D&D 5E Which Magic the Gathering setting would you want added officially to D&D?

[Urriak Uruk]

My bet is for Kaladesh because is arcanepunk, and this means vehicles, and theses can be sold by Hasbro as toys. One of my April's fool jokes was telling there would be published as comic a crossover between Kaladesh and Transformers.

D&D is not really used a "toy-brand" by Hasbro, beyond the miniatures of Wizkids (which can be made for any product).

 

[Parmandur]

D&D is not really used a "toy-brand" by Hasbro, beyond the miniatures of Wizkids (which can be made for any product).

They tried a bit a couple years back with Kreo: if/when the movie happens, you will see that change, hugely and rapidly.

 

[Parmandur]

Kamikawa is interesting, but it is like a one-shot story. It is better to start from zero to add a little brother to Kara-Tur.

Innistrad has got a great potential to be the rival of Ravenloft. The demiplane of the dread now is too small to be a "Jurassic Park" for monsters from Hammer films.

My bet is for Kaladesh because is arcanepunk, and this means vehicles, and theses can be sold by Hasbro as toys. One of my April's fool jokes was telling there would be published as comic a crossover between Kaladesh and Transformers.

Kaladesh fell flat with the player base, apparently, so it is not a high priority for the M:tG side of things

As for actual analytical speculation: the recent UA leaves one highly suspicious that they are working on another rMagic D&D book of some sort. Next year in 2020, M:tG is returning to Theros and Zendikar, and introducing a new Kaoju setting. The main logical probabilities are:

• Theros book
• Zendikar book
• Zendikar/Theros book or two Magic books (!)
• Broad-based "Planeshift" book

I'm leaning towards the latter at the moment, but time will tell.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

Kreo wasn't a success, but that was not fault by D&D franchise. They know if the work is good, it may be their Star Wars. Then the next step will be something about d20 Modern 2.0.

 

[gyor]

Kaladesh fell flat with the player base, apparently, so it is not a high priority for the M:tG side of things

As for actual analytical speculation: the recent UA leaves one highly suspicious that they are working on another rMagic D&D book of some sort. Next year in 2020, M:tG is returning to Theros and Zendikar, and introducing a new Kaoju setting. The main logical probabilities are:

• Theros book
• Zendikar book
• Zendikar/Theros book or two Magic books (!)
• Broad-based "Planeshift" book

I'm leaning towards the latter at the moment, but time will tell.

The first UA really didn't have Zendikar or Theros Themes, the Barbarian was more Eldraine or Shadowmoor, and the Astral Monk, I'm not really sure which setting that one fits, does any MtG plane have anything like an Astral Plane? Maybe the Blind Eternities itself.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

Kreo wasn't a success, but that was not fault by D&D franchise. They know if the work is good, it may be their Star Wars. Then the next step will be something about d20 Modern 2.0.

Here's the thing; Hasbro doesn't know that even if they make a good toy it will be a success. After all, the audience between Hasbro toys and D&D aren't truly overlapping much anymore, with D&D primarily being a game for adults. There also isn't much of a connection to buying "D&D toys" to enhance your D&D game unless you intend to use them as stand-ins for miniatures; but Wizkids already exists.

Kaladesh fell flat with the player base, apparently, so it is not a high priority for the M:tG side of things

As for actual analytical speculation: the recent UA leaves one highly suspicious that they are working on another rMagic D&D book of some sort. Next year in 2020, M:tG is returning to Theros and Zendikar, and introducing a new Kaoju setting. The main logical probabilities are:

• Theros book
• Zendikar book
• Zendikar/Theros book or two Magic books (!)
• Broad-based "Planeshift" book

I'm leaning towards the latter at the moment, but time will tell.

If it is a Magic setting, I'm thinking you're right that it will mix a few. Eldraine/Theros/Zendikar/Ikoria would be a dope mix.

 

[Parmandur]

The first UA really didn't have Zendikar or Theros Themes, the Barbarian was more Eldraine or Shadowmoor, and the Astral Monk, I'm not really sure which setting that one fits, does any MtG plane have anything like an Astral Plane? Maybe the Blind Eternities itself.

The Barbarian didn't reaaaally have a Fey theme except dor them throwing out the word "Feywild." Seems likely to be misdirection.

The abilities of the "Astral" Monk do match with Red Mana spells, such as Extra Arms.

 

[gyor]

The Barbarian didn't reaaaally have a Fey theme except dor them throwing out the word "Feywild." Seems likely to be misdirection.

The abilities of the "Astral" Monk do match with Red Mana spells, such as Extra Arms.

But what MtG setting does it match?

 

[Parmandur]

But what MtG setting does it match?

Any, basically.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

The Barbarian didn't reaaaally have a Fey theme except dor them throwing out the word "Feywild." Seems likely to be misdirection.

The abilities of the "Astral" Monk do match with Red Mana spells, such as Extra Arms.

The barbarian to me is definitely a "what if a barbarian was also a wild magic sorcerer." Which kind of fits the idea of a barbarian tied to the Feywild, though works for other things too. Could be a misdirection but can also be legit.

Definitely could fit Eldraine, definitely fits Garruk who's in the center of that.

