I'm not denying that might be the case, but his emphasis on something bigger sounds like a book with lots of his maps, and not just one, no matter how big it may be.The new DMG comes with a giant fold out poster map of whatever example Setting they are using. Mike Schley is the big gun for cartography, so I'm going with Schley doing a map of the Flannaes for the DMG.
I have a horrible feeling both "completely new" settings, the one which was definitely going ahead and the one was being considered, perished when Ray Winninger was fired, because they were something he seemed keen on.Could be the rumored completely new setting?
I have a horrible feeling both "completely new" settings, the one which was definitely going ahead and the one was being considered, perished when Ray Winninger was fired, because they were something he seemed keen on.
Yeah we already see PS:T fan-favourite characters like Mort are appearing in the updated setting - which is fine - but when it's all stuff like this and no new settings ever, it speaks volumes as to where you, Corporate Decision Maker, Signer-Off Of D&D Projects, see D&D going over the next few years.I also think it may have died and thats why we got the 'classic settings are not one shots' because they need those classic settings with all the packed in nostalgia (and lore they dont want to fully throw away) to lean on.
Ref: The 'totally not Torment' supposed planescape adventure.
I think WotC is ready to move on from Faerun etc. Newer players don't care about old settings, it seems to me. Might as well make something fresh without a lot of baggage.I also think it may have died and thats why we got the 'classic settings are not one shots' because they need those classic settings with all the packed in nostalgia (and lore they dont want to fully throw away) to lean on.
Ref: The 'totally not Torment' supposed planescape adventure.
After BG3? I think moving on would be a huge mistake.I think WotC is ready to move on from Faerun etc. Newer players don't care about old settings, it seems to me. Might as well make something fresh without a lot of baggage.
Older players can of course keep playing in the old settings...
I'm not trying to difficult, right, but what basis do you have for saying that?Newer players don't care about old settings, it seems to me.
If they didn't feel that newer players might have an interest in older settings, I doubt they'd be bringing so many of them back.I think WotC is ready to move on from Faerun etc. Newer players don't care about old settings, it seems to me. Might as well make something fresh without a lot of baggage.
A good number of posts on the BG3 subreddit ask about further lore on the setting. So there's definitely a market out there now.After BG3? I think moving on would be a huge mistake.
"Bigger" is an ambiguous word, and he may mean it a number of ways.I'm not denying that might be the case, but his emphasis on something bigger sounds like a book with lots of his maps, and not just one, no matter how big it may be.
so… Vecna jumping between worlds?A campaign setting with a big continent-level map or a series of linked adventures, which would be more ambitious than what WotC has done in 5E so far.
I'm not trying to difficult, right, but what basis do you have for saying that?
If the basis is podcasting, let me just say, I don't think that's a good basis, because if I was launching a D&D podcast, I 100% guarantee I would make up my own setting, on the slim off-chance that it became popular, because they I would be able to sell merchandise, books, etc. without risking causing copyright issues with WotC.
If it's something else I'm genuinely interested to hear what.
You'd have got the same impression from any AD&D-centric site in the 1990s, honestly, if you just idly went through posts, I'd suggest. So it doesn't sound like anything much has changed apart from CR coming on to the scene.Chatter I see here and on Twitter and other social media.
Most seem to enjoy homebrew.
Oh for sure, but most of those people aren't D&D players.Heck I see how chatter from Critters about Mercer's world than I do Faerun, and I don't really even follow Crit Role.
Long ago, when the talk of WotC revisiting a setting was new, I prognosticated that it would be the FR. I still hold to that, too. I'm not the biggest FR fan, but I wouldn't mind seeing the FR get a real setting book (along the lines of Eberron: RftLW).A good number of posts on the BG3 subreddit ask about further lore on the setting. So there's definitely a market out there now.
Plus, they've stated before that we should expect a revisit to a setting in 2024, for which a new FR campaign setting book would be a good fit - with the caveat of course that plans can get changed over time...
You'd have got the same impression from any AD&D-centric site in the 1990s, honestly, if you just idly went through posts, I'd suggest. So it doesn't sound like anything much has changed apart from CR coming on to the scene.
Oh for sure, but most of those people aren't D&D players.
I'm kind of skeptical that most kids aged say 12-18 or even people aged 18-30 are making up their own full campaign settings. I suspect more of them are playing without a specific setting than was common in the 1990s, using just whatever setting is implied by the adventure they're running, though.
I am well aware Faerun is still a popular setting but it's mostly Drizzt and Baldurs Gate keeping that stuff alive. The "Yutes" mostly don't seem to care. I'm sure the Olds like me will keep the old settings alive for as long as possible.