D&D 5E Xanathar's for a specific setting according to Mearls

[Ahrimon]

I read it the other way in that they would produce a Xanathar like book for any setting that they produce. A book that explains the setting, and shows you how to fit the core 3 into it to include what options fit, what doesn't, and how to change things to make them fit.

 

[Mistwell]

He just confirmed 6th edition too ��

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No he didn't yah muckraker. It was a joke!

 

[CapnZapp]

Hahahaha, that was in jest.

No he didn't yah muckraker. It was a joke!

There is a smiley in my post, though it curiously doesn't show up when you quote me.

 

[gyor]

I hope you guys are wrong, I hope they at least show how the subclasses fit into the Realms, like the SCAG did. I don't think they will get exclusive to the realms, I just want some Realmsian lore.

 

[lkj]

I think by "Xanathar's for a specific setting," he meant "a mechanical expansion book, like Xanathar's Guide, but for a specific setting." Implying that Xanathar's Guide itself is not for a specific setting.

Ah! That makes a lot more sense. And now, to me, it clearly reads that way. Maybe because I want it to. But, yes, twitter conversations are hard to understand sometimes.

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[gyor]

Xanathar's Guide to Everything touches on every major part of the game and is designed for any D&D world. #DnD

Jeremy Crawford


So I maybe wrong, I hope they at least have some new FR lore for 5e.

 

[lkj]

Xanathar's Guide to Everything touches on every major part of the game and is designed for any D&D world. #DnD

Jeremy Crawford


So I maybe wrong, I hope they at least have some new FR lore for 5e.

I think that having some FR lore isn't incompatible with that quote. But who knows.

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[gyor]

I think that having some FR lore isn't incompatible with that quote. But who knows.

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Your likely right

 

[dave2008]

I don't think he was actually talking about Xanathar's Guide so much as using it as an example. That is, when they get around to doing Eberron, they'll put out a book along the same lines as Xanathar's, but specific to Eberron.

I doubt Xanathar's Guide will be any more FR-specific than Volo's was.

That was how I understood it too.

 

[Mercule]

I don't think he was actually talking about Xanathar's Guide so much as using it as an example. That is, when they get around to doing Eberron, they'll put out a book along the same lines as Xanathar's, but specific to Eberron.

I doubt Xanathar's Guide will be any more FR-specific than Volo's was.

That's how I read it.

Surprising, though. I would have expected something more like SCAG. Also, I still hate the name "Xanathar". The format may or may not be better for Eberron (for example) than SCAG, but any comparison to the "book of gargled peanut butter" gets a negative reaction, from me.