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.

 

[TwoSix]

Some ideas off the top of my head? A philosophy or two that actually engaged 'magic' as a quintessential property of the universe. A philosophy that somehow believes that that planes were once a singular entity and seek to recombine them to reform "god" or "the totality of existence." A philosophy that engages the idea that since a fiend that stopped being evil is no longer a fiend that this means that evil can be "cured" or that all can be "redeemed." It's about taking some of the core assumptions of D&D's planar fantasy and working from there.

Those would be some solid ideas for some faction retcons. "Magic as quintessential property of the universe" isn't too far off from the Guvners. The "planes as a fractured godhead" is really good, I could see that as a basis for a Athar reboot. Maybe the existing powers are trying to keep the planes separate to ensure their own power, and thus are false and need to be taken down.

 

[Faolyn]

Some ideas off the top of my head? A philosophy or two that actually engaged 'magic' as a quintessential property of the universe. A philosophy that somehow believes that that planes were once a singular entity and seek to recombine them to reform "god" or "the totality of existence." A philosophy that engages the idea that since a fiend that stopped being evil is no longer a fiend that this means that evil can be "cured" or that all can be "redeemed." It's about taking some of the core assumptions of D&D's planar fantasy and working from there.

Those all sound pretty good!

 

[Aldarc]

Those would be some solid ideas for some faction retcons. "Magic as quintessential property of the universe" isn't too far off from the Guvners. The "planes as a fractured godhead" is really good, I could see that as a basis for a Athar reboot. Maybe the existing powers are trying to keep the planes separate to ensure their own power, and thus are false and need to be taken down.

And then there's a Faction that believes that a hot dog is a sandwich.

 

[TwoSix]

And then there's a Faction that believes that a hot dog is a sandwich.

The Lady put those people in the Mazes a long time ago. I think it provoked the first Faction war.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

A philosophy that somehow believes that that planes were once a singular entity and seek to recombine them to reform "god" or "the totality of existence."

That's the Sign of One to some extent, it's just that they mostly believe they're that god.

 

[Demetrios1453]

And then there's a Faction that believes that a hot dog is a sandwich.

There's a special layer in the Nine Hells for people like that. Not even Asmodeus speaks of it.

 

[Faolyn]

Wouldn't a hot dog just be an open-face sandwich?

<runs away while ducking>

 

[humble minion]

There's a special layer in the Nine Hells for people like that. Not even Asmodeus speaks of it.

When you really think about it though, isn't the Nine Hells also a sandwich?

 

[darjr]

When you really think about it though, isn't the Nine Hells also a sandwich?

It does have ground meat in it.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

When you really think about it though, isn't the Nine Hells also a sandwich?

No, it's a 9 layer dip you eat with tortilla chips.