D&D General Would you like there to be a new publication of Dark Sun?

[squibbles]

Hi all, considering how heated the discussion here has been since WotC stated they would not revisit Dark Sun, I thought I'd ask how many of you would have liked them to do so (in an ad-hoc unscientific convenience sample).

The poll is deliberately simple, so that you can answer, on balance, which way you lean, and explain your reasoning and any conditions or complicating factors downthread.

Importantly, it's not meant to be asking "should WotC publish new Dark Sun books?", but rather do you want new Dark Sun books to be published.

...Also, please don't continue the argument from the other thread here. Ty

 

[Blue Orange]

Better something than nothing, and it will increase interest in the setting.

 

[squibbles]

Better something than nothing, and it will increase interest in the setting.

That's my feeling but, to be fair, there are opportunity costs. Time spent creating new Dark Sun materials is time not spent creating other content.

 

[MGibster]

As a fan of the original, Dark Sun had its chance in the 90s. Maybe move forward with something new and exciting.

 

[Stormonu]

Yes, I'd like a 5E Dark Sun, as close to the original boxed setting that they could get. Preferably with a cloth map, though.

 

[Jasperak]

This is at least the fifth attempt at this post. I want nothing to do with the other Dark Sun thread and any arguments therein--never took one step inside.

My only comment is this: cannot the current generation of creators just make a new world/campaign that works off what is best in the current rules? Isn't that how we got Eberron with the new 3rd edition of D&D?

I want nothing to do with a reimagining of Dark Sun.

EDIT: Clarification on which thread I meant.

 

[aco175]

I voted no because selfishly I would want them making something I would play instead.

 

[Digdude]

I voted yes because Im an adult and an anthropologist at heart and am not scared of problematic content.

 

[squibbles]

This is at least the fifth attempt at this post. I want nothing to do with the current thread and any arguments therein--never took one step inside.

I also want nothing to do with the argument in the other threads, and I put a disclaimer to that effect in the OP. Nor do I have an agenda to decry WotC for its decision not to return to the setting. Having seen--and mostly opted out of--the heated discussion in the other threads, this thread is a gut check about what the posters here by and large want.

My only comment is this: cannot the current generation of creators just make a new world/campaign that works off what is best in the current rules? Isn't that how we got Eberron with the new 3rd edition of D&D?

Yes, that's a totally reasonable view.

And if the current generation of creators conceived a novel and textured new sword and planet, sword and sorcery, or swords and sandals setting, that integrated well with the 5e or upcoming OneD&D rules, I would love to see it published.

 

[Jasperak]

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And if the current generation of creators conceived a novel and textured new sword and planet, sword and sorcery, or swords and sandals setting, that integrated well with the 5e or upcoming OneD&D rules, I would love to see it published.

Yes. This +1.

Sword & Sorcery and Sword & Planet are currently some of my favorite genres. While born of the adventure stories of a hundred years ago, I think they can grow much like Sci-fi has over the same span.