Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General New players and the problem with Shar

Not really - If Larian defines all metallic dragons as scions of evil illithid experiments and treats that as a 'fact', people will baulk. This is not their setting or their world, and they have a duty to show respect and awareness of the setting in which they are telling their story. The more elements of that they disregard or diverge from well established cores, the less appealing, less satisfying and more ridiculous their game will look, and the less likely that anyone will be happy to call it a D&D game.

In this case, as the conversation has discussed realms-shaking events, and the deity's status (Greater Deity, which Shar HAS been since her conception, even back as far as fist edition, in fact, is not a 'gamey' term - it's an actual in-universe definition that has a tangible meaning, part of which includes facets not just of the diety's strength but also of their presence in the realm, their spread of influence and followers, and the pervasiveness of common knowledge related to them)... it's not really a question that's open for debate about whether your average joe-farmer knows at least a little something about who this deity is: They Do. In all but the most exceptional of circumstances, that's just a fact of the realms lore that Larian should be respecting.