D&D (2024) Anyone Else Find It Interesting How Different The Approaches to Setting Books Is Between 5e & 5.5e?

[mamba]

The last trilogy started because WotC approached Hickman & Weiss if I remember correctly so WotC got the ball rolling.

not according to the lawsuit by Weis & Hickman, that has them approaching WotC

Wizards of the Coast in court: ‘Dragonlance’ authors file suit over rights to classic ‘D&D’ franchise

Two of the authors who created the iconic Dragonlance setting for Dungeons & Dragons are taking Wizards of the Coast to court. According to the terms

www.geekwire.com

"As per Weis and Hickman’s version of events in their lawsuit, they approached Wizards in 2017 to pitch the game publisher on a new Dragonlance trilogy"

 

[dave2008]

It is definitely a wildcard, but the question is, if it is not a Magic book...what else are they hiding it for?

Hopefully a Xanthar / Tasha's style book with monster creation rules!?

 

[dave2008]

I’m gonna remain positive about this because it’s about time we got a new setting to delve into and pore over. What I’m really hoping is that they use the settings to highlights how the rules for the game can diverge from the core rules to create setting specific interpretations of classes, spells and monsters. That’s always been there but I hope they highlight it as a way to customize a setting.

I wish that were the case too, but unless the D&D team as changed direction a lot, it will not be.

 

[TiQuinn]

I wish that were the case too, but unless the D&D as changed direction a lot, it will not be.

It’s been part of Eberron, it’s been part of Ravenloft - I’m hopeful.

 

[dave2008]

It’s been part of Eberron, it’s been part of Ravenloft - I’m hopeful.

The setting mechanics for both were very minimal, IMO, with the typical 5e light touch. Which is OK, but I would prefer more / bigger mechanical variety / options

 

[TiQuinn]

The setting mechanics for both were very minimal, IMO, with the typical 5e light touch. Which is OK, but I would prefer more / bigger mechanical variety / options

Regardless I’m still just excited at the prospect!

 

[Parmandur]

Hopefully a Xanthar / Tasha's style book with monster creation rules!?

I do think we will see something along those lines eventually...I don't think that the October Surprise is it. Why itnis a Surprise is the interesting mystery. Why announce it exists but hold back what it is...?

 

[mamba]

Hopefully a Xanthar / Tasha's style book with monster creation rules!?

I wish, but that feels too early

 

[DEFCON 1]

Naw, don't really find it that interesting.

5E14 was a small team releasing a game with an unknown audience size and an unknown possibility of success, so their release schedule was modest and pointed... getting the game revv'd up and going. 5E24 is a large game for a large and still active audience, many of whom still have all the material from the last 10 years to incorporate into their new campaigns so they are keeping things going as well as moving in potentially new directions. Seems fairly straightfoward to me.

 

[eyeheartawk]

This works for me. The longer this lore focus goes on the more likely it is old settings get revisited. Now, the actual quality of the revisits will likely vary considerably and I have no faith they will get it right, personally (see, Ravenloft, Planescape et al). I also have concave interest in more MtG settings.

That all being said, the reason I'm all for it is once they revisit an old setting, even briefly, it becomes available for people to publish it in the DM's Guild. Great stuff available for Greyhawk already. So I guess what I'm saying is, the best thing about WotC publishing this stuff is that it lets other people publish stuff that I probably like better.

Weird how the world works sometimes.