D&D 5E (2024) Preferences in a New Official 5.5e Specific Setting

[Scribe]

I want deep lore for some of the playable options beyond elves, humans and dwarves make some one else important for once

Why? Considering your response in the other thread...this confuses me.

 

[Yaarel]

The “other” option I picked, which isn’t incomparable with the mythic idea above, is a world we’re reality is more “loose”. Landscapes can change before your eyes, life forms can transform in to other surprisingly easily, and believing a monster is there can cause it to generate.

An Astral dominion, Fey domain, and Shadow domain can have this kind of environmental flux.

 

[Autumnal]

Choosing only 4 is hard, but way better than just 1. Thanks for the revision.

 

[DammitVictor]

My go-tos are pretty much always modern/urban xianxia and space xianxia, but D&D 2014/2024 is  really not my preferred system for modern settings.

I'll admit to seeing what this dev team can do with a brand-new setting, and I'm open to just about anything as long as the new setting matches the new system's mechanics. If it's a setting for 2024 the way Eberron was a setting for 3.5, I want it to feel like it was designed around at leastall of the options in the PHB.

 

[Tonguez]

My go-tos are pretty much always modern/urban xianxia and space xianxia, but D&D 2014/2024 is  really not my preferred system for modern settings.

I'll admit to seeing what this dev team can do with a brand-new setting, and I'm open to just about anything as long as the new setting matches the new system's mechanics. If it's a setting for 2024 the way Eberron was a setting for 3.5, I want it to feel like it was designed around at leastall of the options in the PHB.

Space xianxia ? - Im not familiar with this, any accessible examples I might explore?

And while Id love to see S&S, I wouldnt want it with 5e rules

 

[DammitVictor]

Space xianxia ? - Im not familiar with this, any accessible examples I might explore?

No, but I sure wish there was. There's a ton of great  xianxia TV series on Netflix, so just grab one and imagine the setting's more Spelljammer or Dragonstar.

Or pick up the Phantasy Star core rulebook and your favorite DM's Guild version of Dragon Fist or Tome of Battle.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I would much rather see more support for existing settings (e.g. Ravnica) than yet another one-and-done. I’m not in the market for a new D&D setting myself, whatever they put out, I wouldn’t buy it.

Commercially, there is a gap in the market for a low magic low fantasy historically inspired humans only setting, and they really aught to get out a dragon rider setting before that bubble bursts.

 

[Hussar]

Commercially, there is a gap in the market for a low magic low fantasy historically inspired humans only setting, and they really aught to get out a dragon rider setting before that bubble bursts.

Would love to see how you could do a low magic, low fantasy game using 5e D&D.

Given the idea that a setting has to use 5e as a base, I'm not sure how you could do anything else but a high magic, high fantasy setting. Might not be epic fantasy - cast of thousands and all that - but it's going to be high fantasy when 90% of the classes have access to magic.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Given the idea that a setting has to use 5e as a base

That idea is silly. The rules are deliberately generic so they can be easily customised, any setting designed around them would be utterly boring. Clearly, in order to make a setting that is remotely interesting it is necessary to modify the core rules. Indeed, that is the intent of the design.

 

[DrJawaPhD]

Heroic Fantasy vs Epic Fantasy vs Mythic Fantasy vs Bright Fantasy - ok someone help me out with some definitions here