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

[LuisCarlos17f]

There are some possibilities for the return of Mystara. One of them is Red Steel/Savage Coast, with pirates and mutants, and other an arcade videogame, maybe a partnership with Capcom again.

* Faction wars haven't ended at all, only now Sigil is "neutral zone", and nobody has talked about the gatetowns. And I would bet after Baldur's Gate III and DLC the next project will be Planescape 2.

* I wonder about the return of the "astral sea", because it is a good way to recycle races and monsters from undersea campaigns, something like astral tritons, for example. Here planescape and spelljammer could be mixed in a "mash-up".

* If Councyl of Wyrms returns, and with this the option to play with dragon PCs, we may see sourcebooks in DM Guild about no-core dragons as PCs: lungs, gemstone, planars, outers...

* Dark Sun will return, maybe a reboot, but then we can't know if the books the pentad prism and the tribe of one to be canon. Are the spynewyrm dragons with age categories? How to add the psionic races, or possible primal spellcasters (shamans, seekers, warderns..).

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Yes but it is technically a Greyhawk adventure since 1e.

Where Is Saltmarsh?

A gaming blog about the World of Greyhawk fantasy setting for all editions of Dungeons & Dragons formerly owned by TSR now by Wizards of the Coast.

greyhawkery.blogspot.com

Keoland according to the original authors.

All adventures published at that time where in Greyhawk, since that was the default core rules setting.

But there was nothing special about Greyhawk that meant it had to be set there.

 

[teitan]

All adventures published at that time where in Greyhawk, since that was the default core rules setting.

But there was nothing special about Greyhawk that meant it had to be set there.

According to the authors yes, that was their intent so that should hold some weight. You can't just say Spider-man was always in Metropolis when the original intent was NYC.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

According to the authors yes, that was their intent so that should hold some weight.

There was no other setting available. All AD&D modules where in Greyhawk, all Basic/Expert modules where in Mystara. Greyhawk was the core rules setting - there was (by definition) nothing unique about it.

 

[teitan]

There was no other setting available. All AD&D modules where in Greyhawk, all Basic/Expert modules where in Mystara. Greyhawk was the core rules setting - there was (by definition) nothing unique about it.

What is your point? For 30+ years it was set in Greyhawk. I am fine with it moving but you all are really zoning in on this. I don't see the controversy behind these historical facts. So what if there wasn't another setting? What bearing does that have on Saltmarsh having been a town in Greyhawk? None. It was Greyhawk, they made it generic. The logic against this is just so weird to me. It's like saying Metropolis is only in the DCU because it was the first universe in comics and we can move it to Marvel. The whole unique argument is also very odd. Nobody is debating the uniqueness of it.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

What is your point?

The point is, Greyhawk is irrelevant. For "Greyhawk" substitute "the core rules setting". You don't need Greyhawk to have Saltmarsh.

 

[teitan]

The point is, Greyhawk is irrelevant. For "Greyhawk" substitute "the core rules setting". You don't need Greyhawk to have Saltmarsh.

Who made that argument? You're looking for things that aren't there... again.

And again, the original authors said Saltmarsh was set in Keoland, part of... GREYHAWK. Your point on that matter is irrelevant but nobody is saying anything about anything you are implying.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Who made that argument?

You did: "Salt marsh is a lot more than Nostalgia and it’s a decent setting."

Saltmarsh is NOT a setting. (In the original adventure the town was not described - I know, I own it).

 

[teitan]

You did: "Salt marsh is a lot more than Nostalgia and it’s a decent setting."

Saltmarsh is NOT a setting. (In the original adventure the town was not described - I know, I own it).

Seriously? Really? Saltmarsh isn't a setting for an adventure? You got Greyhawk from that? Really? It is very much a setting for that adventure and the one's that follow on from it. The Setting is Saltmarsh, the adventures are Sinsister Secret of Saltmarsh, Danger at Dunwater and The Final Enemy. Saltmarsh is the name of the town that the adventure is SET in. Wow.

 

[teitan]

Hmmm very early on Greyhawk had a folio with a map describing its world. A short couple years later it had a boxed set detailing its deities, flora and fauna, specific heraldic symbols. Here is the unique map to the setting and a link to the folio DriveThruRPG.com
You may not like Greyhawk and keep defaulting to it being the “default” setting but it seems D&D is the only game you have that issue with. Earthdawn has its own setting that is default. The Dark Eye as well. Most games have a default setting. Greyhawk, for its time, was unique because D&D is not generic fantasy. It was its own genre. The lore of D&D is rooted in Greyhawk. Beholders started in Gh, Drow, mind flayers. Everything iconic about D&D started in GH. If that doesn’t make it unique then you have some weird definition of unique.