What is your reaction to the Ravnica news?

[MarkB]

I went with neutral.

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Disturbing.

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[Craig Fox]

I picked Excited, as Very Excited would be reserved for a new Spelljammer setting.

My initial reaction was "Ravnica? Really? I wonder how much Magic will be involved."
As I learned more, my hopes for a new Planeswalker class using a colored-mana system faded, but I still thought this could be a fun, worthwhile setting.
Now, I'm looking forward to November, and keen to know what my group has to say.

 

[Negflar2099]

I put down neutral. I'm not into Magic, but Ravnica seems like a cool setting so I'm willing to take a look. Off hand though I think I'd rather use Ravnica as a single location in a Spelljammer campaign. That's more my style. I think the Ravnica cover is awesome though.

 

[fjw70]

Neutral for me. I don’t know anything about the setting but am willing to give it a look.

 

[Dungeonosophy]

When I first saw Ravnica, I thought it was *instead* of the classic D&D settings. I was miffed.

But then I realized Eberron is coming out too. I think it's a great strategy to release one Classic D&D setting and one M:tG setting every couple months. Especially since the Magic planes are formally incorporated into the D&D Multiverse. It just makes the D&D Multiverse even bigger, with more places to visit. Cool.

 

[robus]

A new campaign setting without a setting appropriate adventure to get things rolling seems less than ideal. Here’s hoping one appears on DMs Guild at release time.

 

[BookBarbarian]

For me it's the same as any D&D setting book. Something I can steal ideas out of for my games.

So Neutral.

Possibly Chaotic Neutral.

 

[robus]

But then I realized Eberron is coming out too. I think it's a great strategy to release one Classic D&D setting and one M:tG setting every couple months. Especially since the Magic planes are formally incorporated into the D&D Multiverse. It just makes the D&D Multiverse even bigger, with more places to visit. Cool.

That pace seems overly aggressive. Better to time new setting releases with the Magic card set releases, to maximize marketing impact.

 

[Doc_Klueless]

My feelings are completely neutral. I have no wish for another campaign world nor do I begrudge others. I've only just rediscovered my boxed set of Birthright that's been lurking in a back closet at my parents place for years and years.

I will admit, though, that I don't understand the vitriol that this announcement has produced. But I'm unaffected by it.

 

[MechaPilot]

I'm both disappointed and excited.

Ravnica is my favorite MtG block. I love the Orzhov, the Golgari and the Dimir. However, I haven't seen a lot in the Planeshift PDFs that's really appealed to me. So, as is so often the case, it comes down to execution. This means I have muted excitement.

But, I was really hoping for something else. Spelljammer would have been awesome, especially if they had good naval combat rules for the 5e system. I've never read Birthright, so I can't say I'm a fan, but people online have raved about its landhold and rulership mechanics. Those would be cool to see in a 5e update (if they're as good as people say they are). I'm very "Meh, whatever" about Dark Sun, but seeing Planescape updated for the 5e cosmology would be cool.

I am glad we've got Eberron PDFs coming. A 5e update for Eberron is good to see as well (I just hope the artificer works better than the last UA one that was tied to magic guns).