D&D (2024) EM’s World(s) [+]

[overgeeked]

Plus thread. Keep the fighting and bickering in the other threads. This is some light-hearted black humor. Nothing more.

It’s the far-flung future of 2026 and Elon Musk has finalized the purchase of Hasbro, WotC, and D&D.

What settings would we see published and how would they be changed?

I’ll go first.

Dark Sun makes a triumphant return to life…

Only now the sorcerer-kings are the good guys, actually. They did nothing wrong. Despite the multiple genocides, slavery, and ecological collapse of the planet.

You play templars dedicated to pursuing the interests of your sorcerer-king at all costs and by any means necessary. You ruthlessly climb the power structure of the sorcerer-king’s servants in the hopes of someday licking the big guy’s boots.

Big bonus points if you can find an emerald mine he lost a few centuries ago.

 

[Seramus]

Faerun brings back the Wall of the Faithless. All detractors of the new over-deity EM are put there.

Lantan gnomes start shipping rectangular horseless carriages to the mainland.

Talos is renamed Tesla, and forced to build shrines to empower these horseless carriages.

 

[Zardnaar]

Plus thread. Keep the fighting and bickering in the other threads. This is some light-hearted black humor. Nothing more.

It’s the far-flung future of 2026 and Elon Musk has finalized the purchase of Hasbro, WotC, and D&D.

What settings would we see published and how would they be changed?

I’ll go first.

Dark Sun makes a triumphant return to life…

Only now the sorcerer-kings are the good guys, actually. They did nothing wrong. Despite the multiple genocides, slavery, and ecological collapse of the planet.

You play templars dedicated to pursuing the interests of your sorcerer-king at all costs and by any means necessary. You ruthlessly climb the power structure of the sorcerer-king’s servants in the hopes of someday licking the big guy’s boots.

Big bonus points if you can find an emerald mine he lost a few centuries ago.

Bonus xp for crushing Druids and Veiled Alluance.

 

[Retros_x]

Eberron gets rebranded as a fantasy tycoon simulator - choose your own house and become the greatest entrepeneur who exploits the post-war society the most!!

 

[mellored]

Eberon, the early years, when warforged are new and seen only as slightly more advanced golems, useful for house work and chores.

 

[Weiley31]

For a minute there, I thought this thread was about the TEMU version of EnWorlds.

 

[aco175]

The Sword Coast of the Forgotten Realms is not longer the focus of the end of the world. No more Tiamat or elemental cults threatening destruction. No more flock of giants or crash of demons bubbling up from the underdark. The economic transformation allows for prosperity for the peasants and townsfolk, but makes for a poor game for adventurers.

 

[Lanefan]

No matter what the setting, telepathy and communication spells are replaced by an accessible-to-all long-range communication system with a one-letter name.

That communication system then immediately becomes completely congested with noise and arguments.

 

[J.Quondam]

Whatever the setting, we'll see the return of XP for GP dogecoin.

 

[GMMichael]

Capitaland. It has a Mars colony and electric jetpacks. The PCs get to play billionaires, which is nice, because everyone else's rights are limited to working for minimum wage and then signing over partial ownership of all purchases to the billionaire class (which, yes, is an actual character class). It's sort of like a new Right of Prima Nocta, but the proles are cool with it because they really only buy things to get the cosmetic unlocks that come with them in the Metaverse.