D&D 5E (2014) Probably the best bet for a 5e Dark Sun is to convince WotC to give it to Ajit George.

[Paul Farquhar]

The players don't need new official products but to avoid the fall into the oblivion the D&D settings need at least to be unlocked in DMGuild.

The problem here is the DMG monopoly, not WotC making commercial decisions about product lines.

 

[bedir than]

I'd love to see Ajit and Teos as joint-leads on a semi-WotC product similar to Radiant Citadel and Acquisitions Inc.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

Isn't "you can homebrew it" a better solution?

I see no reason why Dark Sun needs to be an official WotC setting.

That's a lot of work. I'm not sure it's a good idea for WotC to fragment its design team focus with numerous extra settings. I think somebody throwing something up on DMGuild seems like a good compromise.

 

[Retreater]

That's a lot of work. I'm not sure it's a good idea for WotC to fragment its design team focus with numerous extra settings. I think somebody throwing something up on DMGuild seems like a good compromise.

It would be great, however, from a creative standpoint to let their designers work on the occasional passion project. Sure, it was done to excess in the 2e era, but we have also gotten some gems in the past (Eberron, Nentir Vale).

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

It would be great, however, from a creative standpoint to let their designers work on the occasional passion project. Sure, it was done to excess in the 2e era, but we have also gotten some gems in the past (Eberron, Nentir Vale).

Eberron emerged from a contest put out by WotC. Nentir Vale was the default 4E setting. Neither one of these was a passion project put out by WotC designers. These folks have lives, so I doubt they want to contribute beyond the full work weeks they put in at WotC. Also, how is that recompensed? Say some designers contribute their free time to an endeavour like this. I'm sure they are not going to donate it to the community out of the goodness of their hearts. I mean, they might, but I don't think we should count on that.

 

[Charlaquin]

I want this to happen mostly just to prove to WotC that the setting can be done in a way modern audiences would approve of.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

DS is too different and unique, too far from the rest of generic systems. We shouldn't be too surprised if Paramount wanted to produce a miniserie for the streaming service.

When you say certain title is for mature audience, some underage wish it more. There is a lot of children playing "Call of Duty", for example.

Maybe WotC could create a special label within DMGuild. I suspect this could be the main reason, WotC fears the toxic creators.

Other option could be to publish a sourcebook for a charitable cause. It wouldn't be the first time, would it?

I think the most reliable option is the update of the crunch, and lore/background about the Athaspace but without many details about the Tablelands. The metaplot would appear in other transmedia titles. Then we would see "Athaspace" unlocked in DMGuild, but not the original Tablelands. A spin-off? It is possible, about defilers traveling to other zones within the Athaspace.

Or a "spiritual succesor", in the sense of a new setting "almost from zero" about "hell of earth" where the world is a demiplane created when a planet and a region from the infernal planes were almost merged by fault of some dark ritual. Then the sorcerer-kings are "hell-lords", but their domains are used as mixture of "firewall" in the space-time continium and "recycle bin", suffering failed attempts of planar invasions by horrors as the sheens (biomechanical abominations) and creatures from the Far Realm.

* Other of the main handicaps for DS is the limit of options. The "crunch" is not wellcome but if this is from sourcebooks created specifically for this setting. Then we have got troubles with players who want to add their special touch in their game, for example monks fighting in the gladiator arena, or paladins working as templars. This is worse if we talk about new classes or PC species. Then here the spin-off in other zone of the Athaspace should be a better option.

 

[Retreater]

Eberron emerged from a contest put out by WotC. Nentir Vale was the default 4E setting. Neither one of these was a passion project put out by WotC designers.

It started as Keith Baker's fan product and then involved a team including many of the team designers.
I think Nentir Vale started as Mike Mearls home campaign setting, right?
Forgotten Realms, the Known World, Greyhawk, and more all started as home campaign worlds.
A little bit of passion would be fantastic.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

That's a lot of work. I'm not sure it's a good idea for WotC to fragment its design team focus with numerous extra settings. I think somebody throwing something up on DMGuild seems like a good compromise.

I didn't mean Ajit should do it!

Any DM who wants to run it can do their own version, using as little or as much as the stuff already outthere as they like, so that they can have the version that suits there table.

Personally, I prefer the version where Athas is dead. It feels like the inevitable conclusion of the narrative set up in the original boxed set. And a stark warning for the real world.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

I didn't mean Ajit should do it!

Any DM who wants to run it can do their own version, using as little or as much as the stuff already outthere as they like, so that they can have the version that suits there table.

Personally, I prefer the version where Athas is dead. It feels like the inevitable conclusion of the narrative set up in the original boxed set. And a stark warning for the real world.

I know what you meant! I'm saying that's a lot of work for a DM to take on for a home campaign. Having the thing laid out for you in DMGuild takes away a lot of the workload.