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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 9156050" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>Why exactly are we saying things like 'alternate multiverse' or 'parallel multiverse'? The whole definition of the 'multiverse' idea is that it includes <em>everything</em>... every single alternative world, every single alternative setting, and every single new timeline that branches off from every single point in time. And all of those would be considered their own individual UNIVERSES... not Multiverses. All the universes <em>together on the whole</em> make up the D&D Multiverse. The D&D Multiverse contains ALL of them. Every single universe/setting/timeline divergence/campaign ever created. That's the entire point of the 'multiverse' concept.</p><p></p><p>If in Vecna's book he changes current so-called "metaplot" across all the mentioned D&D settings to create a new normal across those settings... he's not creating an "alternate multiverse", he's just creating new branches of timelines/worlds within the one 'D&D Multiverse'. Just like every single D&D DM out there <em>also does so</em> when they take a setting book (which establishes that setting at a set point in time) and then runs their own game <em>off of that point</em> and thus creates an entirely new timeline branch of that setting in the D&D Multiverse. Basically, all of us DMs are exactly like Vecna in that regard. We all each of us creates a new "universe" that contains our own games/settings/worlds every time we start a new campaign, and it is a part of the D&D Multiverse, like it or not.</p><p></p><p>And if anyone at WotC actually says or uses the terms 'alternate multiverse' or 'parallel multiverse', then they have little to no idea of what the concept of the multiverse is either, because they are defining it wrong. So hopefully someone with a better understanding of the multiverse concept will edit those terms out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 9156050, member: 7006"] Why exactly are we saying things like 'alternate multiverse' or 'parallel multiverse'? The whole definition of the 'multiverse' idea is that it includes [I]everything[/I]... every single alternative world, every single alternative setting, and every single new timeline that branches off from every single point in time. And all of those would be considered their own individual UNIVERSES... not Multiverses. All the universes [I]together on the whole[/I] make up the D&D Multiverse. The D&D Multiverse contains ALL of them. Every single universe/setting/timeline divergence/campaign ever created. That's the entire point of the 'multiverse' concept. If in Vecna's book he changes current so-called "metaplot" across all the mentioned D&D settings to create a new normal across those settings... he's not creating an "alternate multiverse", he's just creating new branches of timelines/worlds within the one 'D&D Multiverse'. Just like every single D&D DM out there [I]also does so[/I] when they take a setting book (which establishes that setting at a set point in time) and then runs their own game [I]off of that point[/I] and thus creates an entirely new timeline branch of that setting in the D&D Multiverse. Basically, all of us DMs are exactly like Vecna in that regard. We all each of us creates a new "universe" that contains our own games/settings/worlds every time we start a new campaign, and it is a part of the D&D Multiverse, like it or not. And if anyone at WotC actually says or uses the terms 'alternate multiverse' or 'parallel multiverse', then they have little to no idea of what the concept of the multiverse is either, because they are defining it wrong. So hopefully someone with a better understanding of the multiverse concept will edit those terms out. [/QUOTE]
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