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<blockquote data-quote="Marandahir" data-source="post: 8555611" data-attributes="member: 6803643">I can't imagine it will be much different from 4e's changes. Probably rid the setting of Red Sonja-style chainmail bikinis, but slavery IS a reasonable subject that WotC has touched on in 5e, but only the context of evil societies. Dark Sun is about a world ruled by evil, where everything is out to kill you. They'll want to approach it with nuance, and it'll be difficult, but it's not the same deal as something like Oriental Adventures or Al-Qadim or Maztica, which are racialist caricature settings. See how Neon Dynasty is reimagining Kamigawa, for example of how a shift might happen. So cannibal halflings can remain, but they're not player characters.The reason Dark Sun works is that the heroes are NOT Game of Thrones or Lankhmar-esque anti-heroes where no one is really good. The heroes are the ones fighting evil. It's just that the entire world is evil, and overcoming a world where everything in power is evil is EXTREMELY relevant in today's day and age.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marandahir, post: 8555611, member: 6803643"] I can't imagine it will be much different from 4e's changes. Probably rid the setting of Red Sonja-style chainmail bikinis, but slavery IS a reasonable subject that WotC has touched on in 5e, but only the context of evil societies. Dark Sun is about a world ruled by evil, where everything is out to kill you. They'll want to approach it with nuance, and it'll be difficult, but it's not the same deal as something like Oriental Adventures or Al-Qadim or Maztica, which are racialist caricature settings. See how Neon Dynasty is reimagining Kamigawa, for example of how a shift might happen. So cannibal halflings can remain, but they're not player characters. The reason Dark Sun works is that the heroes are NOT Game of Thrones or Lankhmar-esque anti-heroes where no one is really good. The heroes are the ones fighting evil. It's just that the entire world is evil, and overcoming a world where everything in power is evil is EXTREMELY relevant in today's day and age. [/QUOTE]

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