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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 7736513" data-attributes="member: 6704184">The setting literally only matters for what tone and themes it provides. If they aren’t going with the Dragonlance Chronicles, the setting serves literally only that purpose, and Eberron is the best setting for hitting that tone they were talking about before the production moved to paramount. If paramount isn’t interested in that same idea, then setting only matters if, again, they have a specific type of story they want to tell. How niche the setting is doesn’t matter. They could never mention the name of the world, and never use the name of the setting in marketing, and it would make absolutely no difference. Eh, broad 80’s nostalgia is only going to help in terms of people connecting DnD to the 80’s via either their own memories or stuff like Stranger Things, OR using a world that strongly resembles the cartoon. Dragonlance might hit that nerve, but I don’t know how well it sold when it was first printed. I know tons of people who came to dnd by way of the DL novels, or who read them all but never played dnd, but that’s anecdotal. It does have the benefit of Joe Mangenello being super hyped for it, for what hats worth. IMO the options that makes sense are DL Chronicles, Eberron with a focus on a fun adventure story with noir notes and overall GoTG tone, or ignoring/making up the setting.</blockquote>