taz and critical role are established stories recorded and shared. d&d novels are the same thing. somebody's oc they wrote in a canon they didn't make up is not the same thing as that.

no, by the logic you're using, they're exactly that. all of the characters in TAZ, Critical Role, all of those shitty Forgotten Realms books, all of them were OCs ther were written in a canon they didn't make up. every single one of them.