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What do you think the new setting will be, from Ampersand?
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<blockquote data-quote="jsaving" data-source="post: 4698188" data-attributes="member: 16726"><p>This thread's about what the next setting will be, not what people *hope* it will be, right?</p><p></p><p>With that in mind, on what logical basis do people believe Dark Sun is likely to be the next setting? I agree that it's an interesting and innovative place to adventure, but its dark and gritty done is antithetical to the clear "good guys versus bad guys" paradigm the designers are pushing for 4e. And on a more practical level, WotC's recent firing of Noonan -- the person most responsible for making the setting what it is today -- doesn't lend much credence to the idea that they're itching to bring Dark Sun back. Finally, much as I like Dark Sun, it isn't an especially popular setting and hence doesn't jibe with WotC claims that "a lot of people will be pleased" with the next setting selection.</p><p></p><p>With Eberron not having a whole lot to do with the primal source, it's fallacious to think Dark Sun must be the 2010 choice because the PH3 might focus on psionics. Even if the general idea linking power sources to settings were right, Kara-Tur would seem to be a much stronger choice than Dark Sun for two reasons. First, ki has been confirmed for the PH3 whereas psi has only been hinted at, and second, both authors have some familiarity with Kara-Tur (heck, Wyatt wrote two of the OA sourcebooks) whereas neither one of them has done much with Dark Sun. </p><p></p><p>But I think people are overthinking the problem a bit. If you look at which settings have a specific reason to be published in 2010, only two of them get over the bar: Greyhawk because of Gygax's death and Dragonlance because of its fast-approaching anniversary date. Both of these settings were wildly popular back in the day and have a fair amount of residual goodwill, almost ensuring a fairly large cheerleading contingent if they were to be selected. And the fact that we're likely to see both of them over the next few years is strongly foreshadowed in the Manual of the Planes, which specifically calls these places out while barely throwing a bone to the other settings under consideration in this thread. Why make the reference unless the settings are actually going to be explored?</p><p></p><p>I like Dark Sun, but I just don't think it is very likely it will make its triumphant reappearance in 2010.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jsaving, post: 4698188, member: 16726"] This thread's about what the next setting will be, not what people *hope* it will be, right? With that in mind, on what logical basis do people believe Dark Sun is likely to be the next setting? I agree that it's an interesting and innovative place to adventure, but its dark and gritty done is antithetical to the clear "good guys versus bad guys" paradigm the designers are pushing for 4e. And on a more practical level, WotC's recent firing of Noonan -- the person most responsible for making the setting what it is today -- doesn't lend much credence to the idea that they're itching to bring Dark Sun back. Finally, much as I like Dark Sun, it isn't an especially popular setting and hence doesn't jibe with WotC claims that "a lot of people will be pleased" with the next setting selection. With Eberron not having a whole lot to do with the primal source, it's fallacious to think Dark Sun must be the 2010 choice because the PH3 might focus on psionics. Even if the general idea linking power sources to settings were right, Kara-Tur would seem to be a much stronger choice than Dark Sun for two reasons. First, ki has been confirmed for the PH3 whereas psi has only been hinted at, and second, both authors have some familiarity with Kara-Tur (heck, Wyatt wrote two of the OA sourcebooks) whereas neither one of them has done much with Dark Sun. But I think people are overthinking the problem a bit. If you look at which settings have a specific reason to be published in 2010, only two of them get over the bar: Greyhawk because of Gygax's death and Dragonlance because of its fast-approaching anniversary date. Both of these settings were wildly popular back in the day and have a fair amount of residual goodwill, almost ensuring a fairly large cheerleading contingent if they were to be selected. And the fact that we're likely to see both of them over the next few years is strongly foreshadowed in the Manual of the Planes, which specifically calls these places out while barely throwing a bone to the other settings under consideration in this thread. Why make the reference unless the settings are actually going to be explored? I like Dark Sun, but I just don't think it is very likely it will make its triumphant reappearance in 2010. [/QUOTE]
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