D&D 4E Which old setting would you like to see revamped for 4E?

[RandomCitizenX]

Had to go with Spell Jammer, because bizarre space opera swashbuckling fantasy is just what the doctor ordered.

 

[nothing to see here]

Good to see spelljammer in first this early on.

Settings that are varations on standards fantasy tropes are already well covered. Spelljammer takes basic D&D assumptions and twists them in a very novel way. 4e would also provide a clear excuse to ditch the metasetting crap that burdoned the setting so much in its previous incarnation.

Barring that, Darksun also has a fun twist on the standard tropes. Planescape did too, but the new default planar arrangements makes a re-engineering of that setting even less likely than spelljamming.

A setting is more than a setting, it is also the inspiration for countless homebrews. Provide settings that allow you to stretch the existing D&D rules and assumptions in innovative and interesting ways and you will have my hard-earned dollars.

 

[A'koss]

Another vote for Greyhawk, but I would also love to see Planescape return at some point as well. Dark Sun has interesting elements but I've always found it a bit too much a one-trick-pony setting to be in my top 2 picks. The rest I have various levels of ambivalence towards...

 

[Bryntryst]

Dark Sun, hands down. If there ever was a setting with a 'points of light' feel to it, that was it.

 

[Dausuul]

Man, no love for Maztica.

Also, I had no idea there were so many Spelljammer fans...

 

[Steely Dan]

Man, no love for Maztica.

Ha ha, very funny!

 

[Imperialus]

Dark Sun, hands down. If there ever was a setting with a 'points of light' Shade feel to it, that was it.

FIFY

 

[James Heard]

Al-Qadim, or at least some variation of Al-Qadim to provide an "Arabian Nights" sort of setting. I love Greyhawk, Mystara, & Ravenloft but I'm really never worried about those settings because they've already got plenty going for them. Al-Qadim, on the other hand, if nothing else is the perfect vehicle for some of the most beautiful shelf space art that the game has ever known IMO.

I'd kick away any silly attachment the setting had to the FR though, and make it's own animal.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

I'd kick away any silly attachment the setting had to the FR though, and make it's own animal.

I'd strongly second this. I think both AQ is better without the burden of the FR and vice-versa. If done alone, rather than as part of the FR, it's something I'd definately want to pick up.

 

[edemaitre]

While I know that Greyhawk and the Forgotten Realms have the most supporters, I'd like to see "Dungeons & Dragons" Fourth Edition support (by third parties, if need be) for Mystara, Dragonlance, Al Qadim, and Kara Tur. This may indicate some nostalgia for OD&D and AD&D, but there has also been little support for many of these in a long time.

Ravenloft/Masque of the Red Death, Dark Sun, Council of Wyrms, and Spelljammer would be close behind for me. That last one might be easier to do with the new cosmology. I'd also like to see D&D4e worldbooks for historical settings, similar to the AD&D2 and D20 books for Rome, Greece, Egypt, Vikings, etc.

Of course, with the revised OGL, nonfantasy worlds that are compatible with D&D4e will be scarce, and I prefer the D20 references for modern and science fiction settings that didn't use D20 Modern to those that did, but that's probably a discussion for another thread.