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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Marandahir" data-source="post: 8555508" data-attributes="member: 6803643">I'm glad they found a way to update the setting, differentiate it from Kara-Tur and Rokugan, and bring in cultural consultation and collaboration unlike every other "Oriental Adventures" setting ever made. Old Kamigawa had cool ideas but was ultimately a "Last Samurai"-esque white man's endeavour to play in the fantasy anime playground for Magic: The Gathering. It was never going to work as a D&D setting.Neon Dynasty, on the other hand, leans into anime's greatest hits beyond Warring States Japan fantasy (InuYasha, Twelve Kingdoms, etc), letting it cover cyber-punk and sci-fi stories like Ghost in the Shell, Akira, and Gundam as well. Essentially, it's the animesque setting, and because it's got Japanese collaborators working on its design, it was clearly redesigned not just for Magic but also for D&D.Thus it serves multiple niches that D&D has yet to dive into. Eberron is 1920s-style Dungeonpunk, not 1980s-style Cyberpunk. And among the M:tG settings, Kamigawa is probably the one remaining that (A) doesn't have a Plane-Shift article, and (B) has fans of the setting. Note that the old Kamigawa block itself wasn't that popular due to poor mechanics, but the setting always was, despite its cultural insensitivity. I always said they'd never touch Kamigawa with D&D because of that. But they did the one thing I didn't expect with it: advanced it centuries into the future and transfigured it into a setting that actually can and SHOULD be adapted.Note also that the Moonfolk are literally just Harengons with a different cultural background. No need to reinvent the wheel like they did with Leonin in Theros (and that Leonin/Tabaxi divide I'd argue was largely due to predating the relaxation of ability score bonuses).Expect this as an upcoming D&D-cross-MtG Campaign Setting book. It might not be the immediate next one (wouldn't be surprised to see that Norse-mythology based setting show up, though that one is still a bit close in release to Icewind Dale), but it's going to happen in the next few years for sure.</blockquote>

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