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I don't think they did so well on the Book of the Month Club schedule either.

Which settings would you have dropped support for to accomplish that?

We've had five new* settings that never had D&D support prior since 5e: Ravnica, Theros, Styrixhaven, Wildemont, and the Radiant Citadel. Three of those came with already included MTG fandom and one with the biggest streaming show in gamings fandom. How much do you think that moved the needle in...

I think what it comes down to is what we are calling the system. You can take the base mechanics of 5.x (d20 vs TN, advantage/disadvantage, proficiency bonus, etc) and build all sorts of games with it it. One Ring and Doctors & Daleks proves that. But you can't take the 5e Players Handbook and...

It's worth noting that Van Richten's Guide had a bunch of different origins beyond "offspring of a vampire". Some get rather close to a vampire spawn. Others aren't even vampiric in origin. Dhampir Origins Dhampirs often arise from encounters with vampires, but all manner of macabre bargains...

It's really not all the GURPS like, based on how much of it isn't as modular as people wanted. I can strip down 5e to brass tacks and rebuild atop it, but I can do that with a bunch of systems. D&D is good for D&D with different amounts of syrup to favor it, but it's not the Generic d20 Fantasy...

Before the book was delayed, they did a preview of the Eberron species and confirmed warforged was a construct and Kalshatar an aberration. (Changeling was already turned to a fey in MotM). https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/2017-how-eberron-forge-of-the-artificer-reimagines

You already have Ravenloft and Dark Sun to fill that role. I think it would be more interesting to have it between the brightness of Faerun or Krynn and the darkness of the above.

I was absolutely sure they would be undead type. I am also surprised they removed the not breathing perk. Necrotic resistance is nice, but it's one of the easier resistance to get. (necromancer, undeath warlock and shadow sorcerer all get it at some point). I'm surprised they got rid of the...

I could possibly see Nerath as a "from the ashes" type setting, but you'd have to walk a fine line to avoid it being grimdark. I still wish we had gotten a consolidated book before 4e burnt out.

Older FF (up to 6) games were fantasy with a bit of Barrier Peaks level tech. Eberron feels the closest to 6 because it's still a medieval based world with a heavy magi-tek mixture. All the FFs from 7 on (save 9) feel more modern/sci-fi with fantasy elements. Cars and motorbikes and skyscrapers...

I always felt Eberron was the FF setting, but I could see them go straight up sci-fi/fantasy rather than wide magic/magical replacesc tech. Less FF 4-6 and more FF 13 -15

Those are called "cults" and they tend not to advertise there presence. 😉

Mystara/Known World is a bit of an odd duck. On the surface it's a very generic D&D setting but just underneath the surface (even somewhat literally) is all manner of weird and interesting stuff. The problem is that it's hard to sell that on first blush as being all that different from Greyhawk...

Eh, I still think that's a pretty thin level of design space to hang a whole setting on. Nerath shows "different for different's sake" isn't enough. Hell, even Mystara, beloved as it is, needed a lot more than "the BECMI setting" to make it work. I'm not saying a setting designed with the...

Aside from better incorporating the new PHB species, what do you see that entailing?

I mean, when Eberron came out, it was touted as a setting designed for modern (WotC) era D&D, which at the time meant magic shops and any race being any class. But I think if Eberron has just been that, it wouldn't have lasted. Eberron brought a lot of unique flavor to D&D you didn't get in...

I think it's more a notion of emphasis. If I was making a setting designed explicitly to emphasize the new elements, those are what I would focus on. But all of those things can be added to any legacy setting (at least the kitchen sink ones) and maintain spirit of the setting. Nothing there is a...

I think the following: Orcs as PC species rather than antagonist monsters Lore changes to monsters who has their types changed (goblinoids, etc) Artificers as a core class outside of Eberron. The lack of "half-races" Some "legacy" issues carrying from 4e and 5.14: Dragonborn, tieflings...

I was responding to Scribe's comment about older settings not being changed or retconned. Which I find to be both impossible (if they are supposed to be aligned with the current rules) and futile. To that point, a "5.5" setting would most likely suffer a similar fate when the next edition...