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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8000353" data-attributes="member: 18">This seems like such solid and well-considered speculation that I don't have a whole lot to add. I would say the following though:1) I think Spelljammer is more "Maybe" than "Likely". Spelljammer elements? I think those are very likely, but an actual Spelljammer campaign setting? I don't think that's likely at the moment. I think if they're considering it, they'll do a Spelljammer campaign-adventure first to gauge popularity.2) Re: Innistrad/Ravenloft, I feel like Ravenloft getting more support is actually maybe slightly more likely. Innistrad is pretty one-note even by Magic settings standards, it's arguably more one-note than Ravenloft, which is quite an achievement. It's hard to see it as an actual campaign setting in the same way Theros or Ravnica or some other settings could be. Further, Ravenloft has the advantage in that it can be used in other campaigns. I actually don't think either is terribly likely.3) Oriental/Asian adventures - Not going to happen. The era of specific real-world cultures being exoticised in this way is over, and it isn't because of people not accepting it or whatever, it's because they're simply not that exotic anymore. People have travelled, culture has travelled. Settings for various games, books, movies and so on routinely mash "Eastern" and "Western" elements together with little particular concern for their origin. Most of 5E works well for any cultural setting, too, as have most previous editions, so it's very hard to see what it could add. It's not something there's any real appetite for once the realities are considered and nostalgia/tradition-type stuff is removed. We equally won't see any specific real-world culture books by WotC for other regions of the world.4) Epic handbook - I think this is one of those things that will increase in likelihood the longer 5E is out. However 5E's structure does mean it is I think far from certain.Somebody clearly skipped the Dragon Age games, Dark Souls, Dragon's Dogma, and so on. It's hard to get more directly D&D-inspired than Dragon's Dogma. That said if they could get an Ivalice setting book licensed that would definitely turn a few heads.</blockquote>

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