D&D 5E Which Classic Settings do you think WotC will publish?

[Henadic Theologian]

We just had an Unearth Arcana with Dragonlance references. My bet is that DL is the next campaign world.

A single Dragonlance reference in a sea of FR references.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

I do think Dragonlance and Darksun are apart of the long term plans, but compared to other stuff they have stuff to figure out about how to approach them.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

I think this like Marvel Cinematic Universe with Phase 1, Phase 2, etc... and we could talk about "alpha" (the favorite and most popular) and beta (no so famous). All the alpha titles will come back, in this phase or in the next. Dragonlance is one of the favorites, but I doubt seriosly a reboot of the setting when there are too many novels. An option would be to publish an alternate timeline, like Ultimate and Earth 616 in Marvel, or Earth 1 and Earth 2 in DC. But this idea can alter radically the cosmology of all D&D multiverse.

I would bet future projects are too linked with the videogame industry, because they are the best way to promote the franchise, and the streaming series (Netflix, Disney+, HBO..). The bad new is the AAA titles need a lot of time and money. It is not easy not even for Amazon, a true megacorporation that has started with his own "the New World". The videogames also allow to alter the canon with different options, for example changing gender of the PCs. Dark Sun is perfect for a survival sandbox as Conan Exiles, but they will need a lot of graphic designers because the tribal-punk look is really special. A survival set in Jackandor shouldn't be worse than D&D games for mobiles.

Other idea is a parntership with Capcom for a Mystara with mash-up "isekais" from Capcom franchises. Capcom arcade was set in Mystara.

 

[Parmandur]

We just had an Unearth Arcana with Dragonlance references. My bet is that DL is the next campaign world.

That UA had as many Greyhawk references as Dragonlance, more Forgotten Realms references, and had Gem Dragons and Kobolds, neither of which exist on Krynn.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

That UA had as many Greyhawk references as Dragonlance, more Forgotten Realms references, and had Gem Dragons and Kobolds, neither of which exist on Krynn.

All the references except Fizban are FR lore, with some over lap with Greyhawk lore, but zero Greyhawk exclusive lore.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

There will certainly be a lot of synergies for Wizards to tap into with the movie (see also the new Dragonlance novels and the Dragonlance setting...I hope). One of the reasons I also think a new FR campaign book is needed is that you need something that big to deal with revising the drow and orc cultures in the Realms.

We do need a Forgotten Realms Campaign Book, because outside of the Swordcoast, nothing is properly supported and waiting to do each region in turn at the current rate of once outside of the Swordcoast every 5 years are so will have us all dust and bones before they are done.

No your right now is the time to do it, two AAA games this year set in FR, MtG AFR set, the FR movie is being shot, the moment is swimming in synergies. FR's fan base is going to get bigger and now is the time to strike.

Now is the time to make that dwarven PC named Karl Hungus.

For a moment I read this as "Nautiloid Spermjammer cards."

 

[Parmandur]

All the references except Fizban are FR lore, with some over lap with Greyhawk lore, but zero Greyhawk exclusive lore.

The Fairy Dragon god is originally from Greyhawk, like a lot of minor FR deities.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

The Fairy Dragon god is originally from Greyhawk, like a lot of minor FR deities.

Like I said overlap, FR rolled Greyhawk for its none human deities, just like later it rolled Greyhawk for its greatest archwizard and Demiliches, it rolled Planescape for its Planetouched, it rolled Real World Polytheism for its religions, it rolled Nerath for Tieflings, Devas, Ravenqueen, ect..., it rolled Spelljammer for Spelljammer for Spelljammers and Nautiliods, ect...

 

[bedir than]

There will be new (to D&D) settings as well as classic settings. Probably about half and half, so one classic and one new per year would be a reasonable guess.

Their public statements are that THREE are coming out by end of 2022. The idea that they would only release a single classic over the ensuing years is laughable.

 

[Parmandur]

Like I said overlap, FR rolled Greyhawk for its none human deities, just like later it rolled Greyhawk for its greatest archwizard and Demiliches, it rolled Planescape for its Planetouched, it rolled Real World Polytheism for its religions, it rolled Nerath for Tieflings, Devas, Ravenqueen, ect..., it rolled Spelljammer for Spelljammer for Spelljammers and Nautiliods, ect...

Point is, it's a Setting generic UA.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Point is, it's a Setting generic UA.

Filled with Forgotten Realms lore.

 

[Parmandur]

Filled with Forgotten Realms lore.

Two tidbits and a Greyhawk borrowing, yes.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

JAKANDOR 5E!

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Two tidbits and a Greyhawk borrowing, yes.

At least 2 tidbits, some GH shared lore, the fact that everything fits FR lore (if Fizban is a Planeswalker), which is more then you can say for the other settings. Greyhawk has no Dragonborn and Dragonlance has no Gem Dragons (and no none Draconian Dragonborn).

FR is the only setting that the whole UA can fit into and when you add the Dragon Options UA with Subclasses 5 UA, its the basic common structure of Player Options for Setting Books, 2 subclass, some races, a smattering of other player options including Supernatural Gifts (this time Dragon Themed) like Ravenloft got Dark Gifts and Theros got its own Supernatural Gifts. And yes the Dragon Gifts were labeled feats, but Gifts have been structured as Gifts and you can in fact take a feat instead of a gift in MOoT.

You add in the fact that we now know that AFR and one of its Commander Decks has strong Dragonic themes including solid Dragon tribal and Dragon Gods and special extra Dragon Alt Art and it just fits.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I would guess, though, that Jakandor and Ghostwalk are dead and gone for good, and if we see an Asian setting it won't be Kara-Tur.

I would love to see Ghostwalk as part of a big book of undead content. The original had plenty of player-facing content that could be adapted.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

I would love to see Ghostwalk as part of a big book of undead content. The original had plenty of player-facing content that could be adapted.

Ghostwalk could be added to the Shadowfell somewhere maybe, in some future book, but it likely won't get its own setting book.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Well except Nentir Vale but it's not one of the four and has a LOT of overlap with Greyhawk because they appropriated a lot of classic Greyhawk materials for it.

I wasn't a 4E player -- bought the PHB, saw it wasn't for me, sold it immediately -- but a Nentir Vale book could have the Marshal base class, monsters with the bloodied condition, subclasses based on 4E classes, etc. I think there's plenty of content to support a setting and both player- and DM-facing book. I actually think it's firmly a top 5 choice for classic settings.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Ghostwalk could be added to the Shadowfell somewhere maybe, in some future book, but it likely won't get its own setting book.

The city of Manifest is explicitly on the Prime Material. It's built above an open gateway to the land of the dead, allowing both player characters to enter the (shockingly small) land of the dead to rescue dead comrades and for characters that die nearby to switch to undead classes, something that the Ravenloft Lineages system will make even easier.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

I wasn't a 4E player -- bought the PHB, saw it wasn't for me, sold it immediately -- but a Nentir Vale book could have the Marshal base class, monsters with the bloodied condition, subclasses based on 4E classes, etc. I think there's plenty of content to submit a setting and both player- and DM-facing book. I actually think it's firmly a top 5 choice for classic settings.

I think FR and Wildemount ate Neraths lunch and they don't seem to ask about the setting anymore. Its firmly in the depths of the 3rd tier of settings sadly .

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

At the very least, I expect to see the Dalelands be the setting for the next major FR adventure book, with a mini-gazetteer along the lines that was given to Ten Towns for Rime.

I'm not a Forgotten Realms fan by any means, but I'm shocked that we haven't gone back to the Dalelands since, I believe, 3E.