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<blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 8281884" data-attributes="member: 6796468"><p>Okay! Let's dig in!</p><p></p><p></p><p>Nah. They can do the "Gnomes and Half Orcs no longer exist" and then have the side-bar addition thing. Like maybe they were held in magical stasis or something if your DM is cool with it.</p><p></p><p>Muls were the ugly product of coercive rape, no doubt... But they'll just rewrite it so that any loving Dwarf/Human can get together and have a bald baby that'll never have kids with the coercive rape thing being a background detail that largely gets fudged over... or even ignored entirely in favor of "Sometimes when one slave loves another slave -very much and they're not of the same species..."</p><p></p><p>Thri-Kreen could be a new race, though? Definitely. I could see them sticking with Goliaths or making full on Half-Giants as something a little more imposing in height while still "Technically" being Medium.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Dunno if I agree that there won't be a Psionicist for 5e. </p><p></p><p>There are already Wild Talents and Psionic Subclasses, but with the setting being -so reliant- on Psionics since Arcane Magic results in Defiling they might have to make a Psionic class or just have Sorcerers or Wizards be "Psionic" for all intents and purposes. Personally, I'm hoping they do a Psionicist class, 'cause even if it sucks it could still be interesting to play with.</p><p></p><p>Paladins... Probably an NPC only class. Though I could see them making "Pact of the Sorcerer King" for Warlocks which basically makes them into Arcane-Paladins swinging swords and spells for their masters.</p><p></p><p>Though after the changes to Darkon...? Maybe there's a "New God" rising as a big event-thing that's core to the 5e version. Where Clerics and Paladins devoted to this new power are viewed as Cultists and mistrusted and stuff.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I doubt they'll remove slavery altogether. I think they'll just do their best to make it clear that anyone who engages in slavery is -clearly- and -flatly- evil, with no questions one way or the other. And all slaves need to be rescued and freed.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Definitely think there'll be a bunch of this. But with the added rules for Stress and Dark Gifts in Ravenloft we know that they're willing to put in some measure of effort to increase the setting's strength. I think we might see more of a Journey System where tracking supplies is a core part of moving through the wasteland, and where supplies are what lots of narrative events will be striking.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Partly agree... I definitely agree that we'll see the settlements as very individualistic, most likely with their own particular flavor/character of postapocalyptica. We might even see a domain where there's PLENTY of food and water, but the Sorcerer-King zealously guards it compared to another kingdom where everything is incredibly scarce.</p><p></p><p>But I think there'll be a full map. Or, at least, enough of a map to get a rough idea of where things are in relation to each other. I think it's more likely that while the whole map will show the distance and position between the Silt Sea and Tyr, for example, there'll be a lot of undefined areas between the two.</p><p></p><p>Like maybe instead of having a full map, have detailed maps of the areas near a given settlement, and a fairly detailed map of the Silt Sea, and then exact distances between specific landmarks and other landmarks so the players can kind of put the maps on a big surface separated to get an idea of where everything is? Not 100% sure on that one... but could be fun!</p><p></p><p></p><p>I think leaving them Sorcerer-Kings works. There can just be no gender-segregation within the term. Sort of like how anyone who is the most powerful Magician in Xanth is the King, regardless of gender.</p><p></p><p>That said, yeah. Probably another woman or five rising in the ranks. Maybe a couple of the Sorcerer Kings have been assassinated and their positions usurped by new Defilers who stole their power? I mean... that's what they did to Rajaat, after all!</p><p></p><p>More seriously: we'll probably need 3 more female Sorcerer-Kings to go with Lalali-Puy, Sielba, and Abalach-Re. Maybe axe Andropinis for his daughter, Daskinor, as well, and just to get big on it Tectuktitlay. That'd give us Draj, Balic, and Eldaarich with new female leaders and Raam, Yaramuke, and Gulg with traditional ones.