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if you app a character from episode 20, then at episode 25 they reveal significant details about that character's backstory, is it kosher to use that information in-game or should you canon update first?

no reason why you couldn't use it. it's backstory. they don't change as a character because of something that happened in their history. i have a char that's at an earlier canon point from where we learned some hardcore shit about their background. i use it still because it applies.

Why wouldn't it be kosher to use it when it happened before your canon point? Later points of canon can definitely add things that can help with playing from an earlier point. The only thing you lack from the earlier point is the knowledge of things that happened later and any development that happened later.

unless you've contradicted it in a serious way that would seriously effect your cr, then yeah, definitely use it. i've seen cases where it's been as simple as the reveal of a significant family member's existence (an ex or dead or long lost whatever) or the existence of a serious allergy.

but then other times it's something HUGE like a past sexual assault or that they're actually the villain, and suddenly it's like... oh wow i've been doing this wrong the whole time. oops. in which case i think it's fair to pretend some aspects of whatever happened don't exist if you don't want to rock your current cr.

retcon that shit in, yo. most games are cool with you retconning in new backstory information without having to canon update

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