D&D 5E Mike Mearls interview - states that they may be getting off of the 2 AP/year train.

[Shasarak]

So they should set it in the future? If there's a CS book, doesn't that set the state of the world at a certain date?

I dont know if an adventure with no fixed time line is set in the future or the past.

If you really really need a city that has been invaded by a foreign army then I can think of plenty of examples you could use, like one of the Dales by the Zhents or Neverwinter by the Red Wizards. Remember that the Realms is not a peaceful place.

 

[bmfrosty]

I dont know if an adventure with no fixed time line is set in the future or the past.

If you really really need a city that has been invaded by a foreign army then I can think of plenty of examples you could use, like one of the Dales by the Zhents or Neverwinter by the Red Wizards. Remember that the Realms is not a peaceful place.

But isn't that just what a campaign setting is? The state of all things like cities and NPCs at a fixed point in the timeline?

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[Shasarak]

But isn't that just what a campaign setting is? The state of all things like cities and NPCs at a fixed point in the timeline?

Yes the campaign setting is fixed. And the adventurers are not fixed. Obviously the Adventure would take precedent over the Campaign setting. In the Campaign setting the Zhents are eyeing up Shadowdale. In the Adventure they have been occupying Shadowdale for 5 years. But tell me, did the adventure happen before the Campaign setting or after?

 

[bmfrosty]

Yes the campaign setting is fixed. And the adventurers are not fixed. Obviously the Adventure would take precedent over the Campaign setting. In the Campaign setting the Zhents are eyeing up Shadowdale. In the Adventure they have been occupying Shadowdale for 5 years. But tell me, did the adventure happen before the Campaign setting or after?

If the adventures contradict the campaign setting, then what's the point of the campaign setting again?

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[Shasarak]

If the adventures contradict the campaign setting, then what's the point of the campaign setting again?

Because some people want to use Shadowdale as place to adventurer but dont want to use the official Attack of the Zhents Adventure?

Do other people still make their own adventurers anymore? Just me then?

 

[bmfrosty]

Because some people want to use Shadowdale as place to adventurer but dont want to use the official Attack of the Zhents Adventure?

Do other people still make their own adventurers anymore? Just me then?

Why not just use the setting from 1e, 2e, or 3e then? Does it matter if it's been updated for 5e?

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[Shasarak]

Why not just use the setting from 1e, 2e, or 3e then? Does it matter if it's been updated for 5e?

Why not use the setting from 5e?


Oh, right. I forgot.

 

[bmfrosty]

Why not use the setting from 5e?


Oh, wait!

There you go. No need for a 5e setting at all. Just use an earlier one. They're better anyway. No dragonborn.

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[Shasarak]

There you go. No need for a 5e setting at all. Just use an earlier one. They're better anyway. No dragonborn.

I actually like Dragonborn because at least they dont try and shout your hands back on.

 

[bmfrosty]

I actually like Dragonborn because at least they dont try and shout your hands back on.

I don't understand. What does it mean to shout hands on?

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