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is anyone going to tell them that a) TAZ isn't set in Forgotten Realms (if it is, it's in the loosest possible sense), b) most d&d OCs aren't either, anymore.

like they seem to be under the impression that Frogotten Realms is *the* d&d canon universe when, like, there are multiple official campaign settings and a lot of them have completely separate settings and lores, and most GMs make up their own shit anyways?

Forgotten Realms is the default setting currently so.... yes? It is *the* canon D&D universe?

lmao no. you can set your campaign wherever the fuck you want. it's only "default" in the sense that the pre-generated starter campaigns are set there, and its lore peppers the guidebook.

canon implies it's the *only* setting. it's not and never was. it's just the most popular/most officially developed one. there are other campaign settings that are just as official and "canon" by the definition you seem to be working with.

furthermore, TAZ may have started with one of the preset starter campaigns, but it's gone so way far off the rails that it would be impossible to actually fit TAZ into the given FR universe. a lot of D&D campaigns are like this even if they do start in FR. they become their own worlds, deeply unique from FR.

so no, the rule is still dumb and limiting.

lbr most people now think that everyone plays their campaigns like taz or critrole do it.

the other stupid thing about this rule is that taz only used dnd as a method of telling a story, and griffin goes "off book" for a ton of shit, including rules. taz is basically an original story based podcast with dnd flavoring.

exactly. TAZ is born from griffin's imagination, not from a forgotten realms guidebook. it's not set in the FR world in any way that would matter to this game enough to put a blanket ban on all d&d OCs.

why can't people just take no for an answer

because the rule is dumb and illogical.

why base your game on a d&d campaign and then shut down attempts at bringing d&d characters in?

hi pelly/mr_buttons, you're way too obvious to be anon

just so everyone in this thread knows, there are multiple anons posting who think this is dumb, not just one person, since no one on anoncomms seem capable of considering that multiple people might have the same issue

i think the rule's pretty logical, you just seem really hung up on being told no

the appeal of the game for me is being able to take my canon character and throw them into d&d mechanics for fun. i don't think i'd want to be in a game with 49 other tabletop oc's

exactly this. if this game allowed tabletop oc's, then I wouldn't even bother apping. everybody's got their own sparkle elf d&d oc and none of them are as interesting as people think they are.

i just wish i could escape the taakos and lups who all think they're hilarious and amazing but can't possibly pull off the jokes well.

this game appeals a lot to d&d ocs and it would've been flooded with them.

anon, be real, even if they were allowed they would not "flood" the game. way more people in DWRP *don't* play any tabletop, much less import their characters to DWRP, than do.

that's no reason to disallow them.

yeah, this is the issue. This would be the perfect game for tabletop OCs, and FR isn't the only D&D setting out there, there's Ravenloft, Eberron, Planescape, Greyhawk, Spelljammer, etc. etc.

And as said, TAZ barely resembles FR as is, and it just seems kind of hypocritical?

The thing for me is that, reading through these explanations on the plurk and FAQ, my kneejerk reaction is that these people know nothing about D&D beyond surface details.

i know who the head mod is, and you're incredibly wrong about that

that just makes the rule seem even more stupid

jesus christ their clarification doesn't make it any better.

if the original intention was to keep other FR-based characters from fucking up the premise of your game, why are you banning *all* tabletop characters from established campaign settings?

this makes zero sense whatsoever, especially since most games that allow normal OCs (and this game does) don't qualify tabletop characters as fandom OCs at all.

there were two problems going on here.

1) people were asking why a game that would so obviously appeal to d&d characters wasn't allowing d&d characters specifically

2) people were trying to figure out what does and does not count as a fandom oc

the mods don't want to deal with d&d characters for a specific reason, but also don't want fandom ocs at the game in general.

it makes sense to me?

they're just fine with critrole characters though, which are also dnd characters

the difference between a character from critrole and your personal d&d character is a critrole character has an established canon story that is publicly published for all to see. a personal tabletop oc does not.

critrole characters also don't have any connection to the setting taz borrows from.

neither would an oc from a different setting like Eberron, or another company like White Wolf/Onyx Path.

yes, and ocs like that are not allowed either.

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then why allow OCs at all?

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