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<blockquote data-quote="Urriak Uruk" data-source="post: 8618389" data-attributes="member: 7015558"><p>Wheeeee setting speculation, my favorite thing!</p><p></p><p>I think Parmandur is right on a lot of stuff in his OP. There are some things a disagree with, but I think I'll just provide my own thoughts on each setting. I'm actually going to use the "ye old" setting poll from way back. </p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/july-survey[/URL]</p><p></p><p>They fall into three distinct clusters, which I'll call the "Popular," "Average" and "Unpopular."</p><p></p><p>Popular: Eberron, Ravenloft, Dark Sun, Planescape, and the Forgotten Realms</p><p>Average: Greyhawk, Dragonlance, and Spelljammer</p><p>Unpopular: Everything Else</p><p></p><p>So I'll take about each setting seperately, using this as a framework.</p><p></p><p><strong>Mystara</strong>: I don't think this is happening, unless it's making a cameo in an Adventure Compilation that updates old modules (Ghosts of Salmtarsh, Tale from the Yawning Portal style). It's just not that popular in the poll, it's got a lot of weird problematic elements to it from adapting lots of real-world cultures very closely... it's high risk, low reward.</p><p></p><p><strong>Birthright</strong>: Also unmentioned in the poll, and considered unpopular. It's not as problematic as Mystara, but I also think its strengths (mass combat, domain management) can be handled by other settings fairly easily. Dragonlance is already tackling mass combat, and I think Domain Management could be done well by Greyhawk, or even Forgotten Realms. I don't think it's happening, just not popular enough.</p><p></p><p><strong>Spelljammer</strong>: It's getting a big release soon, and it's being marketed as three books. It's got the setting, PC options, monsters and an adventure... highly unlikely to me it will be getting revisited anytime soon after its release.</p><p></p><p><strong>Dragonlance</strong>: I think it's possible this gets a true setting book, as its upcoming release is just the battlegame and an adventure. Still fairly unlikely to me, but very possible.</p><p></p><p><strong>Greyhawk</strong>: It got Ghosts of Saltmarsh, but this was a few years back so a new book seems possible. I don't think a slipcase is a good fit here; doesn't have a ton of unique monsters or PC options to me. I think an adventure of some kind, or another update of old adventures set here, makes a lot of sense. Revisiting mass combat or domain management here makes sense too, and it works for the 50th anniversary. A lot of promise but also not a lot of uniqueness, so mixed bag.</p><p></p><p><strong>Eberron</strong>: It's got a chunky setting book. It can be expanded to other continents, maybe more adventures, but with Keith Baker making DMsGuild material I don't see why the D&D Team wants to tackle this material themselves. Pretty unlikely for a revisit IMO.</p><p></p><p><strong>Ravenloft</strong>: It's gotten a setting book fairly recently. I think it could be expanded somewhat with an adventure book, or a horror adventure compilation, but I won't speculate on this much. Possible, also easy to not revisit.</p><p></p><p><strong>Forgotten Realms</strong>: Although D&D books have moved away from FR since Icewind Dale/Candlekeep, I don't think it'll abandon it completely. It makes sense for a slipcase in some ways, but I think it more likely it will get revisited in adventures like in the past. A huge, Faerun wide setting book is possible, but if it hasn't happened yet I don't really get why it'd happen now either. And it's got micro-settings within it like Al-Qadim and Kara-tur, but these are problematic in some ways, and I think it more likely that the D&D team would prefer to make something new from the ground up instead of salvaging these. I think FR will get new books in the future, but I trend more to the hybrid micro-settings/adventure like Tomb of Annihilation and Icewind Dale.</p><p></p><p><strong>Dark Sun</strong>: Now the good stuff. Yes, this settings got its blemishes, most notably slavery. However, this is something D&D hasn't shied away from (Out of the Abyss has too much of it frankly), and I believe if the setting is developed with cultural consultation, it can be updated pretty easily. Well it be rebooted entirely? It's happened before, and I think it's fairly likely so it meets some 5E rules standards. It's got loads of potential PC options, psionics are a potential new class, loads of new monsters, easy to write a new unique adventure for... compared to Mystara, I think this is medium risk, high reward. Easy contender for slipcase format. I don't think it makes much sense for mass combat (armies exist but they don't clash frequently), but ironically D&D Onslaught (kind of gladatorial in some ways) weirdly fits. And it's one of the two remaining most popular settings, I think it's happening it's just a question of when not if.