D&D 5E What 3 Settings did you pick in the Survey

What 3 Settings did you pick in the Survey

  • Forgotten Realms

    Votes: 35 21.7%
  • Ravenloft

    Votes: 25 15.5%
  • Ravnica

    Votes: 4 2.5%
  • Birthright

    Votes: 15 9.3%
  • Planescape

    Votes: 52 32.3%
  • Spelljammer

    Votes: 32 19.9%
  • Mystara

    Votes: 21 13.0%
  • Dragonlance

    Votes: 22 13.7%
  • Darksun

    Votes: 55 34.2%
  • Theros

    Votes: 7 4.3%
  • Greyhawk

    Votes: 38 23.6%
  • Home Brew

    Votes: 85 52.8%
  • Eberron

    Votes: 45 28.0%


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Dragonlance has got a potential value as multimedia franchise, to sell other products as action figures, shirts or skins in videogames (Fortnite, coug, coug!). In the past the heroes of the lance were the most famous D&D characters, even more than Elminster or Drizzt D'ourden. But the setting is not enough flexible for PCs who aren't heroes of the lance.

A remake of the modules? Totally possible.

If a no-Forgotten Realms D&D videogame is possible, the options are Dragonlance, Ravenloft and Planescape. But we are talking about a AAA that needs a lot of time and money. This is not an Assasin's Creed every year.

The movie studios, Paramount, Netflix, Warner and Disney would fight to can adapt the Dragonlance saga, a potential cash-cow, but here the mistakes are too expensive. The action-live movies need time and the actors get old too fast, or something happens and a recast is necessary. Castlevania is a good example of Western animation for adults can work and not only for comedies but also fantasy action. Of course those can produce their own fantasy movies starting from zero and with total control and creative freedom, but today a known brand helps. Hasbro/WotC has to choose wisely any new partnership deal.

The erasure of the previous canon of Dragonlance can be very dangerous because this may be not wellcome by the fandom. An option is a "fake-crossover", for example a group of teenages go to a casting for a future game-live show but the producer really if a archfey ruling her own delight domain. The "chosen champions" are abducted and sent of a "fake Krynn" where they will live adventures like a rip-off of the heroes of the lance. (it would be very fun Laurana with voice of telenovela (Latino soap-opera) screaming Kitiara: "Get away from my man, viper!"). The original lore wouldn't be altered at all. Comedy and epic fantasy (and some touchs of romance), perfect even for the audience who knows nothing about the books.

WotC created Theros because classic mythologies are public domain, and everybody can publish their own version.
 

huh, this sample of voters is nowhere nearly big eoungh to be representative of anything, but Birthright is faring better that I thought.
I have never played it, but it is setting that actually is about something instead of being generic fantasy mush. It also would be interesting release in a sense that it would have to contain domain management rules. I basically always homebrew, so to me value of official setting is in the elements I can steal.
 



I chose Eberron as my main favorite, with Exandria (a write-in) and Spelljammer being the secondary favorites. Eberron is unique and great, Spelljammer is wacky and awesome, and Exandria is my favorite "kitchen sink, generic fantasy" setting for D&D.
 

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