Spelljammer I think Spelljammer will be more like Ravenloft then Strixhaven

[Parmandur]

Ah, okay. Yeah, I remember the Spelljammer UA. The tone of the first few posts in this thread made it sound like something a little more concrete and certain was coming down the pike and I got really excited (for Dark Sun, not so much for Spelljammer.)

More of a weight of minor signs, like Greg Tito making some playful jokes about space travel in Dragon Talk, or so I hear.

 

[Lyxen]

Domains of Dread and Delight are demiplanes.

Do you have any proof of this ? I don't think it's been phrased that way. Before 5e, there was a demiplane of dread that contained all the domains, but each domain of dread was not a demiplane. And in 5e, I s am pretty certain that none of the domain has ever been referred to as a demiplane. For example, domains of delight specifically avoids the word: "Domains of Delight are to the Feywild what Domains of Dread are to the Shadowfell: sequestered realms governed by powerful beings."

And I've looked through VRGtR, and it's the same, "In hidden corners of the Shadowfell are nightmare domains that hunger for the brave and the innocent, the ambitious and the wicked. Some call this collection of eerie realms the Land of the Mists, but monster hunters know it as Ravenloft. Terror, magic, mystery, and suspense fill these fractured domains, an infinite gallery of unfolding evils, age-old plots, cursed bloodlines, legendary monsters, and immortal villains. Evildoers from countless worlds regard Ravenloft as their prison—infamous figures such as the lich-king Azalin Rex, the unscrupulous scientist Viktra Mordenheim, and the diabolical first vampire Strahd von Zarovich. These Darklords wield incredible power within their isolated domains, yet they’re held captive in eternal torment as victims of malign forces known as the Dark Powers."

They are just secluded domains, not extra-dimensional to the Feywild or the Shadowfell as demiplanes actually are.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

More of a weight of minor signs, like Greg Tito making some playful jokes about space travel in Dragon Talk, or so I hear.

Yeah, he hinted at something sci-fi for D&D while promoting his Star Trek podcast.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

I think one of the MtG settings is a Magitech Steampunk India, so there could be that.

I also think they'll do away with Crystal Spheres and the Phlogiston, as not too many people seem to be attached to the ideas of Ptolemaic Astronomy.

I find Kaladesh returning unlikely... it's currently a 6 on the Rabiah Scale (how the MTG team ranks likelihood of revisiting settings), and I assume the D&D team will only visit it if it is close to a Kaladesh MTG release.

It certainly won't be more than slightly referenced in a Spelljammer book. I believe the only time an MTG setting is mentioned in a primarily D&D-classic book is Tarkir in Fizban's, and it makes no mention of how Tarkir connects to other settings.

 

[dave2008]

It helps if you try and stop thinking in only three dimensions.

What other dimensions should I think in?

 

[Lyxen]

What other dimensions should I think in?

I can't find the exact text, but Gygax mentioned something like the D&D Multiverse having about 16 dimensions. I'll let you know if I can find the text again and the exact list, but I seem to recall many bizarre ones in the list, including the possible and the impossible.

 

[Parmandur]

Yeah, he hinted at something sci-fi for D&D while promoting his Star Trek podcast.

Interesting timing to set up a Star Trek podcast. I could really see them putting out a "Crystal Sphere of the Week" campaign guide.

I find Kaladesh returning unlikely... it's currently a 6 on the Rabiah Scale (how the MTG team ranks likelihood of revisiting settings), and I assume the D&D team will only visit it if it is close to a Kaladesh MTG release.

It certainly won't be more than slightly referenced in a Spelljammer book. I believe the only time an MTG setting is mentioned in a primarily D&D-classic book is Tarkir in Fizban's, and it makes no mention of how Tarkir connects to other settings.

I don't know, we've seen Crawford talk about Spelljamming to Ravnica's Crystal Sphere through the Phlogiston...making a sort of planetary exploration Bestiary, including various WotC IP, doesn't sound implausible.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

I find Kaladesh returning unlikely... it's currently a 6 on the Rabiah Scale (how the MTG team ranks likelihood of revisiting settings), and I assume the D&D team will only visit it if it is close to a Kaladesh MTG release.

It certainly won't be more than slightly referenced in a Spelljammer book. I believe the only time an MTG setting is mentioned in a primarily D&D-classic book is Tarkir in Fizban's, and it makes no mention of how Tarkir connects to other settings.

Fizban's also refers to Theros and I believe Ravnica.

 

[Parmandur]

Fizban's also refers to Theros and I believe Ravnica.

Yeah, and the Magic side seems to be getting more comfortable putting D&D stuff in. I see more and more integration as the future here.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

Interesting timing to set up a Star Trek podcast. I could really see

I don't know, we've seen Crawford talk about Spelljamming to Ravnica's Crystal Sphere through the Phlogiston...making a sort of planetary exploration Bestiary, including various WotC IP, doesn't sound implausible.

I believe he's had this star trek podcast for at least a year, he just plugged it on Dragon Talk. Fairly normal, he's mentioned it before.

I'm fairly sure it's not Crawford's call. The MTG team is the bigger, even more profitable fish, and they are clearly uncomfortable with crossing the streams too much. They even have said they don't want to do another D&D card set for the main line (I know they're doing the side line for Baldur's Gate), despite the D&D cards being I think the most successful ever?

Anyway, I believe the MTG team isn't keen on having D&D lore collide with and cross-over with MTG lore. So no melding of universes, no Liliana Vess going to Forgotten Realms or Elminster going to Ravnica. They seem fine with sprinkling references here and there, and doing a D&D product in MTG and vice-versa. But actually melding the two lines into one lore seems very out-of-step with everything published so far.