Warforged, Kender, Multiverses, & Errata - An Eclectic News Summary!

WotC's Mike Mearls has confirmed that the D&D website articles will be starting up again - and that we should expect top see Warforged very soon. In response to a question about Warforged and Kender, he says "Yes, warforged will be up first - jury duty has messed with our plans, but stuff is moving along." In other news, Jeremy Crawford commented on the "default" setting of D&D and on upcoming errata documents slated for Spring.
WotC's Mike Mearls has confirmed that the D&D website articles will be starting up again - and that we should expect top see Warforged very soon. In response to a question about Warforged and Kender, he says "Yes, warforged will be up first - jury duty has messed with our plans, but stuff is moving along." In other news, Jeremy Crawford commented on the "default" setting of D&D and on upcoming errata documents slated for Spring.

He also commented briefly on the Adventurer's Guide rumours of later, confirming that "yes, the material will be available in the free PDF download" ; while some of the material in that download will also appear in the Princes of the Apocalypse hardcover, "there will be some exclusive stuff in the download". Regarding PotA, he says "I *think* it's in the 256 - 320 range - can't remember off the top of my head" - which sounds broad, as I mentioned to him, but he responded that "it's not so wide when you think in 32 page increments!" That's not all that's on his mind these days - we already know Chris Perkins is working on something slated for 2016, and Mike Mearls says that "I have the stuff we're doing in 2017 much more front of mind these days!"

[lq]Does the D&D tabletop RPG have one official setting? The answer is yes. That setting is the multiverse, which includes all D&D worlds.[/lq]

In other bite sized items, WotC's Jeremy Crawford commented on the concept of a "default" setting for D&D. "Does the D&D tabletop RPG have one official setting? The answer is yes. That setting is the multiverse, which includes all D&D worlds. The worlds occupy pockets of the Material Plane—sort of like planets but in a space shaped by magic and divine forces." This ties in with what Chris Perkins is working on for 2016, which he has previously stated as being non-Realms material.

Errata documents are also being prepared. Crawford confirms it -- "Errata documents are definitely on the way, starting with the Player's Handbook. They'll start coming out before the spring." He also commented briefly on the recent "announced/not announced" thing, indicating that "We won't announce products until they're ready. We do consider Greyhawk and others to be in 5E; they're in the core books!"
 

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Don't listen WotC, stick to your plans! The surveys told the truth, bloat is bad. The hardcore & the amateur press want monthly releases, but the hobbyists just want a healthy game!
 

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They are already redoing Elemental Evil and if this is like ToEE or Return to ToEE it will be the 3rd iteration of it... so what is the point in that?

From what rumors I've been hearing here and elsewhere... it's not a revamp of the actual ToEE, it only uses the elemental lords.

They could wrap spelljammer and sigil into a book that is just a big "sailing across the multiverse" book that covers not only the adventure but how to run a game in that setting. It would be interesting since spelljammer hasn't really been updated that much. I know I don't have that info on my shelves since I didn't get into it the first time, but I would be tempted this time.

Honestly we could all just be playing 2E and using DnDclassics if we didn't care about new 5E products?

They absolutely *could* do that. I'm only coming at it from the guesswork involved in figuring whether they *might* do that. And I'm guessing that the whole point of offering all these products on dndclassics.com is so that people *do* buy them and use them in whichever edition they choose to play-- using the stories as-is, but recreating the mechanics. All so that WotC doesn't need to spend the time and manpower necessary to rewrite them and slap a 5E cover on it *in the hopes* that it's a product that enough people will want to buy to actually cover the cost of producing it in the first place.
 

If that is the case with dndclassics I do hope that they come out with some articles on their site to show folks that might not know older editions as well how to go about converting them for 5E.

As far as it not being ToEE, I'm sure they will change things but the big draw of the whole module is that it is a similar theme.
 


Just a thought but might they plan on adding Kender and Warforged and stuff to the free PDF coming out in mid march as well as the stuff that had originally been intended for AH? I mean why not?
 

Yes but I mean modules specifically detailing it to a greater degree than what is presented in the DMG.
They could make a "City of Doors: Sigil" book and it would mesh with every setting they can put in. They can even add in "You can use this book to connect to any world that is part of the multiverse, etc, etc".

Somewhat tragically, because I know I'm never going to get my detailed poster map of the Cage, there is no need for such a product:

http://www.dndclassics.com/product/17274/In-the-Cage-A-Guide-to-Sigil-2e?it=1&filters=0_44712_0
 

My original point (also touched upon by others) is that if they are only publishing new materials set in the Forgotten Realms, then that is the default setting no matter what they say.

...Actions being louder than words and all that.

Similarly, they could publish some non-FR Adventure League materials, but that would mean one's existing Adventure League character would not be able to be used in the alternate setting. You'd have to create a new character or use some suspension-of-disbelief gymnastics on how your adventurer is able to hop from world to world.

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My original point (also touched upon by others) is that if they are only publishing new materials set in the Forgotten Realms, then that is the default setting not matter what they say.

Chris Perkins is working on non-Realms material.
 

I don't think "all is core setting" is a dodge; the game has been out for less than a year, I say give 'em time. They've published a couple of adventures to coincide with the game release and are working on a third, that's not much of a trend. The core books mention and have examples (and book quotes!) from all their universes -- something I picked up on right away reading the basic rules -- and they chose to set their first adventures in the FR. The latter I wouldn't say indicates a default world, just a choice. The core books are very inclusive, they have years upon years of material for previous works, and they've not had time to release stuff. And stuff I would guess is a commin' for the other worlds.
 

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