D&D General Another D&D cartoon reference, do they mean anything?

[bedir than]

I don’t fully know if I see it (The cartoon is way before my time), but this is the picture people claimed to see the two figures as cartoon player characters:

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The archer and the acrobat

 

[Parmandur]

@darjr I think it was off the air before I was born? Or shortly thereafter?

 

[Parmandur]

The archer and the acrobat

It deflooks like an archer and an acrobat: I'm not 100% sure yet if it is a slight nod, or central to the product: but I'm feeling it.

 

[Demetrios1453]

I don’t fully know if I see it (The cartoon is way before my time), but this is the picture people claimed to see the two figures as cartoon player characters:

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Those really look like Hank and Diana, other than Diana wearing something more reasonable than a fur bikini.

 

[JEB]

Random theory: the First World is just another name for "the Realm" from the cartoon. (AND it's secretly the Nentir Vale, too.)

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

Or maybe we will see a reboot of the show. I imagine today some characters may be race-swaped, but I suggest to start from zero with a second group, maybe some members are the offspring of the first DM's pupils. Other point is to add more no-humans: gnomes, elves, dwarves, dragonborns, aasimars, tielflings..

Maybe the "Realm" was "rebooted" because "a wizard did it!" (and even I have a name in the list of suspects, one what starts with V and ends with "..ecna").

 

[TerraDave]

I think it means that WotC recognizes that boomers spend money; OSR is a market worth targeting.

Can we please not confuse xers and boomers.

If they announce the Johny Quest RPG or the Woodstock starter set, then you can invoke boomer nostalgia.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

The archer and the acrobat

I think Hank was described as the ranger. The colour scheme is certainly a close match for him. As pointed out Diana would probably need a redesign. Her 1st edition class was Thief-Acrobat, which was a thing back then.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

Now Diana would be the "monk", but this name could be confusing for children. Eric would be the paladin.

Other point is the lore to be redesigned to allow possible spin-off, for example Venger's sister creating a second group of young heroes.

The children returned to home because in the episode about the girl who dreamed the future she saw Bobby giving back her necklace.

Reusing old franchises is easier to start from zero and there is a potential market among the nostalgic older generation but not always it works too well, for example He-Man and the Masters of the Universe or Thundercats.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Eric always was referred to as the paladin. But "who is the audience?" is always a problem with animated revivals. Do you aim it at 12 years olds like the original, or the 40-somethings for whom it has nostalgia value? Very difficult to hit both targets.