Ravnica: Is This The New D&D Setting? [UPDATED & CONFIRMED!]

If so... meh?

 

[Demetrios1453]

Yup. We'll know soon enough.


Oh and one more thing on the getting disappointed etc. We knew that they were going to release 2-3 settings. The odds of *all* of them being settings you liked/wanted/are intrigued are... low. It's almost certain to have at least one being "meh". Honestly, if 1/3 is one you really like, I would call that a win.

(note: this is "generic you", not anyone in particular)

(Knowing that I'm not the specific "you", but still responding anyway )

It now appears we'll be seeing Eberron in some fashion, and although that's not on my 1st tier of settings I'd like to see (Planescape or Greyhawk would be above Eberron for me, let alone an actual full update of the Forgotten Realms, although I can live with the steady drip-drip of updates we're getting with the current set-up), I'm honestly more than happy for those for whom it is the first choice, and am intrigued to see how it gets updated.

 

[Mercurius]

So...WotC introduces a new setting to D&D for the first time in 11 years and people are disappointed because it isn't their favorite previously published (multiple times) setting of choice.

To boot, we don't know with any degree of certainty what other setting support might be coming out, except something for two classics.

I don't know if I'll like Ravnica or not, but I am very happy they're publishing something new.

 

[TheCosmicKid]

Now, I’m not especially knowledgeable about Ravniva lore, particularly after Return to Ravnica. But at least in the original block, House Dimir was was considered by most of the Ravnican public to be a myth or unsubstantiated conspiracy theory. So that would make 9 publicly recognized guilds and 9 alignments, with Dimir as an unknown quantity (just the way they like it)

Yeah, that's right. Ravnicans didn't know about the colors partially because it would give away that there were ten guilds rather than nine.

What would the best firs be? I’m thinking...
Boros: Lawful Good
Selesnya: Neutral Good
Gruul: Chaotic Good
Azorius: Lawful Neutral
Simic: Neutral
Izzet: Chaotic Neutral
Orzhov: Lawful Evil
Golgari: Neutral Evil
Rakdos: Chaotic Evil

Gruul as chaotic good is kind of a stretch. I also hesitate to attach the label "lawful" to anything red.

 

[Charlaquin]

Gruul as chaotic good is kind of a stretch. I also hesitate to attach the label "lawful" to anything red.

It is. They’re probably more Chaotic Neutral, but I don’t really see any other guild fitting Chaotic Good any better. Boros is absolutely Lawful though. They’re Ravnica’s military and law enforcement. They combine white’s structure with red’s passion.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Except the senior director has trolled the fans repeatedly with suggestions of classic settings:
https://mobile.twitter.com/NathanBStewart/status/1014196339368812544?s=20
https://mobile.twitter.com/NathanBStewart/status/1016444525886128128?s=20

He even referred to it as “trolling”:
https://twitter.com/NathanBStewart/status/1014199261808881664?s=20

There was foul. There was trolling.
He got hopes up. And now I’m disappointed by the reveal.

The whole point of trolling is that people take what you say seriously (and yeah, I may be speaking from experience).

If someone tells you they are they are trolling, they are telling you not to take what they are saying seriously, and therefore they are not trolling. It's basically another way of saying "every statement I make is a lie, including this one".

So yes, lots of classical settings where mentioned - far too many for them all to be true, even if you missed the "trolling" and "not what you expect" posts. They are called Red Herrings. As long as the truth is in there somewhere, and it was, it is perfectly legitimate. Otherwise Agatha Christie wouldn't be the world's best selling novelist.

 

[Jhaelen]

I suppose this means there won't be a free Plane Shift article about Ravnica? :-(

I have to admit I prefer any new setting over a rehash of any of the existing ones.

I already have plenty of background material for all D&D settings I've ever been interested in.

 

[Staccat0]

I suppose the question is: Given a planet-wide city, how is this different from Trantor (Azimov's Foundation series) and Coruscant (Star Wars capital world)?

That’s sort of an odd question considering the possible variance between multiple medieval fantasy settings. I’m assuming it’s so different from the ones mentioned that it would be sort of tedious to discuss haha.

 

[The Grassy Gnoll]

I know zero about m:tg and therefore just as much about Ravnica.
But, put yourself in the shoes of Wizards.
Any classic setting they produce will result in people who wanted a different one being upset, and probably those that wanted the one they put out being upset because it’s not exactly the same. For new players (of which I gather there are many, 5e being a huge onboarding success), they won’t care. They’ll be excited and then see on any forums a bunch of in-my-dayism and feel negativity.
So why not come out with something new?
Everyone is on the same page then. Anyone who plays m:tg will be happy to see a crossover. I don’t know what the numbers are for players of each game but one presumes they’ve done the maths and found the Venn diagram has a bigger (possibly younger also?) m:tg circle. They already own the IP and it’s probably easier to convert than completely start afresh, so...no brainer, surely?
FWIW, knowing nothing, the cover is intriguing to me. Science/tech/magic feel. Seems quite interesting.
I know nothing again about Eberron or Sigil (I should change my username to Jon Snurr), but from little I have acquired en passant, there are thematic/stylistic elements that provide a certain crossover in Ravnica (steampunkish nexus hive of scum and villainy), so perhaps they hope to provide some of these touchstones?
I dunno. I love the idea of something new, and didn’t they put out an UA a while ago with m:tg races? I seem to recall it being quite flavourful.
TL;DR: ooh shiny.

 

[delericho]

I believe this is real.

I have no interest in this product. But that's fine - WotC aren't in the business of producing books for me; they're in the business of producing the products they think will sell. Good luck to them.

That said, if they do announce a product that hybridizes Planescape and Spelljammer, that would piss me off. Those are two strongly-flavoured settings that each have their places and have their fans, but which really shouldn't be mixed - like putting fish sauce on cherry ice cream.

(On the other hand, opening Eberron to the DM's Guild is really good news, IMO. And if there's a book of some sort to go with it, even better!)

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Is it just me who is expecting a new version of Artificer to appear as UA very soon?