Two New Settings For D&D This Year

if it comes out this year i would agree with you. Possibly published by a third party company that has a good reputation (Green Ronin etc)

However if it’s coming next year I would stake all the money in my pockets that it will be a Curse of Strahd style book. Campaign with background and new monsters etc. Curse of Strahd was too successful not to repeat!

 

[Ancalagon]

I think that's because of the pattern the name follows: consonant, "a," consonant, "a," consonant digraph, "a," consonant. It's like the name Banana, the repetition makes it feel fake.

I think it *all* depends on where you put the emphasis. If you say xaNAthar (like banana) it sounds dumb. But if you say XAnathar (like Canada), it's fine

 

[BadBreath]

Please be Darksun.... please be Darksun.... please be Darksun...

 

[Gradine]

I think that's because of the pattern the name follows: consonant, "a," consonant, "a," consonant digraph, "a," consonant. It's like the name Banana, the repetition makes it feel fake.

Of course, this is also building upon a game where grown men came up with names such as "Zygag" and "Melf".

 

[Mercule]

I think that's because of the pattern the name follows: consonant, "a," consonant, "a," consonant digraph, "a," consonant. It's like the name Banana, the repetition makes it feel fake.

You got me thinking. There also aren't a lot of common, real words that begin with the "z" sound, especially written as an "X". I'm sure that' a factor.

So... Xanathar is a banana with eye stalks.

 

[SkidAce]

Bah...nah...nah

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[Demetrios1453]

Hopefully now that it's July, we'll be getting some info over the next week or two (hopefully the next few days, although the July 4th holiday may keep that from happening), instead of them dragging it out and making us wait to the later part of the month...

 

[vecna00]

Hopefully now that it's July, we'll be getting some info over the next week or two (hopefully the next few days, although the July 4th holiday may keep that from happening), instead of them dragging it out and making us wait to the later part of the month...

I'm hoping there will be an announcement on Nathan Stewart's Fireside Chat that should be happening this Friday. He hasn't tweeted about it yet, so I'm not 100% sure it's happening due to this being a holiday week.

 

[vecna00]

Nevermind, he did tweet about it, it was just in his replies!

https://twitter.com/NathanBStewart/status/1013833580718391301

Shoutout to Garrett for the hard-hitting questions!

 

[Jester David]

They're clearly holding back the announcement until the week Paizo releases the Pathfinder 2 playtest, so they can retain dominance of the gaming new cycle.

 

[Demetrios1453]

https://mobile.twitter.com/NathanBStewart/status/1014196339368812544

Definitely looks like we'll be getting news on Friday, and that very much looks like a PHB with a special edition cover there in the picture.