D&D 5E Elements in a new official setting

[Steampunkette]

PSIONIIIIICS

Also Swashbuckling. And Swords and Sorcery.

But not, like, racist/misogynistic Swords and Sorcery. Just relatively low magic with a high focus on interpersonal violence, curses, taboos, cunning, thievery, and the existential questions that Conan and his predecessor Kull both faced.

 

[Tonguez]

I voted Swashbuckling mythic sword and sorcery, but thats probabky from the new HeMan announcement and reading Jose Farmers Khokarsa books.
Id have chosen Noble, War, Cultural too

we do need a good medieval setting

what is grounded fantasy?

 

[Mind of tempest]

If I have to pick three going with wuxia, space/future and other power source so I can stop bullets with my mind and beat people to death in high orbit.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

Cubicle 7 did a very good job using the 5E rules for Adventures in Middle-Earth, so an official D&D setting that was similarly low magic, but still epic, would be cool.

And a lot of the stuff in this poll would probably apply more to a new game using 5E rules, rather than a new setting using the existing rules, so not sure what else to vote for.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Swashbuckling tied for first place right now. Interesting that a lot of people agree with me that 5E doesn't really have a sufficiently swashbuckling setting (I mean, it could have been Eberron, but it chose to focus elsewhere). It really could use one, I think.

 

[Yaarel]

Swashbuckling tied for first place right now. Interesting that a lot of people agree with me that 5E doesn't really have a sufficiently swashbuckling setting (I mean, it could have been Eberron, but it chose to focus elsewhere). It really could use one, I think.

What are your essential features for a swashbuckling setting? How does it differ from PH options?

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

Swashbuckling tied for first place right now. Interesting that a lot of people agree with me that 5E doesn't really have a sufficiently swashbuckling setting (I mean, it could have been Eberron, but it chose to focus elsewhere). It really could use one, I think.

Until WotC does something for it, it is possible to update A Might Fortress from 2E to 5E:

HR4 A Mighty Fortress Campaign Sourcebook (2e) - Wizards of the Coast | AD&D 2nd Ed. | Rules | AD&D 2nd Ed. | Dungeon Masters Guild

HR4 A Mighty Fortress Campaign Sourcebook (2e) - All for one, and one for all! From 1550 to 1650, Europe was torn apart by constant warfare. Social order collapsed under

www.dmsguild.com

 

[imagineGod]

John Wick's 7th Sea 2nd Edition does swashbuckling great, with very dynamic and fluid narrative action.
Sadly, the DnD5e engine cannot capture the same feeling.

 

[imagineGod]

Also what key points make grim fantasy differ from dark fantasy? Asking for a friend.

 

[Yaarel]

John Wick's 7th Sea 2nd Edition does swashbuckling great, with very dynamic and fluid narrative action.
Sadly, the DnD5e engine cannot capture the same feeling.

What is the difference?