I'd really hope that Greyhawk and Dragonlance are not added to 5E before Planescape or Dark Sun. Setting-wise, neither one differentiates itself much from FR aside from who the major NPCs and gods are.
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i want innistrad more than any other setting. ravenloft fullfills the same thing BUT!!! i don't consider it a setting. as from my understanding like strahd its just small pockets of land. only good for running THAT specific campaign against 1 darklord n nothing else. where's innistrad is a complete setting with many campaign possibilities
if ravenloft is not like what ive describe then let me know please!
the one thing i want more than anything out of either setting is better rules for pcs bieng vampires & lycanthropy!!
Ravenloft is only one "kingdom" among the Domains of Dread. Each of the various domains are ruled over by an equally dangerous ruler and the environment is shaped to fit the realm of origin the rules are from. The campaigns that you run could be as widely varied as any other setting but would have an overall "horror" theme. For example, you could run a game in the the Domain of Strahd, without ever having to encounter him if you like.
I'd really hope that Greyhawk and Dragonlance are not added to 5E before Planescape or Dark Sun. Setting-wise, neither one differentiates itself much from FR aside from who the major NPCs and gods are.
Of the two you mentioned, Dragonlance is more different from the Forgotten Realms than Greyhawk is. I agree, though. We should get Planescape and Dark Sun before Mystara, Greyhawk, or Dragonlance, IMHO.
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i want innistrad more than any other setting. ravenloft fullfills the same thing BUT!!! i don't consider it a setting. as from my understanding like strahd its just small pockets of land. only good for running THAT specific campaign against 1 darklord n nothing else. where's innistrad is a complete setting with many campaign possibilities
if ravenloft is not like what ive describe then let me know please!
the one thing i want more than anything out of either setting is better rules for pcs bieng vampires & lycanthropy!!
Ravenloft is only one "kingdom" among the Domains of Dread. Each of the various domains are ruled over by an equally dangerous ruler and the environment is shaped to fit the realm of origin the rules are from.
so i am correct? see thats my problem . ravenloft setting book is too limited. 1 dark lord 1 bit of land thats fine as an adventure ala curse of strahd NOT as a campaign setting . give me innistrad were you could have waaay more options to run different campaign ideas. vs this realm fight this dark lord n thats all you can really do
i want innistrad more than any other setting. ravenloft fullfills the same thing BUT!!! i don't consider it a setting. as from my understanding like strahd its just small pockets of land. only good for running THAT specific campaign against 1 darklord n nothing else. where's innistrad is a complete setting with many campaign possibilities
if ravenloft is not like what ive describe then let me know please!
the one thing i want more than anything out of either setting is better rules for pcs bieng vampires & lycanthropy!!
Ravenloft is only one "kingdom" among the Domains of Dread. Each of the various domains are ruled over by an equally dangerous ruler and the environment is shaped to fit the realm of origin the rules are from.
so i am correct? see thats my problem . ravenloft setting book is too limited. 1 dark lord 1 bit of land thats fine as an adventure ala curse of strahd NOT as a campaign setting . give me innistrad were you could have waaay more options to run different campaign ideas. vs this realm fight this dark lord n thats all you can really do
Innistrad isn't a classic D&D setting, so it wouldn't fall under this announcement.
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I'd really hope that Greyhawk and Dragonlance are not added to 5E before Planescape or Dark Sun. Setting-wise, neither one differentiates itself much from FR aside from who the major NPCs and gods are.
Of the two you mentioned, Dragonlance is more different from the Forgotten Realms than Greyhawk is. I agree, though. We should get Planescape and Dark Sun before Mystara, Greyhawk, or Dragonlance, IMHO.
Yeah, Dragonlance is more of a low fantasy that edges toward high fantasy the latter you get in the setting while the other two are both high fantasy from the get-go, but all three are very Tolkeinesque fantasy worlds.
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"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
I'd really hope that Greyhawk and Dragonlance are not added to 5E before Planescape or Dark Sun. Setting-wise, neither one differentiates itself much from FR aside from who the major NPCs and gods are.
Of the two you mentioned, Dragonlance is more different from the Forgotten Realms than Greyhawk is. I agree, though. We should get Planescape and Dark Sun before Mystara, Greyhawk, or Dragonlance, IMHO.
Yeah, Dragonlance is more of a low fantasy that edges toward high fantasy the latter you get in the setting while the other two are both high fantasy from the get-go, but all three are very Tolkeinesque fantasy worlds.
