WotC Why WotC SHOULD Make A New Setting

[aco175]

I would love a new setting- to see what they are thinking then decide if I wanted to purchase. I likely would not end up buying it since I like the medieval fantasy and have Greyhawk and Forgotten Realms(ish). Dragonlance is a maybe if it was more supported and gave me less of some and more of others. But Spelljammer, Ravenloft, Planescape, Dark Sun, etc... is not my thing. I fear that a new setting would not be my thing as well. There would be a dedicated group that likes it the same as the others, but likely not sell as great as people want.

They could go the route of attaching everything to FR like AlQadim or KaraTur or Maztica, or Old Empires, or... but they are similarly the same as a new setting. Like mentioned above they split the base.

Could all of these just be FR and not have their own thing? Rebrand them and fold everything into one base with several 'countries' of flavor instead of new settings. Might not be that far from things we have now if I wanted to play a KaraTur ninja in with my AlQadim defiler with my Waterdeep rogue. Sounds like bloat and splat books, which is not such a bad thing for those that want that stuff. And it would attract buyers who buy everything FR on habit.

 

[ZeshinX]

Urban Fantasy as in the modern genre, not "medieval fantasy set in a city."

Yep, brain fart on my part then.

 

[bedir than]

I expect they'll do something new for the romantasy-leaning effort that is likely upcoming.

I think the semi-modernist urban fantasy could be interesting. It would have to avoid Eberron's noir vibes and not be cyber to be D&D.

I'd LOVE a Pirates of Dark Water meets D&D setting.

 

[Reynard]

I expect they'll do something new for the romantasy-leaning effort that is likely upcoming.

I think the semi-modernist urban fantasy could be interesting. It would have to avoid Eberron's noir vibes and not be cyber to be D&D.

Something in the vein of Carnival Row with a little less Steampunk might hit the spot there.

I'd LOVE a Pirates of Dark Water meets D&D setting.

Oh for sure. I would love a weird fantasy setting.

 

[Frozen_Heart]

In my opinion D&D has moved away from medieval fantasy and settings like Greyhawk, Dragonlance, ect no longer reflect what the game is.

Build a setting from the ground up that embraces the new ancestries, class, technologies, and prevalence of magic.

I kind of want both. Two new settings, one fully embracing modern DnD and everything it represents. The other being a much more dark and gritty old style fantasy.

Forgotten Realms is trying to be both, and managing to be neither.

 

[nyvinter]

The big problem is the meta-story but I'd love an iteration of stuff from unused MtG worlds and make it into something new for D&D. Floating island from Zendikar mixed with the more fairytale aestetics of Eldraine.

 

[DEFCON 1]

Then they can free themselves from the need to sully themselves, and just work on new things.

Yeah... or the few people who are tied to having these settings exactly as they were the first time can just use the old books they already own, rather than worrying about the new version that gets released that changed a few things.

Either or.

 

[darjr]

Iomandra by Perkins would have been amazing. For example.

 

[Zaukrie]

If they do one, Nentir and Midgard and Scarred Lands are the ones I'd borrow from. I love all three of those.

 

[Scribe]

Yeah... or the few people who are tied to having these settings exactly as they were the first time can just use the old books they already own, rather than worrying about the new version that gets released that changed a few things.

Either or.

Or Wizards can see the people who have given up on them and moved on, and realized the wheel needs to turn back.

Maybe why they have this Greyhawk outreach?