Travis Henry
First Post
I'd like to see WotC have a cross-world storyline which ties together the iconic characters from all editions and worlds and times and realities* of D&D. All the heroes join together to fight a multiversal threat, which has gathered all of the iconic villains from D&D history. Like DC's Crisis on Infinite Earths, or Marvel's Secret Wars.
*("Realities" refers to different "game universes" (e.g. AD&D 2E Reality vs. D&D 3E Reality): https://sites.google.com/site/dndphilmont/d-d-realities )
The heroes? Every iconic or pre-generated character and every named adventuring party, from every edition, and every D&D product:
The villains? Every iconic villain from the D&D Multiverse. Tiamat, Takhisis, Orcus, Acerak, Vecna, Tharizdun, Venger...all of 'em.
Many of the lesser-known characters would just be "easter eggs" in the background, seen only during gigantic battle scenes. But there'd be a "who's who" appendix or something which gives their name and source.
The medium? A mega-adventure, along with comic book and novel tie-in.
The result? Not cataclysmic...not destroying the worlds. But rather, a coherentizing. In the process, all adventures, novels, films, etc (and even odd things like characters seen on the AD&D beach towel), are officially placed in one (or more) worlds and timelines, and all timelines are given a numerical continuity designation. (The Transformers continuity is the most sophisticated example of this; even more complex than the Marvel and DC world-numbering system.)
Also, cross-world play is made more accessible via gates.
For more about the timelines, see: https://sites.google.com/site/dndphilmont/timeline
What heroes and villains would you like to see in the fray?
*("Realities" refers to different "game universes" (e.g. AD&D 2E Reality vs. D&D 3E Reality): https://sites.google.com/site/dndphilmont/d-d-realities )
The heroes? Every iconic or pre-generated character and every named adventuring party, from every edition, and every D&D product:
- Aleena the Cleric, Hawk the Fighter, Clarion the Cleric, Fleetwood the Fighter, Felonius the Magic-User, Greegan the Thief, Rolf the Dwarf, Belain the Elf, and Touchberry the Halfling from the Mentzer Red Box.
- The Kids from the D&D Cartoon Show
- The LJN Action Figure characters: Strongheart the Paladin, Mercion the Cleric, Elkhorn the Dwarf, etc
- The 3E iconics (from Oerth): Regdar the Fighter, Mialee the Elf Wizard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_&_Dragons_iconic_characters
- The Heroes of the Lance
- The Wizards Three: Elminster, Dalamar, Mordenkainen
- Drizzt and the Companions of the Hall
- All the heroes from the D&D films, video games, novels, advertisements, and comic books.
The villains? Every iconic villain from the D&D Multiverse. Tiamat, Takhisis, Orcus, Acerak, Vecna, Tharizdun, Venger...all of 'em.
Many of the lesser-known characters would just be "easter eggs" in the background, seen only during gigantic battle scenes. But there'd be a "who's who" appendix or something which gives their name and source.
The medium? A mega-adventure, along with comic book and novel tie-in.
The result? Not cataclysmic...not destroying the worlds. But rather, a coherentizing. In the process, all adventures, novels, films, etc (and even odd things like characters seen on the AD&D beach towel), are officially placed in one (or more) worlds and timelines, and all timelines are given a numerical continuity designation. (The Transformers continuity is the most sophisticated example of this; even more complex than the Marvel and DC world-numbering system.)
Also, cross-world play is made more accessible via gates.
For more about the timelines, see: https://sites.google.com/site/dndphilmont/timeline
What heroes and villains would you like to see in the fray?
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