</p><p></p><p><strong>Planescape</strong>: This is an easy homerun. Not that problematic, everyone seems to love it, lots of potential PC options and adventure opportunities... easily can be made a slipcase. Doesn't fit mass combat at all. So much to love, it's low risk and high reward. Very likely the next classic setting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Urriak Uruk, post: 8618389, member: 7015558"] Wheeeee setting speculation, my favorite thing! I think Parmandur is right on a lot of stuff in his OP. There are some things a disagree with, but I think I'll just provide my own thoughts on each setting. I'm actually going to use the "ye old" setting poll from way back. [URL unfurl="true"]https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/july-survey[/URL] They fall into three distinct clusters, which I'll call the "Popular," "Average" and "Unpopular." Popular: Eberron, Ravenloft, Dark Sun, Planescape, and the Forgotten Realms Average: Greyhawk, Dragonlance, and Spelljammer Unpopular: Everything Else So I'll take about each setting seperately, using this as a framework. [B]Mystara[/B]: I don't think this is happening, unless it's making a cameo in an Adventure Compilation that updates old modules (Ghosts of Salmtarsh, Tale from the Yawning Portal style). It's just not that popular in the poll, it's got a lot of weird problematic elements to it from adapting lots of real-world cultures very closely... it's high risk, low reward. [B]Birthright[/B]: Also unmentioned in the poll, and considered unpopular. It's not as problematic as Mystara, but I also think its strengths (mass combat, domain management) can be handled by other settings fairly easily. Dragonlance is already tackling mass combat, and I think Domain Management could be done well by Greyhawk, or even Forgotten Realms. I don't think it's happening, just not popular enough. [B]Spelljammer[/B]: It's getting a big release soon, and it's being marketed as three books. It's got the setting, PC options, monsters and an adventure... highly unlikely to me it will be getting revisited anytime soon after its release. [B]Dragonlance[/B]: I think it's possible this gets a true setting book, as its upcoming release is just the battlegame and an adventure. Still fairly unlikely to me, but very possible. [B]Greyhawk[/B]: It got Ghosts of Saltmarsh, but this was a few years back so a new book seems possible. I don't think a slipcase is a good fit here; doesn't have a ton of unique monsters or PC options to me. I think an adventure of some kind, or another update of old adventures set here, makes a lot of sense. Revisiting mass combat or domain management here makes sense too, and it works for the 50th anniversary. A lot of promise but also not a lot of uniqueness, so mixed bag. [B]Eberron[/B]: It's got a chunky setting book. It can be expanded to other continents, maybe more adventures, but with Keith Baker making DMsGuild material I don't see why the D&D Team wants to tackle this material themselves. Pretty unlikely for a revisit IMO. [B]Ravenloft[/B]: It's gotten a setting book fairly recently. I think it could be expanded somewhat with an adventure book, or a horror adventure compilation, but I won't speculate on this much. Possible, also easy to not revisit. [B]Forgotten Realms[/B]: Although D&D books have moved away from FR since Icewind Dale/Candlekeep, I don't think it'll abandon it completely. It makes sense for a slipcase in some ways, but I think it more likely it will get revisited in adventures like in the past. A huge, Faerun wide setting book is possible, but if it hasn't happened yet I don't really get why it'd happen now either. And it's got micro-settings within it like Al-Qadim and Kara-tur, but these are problematic in some ways, and I think it more likely that the D&D team would prefer to make something new from the ground up instead of salvaging these. I think FR will get new books in the future, but I trend more to the hybrid micro-settings/adventure like Tomb of Annihilation and Icewind Dale. [B]Dark Sun[/B]: Now the good stuff. Yes, this settings got its blemishes, most notably slavery. However, this is something D&D hasn't shied away from (Out of the Abyss has too much of it frankly), and I believe if the setting is developed with cultural consultation, it can be updated pretty easily. Well it be rebooted entirely? It's happened before, and I think it's fairly likely so it meets some 5E rules standards. It's got loads of potential PC options, psionics are a potential new class, loads of new monsters, easy to write a new unique adventure for... compared to Mystara, I think this is medium risk, high reward. Easy contender for slipcase format. I don't think it makes much sense for mass combat (armies exist but they don't clash frequently), but ironically D&D Onslaught (kind of gladatorial in some ways) weirdly fits. And it's one of the two remaining most popular settings, I think it's happening it's just a question of when not if. [B]Planescape[/B]: This is an easy homerun. Not that problematic, everyone seems to love it, lots of potential PC options and adventure opportunities... easily can be made a slipcase. Doesn't fit mass combat at all. So much to love, it's low risk and high reward. Very likely the next classic setting. [/QUOTE]
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