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5e: Which settings and when?

Started by Shipyard Locked, July 16, 2014, 09:02:51 PM

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Shipyard Locked

July 16, 2014, 09:02:51 PM
Your best guesses: beyond the obvious, which classic settings will 5e prioritize and in what time frame? How much attention will and should each one get? Which will get shafted and how much will they deserve it? Will any get handed out to 3rd parties?

LordVreeg

#1
July 16, 2014, 09:06:24 PM
Depends how the rules roll out.
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#2
July 16, 2014, 10:04:14 PM
Forgotten Realms first it seems.

But WOTC has been really keen to reboot and resell Dragonlance.

LibraryLass

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July 17, 2014, 12:33:18 AM
I have no doubt we'll see Eberron sooner or later.
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July 17, 2014, 03:25:30 AM
I am pretty sure Dragonlance is being worked on right now and will probably be the next setting to see published material.

Shipyard Locked

#5
July 17, 2014, 06:36:08 AM
Quote from: jadrax;769940I am pretty sure Dragonlance is being worked on right now and will probably be the next setting to see published material.

Which would be interesting, as I had the anecdotal impression Dragonlance was the setting you love once but can never go back to. Would banking on that nostalgia really the right move business-wise?

BarefootGaijin

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July 17, 2014, 08:26:58 AM
It is a bit polarising. I was always under the impression that there were two camps: The 'realms and the 'lance and never the twain shall meet.  Unless they play Spelljammer.

Would they farm out Dragonlance to Weis? Or is that a touchy subject?

As for the pipeline. It is difficult to say as personal preference clouds judgement. I want Spelljammer, but without the travel between worlds like Toril or Krynn (see comments above!). It could be really really pulp awesome.
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July 17, 2014, 10:05:39 AM
At this point, I'd be surprised if they do any setting books at all. 5e seems premised on the 1e idea that, other than core books and adventure modules that tie into (or 'extend') setting info, players are better off without proliferation of material. I'm not even sure the resources are there, what with one of their major setting guys - James "Mr Eberron" Wyatt - already transitioned over to the Magic:tG department.
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July 17, 2014, 10:23:44 AM Last Edit: July 17, 2014, 10:32:04 AM by hexgrid
Quote from: BarefootGaijin;769952As for the pipeline. It is difficult to say as personal preference clouds judgement. I want Spelljammer, but without the travel between worlds like Toril or Krynn (see comments above!). It could be really really pulp awesome.

This is touched on in an old Legend & Lore article. 5e assumes Planescape as the default cosmology (for the outer planes, at least,) but for Spalljammer, they're "going to focus on it as its own setting and downplay its role as the connecting tether between various D&D Next worlds."

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4ll/20130701
 

Anglachel

#9
July 17, 2014, 10:56:39 AM
If i had two wishes? Dragonlance and Birthright.

If they do setting books, i think what we will see is Eberron. Maybe Dark Sun again.

Tahmoh

#10
July 17, 2014, 11:13:53 AM
I suspect we'll get a psudo Planescape setting book in the form of a manual of the Planes type book that will also offer Sigil as fully fleshed out city to set a campaign in whilst adventuring in the different planes...not sure we'll get more than that beyond a few odds and ends in dragon and such.

Dragonlance, Ravenloft and Eberron i can see coming back in some form aswell(maybe not as campaign settings for all of them), Dark Sun is possible but they may just try Al Qadim as the desert setting instead given its part of the realms and thus an easier fit(also they can get jeff grubb back to help with setting info since he created it).

Mr. Kent

#11
July 17, 2014, 11:40:05 AM
From what I know about Dragonlance, it seems like that would easily get enough support for their next released setting. Then again, LordVreeg is right--it may be too early to tell.

I do know that I want Ravenloft and maybe Dark Sun. Ravenloft I can see them being able to market to new players as "the horror setting", but I'm not sure how they can sell a revised Dark Sun. Maybe tap into the "post-apocalyptic" craze of the moment.
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#12
July 17, 2014, 11:49:55 AM
There seems to be enough references to old settings sprinkled through the core books that I wonder whether that's a sneaky way of gauging interest to see what people want after FR - for instance, if there's a lot of buzz about Warforged thanks to their inclusion in the DMG then Eberron may move up the queue.
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July 17, 2014, 12:05:53 PM
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#14
July 17, 2014, 01:12:35 PM
The cynic in me assumes it will be whatever setting still has strong novel sales. Are Dragonlance novels still a thing?
 
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