4E 2010 Setting: Place Your Bets

[drothgery]

I really thope (think/hope) that WotC has learned that re-tooling an old setting for 4e reaps a lot of antagonism.

Retooling Eberron for 4e reaped very little antagonism. Retooling FR created a lot, but that's because they were trying to update it to a new edition and try and get rid of a lot of the cruft that had built up in the setting over 3 editions at the same time.

 

[Siberys]

I want Dark Sun. I'm betting on Dragonlance.

In either case, I want the setting "Rolled Back", with any future developments left as optional. Should they publish Greyhawk, ditto.

As for Spelljammer, Planescape, and Ravenloft - I honestly don't see these getting their own books. I feel they'd best be covered by generic Planar books.

If it were a new setting, I'd bet on Rich Burlew's or Phillip Nathan-Toomey's - the runners-up in Wizard's setting search. WotC still owns publishing rights to both; I don't see why, if they needed a new setting, they wouldn't choose one of those and start working it into a 4e setting.

 

[Roger]

Birthright.



Cheers,
Roger

 

[Henry]

IIf it were a new setting, I'd bet on Rich Burlew's or Phillip Nathan-Toomey's - the runners-up in Wizard's setting search. WotC still owns publishing rights to both; I don't see why, if they needed a new setting, they wouldn't choose one of those and start working it into a 4e setting.

Me three -- I do want to eventually see Rich's and Philip's settings released, to see that pile o'goodness.

 

[Dausuul]

Call me crazy, but I thought someone important and in-the-know posted in another thread saying Dragonlance is not the new setting. I may be wrong...

It looked like that at first, but then it came out that the person in question was not actually in-the-know and was just speculating like the rest of us.

 

[Ktulu]

Ampersand said there'd be clues in the posts. So far, they have shown Draconians, mentioned Minotaurs in PH3, put Raistlin in as a demo character on the Character Builder, and this is the 25th anniversary of Dragonlance.


While it could be bait'n'switch, that seems pretty unlikely, to me.

 

[Pour]

Ah, thanks Dausuul. I was wondering why there wasn't more response from the boards over that.

 

[Herschel]

I'm looking at a Spelljammer ship on the cover of "The Plane Above" as I write this.













(Of course they wouldn't even need to make this an actual setting, just incorporate it in to the "core" system as part of planar travel.)

 

[Herschel]

So I'll go Dragonlance.

 

[Obryn]

Psionics in the PHB3 are the main clue for me that it might be Dark Sun. Also, considering the Player's Guide / DM's Guide structure, I think it's the cleanest fit.

I think Spelljammer and Dark Sun are the most likely. Dragonlance is less likely, but still very possible. Everything else is just plain out of left field.

-O