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<blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 8617875" data-attributes="member: 86653"><p>Yeah, I hate to admit it, but I agree. They likely stopped working on Dark Sun when they gave up on psionics. Without a fair amount of work on those, it doesn't seem likely Dark Sun is on the way.</p><p></p><p>Absolutely.</p><p></p><p>Defiling is easy to do. Give advantage on an attack, disadvantage on a save, or a free up cast when you defile. It doesn't need to be more complicated than that. As long as it's tempting, it'll get used. Psionics are about as done as they're going to get, I think, for this edition. They might give it another push, but their last attempt floundered. It's that last one that's the biggest hurdle. D&D + something new is fine. D&D - something old is not going to fly. 5E is not the restrictions edition. Unfortunately, Dark Sun is the restrictions setting. It basically defines it. You couldn't pull that off, not from the current design team, without undermining either the edition or the setting. WotC is clearly ready, willing, and able to undermine settings if it means catering to the wider fanbase.</p><p></p><p>Not to put too fine a point on it, but they've made it plain that they don't care. If they can radically alter classic settings and get even a good-sized chunk of the new fanbase to buy in, that will blow the grognards out of the water every time. They don't need to cater to the old fans anymore. They haven't in years. New people will be interested in the new versions of the classic settings, and given the size of current D&D fandom, that will be more than enough.</p><p></p><p>That does seem the most likely. Or Greyhawk.</p><p></p><p>Well, it hit #5 top seller on Amazon by Friday afternoon, so it's not likely to bomb.</p><p></p><p>Yeah, that does seem likely. Maybe the same treatment as Dragonlance, an adventure path and a mass battle game.</p><p></p><p>Well, unless you ignore the whole origin of the name and the divine right to rule angle. It's not going to fly with modern audiences at all.</p><p></p><p>Exactly. Like Birthright, it's not likely without a radical overhaul.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="overgeeked, post: 8617875, member: 86653"] Yeah, I hate to admit it, but I agree. They likely stopped working on Dark Sun when they gave up on psionics. Without a fair amount of work on those, it doesn't seem likely Dark Sun is on the way. Absolutely. Defiling is easy to do. Give advantage on an attack, disadvantage on a save, or a free up cast when you defile. It doesn't need to be more complicated than that. As long as it's tempting, it'll get used. Psionics are about as done as they're going to get, I think, for this edition. They might give it another push, but their last attempt floundered. It's that last one that's the biggest hurdle. D&D + something new is fine. D&D - something old is not going to fly. 5E is not the restrictions edition. Unfortunately, Dark Sun is the restrictions setting. It basically defines it. You couldn't pull that off, not from the current design team, without undermining either the edition or the setting. WotC is clearly ready, willing, and able to undermine settings if it means catering to the wider fanbase. Not to put too fine a point on it, but they've made it plain that they don't care. If they can radically alter classic settings and get even a good-sized chunk of the new fanbase to buy in, that will blow the grognards out of the water every time. They don't need to cater to the old fans anymore. They haven't in years. New people will be interested in the new versions of the classic settings, and given the size of current D&D fandom, that will be more than enough. That does seem the most likely. Or Greyhawk. Well, it hit #5 top seller on Amazon by Friday afternoon, so it's not likely to bomb. Yeah, that does seem likely. Maybe the same treatment as Dragonlance, an adventure path and a mass battle game. Well, unless you ignore the whole origin of the name and the divine right to rule angle. It's not going to fly with modern audiences at all. Exactly. Like Birthright, it's not likely without a radical overhaul. [/QUOTE]
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