Which WotC settings in 4th Edition?

[Darrius Adler]

Eberron and Ravenloft are what I want to see. I really hope Ravenloft will rise again but I think if it does it will not resemble the past much. Almost expect a re-write from the ground up. Figure they will keep some of the major Darklords, and make the setting more All Things Horror than Gothic Horror. Probably add in domains created in the new Ravenloft novels that are in the works. Which is fine by me, I can take things toward the gothic horror style while others can run with what suits them. I just pray that the Taint rules do not get added.... I really hate those rules.

 

[DerekSTheRed]

I've already decided to run my 4E campaigns in Birthright. It already feels like 4E.

Shadow world - Check
No Gnomes - Check
Feywild - People were know to walk in to an elven forest and reappear decades later, so check
PoL - BR has lots of mid to high level bad guys with their own domains, sorta check

Since BR was never fully fleshed out, one can find places for the new races without messing up existing canon. The only change that I'm having trouble with is the elf/eladrin split. Other then that, the setting as written works very well for 4E. I'm hoping that one of the DMG X books contains rules for running a domain. Then a BRCS can just reference that book and expand on it using setting specific things if they decide to publish it.

Derek

 

[Cirex]

I voted for Greyhawk, Eberron and FR. Forgot to vote for Ravenloft.

However, I think I won't be going back to any of the old settings, I just prefer Eberron.
I'm already thinking how can I adapt things to start my first 4e campaign at Eberron already, instead of having to wait till late 2009 (or 2010, Spanish translators are slow, even the editor's website mocks them).
Eberron races, especially warforged or other things (Marks powers) could be a problem, but I could place the game in an isolated place and start working from there.

 

[Staffan]

While I'd love to see Mystara re-done (and just *cannot* understand all the love for Eberron), I'm not all that concerned which ones they re-do provided one thing happens:

the adventure modules they publish are not blatantly setting-specific.

I sincerely disagree.

Let me explain: I prefer my settings to be highly distinct from one another. Having three different "medieval fantasy with castles and knights and stuff" settings is redundant. If they are going to support, say, three settings, I'd rather they be Forgotten Realms, Dark Sun, and Spelljammer than Forgotten Realms, Greyhawk, and Dragonlance.

With that in mind, I would want the adventures released for each setting cater to the stuff that makes that setting interesting. IMO, one of the best adventures written for 2e was the Dark Sun adventure Dragon's Crown, where the PCs travelled all over the setting, and encountered man-eating halflings, giants living on islands in the Sea of Silt, ruins from the Cleansing Wars, thri-kreen driven mad by the psionic plot-device, and stuff like that. That adventure would not have worked at all in Forgotten Realms, because FR doesn't have any of that stuff.

 

[Fallen Seraph]

Eberron races, especially warforged

You should note that Changelings, Shifters and Warforged will have PC-rules in the MM.

 

[Spinachcat]

7% for Blackmoor? You should be ashamed!

Blackmoor has never gotten its due. Dave Arneson did some very fun stuff with that setting and it has tremendous potential to breakout of the "standard fantasy" that is so common with most settings. The blend of sci-fi and fantasy would give WotC a chance to resurrect a classic and recreate a setting very different than WoW.

If you are a fan of Eberron, you owe yourself a good look at Iron Kingdoms. IK is a great D20 steampunk fantasy setting with deep politics and a very evocative environment. Go buy it now!

 

[Boarstorm]

Man, what I wouldn't give for some old-fashioned Neogi and Umberhulk action in ye olde phlogiston.

I'd all but forgotten about the setting until someone mentioned the Rock of Bral recently, and now I can't get it out of my head.

 

[Wombat]

New edition, new settings.

Start fresh and have the rules and the setting actually fit together.

 

[arscott]

Points of Light?
Higher powered starting characters?
Less reliance on equipment?
Psionics not just a clone of Arcane magic?
A valid party w/out God-granted spells?
Mysterious absence of gnomes?

Sounds like the new rules fit together with certain settings better than the old rules ever did.

 

[qstor]

They said at DDXP that they're going to make a new setting for 4e as well. As much as I want it, I doubt that Dragonlance and Greyhawk will get support. They'll ditch the settings like they did the Vancian magic sytem.

Mike