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

Ratskinner · Jul 22, 2018

If true, that might be the first non-core book I buy for 5e. Ravnica was the first MtG world that I really liked the setting. It was bold for Magic, and I hope it is equally bold for D&D.

jmucchiello · Jul 22, 2018

Staccat0 said:
a city the size of a planet is more interesting

Star Wars' Coruscant has been around for awhile.

And at least in sci fi waste disposal, food and water distribution, etc can be hand waved away by science. A fantasy city that size is one in which magic is EVERYWHERE.

Bera · Jul 22, 2018

Since it's a second city-type book, I imagine the mechanics laid out for the Waterdeep stuff will also work well with this new setting.

WayOfTheFourElements · Jul 22, 2018

Based on the cover, anyone else think there might be a chance to see the Artificer class published here?

Satyrn · Jul 22, 2018

jmucchiello said:
Star Wars' Coruscant has been around for awhile.

Asimov's Trantor has been around even longer. But yeah, I'm sure more people are familiar with Coruscant.

guachi · Jul 22, 2018

Not interested. Even as someone who got in on Magic at its beginning I don't care a lick about any of its lore.

FoolishFrost · Jul 22, 2018

Interesting... I guess it's true. Nobody wants anything new, they just want the same things rehashed over and over.

Simple truth is: This is the first new setting for D&D for years, and the overall response is... <looks over the posts> Horror and denial... I'm not surprised, but it does make me a bit sad. It's not like all the other settings don't have decades of RPG books and expansions out there on ebay just waiting for you to grab them all. It's not even that much effort to shift them to 5th edition. Or even pathfinder. Or any other game system.

I mean, is ONE new setting book that horrible a thing?

Keyframe18 · Jul 22, 2018

As one of the few MtG settings I'm both familiar with and like, this has me excited.

Staffan · Jul 22, 2018

It certainly looks real. As far as I can tell, the picture is not an existing card, and I doubt they'd commission a piece like this for a fake-out (of course, it could also be intended for a card in the upcoming Ravnica re-return). And Ravnica seems like a cool place.

I just hope that's not the only thing they're announcing tomorrow, because they've been hinting pretty hard at old settings having some love to look forward to Real Soon Now.