 

[Parmandur]

The barbarian to me is definitely a "what if a barbarian was also a wild magic sorcerer." Which kind of fits the idea of a barbarian tied to the Feywild, though works for other things too. Could be a misdirection but can also be legit.

Definitely could fit Eldraine, definitely fits Garruk who's in the center of that.

Fits a Red Mana theme well.

 

[robus]

I picked up the Dominaria art book as a basis for a homebrewed campaign world as there’s a good variety of locations and civilization. But I’m quite disappointed in it as it seems to focus more on people and history and less on detailing locations. I was hoping for something more like the Zendikar book.

So, I’m not sure what I’m looking for, I guess, but I think it’s stuff that whets my appetite for adventure and for me that’s fantastic lands and mysterious ruins rather than people.

Think about a alien visitors guide to Earth, sure they’d put some modern cities on there, but also the great natural wonders and ancient sites. But how many leaders would make the cut?

 

[Parmandur]

I picked up the Dominaria art book as a basis for a homebrewed campaign world as there’s a good variety of locations and civilization. But I’m quite disappointed in it as it seems to focus more on people and history and less on detailing locations. I was hoping for something more like the Zendikar book.

So, I’m not sure what I’m looking for, I guess, but I think it’s stuff that whets my appetite for adventure and for me that’s fantastic lands and mysterious ruins rather than people.

Think about a alien visitors guide to Earth, sure they’d put some modern cities on there, but also the great natural wonders and ancient sites. But how many leaders would make the cut?

That's basically the natural tension of making a Magic setting for D&D, though: the Magic stories are about characters in big, sweeping plots with fuzzy backdrops. With Guildmasters Guide to Ravnica, the Guilds themselves, as institutions full of people, are the Setting, more than places in the Megacity.

This can work for a D&D book, by focusing on being one of the larger than life figures that traipizes through the fuzzy backdrops.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

That's basically the natural tension of making a Magic setting for D&D, though: the Magic stories are about characters in big, sweeping plots with fuzzy backdrops. With Guildmasters Guide to Ravnica, the Guilds themselves, as institutions full of people, are the Setting, more than places in the Megacity.

This can work for a D&D book, by focusing on being one of the larger than life figures that traipizes through the fuzzy backdrops.

I think the main strength of the Ravnica book (at least how it was pitched) is that it detailed a lot of that fuzzy backdrop with some actual street-level details.

 

[Parmandur]

I think the main strength of the Ravnica book (at least how it was pitched) is that it detailed a lot of that fuzzy backdrop with some actual street-level details.

Well, a bit, but it achieved more in detailing the institutions, and where characters firnin them in relation to the big movers of Ravnica. The Megacity itself is left to the procedural generation tools.

 

[cbwjm]

On a MtG side note, I think l Theros Beyond Death will not invovle Heliods death like most people think. Instead I think most of the plot will invovle the white knight Planeswalker chick (I forget her name) journeying through the Underworld, and instead of running into the regular Theros Gods she runs into their fallen predocessors, the Theros equivilant of the Titans instead, either as allies or threats or both. Just a prediction. Plus the quest or adventure keyword.

From memory, the last time we saw Elspeth (I think that's her name) she was making one of those golden masks to return to the land of the living as one of the returned. I don't think that Theros had any titan equivalents, rather they had other gods that were conjured up by the people of Theros before being forgotten and fading out of existence. The god of mystery is the oldest god in in the setting and he has watched gods come and go. In Theros, the gods really do only exist because of the beliefs of the people.

 

[robus]

This can work for a D&D book, by focusing on being one of the larger than life figures that traipizes through the fuzzy backdrops.

Perhaps, I think the Zendikar and Innistrad art books ruined me. They are very evocative. I think Ixalan might be similar, but Kaladesh and Dominaria are a disappointment.

I have no desire to run anything in Ravnica so I haven’t picked it up, but I keep hearing good things.

You saw Wyatt said there was no Eldraine art book forthcoming. (full disclosure: I have no idea what he’s talking about )

 

[gyor]

From memory, the last time we saw Elspeth (I think that's her name) she was making one of those golden masks to return to the land of the living as one of the returned. I don't think that Theros had any titan equivalents, rather they had other gods that were conjured up by the people of Theros before being forgotten and fading out of existence. The god of mystery is the oldest god in in the setting and he has watched gods come and go. In Theros, the gods really do only exist because of the beliefs of the people.

I know, but my hypothesis is that gods that die or fade away end up in the Underworld.

 

[gyor]

From memory, the last time we saw Elspeth (I think that's her name) she was making one of those golden masks to return to the land of the living as one of the returned. I don't think that Theros had any titan equivalents, rather they had other gods that were conjured up by the people of Theros before being forgotten and fading out of existence. The god of mystery is the oldest god in in the setting and he has watched gods come and go. In Theros, the gods really do only exist because of the beliefs of the people.

I know, but my hypothesis is that gods that die or fade away end up in the Underworld.

 

[Parmandur]

Perhaps, I think the Zendikar and Innistrad art books ruined me. They are very evocative. I think Ixalan might be similar, but Kaladesh and Dominaria are a disappointment.

I have no desire to run anything in Ravnica so I haven’t picked it up, but I keep hearing good things.

You saw Wyatt said there was no Eldraine art book forthcoming. (full disclosure: I have no idea what he’s talking about )

I hadn't seen that... interesting.