D&D 5E Planeshift Eternia and Planeshift Third Earth?

[MechaTarrasque]

Hasbro apparently has made an offer to buy Mattel (https://money.usnews.com/investing/...bro-inc-has-mattel-mat-stock-merger-Christmas). Mattel has both He-man and the Thundercats, both of which seem good fodder for Planeshift pdf's like the Magic ones, even though Mattel wouldn't be part of WotC like Magic is. Not that it is likely (since Hasbro has had Visionaires and no Planeshift for them) but as a thought experiment, what would Planeshift Eternia and/or Planeshift Third Earth have?

Man-At-Arms and Panthro are both melee (nonmagical) artificer types

Skeletor and Mumra both get (or originally got) power from creepy undead types (Hordak has been portrayed as a cosmic vampire the last couple of years), with abilities that don't seem particularly similar to fiendpacts or undying light patron warlocks (although Skeletor is clearly rocking eldritch blast).

Aqua...I mean Merman and Beastman have some high level control animal and monstrocity abilities but no other obvious magic, so maybe racial abilities?

 

[Ancalagon]

Intriguing but... would there be interest beyond a one-off adventure? I'm not sure a lot of people would actually want to have a campaign in those settings. Maybe I'm wrong?

 

[MechaTarrasque]

Intriguing but... would there be interest beyond a one-off adventure? I'm not sure a lot of people would actually want to have a campaign in those settings. Maybe I'm wrong?

Maybe as a nostalgia thing (given that the original He-man and TC cartoons were pretty close in time to the D&D cartoon were both fantasy-esque). I don't really think anything will happen, but, if it did it would only be the planeshift level. Planeshift articles have been pretty small (I think the biggest is about 20 pages) so it wouldn't be a big investment (and would require someone at WotC, Hasbro, or Mattel being really enthused).

Both MotU and Thundercats are high science/high magic settings (albeit both seem somewhat restricted in terms of who gets access to them) which could be of interest to certain groups.

Truthfully it is more likely that in an IDW comic book it will be discovered that Castle Greyskull is the head of transformers metrotitan and that King Hiss has always been the secret power behind Cobra....

 

[jgsugden]

I think there would be a place for a 'Basic D&D' setting that introduces young people to RPGs set in those types of environments, but I honestly would not expect to see it right away. Maybe10 years down the road you'll get something like the Magic/D&D crossovers, but no official products anytime in the next decade.

 

[Bacon Bits]

I wouldn't expect anything more detailed than the Hascon 2017 Magic: The Gathering promos.

 

[cbwjm]

I'm pretty sure that everyone on Eternia has something like a +4 strength adjustment at least.