I don't think what the OC does is canon but some elements of the game itself is canon. Look for me and my content at EN World (user name: sanishiver).Įdited by - Jeremy Grenemyer on 20:11:03 This may all fly out the window if or when WotC launches a Realms-wide MMO, but I still wouldn't consider it to be canon until I got a real good look at ithe thing first. And in the later case only those specific elements are canon.ĬRPGs are created by third party developers, are not done in house at WotC and so, given WotC's proclivity for ever shrinking staff and oversight of Realmslore, can't be considered reliable or trustworthy sources of Realmslore. a novel, sourcebook or adventure) verifies or includes elements from the CRPG. Regarding Computer Roleplaying Games: 100% not canon, unless or until a paper product (e.g. Yes, this leaves the door open for weirdness, but you have to take the good with the bad. something for the players to resolve, ought to be considered canon Realmslore. How can you tell whether it's referencing the game or the novels?Īnything in an adventure that isn't a variable, i.e. Unofficial except any elements that the pnp game/novels decide to pick up.Īctually I'm wondering what happens to Neverwinter Online now that we're moving into the post Sundering era, aka 5e? When life turns it's back on you.sneak attack for extra damage. What do you guys think of official adventures and the status of CRPGs in canon, especially in regards to content written about them after the fact? I have always treated the content of official adventures as a kind of B-canon, in which events very similar to those written about occur, just not exactly as described, however several adventure and sourcebook writers seem to think that everything written down is gold.

We also had Murder in Baldur's Gate which made tonnes of references to the Baldur's Gate games (not the novels, just the games). Then we get two official adventures published set in Neverwinter which involve the grand neice of Aribeth de Tylmarande, one of which makes explicit reference to said war. It also includes a map of Netheril that includes Undrentide from the game's first expansion. Now, I know that there was going to be a novel written based on the game that got cancelled but then the Grand History made explicit mention of the Wailing Death (though not how it was cured nor if the Neverwinter/Luskan War occurred. I just wanted to get some thoughts and opinions on this topic considering the DnD Encounters season, etc. Candlekeep Forum - Neverwinter Nights OC canonicity

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