What is your reaction to the Ravnica news?

[Prakriti]

5E is getting a new setting this fall: Ravnica, which originates from Magic: the Gathering. What is your reaction?

 

[Ed Laprade]

MtG isn't D&D, which has plenty of settings waiting in the wings. This is a total cash grab by Hasbro, and should be boycotted. (Can you tell that I voted Very Disappointed?)

 

[SkidAce]

I've been wanting a MtG setting since MtG started.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

Its not for me so I'm not worked up for it. I'm DM'ing in old settings using old rules and don't really get into MtG or the apparently magitech* type feel of the artwork. Hopefully its up to par for fans of the setting.





*And yes I hate tinker gnomes too.

 

[Cyber-Dave]

I’m disappointed, but not enough to not buy the product.

 

[Kite474]

I am ecstatic! I absolutely adore Ravnica and have tired nailing down running D&D in it and this is just perfect!

Also, Praise Selesyna!

 

[Gradine]

I went from a shrug to an excited the more I learned about the setting. I don't know that I'll ever play it but I'll buy it and mine it for ideas at a bare minimum.

 

[ccs]

Personally, mostly neutral.

I'll browse through it once it arrives to the local shop. If it looks interesting/usefull I'll pick it up. If it doesn't I won't.

What I really want is a D&D based MTG set.... I've wanted that since the day WoTC bought out TSR. I doubt I'll ever get that though.

 

[MarkB]

I've never played Magic: The Gathering, and haven't the first clue about the lore.

That said, the setting sounds intriguing at the very least, and potentially very interesting. A hyper-urban setting, with lots of factions, and seemingly a bit of a Steampunk vibe? I'm pretty much sold based upon the general description and cover alone.

I'm very glad that Eberron's getting some love, as it's a favourite setting of mine, but even before that announcement, when people were speculating that Ravnica was going to be the only major setting release, I still found it an interesting concept, and was looking forward to exploring it.

Ultimately, if WotC can pick up this big chunk of developed lore that they have effectively just sitting there, and use it to deliver a fully fleshed-out setting that is effectively new and unseen to most D&D players, that's an economy of resources that I can respect - and if the finished product is a setting I can use and enjoy, where exactly is the downside?

 

[thundershot]

Disappointed that we’re not getting Spelljammer or Dark Sun yet. If there’s interesting races in it I might borrow them for my own world.