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Saying "there is friction" is not to say that it is impossible. Look, my whole thesis is that a setting is BETTER when designed foe a specific game (or edition, in this case). An example of that is Eberron -- a brilliant, well designed setting that took the game it was designed for as the...

This is a MtG setting, right?

You aren't the first to mention Radiant Citadel. I don't own the book, so much of this is based on impressions. But as I understand it, that is not "a setting" in the Forgotten Realm or Eberron sense of a setting. it is a city, or nexus point, or soemthing, and within it are a bunch of very...

At the moment, anyway, Wizards seem allergic to anything New at all.

There is still friction with each edition change, since some number of edition assumptions have been altered. Stuff as simple as the presence of new races or the lack of inclusion of others.

That is their out planes setting?

Specifically, how magic and item creation worked. Without those original elements, a 5E born Eberron would look different.

That's the conundrum for me: wait and binge, or drip?

The fact that "if it exists in [3.5] D&D, it exists in Eberron" was a major aspect of the setting and certainly contributed to its success. But like the other settings, it has experienced some tension with both 4E and 5E in how to blend in contradictory elements. A hypothetical Eberron conceived...

That is interesting. I do not own either of those books. Can you tell me a little bit about them? (I am familiar with the setting via Vox Machina and that is about the extent of it, btw.)

The Greyhawk as presented in the DMG is interesting because it does not talk about character options or other mechanical elements at all. I suppose one could take that to mean that they are saying yes, if it is in 5.5E it is in Greyhawk. But we all know that GH is the OG setting (or other OG...

I don't think that is a compelling argument or has any real examples to back it up. You CAN create bespoke emchanics for a setting of course, but you can also craft a setting to meet mechanics. They worked within a design constraint -- which almost always benefits the final product. I did not...

"No prep" and "running a module that I have not read" are nothing like the same thing.

Here is an interesting question I had not thought of: does either LevelUp or ToV have a bespoke setting mae for those 5E games? I know Kobold has their Midgard setting, but I believe that setting was originally created for Pathfinder or 3.5 (I think).

Ranked even below V? Harsh.

I am not sure I understand what you are saying here. Any number (literally) of things could make a theoretical new setting unique. The only constraint is "if it is in 5.5E, it is in this setting" -- just like Eberron did with 3.5. it doesn't mean the setting would be limited to that, or that it...

Only a Sith deals in absolutes. I'm not sure what your argument here is. Are you saying there should not be a setting built around the mechanics as presented in the core rules, or that there could not be?

Every edition of D&D does things slightly (or not so slightly) differently, with different emphasis and design goals, and a different audience, to boot. Building a setting based on the mechanics of that edition/version allows them to highlight those elements, as opposed to getting in the...

Oh boy, this again. Being literalist about "need" isn't particularly helpful, I don't think. However true this may be, it is completely beside the point. I didn't say "5.5 needs another setting" -- I said it needs a setting built specifically for it, like Eberron was for 3.5 or Nentir Vale was...

A specifically urban setting would be cool but I am not sure how well 5.5E (or any D&D) maps to urban adventures.