They've already killed the Greyhawk metaplot for Ghosts of Saltmarsh, and yeah, I would expect the same for any setting brought into 5E.
I'm not familiar with Greyhawks metaplot, how did Saltmarsh kill it?
They've already killed the Greyhawk metaplot for Ghosts of Saltmarsh, and yeah, I would expect the same for any setting brought into 5E.
I'm not familiar with Greyhawks metaplot, how did Saltmarsh kill it?
We will see many retcons, little changes in the continuity, because they are necessary, accidentally unintentional or unavoidable, with a reboot of worlds with famous novels may be too risky. It would be like the expanded Star War legends losing the canon with the new movies.
You know the Star Wars example is the opposite of what you describe? The Disney decision was not "small changes," it was a full reset of everything that wasn't from the movies. Which is largely what I expect for Greyhawk and Dark Sun, a full reset back to their most popular periods.
We will see many retcons, little changes in the continuity, because they are necessary, accidentally unintentional or unavoidable, with a reboot of worlds with famous novels may be too risky. It would be like the expanded Star War legends losing the canon with the new movies.
Dark Sun in the 4th Ed had got some changes, but it was more retcons what a complete reboot.
Nethir Vale or Points of Light will come back as a transitional world, where the rest of D&D multiverse could visit as "guest artists".
I have mentioned some times in the past about the chronomancers, a sourcebook from AD&D 2nd Ed and the time dragons, what appeared in the last paper number of Dragon Magazine published by Paizo, and I say there is a open door for the return of these concepts because the time spheres are a good excuse to justify some important changes in the lore or background, or allowing games where the PCs are who alter the History and not by the heroes from the famous novels.
* If my memory doesn't fail I have readen Gary Gygax's plan for Gh was the PCs gathered special magic items and these together would cause a reboot of the world. The end of the novels of Gorn was also a reboot of the world, but theoretically the people from Gh was sent to the new universe of Dangerous Journeys.
I wonder about an agreement between WotC and Gygax Games to recover IPs created by Gary Gygax after the time in TSR.
I expect it will be a mix of reset with a handful of new elements, such as Tieflings and Dragonborn being added to Greyhawk and maybe looking at the setting from a fresh perspective. Also I would not be surprised to see Greyhawks connection to Faerun reciprocated, with maybe Elminster making an appearance of some or a portal between them or something.
And maybe Darksun will get Genasai right in the core this time, I mean they fit the setting like a glove.