D&D 5E Ray Winninger mentions third project!

WotC's Ray Winninger has confirmed that another D&D release, by James Wyatt, will be released in between Witchlight (September) and Strixhaven (November). Strixhaven was Amanda Hamon's project, while Witchlight is Chris Perkins'. That assumes he's not referring to the Feywild accessory kit in September.

A lot of people are asking Qs about the [D&D] releases for the rest of this year.

Yes, WILD BEYOND THE WITCHLIGHT is the [Chris Perkins] story product I referenced in our dev blog. STRIXHAVEN is [Amanda Hamon's] project. We have not yet announced [James Wyatt's] project, which releases between WITCHLIGHT and STRIXHAVEN.

Why did we announce STRIXHAVEN so early? Pretty simple--there was no way to release the STRIX-related Unearthed Arcana without letting the cat out of the bag.

You'll learn a lot more about all of these products at D&D Live on G4, July 16 and 17. And yes, there is still a little surprise or two ahead.

D&D 5E - Two New D&D Books Revealed: Feywild & Strixhaven Mage School

Amazon has revealed the next two D&D hardcovers! The Wild Beyond the Witchlight is a feywild adventure due in September, and Curriculum of Chaos is a Magic: the Gathering setting of Strixhaven, which looks like a Harry Potter-esque mage school, set for November...

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[QuentinGeorge]

Like they wouldn’t do that with Dragonlance? Sure.

Well, of course. But stripped of its nostalgia factor, what different things does Dragonlance have?

 

[QuentinGeorge]

Let's be honest. The biggest section of Dragonlance are the fans of the novels. They don't want those novels suddenly invalidated to make a "better" setting.

 

[Jaeger]

I can’t the wheels on your goalposts are too squeaky

I do not know what your hearing has to do with your reading ability, but you should get both checked by a qualified physician as my goal posts have no wheels.

I never made a "not invented here argument" that is you reading things in my post that aren't there.

Your "counter-argument", isn't. Because it refutes only what you imagined I wrote, not the actual text of my posts.

All your not-counterpoints were specific initiatives for more 5e gaming material.

Hickman and Weiss are writing novels.

Apples and Oranges.

H&W getting a license from WOTC to do a new Dragonlance trilogy is a completely different situation to all the other examples you cited.

H&W are the ones paying WOTC for a license so that they can use the DL IP for their new novels.

The last Dragonlance novel they published was in 2011. The last DL setting book published for D&D was in 2008. DL is not a relevant or active IP in the current year.

Other posters on this thread have had no trouble understanding that, or the other points I have made. As can be readily seen from the reply's that you have received from them to your posts.

So if there is any misunderstanding here of what I am trying to say it is not because of me.

It is you.

sorry I’m so dense.

Apology accepted.

Let's be honest. The biggest section of Dragonlance are the fans of the novels. They don't want those novels suddenly invalidated to make a "better" setting.

This is also a very good point.

What WOTC would want do with the DL setting may not jive with what Hickman and Weiss are keeping as cannon in their new books.

Given some of the things many of the not-Dragonlance fans had to say about the setting on the old lawsuit thread; it would not surprise me in the least that there might be a disconnect between the direction WOTC would like to go with the setting, and the setting elements Hickman and Weiss are keeping in the new trilogy.

I highly doubt Hickman and Weiss are going to retcon and invalidate their own body of work when they are looking to sell books to fans of the original trilogy.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I highly doubt Hickman and Weiss are going to retcon and invalidate their own body of work when they are looking to sell books to fans of the original trilogy.

And revive sales of the older books no doubt.

 

[dave2008]

Let's be honest. The biggest section of Dragonlance are the fans of the novels. They don't want those novels suddenly invalidated to make a "better" setting.

I doubt people who like the novels will they are invalidated if the game changes the setting. To me at least, they are two very different things. Just like movies and books are different, so are games and books. Different media should be treated differently IMO.

 

[QuentinGeorge]

I doubt people who like the novels will they are invalidated if the game changes the setting. To me at least, they are two very different things. Just like movies and books are different, so are games and books. Different media should be treated differently IMO.

Maybe, but historically they weren't, and as someone who spent a lot of time in the Dragonlance fan community I can tell you there was a significant amount of novel fans who bought the RPG material.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Could be. Could be. I could certainly agree on the intel part. Even the part about WotC not doing Dragonlance, cause I don’t know. I mean I dint think it bother me at all if a DL setting for 5e never saw the light of day.

Except for the novels, right?

And to your last point, Ravenloft?

Curse of z

Nothing wrong with generic: generic means archetypal and classic.

ge·ner·ic

/jəˈnerik/

adjective

adjective: generic

1.

characteristic of or relating to a class or group of things; not specific.

"chèvre is a generic term for all goat's milk cheese"

Similar:

general

common

collective

nonspecific

inclusive

all-inclusive

all-encompassing

broad

comprehensive

blanket

umbrella

sweeping

universal

cross-disciplinary

interdisciplinary

multidisciplinary

Opposite:

specific

(of goods, especially medicinal drugs) having no brand name; not protected by a registered trademark.

"generic aspirin"

Similar:

unbranded

untrademarked

nonproprietary

Opposite:

branded

DEROGATORY

lacking imagination or individuality; predictable and unoriginal.

"generic dance-floor fillers"

2.

BIOLOGY

relating to a genus.

FR is not Generic

 

[hopeless]

And now I'm thinking Treasure Planet!
Nothing stopping me from combining that fake ad with Ravenloft as inspiration for a new campaign is there?

 

[Parmandur]

Curse of z

ge·ner·ic

/jəˈnerik/

adjective

adjective: generic

1.

characteristic of or relating to a class or group of things; not specific.

"chèvre is a generic term for all goat's milk cheese"

Similar:

general

common

collective

nonspecific

inclusive

all-inclusive

all-encompassing

broad

comprehensive

blanket

umbrella

sweeping

universal

cross-disciplinary

interdisciplinary

multidisciplinary

Opposite:

specific

(of goods, especially medicinal drugs) having no brand name; not protected by a registered trademark.

"generic aspirin"

Similar:

unbranded

untrademarked

nonproprietary

Opposite:

branded

DEROGATORY

lacking imagination or individuality; predictable and unoriginal.

"generic dance-floor fillers"

2.

BIOLOGY

relating to a genus.

FR is not Generic

Sure, it's generic: it started our as Greenwood's genre fanfiction crossover extravaganza. Indeed, FR being the epitome of generic is why it is so successful as an RPG Setting , and useful for building products useful for homebrewers. There is nothing wrong with that.

 

[SkidAce]

I mean if we're doing setting fusions they already announced Planejammer for the end of the month
View attachment 138199(a very high quality april fools a friend put together a few months ago)

I got excited and now I'm sad.