WotC Why WotC SHOULD Make A New Setting

Reynard · 2026-03-24T22:23:28+0000

Steampunkette said:
. Steampunk? Eberron.

NO

Reynard · 2026-03-24T22:24:59+0000

Remathilis said:
But your still stripping stuff out regardless. I'd rather the game give me a default place for a samurai or a psion or a tabaxi then to dump the options into the next player book and tell DMs "you figure out where it fits."

I hear what you are saying, I just fundamentally disagree. The less fluff in the core rules the better. See: Shadowdark.

Whizbang Dustyboots · 2026-03-24T22:28:19+0000

DEFCON 1 said:
People should stop wasting their own time if you ask me, LOL! One either likes the brand or they don't. Hoping for, or trying to change a brand into what one likes is silly.

If everyone follows this advice, this forum is about to get a lot quieter.

Whizbang Dustyboots · 2026-03-24T22:30:59+0000

Tonguez said:
It would be cool to see a series of Radiant Citadel anthologies, that both expand and add new concord worlds thus allowing any and all settings to be tied in.

I'm confident my players would be thrilled to run full campaigns in either San Citlan or Zinda. Both are so great.

Zardnaar · 2026-03-24T22:35:10+0000

bedir than said:
Nope, the current system of seasons is a book or two, plus peripherals, plus marketing theme, plus Encounters, plus maybe AL, plus maybe modules

I said can be a'la Theros.

One 1 and done book. They could do that if they wanted to. Im not claiming they will.

CreamCloud0 · 2026-03-24T22:39:16+0000

LuisCarlos17f said:
If Hasbro loves licencing then a "D&D Legend of Zelda" or a "Warcraft 5.5 by WotC shouldn't be impossible.

i think a DnD LoZ setting would go hard.

honestly there's already a pretty solid conceptual overlap between the two IPs to work them together, there's a decent pool of species and monsters to adapt and i could see a bunch of link's iconic items getting written up as magic items: the megaton hammer, bombchu bag, gale boomerang, roc's cape and mirror shield just to name a few.

Whizbang Dustyboots · 2026-03-24T22:44:33+0000

CreamCloud0 said:
i think a DnD LoZ setting would go hard.

In the interim, people wanting a Zelda-inspired tabletop RPG have at least three choices: Twilight Sword, Reclaim the Wild and Break!!

Reynard · 2026-03-24T23:01:27+0000

Whizbang Dustyboots said:
In the interim, people wanting a Zelda-inspired tabletop RPG have at least three choices: Twilight Sword, Reclaim the Wild and Break!!

I have never owned a Nintendo console. Does LoZ resemble D&D in any significant way? I thought they were action games, not RPGs.

CreamCloud0 · 2026-03-24T23:02:58+0000

also, i think a new setting would be able to bring a bit of thematic design coherence to DnD, the designers would have a cohesive theme to collectively aim for rather than the scattershot aesthetics new material has seemed to bring, a bit of this, a dash of that, but IMO it doesn't really build together towards a greater whole.

Whizbang Dustyboots · 2026-03-24T23:08:54+0000

Reynard said:
I have never owned a Nintendo console. Does LoZ resemble D&D in any significant way? I thought they were action games, not RPGs.

Yep, it's an RPG. It was pretty simple at first, but it's gotten progressively more involved. And it's always put a big emphasis on puzzle solving, much moreso than on intricate combat.