Retconning

From: Steve Rennell <software_at_spis.co.nz>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 10:53:53 +1100


Nick wrote:

> I don't quite understand the bit about "retconning" -- when did
> this ever become necessary?

Especially considering KoS has several different (and incompatible) stories about what Argrath was up to at any one time. The only instance that comes to mind is that in one place it says Argrath was fighting on the Cradle, and in another place it says he was hiding in the city avoiding trouble at the time of the Cradle. Which one is right? Does it matter?

I've decided that the KoS stories are just Legends, and what actually happened is different from the stories. If the players do something incompatible with the stories, that doesn't mean that the stories change, just that the stories (even eyewitness accounts) are mistaken. But that's not really unusual...

Practically If Gareth Quicksword get's wacked in the Cradle scenario, then he obviously wasn't really Argrath. No retconning necessary, just rationalisation.

Steve


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