Yeah. I would prefer Dragonlance before Greyhawk, as I've read a few of the novels.
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i want innistrad more than any other setting. ravenloft fullfills the same thing BUT!!! i don't consider it a setting. as from my understanding like strahd its just small pockets of land. only good for running THAT specific campaign against 1 darklord n nothing else. where's innistrad is a complete setting with many campaign possibilities
if ravenloft is not like what ive describe then let me know please!
the one thing i want more than anything out of either setting is better rules for pcs bieng vampires & lycanthropy!!
Ravenloft is only one "kingdom" among the Domains of Dread. Each of the various domains are ruled over by an equally dangerous ruler and the environment is shaped to fit the realm of origin the rules are from.
so i am correct? see thats my problem . ravenloft setting book is too limited. 1 dark lord 1 bit of land thats fine as an adventure ala curse of strahd NOT as a campaign setting . give me innistrad were you could have waaay more options to run different campaign ideas. vs this realm fight this dark lord n thats all you can really do
Innistrad isn't a classic D&D setting, so it wouldn't fall under this announcement.
but they also said they're going to continue doing mtg & dnd crossovers. so innistrad is still possible. id prefer it to ravenloft
You all recall during the WotC survey this summer, the first third of the questions felt like they were asking about settings (the rest I think were on how you play)? I think the options were Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms, Planescape, maybe Mystera, Spelljammer, and Dragonlance, I think Eberron was asked about, not sure about Wildemont or the MtG worlds (+homebrew and "write in" ... I remember a Dark Sun forum complaining it wasn't listed as an option and debated the feasibility of a write in campaign). Eberron of course isn't in play since I don't think it's considered "classic" and didn't it's creator just put out a GMs Guild book ... same for Wildemont.
I don't know if Krynn would make sense since as mentioned it's really Tolkienesque and most resembles the Forgotten Realms, though Greyhawk could fall into that category too. That said I could see a Greyhawk book put out to try to keep the long timers interested in 5e, and maybe even crunch it up with some optional rules to keep with the ENW 5.5 project and OGDnD crowd.
I haven't listened to the recording yet so don't know time tables (are these books 2021 projections or they're still thinking conceptually and more like 2022), one thing I could see would be sort of like what they did with Eberron, put out a slimmer book of three settings, and then go big on the most popular if the numbers reflected it (though needs to figure out a solution to the redundant content problem there).
Three worlds in one year though... like I said I guess I'll check the recording to see if they talk about pacing.
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i want innistrad more than any other setting. ravenloft fullfills the same thing BUT!!! i don't consider it a setting. as from my understanding like strahd its just small pockets of land. only good for running THAT specific campaign against 1 darklord n nothing else. where's innistrad is a complete setting with many campaign possibilities
if ravenloft is not like what ive describe then let me know please!
the one thing i want more than anything out of either setting is better rules for pcs bieng vampires & lycanthropy!!
Ravenloft is only one "kingdom" among the Domains of Dread. Each of the various domains are ruled over by an equally dangerous ruler and the environment is shaped to fit the realm of origin the rules are from.
so i am correct? see thats my problem . ravenloft setting book is too limited. 1 dark lord 1 bit of land thats fine as an adventure ala curse of strahd NOT as a campaign setting . give me innistrad were you could have waaay more options to run different campaign ideas. vs this realm fight this dark lord n thats all you can really do
Innistrad isn't a classic D&D setting, so it wouldn't fall under this announcement.
but they also said they're going to continue doing mtg & dnd crossovers. so innistrad is still possible. id prefer it to ravenloft
The campaigns that you run could be as widely varied as any other setting but would have an overall "horror" theme. For example, you could run a game in the the Domain of Strahd, without ever having to encounter him if you like. It is a classic campaign setting that people used for years. You only have to use the ruler of each domain if that fit the game you were trying to play. You are only limited by your imagination as you are with all settings.
i want innistrad more than any other setting. ravenloft fullfills the same thing BUT!!! i don't consider it a setting. as from my understanding like strahd its just small pockets of land. only good for running THAT specific campaign against 1 darklord n nothing else. where's innistrad is a complete setting with many campaign possibilities
if ravenloft is not like what ive describe then let me know please!
the one thing i want more than anything out of either setting is better rules for pcs bieng vampires & lycanthropy!!
