D&D 5E Old settings coming back?

[keterys]

Greyhawk first and foremost as that's been absent since 2e.

Greyhawk was the default setting for 3rd edition, with several gamebooks and a _massive_ number of adventures available through Living Greyhawk, for reference.

 

[Jester David]

Greyhawk was the default setting for 3rd edition, with several gamebooks and a _massive_ number of adventures available through Living Greyhawk, for reference.

It was the default setting in name only. Some of the crunch matched, but much did not. Likewise, the modules were only loosly set in Greyhawk. And LG adventures are no longer available and far from official.

There were two Greyhawk products published. The Gazetteer published by the RPGA (also known as the driest campaign setting book ever released). And Expedition to Castle Greyhawk at the end of 3e.

I had forgotten the Greyhawk Gaz, but that was only tenatively official and hardly widespread.

 

[Nellisir]

Even if I doubt that it is in the priority list of Wizards, I would love to see Birthright again

Oh, I knew I had forgotten one. Yeah, I'd love to see Birthright again too.

I was trying to think of settings with a strong theme and active creators. Birthright qualifies. Greyhawk and Mystara are both amalgam settings, and the man most associated with Mystara, Bruce Heard, has been discouraged from doing any sort of official Mystara work (check out his blog for more information). Gary Gygax is, of course, dead.

 

[keterys]

It was the default setting in name only. Some of the crunch matched, but much did not. Likewise, the modules were only loosly set in Greyhawk. And LG adventures are no longer available and far from official.

Ah. That sounds a lot like someone who says there's been no Forgotten Realms support, because they don't like anything after (Time of Troubles, Spellplague, Sundering, etc).

That is to say, there's no indication to suggest that D&D Next support for Greyhawk would match the One True Greyhawk criteria.

 

[TarionzCousin]

That is to say, there's no indication to suggest that D&D Next support for Greyhawk would match the One True Greyhawk criteria.

With Mearls' love of old D&D, it gives me hope that there will be some new Greyhawk material.

Also, who here wouldn't want to enter a contest to create a new setting (as how Eberron was created)?

 

[Jester David]

Ah. That sounds a lot like someone who says there's been no Forgotten Realms support, because they don't like anything after (Time of Troubles, Spellplague, Sundering, etc).

That is to say, there's no indication to suggest that D&D Next support for Greyhawk would match the One True Greyhawk criteria.

3e was really a generic in terms of content with Greyhawk naming conventions. There was three or four really Greyhawk specific Prestige Classes and most of the lore was "Greyhawk" in the same way that 1e was "Greyhawk". Ditto the adventures.

I loved my time playing LG and did some writing but I'm under no delusions that my content should be official. LG was only loosly approved and while some of the larger effects of that campaign could be taken as canon I think the campaign as a whole is pretty darn unofficial.

 

[ArcaneSpringboard]

Sorry, I can't see it happening. WotC know the folly of trying to support too many settings; that's how they came to own D&D in the first place. They also know that their success with any non-FR setting in 4e was... limited.

Unless they're now willing to go down the route of licensing out settings again, I really can't see any non-FR setting getting any support outside of the e-magazines.

Here's the thing though. Those settings are the core of D&D IP. There are a lot of 'D&D' players who no longer play D&D, but would be served and serve as a market for those sorts of products.

That way they could support Pathfinder, Old Schoolers, and 13th Age folks as well as those sticking with various editions of D&D.

 

[Klaus]

Greyhawk [/I]first and foremost as that's been absent since 2e.

I'd love to see Greyhawk make a return. I do have to mention that Greyhawk *did* show up in 3e (the Living Greyhawk Gazeteer, plus much stuff through Dragon magazine), and I wrote a 4e Greyhawk backdrop for Dragon last year.

 

[Plaguescarred]

I'd love to see Greyhawk make a return. I do have to mention that Greyhawk *did* show up in 3e (the Living Greyhawk Gazeteer, plus much stuff through Dragon magazine), and I wrote a 4e Greyhawk backdrop for Dragon last year.

Which was a pure delicacy to read

Knowing Greyhawk is Mike Mearls fave setting, i can only hope it will see print during Next life.

 

[Gundark]

Mystara and Birthright for me please