D&D 5E New D&D Survey, with some in-depth setting questions

[Parmandur]

@Parmandur winder if that means DL is coming so no real need? Or it’s not so no real need?

Probably reflects the feedback they got: Mystara and Birthright fans made elaborate and detailed cases for their world, while Dragonlance fans leaned on their love of the novels when making their cases in prior surveys, I suppose?

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

These are the options;

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There are a number of settings that aren't mentioned, including Nentir Vale, Ghostwalk, subsettings like Kara-tur... I also don't know what any modern settings from less than 15 years ago.

I'll add, there is another large section of "Hey, what other IPs do you play with?" at the end, probably informing their mindsets on making new settings... or maybe even forming crossovers with others.

I hope they see my Dark Souls and say "Hmm, maybe we could make an Elden Ring book..."

I put The Elder Scrolls (Skyrim) and Fallout 4 in the "what video games do you play" section of the survey. A Skyrim book would be interesting (and I'd immediately buy it), if Bethesda was open to a crossover, but the "Dragonborn" name would be a bit difficult to work with.

 

[Scribe]

I put The Elder Scrolls (Skyrim) and Fallout 4 in the "what video games do you play" section of the survey. A Skyrim book would be interesting (and I'd immediately buy it), if Bethesda was open to a crossover, but the "Dragonborn" name would be a bit difficult to work with.

I put Wrath of the Righteous 3 times as the fill in option for game I'm currently playing.

 

[Parmandur]

I put The Elder Scrolls (Skyrim) and Fallout 4 in the "what video games do you play" section of the survey. A Skyrim book would be interesting (and I'd immediately buy it), if Bethesda was open to a crossover, but the "Dragonborn" name would be a bit difficult to work with.

I honestly don't think it would be that bad, though if they did do an Elder Scrolls book it would not be in the same time period as any of the games, probably.

 

[Lanefan]

Probably reflects the feedback they got: Mystara and Birthright fans made elaborate and detailed cases for their world, while Dragonlance fans leaned on their love of the novels when making their cases in prior surveys, I suppose?

Heh - you just hit the two settings I voted for, along with Homebrew.

 

[Parmandur]

Heh - you just hit the two settings I voted for, along with Homebrew.

Well, it simply struck me the asymmetry between the options for those two Settings most of all, which I think we can all agree on the less probable end of the new campaign book scale, versus Dragonlance, a perennial favorite.

Like, the Birthright and Mystara options could be expanded into a full page product proposal, whereas Dragonlanace is just "I like the novels" and "I like dragons."

 

[overgeeked]

I knew WotC was evil, but damn. Making me pick one setting as my favorite. The monsters.

Any chance we can get people to push votes for settings that don't already have 5E support?

 

[MatthewJHanson]

I noticed the EN World was one of the choices for where I get me news from. I feel like I've had to write that in before.

 

[overgeeked]

Well, it simply struck me the asymmetry between the options for those two Settings most of all, which I think we can all agree on the less probable end of the new campaign book scale, versus Dragonlance, a perennial favorite.

Like, the Birthright and Mystara options could be expanded into a full page product proposal, whereas Dragonlanace is just "I like the novels" and "I like dragons."

Or they're priming people for a single book drop featuring the multiverse of options.

 

[MatthewJHanson]

I wonder if some of the setting questions are not to help them choose what settings to publish, but to help them market the settings they have already chosen to work on.