Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7688779" data-attributes="member: 22779">And a thousand setting purists began typing in rage on the Internet because WotC changed the flavour of a setting.  This, probably more than anything else, is why we won't have a full blown Ravenloft setting.  There is no way that they are going to limit races for AL play.  Just not going to happen.  But, if you use RL settings as they are, then they're extremely humanocentric and I can't imagine Tieflings having a very fun time nor any fire genasi.  Oh, and let's not forget, we just had the SCAG come out.  Hundred or so pages of setting material aimed squarely at those that play AL.  Again, I don't think they're going to turn around and in the very next year (whether next season or next, next season) and tell all those people, "Yeah, all that setting material that your like?  Yeah, doesn't apply for the next season".  Just not going to happen.My prediction, which setting purists are going to hate, is that they will use Ravenloft as an inspiration, but, the whole Lords of Ravenloft and planar stuff is not going to make the cut.  Raven loft will be a dark, gothic scenario set somewhere in the mountainous hinterlands of the Sword Coast.  Hard to get to, but that's about it.  Might even merge it with Barrier Peaks as well.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />  I think that those who are thinking that this is the birth of a setting for 5e are going to be disappointed.  I could be wrong.  It's happened in the past.  But, I highly doubt that we're going to get a Ravenloft setting.</blockquote>

Verification