User talk:Zerazzt

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— Hashimashadoo (talk) 23:45, February 19, 2017 (UTC)

Fanfic
Hi there. You said here:

"Thanks for taking the time to send me a message after joining this community. I noticed that you said not to use player characters. Well I'm writing a novel which uses player characters as my own characters. So I'm wondering whether or not those are allowed." --Zerazzt (talk) 23:58, February 19, 2017 (UTC)

First, I'm afraid the message is automated and signed to the last admin to check-in to the wiki. It should give you a bunch of useful links and advice for editing on the wiki.

Second, this wiki only accepts canon and licensed material. That is, proper works from Wizards of the Coast or TSR, or their license-holders for video games. We don't accept fan-fiction, homebrew, people's PCs, "fanon", or even authors' and designers' unofficial developments unless its Ed Greenwood, as per our Forgotten Realms Wiki:Canon. As I said at Talk:Abeir-Toril, unless you get it published by Wizards of the Coast (and I've already looked at how hard that is), then your novel would be fan-fiction and not allowed. Anyway, have fun writing.

Putting official lore on the wiki is still very useful for research and reference for one's game or fanfic, so perhaps you could do that? — BadCatMan (talk) 01:15, February 20, 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for the information. Considering how fast the first message appeared here I should have known that it was an automated message. I'll look into getting it published and see how much trouble it would be. If I consider it worth it than I will attempt it. I haven't been able to find any more official information which is why I decided to write it in that era. Thank you for giving me this information. By the way TSR is owned by WotC. They were bought out in 1997, and then WotC was purchased in 1999 by Hasbro. --Zerazzt (talk) 16:52, February 20, 2017 (UTC)


 * Only sources of official info about Abeir-Toril are in first pages of The Grand History of the Realms and the history section of the Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide.--Zeromaru X 20:14, February 20, 2017 (UTC)