D&D 5E 3 Classic Settings Coming To 5E?

On the D&D Celebration – Sunday, Inside the D&D Studio with Liz Schuh and Ray Winninger, Winninger said that WotC will be shifting to a greater emphasis on settings in the coming years.

This includes three classic settings getting active attention, including some that fans have been actively asking for. He was cagey about which ones, though.

The video below is an 11-hour video, but the information comes in the last hour for those who want to scrub through.



Additionally, Liz Schuh said there would be more anthologies, as well as more products to enhance game play that are not books.

Winninger mentioned more products aimed at the mainstream player who can't spend immense amount of time absorbing 3 tomes.

Ray and Liz confirmed there will be more Magic: The Gathering collaborations.

 

[Crimson Longinus]

I hope that Dark Sun and Spelljammer are included. They're actually somewhat unique instead of dime in a dozen generic medievalish setting like the rest.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Dragonlance has lots of corruption and redemption going on.

You can only have corruption and redemption when Good and Evil are a thing.

In other words, if alignment is irrelevant, so is changing alignment.

 

[Crimson Longinus]

You can only have corruption and redemption when Good and Evil are a thing.

In other words, if alignment is irrelevant, so is changing alignment.

That's silly. Redemption stories are pretty prominent outside the confines of D&D alignment system, to which most of the world doesn't ascribe to.

 

[ccs]

That's silly. Redemption stories are pretty prominent outside the confines of D&D alignment system, to which most of the world doesn't ascribe to.

Most of the world does recognize the concept of good/bad, good/evil.

 

[Jadeite]

You can only have corruption and redemption when Good and Evil are a thing.

In other words, if alignment is irrelevant, so is changing alignment.

Dragonlance has good and evil, but its approach is not as absolute as you make it to be. And corruption and redemption are one of the main themes in literature.

 

[Crimson Longinus]

Most of the world does recognize the concept of good/bad, good/evil.

Sure. And they don't need nine point alignment system for that.

 

[ccs]

Sure. And they don't need nine point alignment system for that.

The 9 alignments are just a game artifact. If you're fretting over it in relation to RL then you're over thinking it.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Dragonlance has good and evil, but its approach is not as absolute as you make it to be.

It's based on Momonism, which is about as absolutist as it's possible to get.

And corruption and redemption are one of the main themes in literature.

Sure, but it's a theme that is currently out of favour in D&D.

Lord Soth is ether Black or White, he doesn't do shades of grey. Riastlin can't stick to the neutral path, he has to pick a side.

 

[Pixelllance]

Well,

Dark Sun is a no-brainer.

For the other two...hard to guess ....there are pro and cons for every one of them.

Dragonlance is mention often in the PHB including the Pantheon, also Greyhawk Pantheon is included in PHB, both are mentioned often in MToF, Greyhawk is the default setting in Saltmarch...

Spelljammer is more a running joke (Spelljammer confirmed) and while Planescape is an excellent setting it was also a popluar video game back then....

So maybe the question to ask is: which setting besides Dark Sun would be a good seller of add merch stuff and cross products (video games, novels ....)

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

I don't see the point of bringing back Dragonlance, the setting, but remaking Dragonlance, the series of modules, that would be interesting.