D&D (2024) What's Your 2026 WotC D&D Wishlist?

[Micah Sweet]

Seemed quite tongue in cheek too from what little I read of it

Yup. It seems to have a "silly" vibe I do not want personally.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Yeah, the non-seriousness of it and the art style I think turned quite a few folks off. I have the copy Beyond gave out, but I've only browsed it but never used it because of the tone, so I can't comment on the mechanics.

Exactly. I want the subject taken seriously, and that book is full of comedic references and web comic art.

 

[Remathilis]

Exactly. I want the subject taken seriously, and that book is full of comedic references and web comic art.

D&D. Serious Business.

 

[Micah Sweet]

D&D. Serious Business.

Laugh all you want, but I'd rather keep the silly at the table and out of the books.

 

[R_J_K75]

Yeah, the non-seriousness of it and the art style I think turned quite a few folks off. I have the copy Beyond gave out, but I've only browsed it but never used it because of the tone, so I can't comment on the mechanics.

Yup. It seems to have a "silly" vibe I do not want personally.

Exactly. I want the subject taken seriously, and that book is full of comedic references and web comic art.

I just pulled it off the shelf to give it a look and got to the third page and saw a picture of some guy looking like a swashbuckling Errol Flynn with a wry smile fighting a mechanical beholder...back on the shelf it goes. I always thought this was more of a source book but taking a second look its actually an adventure. Having it officially set in the Forgotten Realms with such a humorous tone makes me not take it seriously.

A book with this subject I'd like to see loosely modeled after 3E books such as Heroes of Battle, Heroes of Horror, Stormwrack, or Cityscape. These books all centered on certain topic or setting and didn't really deviate from them without being tied to a specific setting.

 

[Remathilis]

Laugh all you want, but I'd rather keep the silly at the table and out of the books.

D&D has always been silly. I remember little comics in the 1e PHB and DMG, ridiculous monsters like sentient jello and flumphs, and plenty of pun names (Melf, Medium Rary) and joke material components (bat guano = potassium nitrate = gunpowder). Silly is D&D's middle name.

 

[Sulicius]

Ooh, another thing I’d like:

A book where we switch it up: PC’s are evil, DM uses “good” NPC’s.

The book would be filled with solid advice on making an “evil” party, villainous subclasses, rules for having minions, becoming a lich, etc.
And for the DM a good guide on turning the story around, without allowing antisocial behavior or crossing boundaries. Add some good NPC monsters, celestials and the like, and you could have an all-time classic book.

 

[Corinnguard]

A book written ENtirelly by Enworld. It's the only way to ENsure we get what we want.

Does Level Up count? It was designed by EN Publishing, the same group who operates EN World. It certainly gave me what I wanted.

What do you want WotC to publish for D&D in 2026?

* 5.5e splat book versions of the Complete Book of (insert species) here. Starting with the Dragonborn.

* An updated version of the 2e Council of Wyrms setting.

* A setting based off of Abeir, Toril's long-lost twin.

* A Fizban-like book that covers the Elementals and contains a druid archetype that focuses on elemental magic.

* New class archetypes

* New Species or Species updated to 5.5.

 

[TheSword]

Ooh, another thing I’d like:

A book where we switch it up: PC’s are evil, DM uses “good” NPC’s.

The book would be filled with solid advice on making an “evil” party, villainous subclasses, rules for having minions, becoming a lich, etc.
And for the DM a good guide on turning the story around, without allowing antisocial behavior or crossing boundaries. Add some good NPC monsters, celestials and the like, and you could have an all-time classic book.

There is a great Pathfinder 3pp Adventure Path called Way of the Wicked which is easy to convert to 5e and does exactly this. It details a party of forsaken criminals and heretics destroying and eventually taking over the kingdom. Full of all the advice you’re talking about. I’m running it for the third time. Once when it came out, once for 5e and now currently for WFRP 4e.

There is a free taster introduction which details the prison break to see if it grabs your fancy and if you like the style. All on DriveThruRpG

 

[Dragonhelm]

I would like to see the following.

• Dragonlance
• Dark Sun Campaign Guide
• Al-Qadim
• Gamma World (in the style of the last one!)
• Nentir Vale adventure and gazetteer
• Mystara Campaign Guide and adventure, perhaps with a Princess Ark tie-in
• Neverwinter sourcebook/adventure
• Magic: the Gathering campaign sourcebooks
• Birthright
• A Xanathar/Tasha-style book with some conversions and new material. We need that elemental sorcerer, dammit!
• A wuxia-style adventure.
• A 5e take on the Age of Wyrms adventure path

Probably a ton of other stuff I'm not remembering.

I know I won't get half of this, but any of it will be nice.