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They said in the UA playtest document that each Dragonmark is getting a Background, but for playtest purposes suggested using the 2019 "House Agent" Background.

That is not how other Backgrounds have worked: the implication is frankly that they intended 10 Wild Talent themed Backgrounds. At any rate, the Psion is probably a longer-term plan, since they are probably prepared for the scenario where it is rejected entirely.

@mearls actually got quite a bit into this in the Happy Fun Hour, when he prototyped one attempt at a Concentration-focused Psion. People didn't like the idea of new systems that were not transparent existing spellcasting structures, particularly DMs.

They said people soundly rejected the idea of an alternative mechanical system entirely, as DMs and players didn't want to learn another whole system. So the demand was for Psionics as Spells, for mechanical consistency.

No,but even of they announce a thing, it may simply be "In the works!" still.

Maybe not too much, too soon: Netflix announced they had secured the license for the Chronicles of Narnia seven years ago, and Greta Gerwig's Magician's Nephew isn't coming out till next year. Big sci-fi/fantasy stuff can take a while to cook for TV and film.

Also, this controversy this point has swirled for longer than the OGL crisis (well, there were rumors, but the Crisis proper) with no change whatsoever.

If the OGL crisis was WotC wandering around a field stepping on rakes and smacking themselves in the face, this whole situation is like Goodman Games emptying a pistols chamber into their company's [metaphorical] legs and then wondering why they are bleeding out from multiple wounds...

Previews of the RPG books, perhaps some insight into their plans for novels, comic, and other future tie-ins.

To be perfectly frank,amd not to eliminate that whole can of worms...this IMO is in a way more out there league than anything WotC could ever conceive of doing. Their lawyers would never, ever let them.

Extremely doubtful that they intend to include ten Wild Talent themed Backgrounds in the FR book.

Know? Nope. But August seems a pretty decent guess based on prior hiatory: a good time frame to preview the books in the back half of the year. The Psion UA feels further off, though, as they are probably being more careful and longterm with a new Class.

Basically nothing, compared to the costs of starting up a printing operation...will be interesting to see what comes from it!

I think the 2014 Spell point variant is probablyfine...but Gary Gygax's ancient, cranky criticism of the very idea of Spell Poonts still applies: very fiddley and annoying in practice, open to abuse.

Well, mostly new....James Wyatt is currently the senior developer on hand, and he was involved in 4E and both 2014 and 2024 rules.l design.

What would Subclasses for a Warlord be...? 4 distinct Subclasses seems like the floor for a new Class.

More than players, even, it was DMs who reacted angrily to having to deal with whole new systems from PCs.

In AD&D there were a lot, in 4E they narrowed it down to 10. And Dark Sun is the distinct place where "Wild Talents" are a whole Thing.

Yup, they feel different, but they are largely the same: the internet interactions are both what grounds them in relation to the other options, but also males this Class distinct.

This is gold: "The distribution of verbs among at, to, with, of has been idiosyncratic and varied." https://www.etymonline.com/word/to