D&D 5E WotC's Nathan Stewart Teases New D&D Setting Book in 2019

coyote6 · Nov 8, 2018

I think Rokugan belongs to Fantasy Flight Games now; not sure if WotC could do a new 5e version.

GreyLord · Nov 8, 2018

Dragonlance would be GREAT if they actually did it. It could be tweaked to offer something that NOT many are offering today, but melds in great with movies such as how to train a dragon and other fantasy tropes where you have dragon riders and dragons are a bigger impact than most of the other Dungeons and DRAGONS type campaigns.

If they did it right, Dragonlance could be revived in spectacular fashion to grab a LOT of new players.

There are many that typically do not like D&D but that love things like Unicorns, Pegasus's and yes...Dragons.

Something that brings Dragons (and unicorns and Pegasus's which Dragonlance isn't so good at classically, but could be tweaked to bring in) could be a GREAT thing.

My bet without knowing exactly what it is off the bat is on Eberron though, they've been playtesting and working on that recently. Could be something else though.

GreyLord · Nov 8, 2018

Parmandur said:
Nothing about a Dragonlance movie. There is a D&D movie on the schedule for 2021 for Paramount, but nothing has really come out about their plans.

They could be looking at Dragonlance, but I imagine that would be in relation more to the nostalgia gems they have brought up over the past few years in relation to 80s properties.

It wouldn't be far off the mark to think they are also looking at profitability of current properties, or at least ones more recent than Dragonlance...could be something near the spine of the World for that matter if they turn to Drizzt novels for inspiration (quite a number of good selling books there).

Could be something completely different.

If it's Drizzt it could be another FR campaign book that comes out (but not necessarily next year) that deals specifically with cold based adventures and mountaineering with the setting being the Spine of the World campaigns.

Just a few thoughts.

Redthistle · Nov 9, 2018

Thomas Bowman said:
Kara Tur, Maztica, Al Quadam. Sorry I don't know how to spell the last, you know that Arabian setting on Toril.

The spelling on the last one is Al Qadim, and I was going to put in my 2-cents in the hope that it might be on WotC's "soon-to-be" worklist. But it probably won't - lol.

gyor · Nov 9, 2018

GreyLord said:
They could be looking at Dragonlance, but I imagine that would be in relation more to the nostalgia gems they have brought up over the past few years in relation to 80s properties.

It wouldn't be far off the mark to think they are also looking at profitability of current properties, or at least ones more recent than Dragonlance...could be something near the spine of the World for that matter if they turn to Drizzt novels for inspiration (quite a number of good selling books there).

Could be something completely different.

If it's Drizzt it could be another FR campaign book that comes out (but not necessarily next year) that deals specifically with cold based adventures and mountaineering with the setting being the Spine of the World campaigns.

Just a few thoughts.

They won't do Drizzt movies, the Hollywood Feminists would never allow it. Just look at how Drizzt's Dad deals with Priestesses vs males in the last Drizzt novel. If you put that into a movie they will flip right out.

You will never see Drow in a major D&D movie, the Drow are just too in your face unPC by todays standards to make it in, and it's as unsubtle in it's way as the new Charmed is in the opposite direction.

Steffan-rene Cowan · Nov 9, 2018

How about Hollow World?

Azzy · Nov 9, 2018

Steffan-rene Cowan said:
How about Hollow World?

They'd have to do Mystara first (which is unlikely), so I wouldn't hold your breath.

Paul Farquhar · Nov 9, 2018

Azzy said:
They'd have to do Mystara first (which is unlikely), so I wouldn't hold your breath.

Not really. They could do it as a plug-in for homebrew settings.

I think mini-settings books that can be used in conjunction with homebrew are more likely than whole new worlds that demand their own line of adventures and supplements. Splitting the player-base is something that won't be allowed to happen again.

Azzy · Nov 9, 2018

Paul Farquhar said:
Not really. They could do it as a plug-in for homebrew settings.

I think mini-settings books that can be used in conjunction with homebrew are more likely than whole new worlds that demand their own line of adventures and supplements. Splitting the player-base is something that won't be allowed to happen again.

Sure, they could completely divorce Hollow World of all its Mystaran elements, but then that's not really Hollow World anymore. That possibility is certainly not worth a wager, though.

Ogrekin · Nov 10, 2018

I want Dark Sun or Greyhawk! Spelljammer would still be pretty cool.

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