Batrachophrenoboocosmomachia wrote: ↑Fri Jan 22, 2021 1:19 am
EVENTS FROM 1372 AND ON THAT HAVE HAPPENED ON ARELITH'S TIMELINE
Format:
Year it happened in the Arelith timeline (Year it happened in the WotC timeline) - The Thing that Happened
Example that you'll never ever see:
1373 DR (1385 DR) - The Spellplague begins
THE LIST:
**** DR* (1372 DR*) - The Resurrection of Bane*
**** DR* (1372 DR*) - The return of Thultanthar and arrival of the Shadovar*
**** DR* (1372 DR*) - Elminster trapped in the Nine Hells*
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NOTE: These events are unique in that they have been part of the established Arelith canon for many RL years, despite technically being 'recent.' Because it wouldn't make sense to suddenly refer to them as having been recent events, they should fall under a similar case of 'no backdating' as described above. It remains best not to refer to them in terms of AR or DR, and to avoid referencing them in a chronological context. This is no different to how we already treat them.
Hi there ^.^;
Hope you've all been well
So I'm trying to wrap my head around this and finding it pretty confusing, so sorry if I'm not understanding this right. It sounds like you're taking the cutoff date (173 AR) and making that 1372 DR and because that was the original year we stopped listening to WotC when the server was made and now its moved to a recent year, we have to be floofy in how we reference past events.
I guess I don't understand why we don't just say "1373 DR was year 0 AR" and then start counting upwards in tandem from there, making AR 173 = 1545 DR. Then we should have no issue referring to, say, the revival of Bane as something that happened a long time ago since, in the server's continuity, it
was a long time ago.
Wouldn't that be a simple way to deal with it? (Again, sorry if I'm not understanding this properly)