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

Olaf the Stout · Nov 3, 2018

Prakriti said:
"A book that we have not created."

Um... what?

So it'll be a third-party book, or...? I don't understand this.

I took this as either:

a. He meant to say “A book we have not yet created”.

So either the book is not yet written, or even possibly that it is about part of a setting that has not been written about before in previous editions.

b. He means that it was farmed out to another company to write, like many of the other WotC 5E books have been.

Parmandur · Nov 3, 2018

Olaf the Stout said:
I took this as either:

a. He meant to say “A book we have not yet created”.

So either the book is not yet written, or even possibly that it is about part of a setting that has not been written about before in previous editions.

b. He means that it was farmed out to another company to write, like many of the other WotC 5E books have been.

Man, they haven't outsourced a game book in years.

Parmandur · Nov 3, 2018

gyor said:
I think it would only happen if they were meaningfully planning on moving away from the Forgotten Realms for a extended period of time. Drop a FRCG into peoples hands and stop doing APs for FR for the most part and start doing them for other settings.

Otherwise I agree, I think it will be another Setting if they intend to say in FR.

I think it very possible we may see non-Faerun Guides at some point: Kara-Tur and Al-Qadim with new monsters, PC options and genre adventure building tools.

Olaf the Stout · Nov 3, 2018

Parmandur said:
Man, they haven't outsourced a game book in years.

They also haven’t released a setting book in years. The last setting book they released (and the only one in 5E) was done by a third party.

ad_hoc · Nov 3, 2018

Parmandur said:
That was Stewart trolling folks. They have singled out one setting to say they aren't doing it, he didn't split hairs on the question.

I think I may have misread this announcement.

I thought they were talking again that it wasn't Spelljammer and that they released that graphic.

Parmandur · Nov 3, 2018

Olaf the Stout said:
They also haven’t released a setting book in years. The last setting book they released (and the only one in 5E) was done by a third party.

Well, give it six days.

Parmandur · Nov 3, 2018

ad_hoc said:
I think I may have misread this announcement.

I thought they were talking again that it wasn't Spelljammer and that they released that graphic.

The graphic is from Morrus, but on Spoilers & Swag when he teased next year's hardcover setting book he specified that it is not a Spelljammer book.

Eltab · Nov 3, 2018

Morrus said:
One day I'll try a word and iOS won't decide it knows better. But not today.

[Edit... and dammit, I said TYPE, and it changed it to "try". It even autocorrects my jokes about autocorrect....]

Big Brother and his Newspeak project would be jealous of what autocorrect can accomplish with far less brainpower.

MoonSong · Nov 3, 2018

Twiggly the Gnome said:
An Eberron hardcover paired with a Eberron card set for Magic would be fun! If it is another Magic setting, my hope would be for Theros.

I wish for a Kamigawa book, I know it isn't happening but still... If it can be any setting I wish for Greyhawk.

Eltab said:
Big Brother and his Newspeak project would be jealous of what autocorrect can accomplish with far less brainpower.

That's why I have it turned off. I don't trust autocorrect.

Leatherhead · Nov 3, 2018

Parmandur said:
True, but that could go either way. They might do an Eberron hardcover (which would explain why they have spent so much of their playtest efforts on Eberron crunch), and in Magic do an Eberron block.

Though it could be whatever next setting Magic does, assuming that isn't a D&D setting in Magic. We'll see, but at least we have an idea that in D&D we will have one hardcover AP and one hardcover setting book coming next year, at least.

I doubt it will be Eberron. That weird bit about a book they have not created would exclude it, because they technically have a book for it already, even if it is a pdf.

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

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