D&D (2024) Wargamer Takes Shot At WotC for Not Respecting Forgotten Realms Canon.

I didn't expect this, shot across the bow by Wargamer, even video game journalists are sick of WotC not respecting canon.

'Game Journalists' complaining about lore sacrilege, carries about as much weight with me as...my own posts complaining about lore sacrilege.

A minor grievance, ultimately pointless, and especially today, meaningless.

Henadic Theologian said:

DnD’s newest playtest retcons Forgotten Realms lore, and fans are pissed

Alongside cool subclasses, the latest UA playtest doc for Dungeons and Dragons introduces lore changes that has Forgotten Realms fans concerned.

www.wargamer.com

I didn't expect this, shot across the bow by Wargamer, even video game journalists are sick of WotC not respecting canon.

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One journalist is, and I don’t care much about their opinion.

Scribe said:

'Game Journalists' complaining about lore sacrilege, carries about as much weight with me as...my own posts complaining about lore sacrilege.

A minor grievance, ultimately pointless, and especially today, meaningless.

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Hold up, no. This is a really demeaning thing to write, I expect better from you. It isn’t a minor grievance for those of us who really are into Forgotten Realms lore AND who spend our money to buy these books. It isn’t meaningless to us, and being utterly dismissive of people who care, even if you don’t agree, is just flat out passively aggressively rude.

Divine2021 said:

Hold up, no. This is a really demeaning thing to write, I expect better from you. It isn’t a minor grievance for those of us who really are into Forgotten Realms lore AND who spend our money to buy these books. It isn’t meaningless to us, and being utterly dismissive of people who care, even if you don’t agree, is just flat out passively aggressively rude.

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Its a minor part of the setting that's tied to one of 5E's most maligned subclasses that could not just continue as it was. Newcomers are confused why the class named after Purple Dragons has nothing to do with Purple Dragons, the class has always been weak and "Why isn't this just a paladin?" was a question that negated its existence even back in 3E

There's bigger things to have grievances over, than a pointless subclass actually being given a point

Divine2021 said:

Hold up, no. This is a really demeaning thing to write, I expect better from you. It isn’t a minor grievance for those of us who really are into Forgotten Realms lore AND who spend our money to buy these books. It isn’t meaningless to us, and being utterly dismissive of people who care, even if you don’t agree, is just flat out passively aggressively rude.

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In the grand scheme of my current reality, and considering I'm taking it as seriously as I hold my own opinion?

I stand by it.

We are all free to care about whatever.

An order of fantasy Knights, and their connection to Dragons, in March 2025, isn't moving the needle for me, but you do you.

Oh no! WotC made something in the Forgotten Realms cooler than it used to be! Quick, everyone needs to yell at them until they stop!

Henadic Theologian said:

DnD’s newest playtest retcons Forgotten Realms lore, and fans are pissed

Alongside cool subclasses, the latest UA playtest doc for Dungeons and Dragons introduces lore changes that has Forgotten Realms fans concerned.

www.wargamer.com

I didn't expect this, shot across the bow by Wargamer, even video game journalists are sick of WotC not respecting canon.

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The fact he calls PDK a Paladin subclass really underminds his credibility, but other than that I agree with the article.

I love the idea of a mechanically better Purple Dragon Knight

I love the idea of a Fighter with a Dragon pet.

Those two things should not be the same. It would make more sense thematically to give a Dragon pet to a Bladesinger (and by that I mean it makes no sense at all).

Umm Actually...

They call it a paladin subclass.
It's a fighter subclass.

Ironic isn't it, when they complain about not respecting source material.

Scribe said:

'Game Journalists' complaining about lore sacrilege

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they did not complain, they reported that players are complaining

"New Dungeons and Dragons playtest material released by Wizards of the Coast has some Forgotten Realms fans up in arms about a supposed lore change. The new Unearthed Arcana playtest includes eight new subclasses, but the kerfuffle is centered around just one of them, a new Paladin subclass called the Purple Dragon Knight."

"I’ll hold up my hands here and confess: until about 15 minutes ago I wasn’t aware of the history of the Purple Dragon Knights of Cormyr either, but my understanding now is they are not renowned for being great lovers of dragons.

Essentially, Cormyr has a history of being ravaged by the scaly beasts. The military order of the Purple Dragons was named after a particularly nasty, particularly old black DnD dragon called Thaugalor, whose scales faded from black to a purple hue with age. After Cormyr threw off the tyrannical yoke of this dragon, it was inspired to name its military after the beast.

So now describing the Purple Dragon Knights as riders of amethyst dragons seems all wrong. Before this the Purple Dragons had nothing to do with amethyst dragons, and they certainly didn’t ride them."