D&D 5E Next (3rd book of the year) endless speculation thread

[Burnside]

Neverwinter: Something Something of the Feywild adventure.

The Ravenloft book will be sort of a monster book already. Lore, monsters, and a few player options a la Mordenkainen's.

 

[Mind of tempest]

Neverwinter: Something Something of the Feywild" adventure.

The Ravenloft book will be sort of a monster book already. Lore, monsters, and a few player options a la Mordenkainen's.

did we not already have a neverwinter one?

 

[Marc_C]

what is the appel of greyhawk again?

• It's the setting from which D&D iconic monsters, artefacts and named spells come from.
• Living Greyhawk was the Adventure League setting for 3e.
• It's a geo-political setting with a more 'historical' flavour comprises of baronies, duchies, principalities and a fallen empire posed to go to war any moment.
• The regions around the Azure Sea presents all types of terrain for adventuring.
• As opposed to FR and DL the Gods are distant and not constantly interfering in mortal affairs.

 

[Burnside]

did we not already have a neverwinter one?

We have not.

 

[teitan]

What is the appeal of Greyhawk I assume you meant?
Oh there is so much that could be said about that setting to me its almost as old as Mystara and was used in the 3.0 edition.
The Village of Hommlet, the Temple of Elemental Evil were tied there at one stage.
Good lord the only problem is how to handle that without altering something essential to the setting.
Dragonlance in comparison has limitations those original scenarios was intended for the cast of the books after all.
I know its expanded quite a bit since then but how to release that without marring that premise?
With Greyhawk there's a bit more room to move and like Mystara lots of adventures to call upon if you need some inspiration!
But would they want the baggage that comes with them?

just an irony. In pointing out someone else’s spelling error one should be aware of their own grammar and spelling! “Those scenario books WERE intended”. Was is singular.

 

[teitan]

Neverwinter: Something Something of the Feywild adventure.

The Ravenloft book will be sort of a monster book already. Lore, monsters, and a few player options a la Mordenkainen's.

We already know the contents of the Ravenloft book and it is a campaign setting ala Eberron and Wildemount and not Mordenkainen/Volo style.

Description​

Product Description​

Explore the horrors of Ravenloft in this campaign sourcebook for the world’s greatest roleplaying game.


Terror stalks the nightmare realms of Ravenloft. No one knows this better than monster scholar Rudolph Van Richten. To arm a new generation against the creatures of the night, Van Richten has compiled his correspondence and case files into this tome of eerie tales and chilling truths.



• Travel (perhaps even by choice) to Ravenloft's expanded Domains of Dread—each domain with its own unique flavor of horror, thrilling story hooks, and grisly cast of characters

• Craft your own D&D horror settings, add tension with optional rules, and get advice for running a game that's ghastly in all the right ways

• Create characters with lineages tied to vampires, undead, and hags, horror-themed subclasses, the Investigator background, and "Dark Gifts" that may be a double-edged sword

• Unleash nightmarish monsters from an expanded bestiary, and browse a collection of mysterious trinkets

• Explore Ravenloft in the included Dungeons & Dragons adventure—play as a stand-alone adventure or drop it into your current game for a bit of sinister fun

 

[Burnside]

We already know the contents of the Ravenloft book and it is a campaign setting ala Eberron and Wildemount and not Mordenkainen/Volo style.

Description​

Product Description​

Explore the horrors of Ravenloft in this campaign sourcebook for the world’s greatest roleplaying game.


Terror stalks the nightmare realms of Ravenloft. No one knows this better than monster scholar Rudolph Van Richten. To arm a new generation against the creatures of the night, Van Richten has compiled his correspondence and case files into this tome of eerie tales and chilling truths.



• Travel (perhaps even by choice) to Ravenloft's expanded Domains of Dread—each domain with its own unique flavor of horror, thrilling story hooks, and grisly cast of characters

• Craft your own D&D horror settings, add tension with optional rules, and get advice for running a game that's ghastly in all the right ways

• Create characters with lineages tied to vampires, undead, and hags, horror-themed subclasses, the Investigator background, and "Dark Gifts" that may be a double-edged sword

• Unleash nightmarish monsters from an expanded bestiary, and browse a collection of mysterious trinkets

• Explore Ravenloft in the included Dungeons & Dragons adventure—play as a stand-alone adventure or drop it into your current game for a bit of sinister fun

It is a setting book, but it has 40 pages of monsters. Not sure we're getting another book this year with a big bestiary in it.

 

[The Grassy Gnoll]

They could go down the DL route for the movie in which case DL would feature highly and likely be launched pre-movie too to build hype and recognition of the synergy between the two ‘brands’.

 

[hopeless]

Guess its what makes D&D important and interesting to you I guess.
Some of us actually care about those things even if you don't.

 

[hopeless]

We have not.

That was 4th edition.