D&D 5E (2024) The new D&D roadmap brings seasons of Champions, Survival, Sword & Sorcery, and Rebellion (TL;DR version)

There's a been a lot of information dropped over the last day or so, and the sheer volume of it can get a little confusing. To help with this, here's a very quick TL;DR look at Dungeons & Dragons' updated roadmap! It's a little blurry, as it was grabbed from the livestream, but you can make out the main elements fairly clearly.

As before, we have various 'seasons'. This year saw the Season of Horror and the Season of Magic, which brought us Ravenloft and Arcana Unleashed, respectively.

Going forward we have:

• Season of Champions: World of Warcraft.
• Season of Survival: Dark Sun.
• Season of Sword & Sorcery: Greyhawk.
• Season of Rebellion: Star Wars

Those are the big four product announcements. WotC also talked about D&D Beyond updates, and three new product lines:

• D&D Icons--this involves veteran creators (Weis, Hickman, Salvatore, etc.) being paired up with the classic worlds they worked on (Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, etc.)
• Universes Beyond--more crossovers, with World of Warcraft and Star Wars being the first.
• Third Party Partnerships--supporting Forgotten Realms, Eberron, and Ravenloft.

Hopefully this short summary helps make sense of all the D&D news from Gen Con. For more in-depth coverage, see Beth Rimmel's article on the D&D Vision Keynote.

 

[Weiley31]

Magus class?

My list of DLC classes continues to grow.

 

[ngenius]

The contrast in the "Universes Beyond" between "World of Warcraft" versus "Star Wars" is leading to some confusion without more information on this Star Wars announcement.

With a pure fantasy like World of Warcraft, even though all new classes were listed out for that new RPG, they have a close link back to Dungeons and Dragons. With Star Wars, will WoTC build something with fresh classes like they did during the d20 era and SAGA Star Wars books, or are they planning to create a Star Wars Dungeons and Dragons world? Because fans of the original d20 and SAGA would consider their games as Star Wars games without even mentioning the Dungeons and Dragons engine. Following that line of historic logic, would then make this new edition more marketable as a new Star Wars game instead of a Dungeons and Dragons Star Wars game.

 

[Youshang]

I think Star Wars deserves it's own, dedicated system but I'm actually excited about the Warcraft supplement.

 

[Morrus]

I think Star Wars deserves it's own, dedicated system but I'm actually excited about the Warcraft supplement.

It has one! Well, I suppose it evolved from the WFRP 3E system. FFG used it then to make Genesys, their generic version of the same system.

 

[...m...]

...it's very fuzzy but is that herbarium on the slide?!.

 

[RoughCoronet0]

...it's very fuzzy but is that herbarium on the slide?!.

Yes, there is a clearer picture in one of the other threads that shows it clearly.

 

[Bravesteel25]

It has one! Well, I suppose it evolved from the WFRP 3E system. FFG used it then to make Genesys, their generic version of the same system.

People can be forgiven for not being aware that the FFG Star Wars game is still alive considering Edge hasn't done anything with it beyond reprints and can't even be bothered to offer up some communication on the future (or lack thereof) of the game system.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Feels very Magic The Gathering, and I'm not sure that's a good thing. "Here's the new hotness; please forget what we piblished and won't support from last season."

Catering to lots of tastes can be good, but fracturing your player base seldom ends well.

 

[HiThere]

People can be forgiven for not being aware that the FFG Star Wars game is still alive considering Edge hasn't done anything with it beyond reprints and can't even be bothered to offer up some communication of the future (or lack thereof) of the game system.

"reprints" being generous already, those books (and the dice!) are still very hard to find