D&D 5E What previous-edition D&D settings, races, classes, items, weapons and so on do you think we'll never see in 5E?

[gyor]

Dragonlance will 100% be supported in 5e.

I agree, it's not likely an if, but a when, they did UA with Dragonlance races, and they could just reprint Minotaurs in it for example, we know how they love to reprint stuff.

 

[QuentinGeorge]

Actually if they can ever prefect the Mass Combat Rules, Birth Right Setting book would be a great place to put them, and would give them an excuse to bring back Birth Right.

Or even proper realm management rules, which is a style of game not well supported.

 

[Arnwolf666]

Actually if they can ever prefect the Mass Combat Rules, Birth Right Setting book would be a great place to put them, and would give them an excuse to bring back Birth Right.

mystara could be heavy on mass combat and kingdom building rules without the overhead of bloodline magic that is in birthright.

 

[Arnwolf666]

Has wotc supported Krynn since 2E?

 

[gyor]

Settings that 5e won't officially get:

Mystara-Known World-Hollow World; Al-Qadim; Nentir Vale; Birthright; Dragonlance. For M-KW-HW and DL there's the question of whether they own all the associated IP; Al-Qadim might raise cultural-appropriation questions these days; and Birthright almost needs its own separate rule-set. As for Nentir Vale, they could do this one but I'm still betting they won't.

I somehow think they will eventually release 5e versions of Spelljammer, Planescape, Dark Sun, etc.

Races and Classes:

I'm tempted to say for both of these that if it isn't already out there, don't plan on seeing it in its original form. Some old classes might at some point be made sort-of possible by the right combination of subclasses and feats maybe, but that's it. For sure we'll never see race-as-class a la 0e.

Items that 5e won't officially get, at least in anything close to their original form:

Sword of Life Stealing (it drained levels on a hit; so to bring this in means bringing back level drain)
various Librams, Tomes, Books etc. that bestowed levels to or drained levels from the reader (ditto)

WotC has hired Cultural consultants so Al Qadim is not an issue, it's a way of getting a free pass on so called "Cultural Approration" accusations, just hired so experts in Arabian culture and history, preferable of Arab, Turkish, or Iranian desent or both.

 

[Zardnaar]

Has wotc supported Krynn since 2E?

3pp in 3E

 

[QuentinGeorge]

3pp in 3E

Actually the core setting book was a Wizards release. The authors of that were the consultants who worked on the later supplements for Sovereign Press/Margaret Weis Productions.

Adding all that together, the 3rd Edition Dragonlance was some of the best, and most coherent Dragonlance setting stuff ever released (second only to SAGA). It blew 2nd edition out of the water. 1st Edition, too. Controversial opinion, perhaps, but the novels overshadowed the original Dragonlance modules and ended up wrecking the world for a period making it night unusable as a setting until it moved out of that time period. (to post-War of the Lance or beyond).

 

[Zardnaar]

Actually the core setting book was a Wizards release. The authors of that were the consultants who worked on the later supplements for Sovereign Press/Margaret Weis Productions.

Adding all that together, the 3rd Edition Dragonlance was some of the best, and most coherent Dragonlance setting stuff ever released (second only to SAGA). It blew 2nd edition out of the water. 1st Edition, too. Controversial opinion, perhaps, but the novels overshadowed the original Dragonlance modules and ended up wrecking the world for a period making it night unusable as a setting until it moved out of that time period. (to post-War of the Lance or beyond).

Kind got the opposite opinion further from War of the Lance you get the less it's Dragonlance.

If they ever poll though I don't care that much about DL so I wouldn't vote. Let the fans sort it out. Kender, Gully Dwarves, everything else bleah.

 

[QuentinGeorge]

WotC has hired Cultural consultants so Al Qadim is not an issue, it's a way of getting a free pass on so called "Cultural Approration" accusations, just hired so experts in Arabian culture and history, preferable of Arab, Turkish, or Iranian desent or both.

Fairly ridiculous though. Al Qadim is not meant to be an accurate reflection of the real Middle East. It is the Middle East as filtered through 1001 Arabian Nights* and Western entertainment. (It even states this in the Arabian Adventures book). No one's hiring proper Medievalists to write about the Sword Coast, I don't see why you need to do so to write about the other regions).

* Let's not forget the original Aladdin story was a semi-autobiographical piece written by a Christian Arab about his journey to Paris.

 

[QuentinGeorge]

Kind got the opposite opinion further from War of the Lance you get the less it's Dragonlance.

If they ever poll though I don't care that much about DL so I wouldn't vote. Let the fans sort it out. Kender, Gully Dwarves, everything else bleah.

It depends on whether you think the Heroes of the Lance are the be-all and the end-all of the setting or not. The post-War Of Souls still has all the other classic elements - Knights of Solamnia, Dragons, Wizards of High Sorcery, Kender, Tinker Gnomes, etc, but added with the Knights of Neraka, Legion of Steel, Primal Sorcerers, Mystics and much more. It really took the best elements of Taladas and introduced them to the wider settings.

If you want to play through the War of the Lance then replay the original modules. If you want a coherent, interesting and wide-open setting, there are better Dragonlance releases. (All released in the 21st century).