Ravenloft is only one "kingdom" among the Domains of Dread. Each of the various domains are ruled over by an equally dangerous ruler and the environment is shaped to fit the realm of origin the rules are from.
so i am correct? see thats my problem . ravenloft setting book is too limited. 1 dark lord 1 bit of land thats fine as an adventure ala curse of strahd NOT as a campaign setting . give me innistrad were you could have waaay more options to run different campaign ideas. vs this realm fight this dark lord n thats all you can really do
Innistrad isn't a classic D&D setting, so it wouldn't fall under this announcement.
but they also said they're going to continue doing mtg & dnd crossovers. so innistrad is still possible. id prefer it to ravenloft
The campaigns that you run could be as widely varied as any other setting but would have an overall "horror" theme. For example, you could run a game in the the Domain of Strahd, without ever having to encounter him if you like. It is a classic campaign setting that people used for years. You only have to use the ruler of each domain if that fit the game you were trying to play. You are only limited by your imagination as you are with all settings.
I think there may be some confusion disagreement because of lore or history deficits. A Ravensloft campaign setting would not be an attempt to punch up Curse of Strahd into a campaign setting. It would be taking the campaign setting (which was once published as a free standing campaign world at least in 2nd edition I think) and run with it. As said a run in with Strahd is as much a prerequisite of running into Elminister in the Realms. Could happen, but doesn't need to.
I think a Ravensloft set would be a. good place also for WotC to set down variety of mechanics for a range of horror options (madness, different ways of handling fear depending on whether we're talking existential dread, jump scares, etc,). Going over to the most recent horror adjacent Rime of the Frost Maiden, I've written elsewhere that a lot of the "celebration" videos for it seem more apologist and coaching audiences in how to establish horror tones in their games. Seems like something they could invest in setting down on paper. The old Ravensloft materials did a bang up job (published at the same time as Chill and Call of Cthulhu were in their hey day, and slightly more fringe stuff live Over the Edge were out there too, so they had a lot of good reference points. Chtuhulhu is still out there as well as its spinoff Delta Green, but I don't know what the horror TTRPG game market is like these days. It consumed the comic shop I used to game out of way back when).
i want innistrad more than any other setting. ravenloft fullfills the same thing BUT!!! i don't consider it a setting. as from my understanding like strahd its just small pockets of land. only good for running THAT specific campaign against 1 darklord n nothing else. where's innistrad is a complete setting with many campaign possibilities
if ravenloft is not like what ive describe then let me know please!
the one thing i want more than anything out of either setting is better rules for pcs bieng vampires & lycanthropy!!
Ravenloft is only one "kingdom" among the Domains of Dread. Each of the various domains are ruled over by an equally dangerous ruler and the environment is shaped to fit the realm of origin the rules are from.
so i am correct? see thats my problem . ravenloft setting book is too limited. 1 dark lord 1 bit of land thats fine as an adventure ala curse of strahd NOT as a campaign setting . give me innistrad were you could have waaay more options to run different campaign ideas. vs this realm fight this dark lord n thats all you can really do
Mmmmmm, no, not quite. If memory serves me correctly, the Ravenloft setting is named after the adventure module that precedes it, but is actually far more expansive and covers much more locations than just Barovia; in fact, it was expanded to include a sister setting called Gothic Earth, which is set in an alternate Victorian era where magic (and Earth) is being corrupted by an insidious force called the Red Death, and draws upon classic characters and tropes from gothic literature.
I honestly don’t want them to bring my two favorites back.
Mystara is my favorite, and I just know whatever they would come out with would at best disappoint me. To see whole nations turned into blurbs, major names barely mentioned and minor names reduced to footnotes if they make it in at all. They would need volumes of books to do even an abridged version justice. The world had a canon 6,000 history going all the way beck to Blackmoor. One continent had 14 nations, and each one was treated as its own smaller campaign setting. And that was just the surface, the interior of the planet had its own campaign setting. And then there were the moons. There are reasons that Mystara hasn’t been supported since WotC bought D&D.
And I already know how much I will end up hating what’s gonna end up happening to Dark Sun. If you know me you know why so I won’t say it “the forbidden word” so as to not derail the thread.
But if I were a betting man, and I am, I would put my chips on Dark Sun being one of the three, Ravenloft being another.
I honestly don’t want them to bring my two favorites back.
