D&D 5E WotC 5E Release Schedule - What's Next?
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Parmandur
Book-Friend, he/him
It is worth noting that for the immediate future, their main tie-in is for the MMO Neverwinter; wouldn't be surprised if their next attempt an MMO is Sigil, or something that would allow them to plug in anything, anywhere.
For now, being on the Sword Coast is too useful.
For now, being on the Sword Coast is too useful.
pming
Legend
Hiya!
I'm pretty sure I read that EE is going to be placed in FR.
That said, if they do it "the right way" (re: a way I like 
), they will have it's background changed a bit. What I'd do is basically "give credit to where it came from" in the form of how it got into FR. My initial thought is something along the line of:
"On the world of Oerth, in a section of that world generally referred to as Greyhawk, arose a great evil. [insert very brief and loose description of what happened] Upon it's second attempted rise back up from the ruins, a hearty group of adventurers finally destroyed the temples masters, and in doing so disrupted the planar magics that were anchored in that fell place. Or so they believed... As the demons howled at their defeat, Zuggtmoy, thought destroyed, lashed out in an attempt to hold onto the moral world. She found a small tear between the planes, and through that arrived in Faerune. [insert new background on Temple of Elemental Evil]"
Basically, pay homage to the "original", and set up an entirely new background for the Forgotten Realms version. This would do a few things: First, it might get me to buy it. Second, it wouldn't annoy as many Greyhawk'ers (or may annoy them less), thus reducing "setting animosity" between fans...maybe. Third, it would give the FR a whole new "classic", without the FR fans feeling like they were getting hand-me-downs from their older brother. I think this would be a win/win situation. Personally, I'd liken it to the "newer" Star Trek movies...the "complete reboot" ones from '09 and '13; still Star Trek, same characters, different "realities" or "timelines" that allowed for following movies to not step on the toes of what had already been established for the series/older-movies.
Oh, and as for other Settings you missed: Lots.
(Birthright, Dragonlance, Mystara, Maztica, Kara-Tur, Jakandor, ...here's a list of most "D&D" settings, not all owned by WotC, but anyways... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_&_Dragons_campaign_settings ). I'd like to see what they could do with Dragonlance and Birthright, personally.
^_^
Paul L. Ming
I'm pretty sure I read that EE is going to be placed in FR.
That said, if they do it "the right way" (re: a way I like ), they will have it's background changed a bit. What I'd do is basically "give credit to where it came from" in the form of how it got into FR. My initial thought is something along the line of:"On the world of Oerth, in a section of that world generally referred to as Greyhawk, arose a great evil. [insert very brief and loose description of what happened] Upon it's second attempted rise back up from the ruins, a hearty group of adventurers finally destroyed the temples masters, and in doing so disrupted the planar magics that were anchored in that fell place. Or so they believed... As the demons howled at their defeat, Zuggtmoy, thought destroyed, lashed out in an attempt to hold onto the moral world. She found a small tear between the planes, and through that arrived in Faerune. [insert new background on Temple of Elemental Evil]"
Basically, pay homage to the "original", and set up an entirely new background for the Forgotten Realms version. This would do a few things: First, it might get me to buy it. Second, it wouldn't annoy as many Greyhawk'ers (or may annoy them less), thus reducing "setting animosity" between fans...maybe. Third, it would give the FR a whole new "classic", without the FR fans feeling like they were getting hand-me-downs from their older brother. I think this would be a win/win situation. Personally, I'd liken it to the "newer" Star Trek movies...the "complete reboot" ones from '09 and '13; still Star Trek, same characters, different "realities" or "timelines" that allowed for following movies to not step on the toes of what had already been established for the series/older-movies.
Oh, and as for other Settings you missed: Lots.
(Birthright, Dragonlance, Mystara, Maztica, Kara-Tur, Jakandor, ...here's a list of most "D&D" settings, not all owned by WotC, but anyways... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_&_Dragons_campaign_settings ). I'd like to see what they could do with Dragonlance and Birthright, personally.^_^
Paul L. Ming
Jester David
Hero
Did WotC ever officially announced Princes of the Apocalypse? I thought the partner, Sasquatch games, leaked that.
So far we've been told nothing from WotC for beyond January.
So far we've been told nothing from WotC for beyond January.
