Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="AmerginLiath" data-source="post: 7776246" data-attributes="member: 777">As others have noted (and I’ve done the same), references to Spelljammer by developers and comments that Spelljammer won’t be a setting aren’t necessarily at odds: in the “D&D Multiverse” nature of 5e, it makes sense that a lot of SJ elements are being brought into the core planar cosmology (especially as defining how the Prime Material Planes work, as we’ve seen developers comment); any sourcebook or adventure/set of adventures about the planes is likely to have dashes of Spelljammer to it as much as it has dashes of Planescape.In terms of the setting vs. Campaign Setting question, particularly dealing with epic tier adventures, I think the talk of the planes and Planescape as a source of setting (vs. a Setting) are possibly apt. Mechanics and material on the planes — including references to Sigil and other PS ideas — have been appearing more commonly in recent sources, so I expect we’ll see the planes (feeling like a combination of the 1e/3e Manual version and the 2e Planescape version, with Spelljammer elements salted in) appearing in a sense in their original use as “where adventurers go when they run out of things on their own world to challenge them” (not to say there won’t be lower-level uses too, but I’d expect a focus on the *literal* larger-than-life out there). Seeing perhaps a set of high-level adventures based out of Sigil or somewhere like it would strike me as a way to introduce that while a product for it is in the works (I’ve long suspected that, given how 5e makes each book multifaceted, we’ll see a planar book that is also the high-level campaigns book).As for other Campaign Settings, I agree that Dark Sun is a setting we’re likely to see appear in a fashion similar to Eberron, but with the Psion class anchoring it rather than the Artificer class (complete with a quasi-playtest release and use of DMs Guild and work with old designers). As for Dragonlance (my personal favorite setting), my question from a neutral standpoint is trying to see where they can sell it distinctive from FR (note how the beginning of the push on Greyhawk toward some release is focusing on a grim ‘n gritty swords ‘n sorcery element, presumably that should color setting rules elements in any release); I’ve wondered for a while if the long-delayed Mass Combat rules will play into any DL release (along with more detailed mounted and flying combat options similar to what’s now coming out for ships), but that only covers part of the “why play here and not FR?”</blockquote>

Verification