Mystara is my favorite, and I just know whatever they would come out with would at best disappoint me. To see whole nations turned into blurbs, major names barely mentioned and minor names reduced to footnotes if they make it in at all. They would need volumes of books to do even an abridged version justice. The world had a canon 6,000 history going all the way beck to Blackmoor. One continent had 14 nations, and each one was treated as its own smaller campaign setting. And that was just the surface, the interior of the planet had its own campaign setting. And then there were the moons. There are reasons that Mystara hasn’t been supported since WotC bought D&D.
And I already know how much I will end up hating what’s gonna end up happening to Dark Sun. If you know me you know why so I won’t say it “the forbidden word” so as to not derail the thread.
But if I were a betting man, and I am, I would put my chips on Dark Sun being one of the three, Ravenloft being another.
I understand that, but disagree in regards to Dark Sun. I would rather see Dark Sun come to 5e with bad psionics that we are capable of ignoring and/or replacing, instead of never getting Dark Sun at all.
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I honestly don’t want them to bring my two favorites back.
Mystara is my favorite, and I just know whatever they would come out with would at best disappoint me. To see whole nations turned into blurbs, major names barely mentioned and minor names reduced to footnotes if they make it in at all. They would need volumes of books to do even an abridged version justice. The world had a canon 6,000 history going all the way beck to Blackmoor. One continent had 14 nations, and each one was treated as its own smaller campaign setting. And that was just the surface, the interior of the planet had its own campaign setting. And then there were the moons. There are reasons that Mystara hasn’t been supported since WotC bought D&D.
And I already know how much I will end up hating what’s gonna end up happening to Dark Sun. If you know me you know why so I won’t say it “the forbidden word” so as to not derail the thread.
But if I were a betting man, and I am, I would put my chips on Dark Sun being one of the three, Ravenloft being another.
You just sold me on looking into Mystara... I didn't know about the interior of the planet having its own stuff too.
meanwhile, my money is on Spelljammer, Ravenloft, and Dark Sun or Planescape. Dan Dillon put out a tweet that basically is summed up as "Yeah, I had an anagram of 'spelljammer confirmed' in one of the replies to the stream."
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I really would love Spelljammer, but that's extremely unlikely, IMO. It has been teased and joked about multiple times, but I really don't think it's coming for a few major reasons.
First and foremost, there are barely any 5e campaign setting books in which the world actually has a crystal sphere. The only one I'm aware of that is confirmed to have one is the Forgotten Realms. The M:tG worlds (Ravinica and Theros) don't have any, Eberron doesn't have one, and Wildemount is not confirmed to have one (but we can probably assume that it does). That's all of the current campaign settings. Sure, older settings are coming out soon, but that doesn't confirm that they'll be ones with access to Spelljammer. Dark Sun has no connection to Spelljammer, Ravenloft has nothing to do with Spelljammer, Planescape isn't really connected to Spelljammer, and those are the 3 most likely settings, IMO.
Second, the rulebook for Spelljammer would be difficult to make. They'd first have to map out multiple crystal spheres, detail the planets and worlds, as well as giving mechanics and rules for Wildspace and the Phlogiston. Then, they'd have to create a ton of vehicles and magic items that would help with traveling through Spelljammer, which they have done a bit of, but there is still a lot of work to be done to fully iron that out. They would also have to create monster stats for all the creatures that live in Spelljammer (they've done a few; mind flayers, giff, neogi) and races for certain Spelljammer-specific humanoids. They would also have to create some subclasses as well, like all 5e setting books, and factions in space (i.e. elven armada), and get into all of the mechanics of D&D cosmology.
Third, the setting is obscure. Not many new players have heard of it, and to be honest, it is quite weird (I have DMed a campaign in this setting in 5e, it is very strange). It doesn't feel like normal D&D, which may be the thing that could draw people to it, but I have not met many older players who are nostalgic for this setting. In my personal experience, this setting is sort of a black sheep, that weird thing that happened one time before TSR sold D&D that was marketed as "D&D in SPAAACCE!" Don't get me wrong, I love the setting and would love for it to return, but WotC's resources, in their own opinion, might be better spent working on revamping Planescape or Dark Sun. There's not as much a guarantee with a possible Spelljammer book to sell as a Ravenloft or Darksun setting.
Those are the major reasons that I don't see WotC bringing Spelljammer to fifth edition, no matter how much I would love to see it come.
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I think the next UA will give us some hints as to what may be in the works as far as settings are concerned. Hopefully we won't have to wait too much longer for the next one to hit now that the Celebration is over.