Warunsun
First Post
I am pretty sure that Sasquatch didn't leak it. It was discovered on a ordering schedule of some kind. So, if anything, it is on Wizards.
Olaf the Stout
Hero
My bad guys. I did have a quick look to see if there was a similar thread already started as I haven't been paying super close attention to this forum. Obviously I failed my Search check.
I did know that WotC have said they will be slowing down their release schedule. However, I am still surprised that they haven't even mentioned what's in the pipeline beyond an adventure and related Player Guide, which are due out next March.
I thought I may have missed something, despite the EN World D&D 5E release schedule page not showing any other products either.
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Warunsun
First Post
The Feywild is most directly connected to the Forgotten Realms as far as published campaign sources go. There are also Eladrin a plenty in the realms. I would guess that this Wonderland one would probably be connected to the realms even if only tenuously. I have read several times that Apocalypse was in the Forgotten Realms here on enworld.org. And Mearls has said that the Forgotten Realms was the campaign area of main concern but even so there has been no announcements I know of for a main campaign book. That FR book is going to be a problem like many other posters have surmised. If they remove the Eladrin from the world it would irritate a lot of fans. If they keep them then the same thing will happen: many irritated fans. It is not just the Eladrin either as there were many new elements added in the last six years.
Olaf the Stout
Hero
Having played a "each player runs a kingdom" Birthright campaign back in the AD&D 2E days, I'd definitely be interested in a 5E version of Birthright.
I think it would work well as a single book with mechanics for how to run a campaign where each player controls their own kingdom. It would be completely different to your usual D&D game as the players aren't working directly together as a group (and would often be working against each other), but I think many people would be interested in it.
Plus the various 2E region guides for Birthright (available on D&DClassics.com) could potentially still be fine to use as is. From memory they didn't include a heap of mechanical information, mainly fluff about the region and their relationships with other regions.
Inchoroi
Adventurer
Hiya!
I'm pretty sure I read that EE is going to be placed in FR.
"On the world of Oerth, in a section of that world generally referred to as Greyhawk, arose a great evil. [insert very brief and loose description of what happened] Upon it's second attempted rise back up from the ruins, a hearty group of adventurers finally destroyed the temples masters, and in doing so disrupted the planar magics that were anchored in that fell place. Or so they believed... As the demons howled at their defeat, Zuggtmoy, thought destroyed, lashed out in an attempt to hold onto the moral world. She found a small tear between the planes, and through that arrived in Faerune. [insert new background on Temple of Elemental Evil]"
Basically, pay homage to the "original", and set up an entirely new background for the Forgotten Realms version. This would do a few things: First, it might get me to buy it. Second, it wouldn't annoy as many Greyhawk'ers (or may annoy them less), thus reducing "setting animosity" between fans...maybe. Third, it would give the FR a whole new "classic", without the FR fans feeling like they were getting hand-me-downs from their older brother. I think this would be a win/win situation. Personally, I'd liken it to the "newer" Star Trek movies...the "complete reboot" ones from '09 and '13; still Star Trek, same characters, different "realities" or "timelines" that allowed for following movies to not step on the toes of what had already been established for the series/older-movies.
Oh, and as for other Settings you missed: Lots.
^_^
Paul L. Ming
That would be quite cool, actually, and would fit with the "Planar" feel that 5e already has. I totally forgot about Planescape, too; how did I forget about that? I'd expect Planescape to be later, if at all, but before Spelljammer.
I wouldn't be surprised if they did a Dragonlance adventure, as well, at some point; it would be awesome if they got Hickman and Weiss (sp?) to at least consult. I don't recognize the last four, nor Birthright, however. I really want a Dark Sun path, though; of all the settings, FR is close to my heart because of the novels, but Dark Sun is definitely my favorite of the settings, even if it leaves little in the way of ideas for the paths (Fight the Sorcerer-Kings is about the only one I can think of); I wonder if they'll do something like Elemental Evil, and revive an older storyline. What was the best storyline for Dark Sun back in the day?
Parmandur
Book-Friend, he/him
That is, actually, the opposite of what they have states in some ways. Forgotten Realms is where they are starting, but they have stated they have plans to use all of their settings. Mearls said they are starting with the FR, then moving to others. Just not too specific on how that's gonna work.
