Tell the player that he can't do it?
Kuje31 04-29-04, 04:31 PM	Originally posted by Sammael_the_Chosen As Kuje31 said, website = official. Although I do have to question the reasoning behind such... overly exaggerated... adherence to "canon." What will you do if one of your players does something that screws up the FR canon? Tell the player that he can't do it? Well no. :) My FR is far from WOTC's canon since I don't like many things from 2e/3e/3.5. If you DM in FR sooner or later your games will be your own canon. I mean I had a PC who married Alusair and the two of them rule Cormyr and Azoun and his wife retired from the court. The Tree of Souls was also planted by a PC in northen Cormyr so those lands where granted to the elven people.
orinbalenovic 04-29-04, 05:46 PM	I mean I had a only PC who married Alusair and the two of them rule Cormyr and Azoun and his wife retired from the court. The Tree of Souls was also planted by a PC in northen Cormyr so those lands where granted to the elven people. [/B] In our campaign, Shades invaded Cormyr, I imagine they turned it into a bleak dessolate wasteland by now...ain't that a shame :smirk:
Sammael_the_Chosen 04-30-04, 01:47 AM	Sorry, I can see now that my post wasn't clear at all. My "canon" question was aimed at the author of the thread.
Yokinobu 04-30-04, 07:37 PM	Originally posted by Sammael_the_Chosen As Kuje31 said, website = official. Although I do have to question the reasoning behind such... overly exaggerated... adherence to "canon." What will you do if one of your players does something that screws up the FR canon? Tell the player that he can't do it? Of course not. All my campaigns start out official and canon, but pretty much anything within the rules goes. If someone becomes a Epic level Sorceror and decides to level part of the High Forest, he can do it. Although, most likely if another game of mine nothing accomplished by the players in a previous campaign will still have been. Basically, it will be reset to the original FR canon. And anything not provided as clear enough by my FR sources are subject to my own interpretation of the certain element, obviously.