I'd really hope that Greyhawk and Dragonlance are not added to 5E before Planescape or Dark Sun. Setting-wise, neither one differentiates itself much from FR aside from who the major NPCs and gods are.
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"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Ravenloft is only one "kingdom" among the Domains of Dread. Each of the various domains are ruled over by an equally dangerous ruler and the environment is shaped to fit the realm of origin the rules are from. The campaigns that you run could be as widely varied as any other setting but would have an overall "horror" theme. For example, you could run a game in the the Domain of Strahd, without ever having to encounter him if you like.
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Of the two you mentioned, Dragonlance is more different from the Forgotten Realms than Greyhawk is. I agree, though. We should get Planescape and Dark Sun before Mystara, Greyhawk, or Dragonlance, IMHO.
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so i am correct? see thats my problem . ravenloft setting book is too limited. 1 dark lord 1 bit of land thats fine as an adventure ala curse of strahd NOT as a campaign setting . give me innistrad were you could have waaay more options to run different campaign ideas. vs this realm fight this dark lord n thats all you can really do
Innistrad isn't a classic D&D setting, so it wouldn't fall under this announcement.
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Yeah, Dragonlance is more of a low fantasy that edges toward high fantasy the latter you get in the setting while the other two are both high fantasy from the get-go, but all three are very Tolkeinesque fantasy worlds.
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Yeah. I would prefer Dragonlance before Greyhawk, as I've read a few of the novels.
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but they also said they're going to continue doing mtg & dnd crossovers. so innistrad is still possible. id prefer it to ravenloft
You all recall during the WotC survey this summer, the first third of the questions felt like they were asking about settings (the rest I think were on how you play)? I think the options were Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms, Planescape, maybe Mystera, Spelljammer, and Dragonlance, I think Eberron was asked about, not sure about Wildemont or the MtG worlds (+homebrew and "write in" ... I remember a Dark Sun forum complaining it wasn't listed as an option and debated the feasibility of a write in campaign). Eberron of course isn't in play since I don't think it's considered "classic" and didn't it's creator just put out a GMs Guild book ... same for Wildemont.
I don't know if Krynn would make sense since as mentioned it's really Tolkienesque and most resembles the Forgotten Realms, though Greyhawk could fall into that category too. That said I could see a Greyhawk book put out to try to keep the long timers interested in 5e, and maybe even crunch it up with some optional rules to keep with the ENW 5.5 project and OGDnD crowd.
I haven't listened to the recording yet so don't know time tables (are these books 2021 projections or they're still thinking conceptually and more like 2022), one thing I could see would be sort of like what they did with Eberron, put out a slimmer book of three settings, and then go big on the most popular if the numbers reflected it (though needs to figure out a solution to the redundant content problem there).
Three worlds in one year though... like I said I guess I'll check the recording to see if they talk about pacing.
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The campaigns that you run could be as widely varied as any other setting but would have an overall "horror" theme. For example, you could run a game in the the Domain of Strahd, without ever having to encounter him if you like. It is a classic campaign setting that people used for years. You only have to use the ruler of each domain if that fit the game you were trying to play. You are only limited by your imagination as you are with all settings.
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I think there may be some confusion disagreement because of lore or history deficits. A Ravensloft campaign setting would not be an attempt to punch up Curse of Strahd into a campaign setting. It would be taking the campaign setting (which was once published as a free standing campaign world at least in 2nd edition I think) and run with it. As said a run in with Strahd is as much a prerequisite of running into Elminister in the Realms. Could happen, but doesn't need to.
I think a Ravensloft set would be a. good place also for WotC to set down variety of mechanics for a range of horror options (madness, different ways of handling fear depending on whether we're talking existential dread, jump scares, etc,). Going over to the most recent horror adjacent Rime of the Frost Maiden, I've written elsewhere that a lot of the "celebration" videos for it seem more apologist and coaching audiences in how to establish horror tones in their games. Seems like something they could invest in setting down on paper. The old Ravensloft materials did a bang up job (published at the same time as Chill and Call of Cthulhu were in their hey day, and slightly more fringe stuff live Over the Edge were out there too, so they had a lot of good reference points. Chtuhulhu is still out there as well as its spinoff Delta Green, but I don't know what the horror TTRPG game market is like these days. It consumed the comic shop I used to game out of way back when).
