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

[gyor]

"No, you'd just need a "core supplement" of sorts to bridge the gap between core 3 and the setting; Xanathar's for a specific setting"

I thought it was going to be more like Volo's Guide to Monsters, a generic D&D book peppered with some FR and rarer other setting references.

Here is to hoping we get some good FR beyond Xanathar himself.

 

[darjr]

what is that from? Link?

 

[gyor]

Its from his twitter feed.

 

[CapnZapp]

He just confirmed 6th edition too

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[gyor]

https://mobile.twitter.com/mikemearls/status/884615640035635201

Here it is along with other info, such as I think they are planning to cram all the settings into one book.

 

[gyor]

He just confirmed 6th edition too ��

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Hahahaha, that was in jest.

 

[gyor]

https://mobile.twitter.com/mikemearls/status/886642893267456000

Some intel on the settings and the planes

 

[Jester David]

It's a weird statement to make and reads curiously even in context.
The problems with rapid twitter conversation really: you're trying to reply quickly, but also concisely to get through the character limits.

 

[pukunui]

"No, you'd just need a "core supplement" of sorts to bridge the gap between core 3 and the setting; Xanathar's for a specific setting"

I thought it was going to be more like Volo's Guide to Monsters, a generic D&D book peppered with some FR and rarer other setting references.

Here is to hoping we get some good FR beyond Xanathar himself.

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.

 

[GX.Sigma]

"No, you'd just need a "core supplement" of sorts to bridge the gap between core 3 and the setting; Xanathar's for a specific setting"

I thought it was going to be more like Volo's Guide to Monsters, a generic D&D book peppered with some FR and rarer other setting references.

Here is to hoping we get some good FR beyond Xanathar himself.

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.