</p><p></p><p>That'll make it a 7/6 split, but since Borys is kind of gigantic and red it's as near to a 50/50 as I think you can reasonably get!</p><p></p><p></p><p>I think you hit the highlights.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steampunkette, post: 8281884, member: 6796468"] Okay! Let's dig in! Nah. They can do the "Gnomes and Half Orcs no longer exist" and then have the side-bar addition thing. Like maybe they were held in magical stasis or something if your DM is cool with it. Muls were the ugly product of coercive rape, no doubt... But they'll just rewrite it so that any loving Dwarf/Human can get together and have a bald baby that'll never have kids with the coercive rape thing being a background detail that largely gets fudged over... or even ignored entirely in favor of "Sometimes when one slave loves another slave -very much and they're not of the same species..." Thri-Kreen could be a new race, though? Definitely. I could see them sticking with Goliaths or making full on Half-Giants as something a little more imposing in height while still "Technically" being Medium. Dunno if I agree that there won't be a Psionicist for 5e. There are already Wild Talents and Psionic Subclasses, but with the setting being -so reliant- on Psionics since Arcane Magic results in Defiling they might have to make a Psionic class or just have Sorcerers or Wizards be "Psionic" for all intents and purposes. Personally, I'm hoping they do a Psionicist class, 'cause even if it sucks it could still be interesting to play with. Paladins... Probably an NPC only class. Though I could see them making "Pact of the Sorcerer King" for Warlocks which basically makes them into Arcane-Paladins swinging swords and spells for their masters. Though after the changes to Darkon...? Maybe there's a "New God" rising as a big event-thing that's core to the 5e version. Where Clerics and Paladins devoted to this new power are viewed as Cultists and mistrusted and stuff. I doubt they'll remove slavery altogether. I think they'll just do their best to make it clear that anyone who engages in slavery is -clearly- and -flatly- evil, with no questions one way or the other. And all slaves need to be rescued and freed. Definitely think there'll be a bunch of this. But with the added rules for Stress and Dark Gifts in Ravenloft we know that they're willing to put in some measure of effort to increase the setting's strength. I think we might see more of a Journey System where tracking supplies is a core part of moving through the wasteland, and where supplies are what lots of narrative events will be striking. Partly agree... I definitely agree that we'll see the settlements as very individualistic, most likely with their own particular flavor/character of postapocalyptica. We might even see a domain where there's PLENTY of food and water, but the Sorcerer-King zealously guards it compared to another kingdom where everything is incredibly scarce. But I think there'll be a full map. Or, at least, enough of a map to get a rough idea of where things are in relation to each other. I think it's more likely that while the whole map will show the distance and position between the Silt Sea and Tyr, for example, there'll be a lot of undefined areas between the two. Like maybe instead of having a full map, have detailed maps of the areas near a given settlement, and a fairly detailed map of the Silt Sea, and then exact distances between specific landmarks and other landmarks so the players can kind of put the maps on a big surface separated to get an idea of where everything is? Not 100% sure on that one... but could be fun! I think leaving them Sorcerer-Kings works. There can just be no gender-segregation within the term. Sort of like how anyone who is the most powerful Magician in Xanth is the King, regardless of gender. That said, yeah. Probably another woman or five rising in the ranks. Maybe a couple of the Sorcerer Kings have been assassinated and their positions usurped by new Defilers who stole their power? I mean... that's what they did to Rajaat, after all! More seriously: we'll probably need 3 more female Sorcerer-Kings to go with Lalali-Puy, Sielba, and Abalach-Re. Maybe axe Andropinis for his daughter, Daskinor, as well, and just to get big on it Tectuktitlay. That'd give us Draj, Balic, and Eldaarich with new female leaders and Raam, Yaramuke, and Gulg with traditional ones. That'll make it a 7/6 split, but since Borys is kind of gigantic and red it's as near to a 50/50 as I think you can reasonably get! I think you hit the highlights. [/QUOTE]
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