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<blockquote data-quote="Burnside" data-source="post: 8860829" data-attributes="member: 6910340"><p>It's very hard for me to take seriously the idea that Sigil, which has been almost completely untouched by any official WotC sources for more than 20 years, has been "done to death." There is an entire generation of players that has largely never heard of it.</p><p></p><p>For casual consumers, D&D itself - meat and potatoes, Lost Mine of Phandelver D&D - is still a weird novelty. You really must be peering out from inside of a Gen X veteran player bubble to believe that Sigil is "played out." </p><p></p><p>If this product contains a lot of lore about Sigil, some folks will be unhappy because WotC will have to override and retcon previous lore.</p><p></p><p>If this product contains an amount of Sigil lore analogous to what the Rock of Bral got in Spelljammer: Adventures in Space, some folks will be unhappy that the amount of lore provided will be called flimsy and skeletal.</p><p></p><p>My concern is that Spelljammer: Adventures in Space seems to have flopped financially in a way that is very unusual for a 5E product. </p><p></p><p>I don't see a strong reason to think this Planescape product will do much better, given that:</p><p></p><p>1. Like Spelljammer, Planescape was never financially successful in any edition or in any medium (no, not even Planescape: Torment)</p><p></p><p>2. It's getting the "three slim hardcovers in a box" treatment, which asks the customer to literally pay more for less content</p><p></p><p>3. Like it or not (and I don't, particularly) the majority of players and DMs still seem to want an essentially Tolkien-esque setting and experience in their D&D. Deviate from it at your own risk (Ravenloft does fine, though).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Burnside, post: 8860829, member: 6910340"] It's very hard for me to take seriously the idea that Sigil, which has been almost completely untouched by any official WotC sources for more than 20 years, has been "done to death." There is an entire generation of players that has largely never heard of it. For casual consumers, D&D itself - meat and potatoes, Lost Mine of Phandelver D&D - is still a weird novelty. You really must be peering out from inside of a Gen X veteran player bubble to believe that Sigil is "played out." If this product contains a lot of lore about Sigil, some folks will be unhappy because WotC will have to override and retcon previous lore. If this product contains an amount of Sigil lore analogous to what the Rock of Bral got in Spelljammer: Adventures in Space, some folks will be unhappy that the amount of lore provided will be called flimsy and skeletal. My concern is that Spelljammer: Adventures in Space seems to have flopped financially in a way that is very unusual for a 5E product. I don't see a strong reason to think this Planescape product will do much better, given that: 1. Like Spelljammer, Planescape was never financially successful in any edition or in any medium (no, not even Planescape: Torment) 2. It's getting the "three slim hardcovers in a box" treatment, which asks the customer to literally pay more for less content 3. Like it or not (and I don't, particularly) the majority of players and DMs still seem to want an essentially Tolkien-esque setting and experience in their D&D. Deviate from it at your own risk (Ravenloft does fine, though). [/QUOTE]
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