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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fifinjir" data-source="post: 9174036" data-attributes="member: 7031683">I find both the question of what will be submitted and what WotC would accept to both be interesting, so I’ll list some ideas I’d assume people would try and a guess at what their chances are.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Quite a few fantasy versions of various historical civilizations. This an obvious one, but I suspect the ones most likely to be considered will mix it with some other theme to stand out. But anything that restricts player options for it is dead in the water.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Potentially some “the bad guys won” settings a la Midnight or Dark Sun. I think one of these would have the potential of getting published, so long as it didn’t get to grim or controversial. If nothing else it would stand out from most official settings and make sense for the multiverse.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Some from and for the GoT fans; noble houses, courts, wars, and the like, while deemphasizing non-humanoid enemies and NPCs. Obviously nothing’s getting in that tries to enforce “human non-magic classes only”. Without that, I’m 50-50 on if WoTC would nominate one like this, it could reach out to a new audience but might not make as much from the existing fanbase.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Some that are deliberately bizarre and abstract. Think the weirder parts of Elder Scrolls lore, or Hylics if you’ve ever heard of it. This is a pretty broad category, so the specifics can influence WotC’s decision. This is a maybe, Planescape and some of the random table results in Van Richten’s imply that one like this wouldn’t be dead in the water. (This is probably what I’d try if I entered such a search).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Probably some NSFW attempts. These aren’t getting through.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I could also imagine settings with an orcs, golblinoids, and the like as the main species. WotC would probably enforce there being some of the normal species present though, to not restrict PC options.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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