D&D 5E Campaign settings in 5e

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transmission89

Hero

• Jul 31, 2014

• #1

Ok, so we know from noises and mentions in rules that lots of D&D settings are possibly returning in some way. The question is, how?

Many people found that setting books in 3e were too much (for example, there were loads of forgotten realms books, some were great, others less so) but many also felt that 4e's fire and forget approach (a campaign setting and a player's guide were wanting.

So, how would you guys like Wotc to approach handling its multiple settings in a way that would ensure, at some point, people got "their" setting.

For example, I would like to see them ape Pathfinder's approach. Paizo release 2 APs a year, if one AP isn't your cup of tea, you'll only be out 6 months before the next one (and two back to back APs are usually very thematically different).

I would like it if Wotc would release their settings and support them on a 6th month basis, so for the first 6 months, its all forgotten realms, campaign setting, player's guide, monsters and adventures. Forgotten realms not your bag? No problem, Greyhawk is only 6 months away. When they finally do all their settings, they could rotate back round with new material and adventures and such.

How would you guys like it done?

 

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I'm A Banana

Potassium-Rich

• Jul 31, 2014

• #2

If Tyranny of Dragons is any indication, when they return to old settings, it will be via a transmedia storyline blitzkrieg.

So, like, imagine they return to Dragonlance. You'll have a Dragonlance setting, a Dragonlance videogame, a Dragonlance boardgame...

Okay, maybe not the whole hog with every setting (videogames in particular might take a lot more time to develop than they want to wait on), but at the very least we'll likely be seeing:

* Novels
* An RPG mega-adventure
* Some sort of add-on (a card game, a board game, etc.)
* An RPG sourcebook

...and I wouldn't anticipate much of a return until they've got many of those things all squared away. Which means we might be waiting a while for some of them, or, if the business model falters for some reason, we might not ever see some of the later/less popular settings developed beyond "there's a lot of stuff for these over on D&D Classics, guys!"

 

evileeyore

Mrrrph

• Jul 31, 2014

• #3

I'd possibly buy Gazetteers* if they made them again.

If they made them right.



*I'm talking in the style of the Grand Duchy of Karameikos.

 

Stuntman

First Post

• Aug 1, 2014

• #4

I really liked the Gazetteer for Greyhawk back in 3E. It has enough material in them for me to start running a campaign. Somehow, I expect WotC to come up with big source books for the various different settings. I think that Greyhawk doesn't need a lot as it used to be the default setting back in 1E and it is farily similar in terms of mechanics as Forgotten Realms. It's not like Krynn and Darksun where spellcasting has a mechanical twist or where there are special, setting-specific races.

 

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Shiroiken

Legend

• Aug 1, 2014

• #5

What I want:
Them to release a core setting book for each of the 5 supported settings within the first year. After that, release 1 new setting book per month or so, rotating the setting so that each setting gets something twice a year (more or less). To avoid some of the major issues of bloat, focus more on setting flavor in the supplemental books and leave the "crunch" to the core setting book.

What I expect:
The first year will be nothing but Realms support. When Realms is "Fully Supported" they will move on to Eberron, with only the occasional Realms support. This will continue until all five settings are out, when they will start considering 6E

 

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Fastjack

First Post

• Aug 1, 2014

• #6

Birthright

Have there been any mentions/rumors of Birthright for 5e?

 

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doctorhook

Legend

• Aug 1, 2014

• #7

I'm a big Eberron fan. I really want to know when it's gonna see some new material, but it seems like it'll be on the backburner until WotC hits FR, Greyhawk, and Dragonlance.

Fastjack said:

Have there been any mentions/rumors of Birthright for 5e?

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Nothing specific, unlike with the bigger settings. That said, I maintain that rules for kingdom/nation/empire-building would be a natural fit for downtime rules and mid/high-level play, so there's at least one guy calling for it.

 

pkt77242

Explorer

• Aug 1, 2014

• #8

doctorhook said:

I'm a big Eberron fan. I really want to know when it's gonna see some new material, but it seems like it'll be on the backburner until WotC hits FR, Greyhawk, and Dragonlance.

Nothing specific, unlike with the bigger settings. That said, I maintain that rules for kingdom/nation/empire-building would be a natural fit for downtime rules and mid/high-level play, so there's at least one guy calling for it.

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While my campaign will be in a homebrew world, I am excited/scared for how/if they will do Dragonlance. I feel that TSR and WoTC could have done much more to the world and some of the plot lines have been rough after the original companions. I still have very fond memories of this book:

 

Andor

First Post

• Aug 1, 2014

• #9

I want my spelljammer back. Complete with explosion loving, british accented anthropomorphic hippos and beholder bartenders.

 

variant

Adventurer

• Aug 1, 2014

• #10

Birthright, the forgotten campaign setting.