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Mmmmmm, no, not quite. If memory serves me correctly, the Ravenloft setting is named after the adventure module that precedes it, but is actually far more expansive and covers much more locations than just Barovia; in fact, it was expanded to include a sister setting called Gothic Earth, which is set in an alternate Victorian era where magic (and Earth) is being corrupted by an insidious force called the Red Death, and draws upon classic characters and tropes from gothic literature.
I honestly don’t want them to bring my two favorites back.
Mystara is my favorite, and I just know whatever they would come out with would at best disappoint me. To see whole nations turned into blurbs, major names barely mentioned and minor names reduced to footnotes if they make it in at all. They would need volumes of books to do even an abridged version justice. The world had a canon 6,000 history going all the way beck to Blackmoor. One continent had 14 nations, and each one was treated as its own smaller campaign setting. And that was just the surface, the interior of the planet had its own campaign setting. And then there were the moons. There are reasons that Mystara hasn’t been supported since WotC bought D&D.
And I already know how much I will end up hating what’s gonna end up happening to Dark Sun. If you know me you know why so I won’t say it “the forbidden word” so as to not derail the thread.
But if I were a betting man, and I am, I would put my chips on Dark Sun being one of the three, Ravenloft being another.
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I understand that, but disagree in regards to Dark Sun. I would rather see Dark Sun come to 5e with bad psionics that we are capable of ignoring and/or replacing, instead of never getting Dark Sun at all.
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You just sold me on looking into Mystara... I didn't know about the interior of the planet having its own stuff too.
meanwhile, my money is on Spelljammer, Ravenloft, and Dark Sun or Planescape. Dan Dillon put out a tweet that basically is summed up as "Yeah, I had an anagram of 'spelljammer confirmed' in one of the replies to the stream."
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I really would love Spelljammer, but that's extremely unlikely, IMO. It has been teased and joked about multiple times, but I really don't think it's coming for a few major reasons.
First and foremost, there are barely any 5e campaign setting books in which the world actually has a crystal sphere. The only one I'm aware of that is confirmed to have one is the Forgotten Realms. The M:tG worlds (Ravinica and Theros) don't have any, Eberron doesn't have one, and Wildemount is not confirmed to have one (but we can probably assume that it does). That's all of the current campaign settings. Sure, older settings are coming out soon, but that doesn't confirm that they'll be ones with access to Spelljammer. Dark Sun has no connection to Spelljammer, Ravenloft has nothing to do with Spelljammer, Planescape isn't really connected to Spelljammer, and those are the 3 most likely settings, IMO.
Second, the rulebook for Spelljammer would be difficult to make. They'd first have to map out multiple crystal spheres, detail the planets and worlds, as well as giving mechanics and rules for Wildspace and the Phlogiston. Then, they'd have to create a ton of vehicles and magic items that would help with traveling through Spelljammer, which they have done a bit of, but there is still a lot of work to be done to fully iron that out. They would also have to create monster stats for all the creatures that live in Spelljammer (they've done a few; mind flayers, giff, neogi) and races for certain Spelljammer-specific humanoids. They would also have to create some subclasses as well, like all 5e setting books, and factions in space (i.e. elven armada), and get into all of the mechanics of D&D cosmology.
Third, the setting is obscure. Not many new players have heard of it, and to be honest, it is quite weird (I have DMed a campaign in this setting in 5e, it is very strange). It doesn't feel like normal D&D, which may be the thing that could draw people to it, but I have not met many older players who are nostalgic for this setting. In my personal experience, this setting is sort of a black sheep, that weird thing that happened one time before TSR sold D&D that was marketed as "D&D in SPAAACCE!" Don't get me wrong, I love the setting and would love for it to return, but WotC's resources, in their own opinion, might be better spent working on revamping Planescape or Dark Sun. There's not as much a guarantee with a possible Spelljammer book to sell as a Ravenloft or Darksun setting.
Those are the major reasons that I don't see WotC bringing Spelljammer to fifth edition, no matter how much I would love to see it come.
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I think the next UA will give us some hints as to what may be in the works as far as settings are concerned. Hopefully we won't have to wait too much longer for the next one to hit now that the Celebration is over.
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Once again, I will laugh my ass off if the next UA that comes out is for Kender.
I would be very happy if kender and gully dwarves never got canon stats in D&D ever again.
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"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
I guess I just don't get the appeal of Dark Sun...
I see such empassioned support for it and all I keep wondering is 'am I missing something?'