D&D 5E 3 Classic Settings Coming To 5E?

Doctor Futurity · Sep 25, 2020

My predictions:

It's going to be Spelljammer, Dark Sun and Greyhawk. I would never ordinarily think Greyhawk, but there's a strong trend toward retro nostalgia that permeates everything and I can see Greyhawk suddenly benefiting from it.

If Greyhawk doesn't get an official book, it will get a licensed revamp from Goodman Games.

Dark Sun and Spelljammer are obvious because they have very distinct identities and can also be retooled from their original incarnations; we might well see "close incarnations" of the two settings but revised for 2020's sensibilities. Both can sustain unusual changes, and only a small percentage of the hardcore older fans will notice (see: Ravenloft vs. Curse of Strahd issue mentioned earlier in this thread).

I would like to think Dragonlance gets its due, but I've never really cared for it and feel it's driving force was the novels first.

AdmundfortGeographer · Sep 25, 2020

Has Hasbro-WotC licensed any property since Hasbro acquired WotC? Generally curious.

billd91 · Sep 25, 2020

AdmundfortGeographer said:
Has Hasbro-WotC licensed any property since Hasbro acquired WotC? Generally curious.

Yes. Everything they licensed out in the 3e era was after acquisition by Hasbro. That includes the licenses for the periodicals as well as the Dragonlance license for Sovereign Press.

Nikosandros · Sep 25, 2020

Currently, they have licensed Goodman Games to produce their Original Adventures Reincarnated line.

AdmundfortGeographer · Sep 25, 2020

billd91 said:
Yes. Everything they licensed out in the 3e era was after acquisition by Hasbro. That includes the licenses for the periodicals as well as the Dragonlance license for Sovereign Press.

Right. I guess I’m more curious about licensed properties since Hasbro has seen Lincoln Logs get picked up cheap and made by Basic Fun. The Original Lincoln Logs | Basic Fun!

Supposedly Hasbro has gone into lock down on properties since then.

Hatmatter · Sep 25, 2020

M.L. Martin said:
It goes against the spirit of the 2E/3E setting, at least, where the Dark Powers were supposed to forever remain undefined. The one product that tried to define them is one of the only Ravenloft products ever declared 'non-canonical' (the novel Lord of the Necropolis, written in an era when TSR had erected overly strong firewalls between Games and Novels, as I understand it).

If you like the 5E version, fine. If not, you can join the rest of us retrogrades to be banished from the hobby when 6E comes out and requires oaths of fealty and apostasy from all previous loyalties to game, God, or country.

Yes, I entirely agree that it is contrary to the intention to keep the Dark Powers mysterious. Absolutely.

DnD Warlord · Sep 25, 2020

Cy

Dethangels Shadow said:
It sounded to me like they may actually be going for a SciFi source book to go head-to-head against Starfinder. I suspect we'll also be getting a cyberpunk or other post-modern type of source book too, it being too popular of a genre to ignore. Those would be in addition to an actual D&D Spelljammer setting/source book.

I recall from the early pre-NWN release days how active the fans of DLA are. I can't imagine them not trying to recapture that popularity.

Cyber punk D20 please...

make a setting that stealsfrom Torg Rifts and shadow run (high tech quasi post appocoliptic future that gets invaded by supernatural... then basically remakes society)

excuse me well I go pitch my next campaign

DnD Warlord · Sep 25, 2020

Khelon Testudo said:
From what little I've heard of Birthright, it would take major work to bring it up to modern standards.

In a post game of thrones world it has a lot to offer.

Azzy · Sep 25, 2020

Ath-kethin said:
I've been working on a 5e Al-Qadim update for years, along with an Arab advisor. The short answer here is "yes. It really was that insensitive."

It's been fun, to say the least.

Aldarc said:
I would love to hear some of the insights that you gathered from your advisor regarding the insensitivity of Al-Qadim.

I can't speak for Ath-kethin's advisor, but there is a series of YouTube videos that discusses some the issues.

AdmundfortGeographer · Sep 25, 2020

Khelon Testudo said:
From what little I've heard of Birthright, it would take major work to bring it up to modern standards.

Only the attempt at a war game and the rules for the domain system. Otherwise, it’s be little.

D&D 5E 3 Classic Settings Coming To 5E?

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