D&D 5E Enough about Darksun, is there anything preventing a 5.5E Birthright remake?

[Zardnaar]

I don't think anyone cares Birthright was never that popular.

Thevhuna s iirc had different ability score boosts iirc depending on their race, bloodline abilities night not go down to well (anyone can have them though) and the bloodline= rulership thing might not go down to well.

 

[Enrahim2]

To me the alure of birthright was always the prospect of high politics month based roleplay. Basically it was trying to do the same for grand strategy as D&D did for tactical wargaming.

If played this way, for all intents and purposes Birthright isn't a setting. It is a new game. It was somewhat awkward on the back of even a relatively simplistic AD&D, and sort of required low level at that. I really don't see the concept work out well on top of the heavy super hero system of 5ed.

 

[Dragonhelm]

Birthright would absolutely work in the modern day.

The devil of it is... there's nothing -special- about it.

Like yeah, playing a ruler is cool, fighting wars is fun, but you can do that in literally any campaign setting. And often do in Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms. Eberron is everything Birthright is, plus -other- stuff.

MAYBE you could bring back the Warlord as a selling point for a 5e expansion... But I just don't see Birthright moving many copies on it's lonesome. Spelljammer and Planescape and Dark Sun have all these crazy gonzo concepts. Dragonlance has dragons front and center. Eberron is full of flavor and style.

It'd just need something that sets it apart, I think, to really catch in the modern marketplace.

I think why we haven't seen a full Greyhawk or Mystara setting is because they're also generic fantasy, and the Realms has that market cornered.

I never got into Birthright much, but there might be potential here. Doesn't part of Birthright have to do with kingdoms and rulership? Maybe Birthright could take some inspiration from Kingmaker or Game of Thrones.

 

[Haplo781]

I think why we haven't seen a full Greyhawk or Mystara setting is because they're also generic fantasy, and the Realms has that market cornered.

I never got into Birthright much, but there might be potential here. Doesn't part of Birthright have to do with kingdoms and rulership? Maybe Birthright could take some inspiration from Kingmaker or Game of Thrones.

Again, Eldraine. It's a fairly popular MtG setting that's even getting revisited later this year.

 

[cbwjm]

From only recently really learning about birthright, I think it would be a great setting to bring back. The focus on domain level play sounds different enough to anything we currently have that I think it would work well as a setting to introduce those rules.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

Eldraine could be the next M:tG setting to be adapted to D&D, and if we are lucky, even unlocked in DMGuild.

The adventage of Birthright is to be perfect for a D&D wargame, or a D&D strategy videogame.... or to be adapted into an action-live production like the Paramount Pictures version of "Game of Thrones/House of Dragons".

And in the current age where players use tablets and VTTs the rules about ruling a domain can be playtested faster.

 

[Lanefan]

Could Birthright be rejigged to reflect a darker, more Game of Thrones-like situation, where families (or equivalent) fight over control of the realm(s) on the large scale and individual characters get into and out of adventures on the small scale?

If yes, I'd be in like Flynn!

 

[Paul Farquhar]

It's boring and dated.

As already mentioned, Eldraine does the same stuff, only better.

 

[Bagpuss]

Erm... different actual human races would definitely have to go, certainly the attribute modifiers. Although they could be rejigged, so they were all the same species now, but had different distinct cultural aspects.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

Now it would "regional backgrounds", or "cultural heritage background".