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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 8360252" data-attributes="member: 59082">I like your reasoning here.Question: do you think the adventures and compilations will continue as is--kind of general and/or set in the Realms--or do you think they'll be centered on, say, Planescape or Dark Sun?My main point of divergence is that I don't agree that they'll cut out splats. Rather, I see them doing Planescape as two books--one a Manual of the Planes type book (splat), the other a setting book (Sigil and the Outlands, maybe other locations that could be used as a starting point for a planar campaign, perhaps the Rock of Bral). I could also see one of the adventures being planar-themed, perhaps starting in the Realms and then heading off into the planes, or maybe a compilation.Dark Sun is more cohesive and tightly thematic to allow for a single book ala 4E, but of course there's a lot of material to make more than one book. But my guess is that it will be singular.As for Magic, no idea which planes they'll do next, other than that they'll all be on the higher end of the Rabiah Scale, most likely (Ravnica is currently a 1, Theros 3, Strixhaven/Arcavios 4). Or to break it down further, here are the planes that are a 5 or higher:1 Dominaria, Innistrad, Ravnica2 Zendikar 3 Theros4 Arcavios, Eldraine, Kaldheim5 Alara, Amonkhet, Ikoria, New Phyrexia, TarkirKamigawa is a 7, so not sure they'll do that. Of the ones above, Innistrad is too Ravenloft-y and Dominaria too vanilla, so I don't think they'll do setting books. Eldraine is possible, but not sure they want to go Arthurian/European. Amonkhet and Kaldheim might be too culturally specific. Tarkir too, but it does bring an Asian-style setting to D&D, and has the benefit of not being much related to China or Japan and thus not stepping into controversial waters. I could see one of Zendikar, Alara, Ikoria, and New Phyrexia, especially if they want to bring more epic play into the game. All four would be a lot of fun and have "gonzo-esque" qualities and would be bringing something new to 5E. And of course it also depends upon what the new settings are. If one is Asian-influenced, then I think Tarkir (or Kamigawa) is less likely.</blockquote>

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