D&D 5E The Final Announcement from The Descent Live Stream: Eberron Hardcover

Staffan · May 23, 2019

FlyingChihuahua said:
I feel like if they do Psionics (at that feels like a given at this point, but hey, WotC headquarters could explode before they get it out) they're gonna bundle Dark Sun with it, like they're doing with the Artificer and Eberron.

Yeah, putting the psion in Dark Sun makes perfect sense. My "mind mage" sorcerer suggestion was meant more as a stopgap. You could make one or two decent psions that way, which might be enough for an Eberron campaign, but there's not enough depth there for a psi-heavy setting like Dark Sun.

Parmandur · May 23, 2019

Staffan said:
Yeah, putting the psion in Dark Sun makes perfect sense. My "mind mage" sorcerer suggestion was meant more as a stopgap. You could make one or two decent psions that way, which might be enough for an Eberron campaign, but there's not enough depth there for a psi-heavy setting like Dark Sun.

Mearls made a number of subclasses to portion off Psionic material, based on the design I think they would be published with the full Psion though:

https://thinkdm.org/hfh/psychic-warrior-fighter/
https://thinkdm.org/hfh/soul-knife-monk/
https://thinkdm.org/hfh/mentalist-wizard/

lordstimpy · May 23, 2019

Looks like Keith Baker is involved.....

https://twitter.com/HellcowKeith/status/1131640268996747264?s=19

Parmandur · May 23, 2019

lordstimpy said:
Looks like Keith Baker is involved.....

https://twitter.com/HellcowKeith/status/1131640268996747264?s=19

Unsurprising, but good to see.

gyor · May 23, 2019

Parmandur said:
Unsurprising, but good to see.

The real news is we will get more info over the Summer.

Parmandur · May 23, 2019

gyor said:
The real news is we will get more info over the Summer.

I expect we'll get a formal announcement like last year with Ravnica.

Squeatus · May 23, 2019

Disappointed this wasn't the announcement we all expected for the thee-part hardcover Jakandor setting that anyone could see was being hyped since 5E launched.

Or maybe I'm having a hard time distinguishing between "I" and "we", "everyone" and "myself", and "my wild expectations" being confused with "what has actually been said."

vecna00 · May 24, 2019

lordstimpy said:
Looks like Keith Baker is involved.....

https://twitter.com/HellcowKeith/status/1131640268996747264?s=19

I'm wondering if this was supposed to be the "Major AF*" announcement for June.

*Major AF: The Nathan Stewart Special

Parmandur · May 24, 2019

vecna00 said:
I'm wondering if this was supposed to be the "Major AF*" announcement for June.

*Major AF: The Nathan Stewart Special

I'd wagwr the "Major AF" announcement is likely a media announcement, like Baldur's Gate 3, a cartoon show or the Paramount movie.

Maybe the product details for the Eberron hardcover, and maybe a similar PDF test (Dark Sun?).

vecna00 · May 24, 2019

Parmandur said:
I'd wagwr the "Major AF" announcement is likely a media announcement, like Baldur's Gate 3, a cartoon show or the Paramount movie.

Maybe the product details for the Eberron hardcover, and maybe a similar PDF test (Dark Sun?).

My money is on a setting PDF, quite possibly the Planescape release that we've been theorizing. It doesn't require much work...except all of those factions!

The pessimist in my thinks it'll just be the Eberron hardcover announcement.

The wildly optimistic dreamer in me thinks they'll just release a base PDF for all of the old settings, including that much-anticipated Jakandor setting! Hey, it's a good dream to have!