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

[Reynard]

I would like to see the following.

• Gamma World

YES

• (in the style of the last one!)

Eww, no.

 

[KoolMoDaddy-O]

Agreed. Letting people know about all the awesome stuff other publishers produce, for 5e and otherwise, is IMO better for the hobby than hoping WotC will make the book you want the community to see. It certainly has a better chance of happening!

All I want from Wizards is restorations and revivals of their existing IPs to save me the work of doing it myself. I don't want, say, a crafting book from Wizards because I know there are already dozens out there that have been done better by 3PP. Even the Fizban/Bigby books (I enjoyed Glory of the Giants) are really just splatbooks full of lore.

 

[Micah Sweet]

All I want from Wizards is restorations and revivals of their existing IPs to save me the work of doing it myself. I don't want, say, a crafting book from Wizards because I know there are already dozens out there that have been done better by 3PP. Even the Fizban/Bigby books (I enjoyed Glory of the Giants) are really just splatbooks full of lore.

I'm willing to settle for WotC granting permission (through DMsGuild) for other creative folks to do that setting work. I don't trust WotC to "update" their own settings.

 

[R_J_K75]

I don't trust WotC to "update" their own settings.

Honestly, I don't even see the point of them doing it anymore. They are sub-par one offs that don't get supported after the initial release. For those that want the old settings, they are out there in one form or another. I'd much rather see them go all in on a completely new setting and support it with a few smaller adventures and source books each year. Admittedly I'm curious about the forthcoming FR books, but if I buy them, I probably won't get much use out of them.

 

[Stormonu]

My main reason for wanting them to do the remaining settings is so that it is opened up on the DM's Guild and others can openly put forth their own spin on it. As with Micah, I don't trust WotC to do old campaign settings justice after the last couple ones.

 

[Senior_WotC_Janitor]

An official Wizards 5E version of the B part of B/X and the start of a line of supporting adventures suitable for either it or regular 5E.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

An official Wizards 5E version of the B part of B/X and the start of a line of supporting adventures suitable for either it or regular 5E.

If Heroes of the Borderlands is a big success, there's certainly a chance this could happen.

 

[Azzy]

Well, if we cast realistic goals aside, I'd like a "heroes of the multiverse" that provides mechanical support for species/classes/subclasses/spells/and other thing for settings that will probably never get their own book. Lupin from Mystara, Hengeyoukai from Kara-Tur, Sha'ir from Zhakara, Psions from Dark Sun, etc. Also, more monster books that update the missing BECMI, 1e monsters, and some of the other edition creatures as well.

 

[Azzy]

Based on a few threads now, I am beginning to feel like AI might be the most misunderstood 5E book of all. i know I never bought it because I was not audience for the AP, but maybe I missed out?

I believe it's free on D&D Beyond (I got it for free), so you could check it out there.

 

[Azzy]

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.

Oh, yeah. In the 1e UA, there was a cantrip called firefinger that had the following in its description: "the caster speaks a word of power over elemental fire (such as ron-son, zip-po, or the much revered word, dun-hill". 1e also had gnomes (which are inherently silly ).