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Does anyone know what major module will be released now that the Giant one has been released? I would really hope that there would be some Dragonlance loving.
Thank you.
I don't really seeing them support much of anything outside of the Realms.
Usually the name and synopsys of the spring adventure is revealed around late january.
... At least it was for PotA and CoS. ;)
Interesting. I am hoping for some Dragonlance love.
Hmm. So it does not seem that they are going to be doing Dragonlance?
I wouldn't hold your breath on it. They may do a non-FR adventure every 5th one (CoS was the 5th adventure they put out), though I could be wrong. I would say the next one they do would probably be Planescape or Dark Sun.
This makes me very sad. While I understand that there were overloads of Campaign Settings in 2nd edition, many of these settings were loved by people who played them.
Where would I find the DL UA's?
The "Waterborne Adventures" is the only one that had anything for Dragonlance, and that just detailed the Minotaur (Krynn), only because they are a seafaring race in Dragonlance.
I think it would be neat if they came out with a hardcover with 6 to 12 campaign settings in it.
Then they could gauge the popularity of a bunch of different settings, and know which ones to expand on.
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I think it would be neat if they came out with a hardcover with 6 to 12 campaign settings in it.
Then they could gauge the popularity of a bunch of different settings, and know which ones to expand on.
Unfortunately Hasbro has explicitly nixed making settings in an attempt to make DnD itself specifically a name brand.
How has the strategy been working for them?
How has the strategy been working for them?
Their sales figures aren't public, but by all discernible ways, pretty well:
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/stranger-breathes-fire-back-dungeons- dragons-article-1.2739642
Couldn't they come out with "The Dungeons & Dragons Campaign Sampler" and include a bunch of campaign settings in it? Kind of how the DMG has details on a variety of planes (Arcadia, Mechanus, Acheron, etc.) and fantasy styles (Sword & Sorcery, Gothic Horror, Epic Adventures, etc.).
I think they should have made a campaign setting that encompassed more than typical fantasy, kind of like Paizo did. Everyone is happy and you don't split the fanbase.
Couldn't they come out with "The Dungeons & Dragons Campaign Sampler" and include a bunch of campaign settings in it? Kind of how the DMG has details on a variety of planes (Arcadia, Mechanus, Acheron, etc.) and fantasy styles (Sword & Sorcery, Gothic Horror, Epic Adventures, etc.).
In my opinion, such a book wouldn't offer enough information on any one setting to please most buyers. I believe a survey would be cheaper and serve just as well to garner the information on what settings are popular, of which I'm sure they have already done.
I agree I would like to see another setting or two done or even a new generic setting if they refuse to actively print material on anything other than FR.
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When I have enough material for my home world I plan on publishing it on DM's Guild. My basic plan is this...
Publish "drop in material" that is generic in nature. A detailed kingdom with no drawn out history in order for the DM to make it jive with their own world or FR, Greyhawk etc. Have the maps drawn up so that they easily insert anywhere.
Put plains around the entire edges of the map so that one could attach another kingdom that also is surrounded by 100% plains that way they fit together and the DM could put it on any side of the first kingdom they wish. Don't leave any open ended locations such as rivers that flow off the map. Make sure everything is self-contained. Keep the number of miles the map covers the same on each side. If you add a scale of miles make sure it matches with any other maps you make. I would opt to leave a scale of miles off the map so the DM could determine how large of an area the plains extend in order to make it a better fit to their own world.
As long as each map contains plains on the edges and the scale of miles is the same from one map to another one could provide as many of these small generic locations as there was public interest. Make each kingdom as different as possible. In addition, if one didn't want to create a kingdom one could center the map around a mountain range, hills, desert, dragon graveyard, volcanic region, etc. making that the primary feature of the material. One could write a history for the terrain type which would drop into any world far easier than a kingdom would, just make sure each map ends with 100% plains surrounding the edges of the map so it fits together with other maps that are designed the same way.
Another possibility is drop in "islands" locations which can fit into any world. These "islands can be as big or small as one likes. It could be a island nation, part of a new generic continent which fits into the ocean of nearly any world because most have large oceans towards the edges of home world and commercial worlds such as Greyhawk. The DM just drops it into whatever ocean works for their world. Stay away from naming the waters surrounding the island/new continent so that DM's don't get frustrated with names not matching their home world, the FR, Greyhawk, etc.
Other details such as random encounters, key locations on the map such as a wizard's keep, a series of caverns passing underneath the mountains, etc. can be fully described in these fully contained maps.
Using such a model, multiple DMs could work individually and so that one DM's map matches with another DMs. The only thing that would need to be the same is the outer terrain and scale of miles from one map to the other. Those purchasing the material could buy the ones that are only of interest.
Couldn't they come out with "The Dungeons & Dragons Campaign Sampler" and include a bunch of campaign settings in it? Kind of how the DMG has details on a variety of planes (Arcadia, Mechanus, Acheron, etc.) and fantasy styles (Sword & Sorcery, Gothic Horror, Epic Adventures, etc.).I think it could work well, but the only way it makes sense is in a PHB2 type book that has a major player rules expansion.
It would make sense if it was spun as a "multiverse" bit. Showing the connections between the core Forgotten Realms material plane setting and a number of other material plane settings. How they are connected, how they could be used in a campaign and, of course, information on the settings. More popular ones could get expanded treatment in other books (adventures etc.). Kind of a handbook of the planes for the material planes. And a regular handbook of the planes would be nice as well...
It would make sense if it was spun as a "multiverse" bit. Showing the connections between the core Forgotten Realms material plane setting and a number of other material plane settings. How they are connected, how they could be used in a campaign and, of course, information on the settings. More popular ones could get expanded treatment in other books (adventures etc.). Kind of a handbook of the planes for the material planes. And a regular handbook of the planes would be nice as well...Couldn't they come out with "The Dungeons & Dragons Campaign Sampler" and include a bunch of campaign settings in it? Kind of how the DMG has details on a variety of planes (Arcadia, Mechanus, Acheron, etc.) and fantasy styles (Sword & Sorcery, Gothic Horror, Epic Adventures, etc.).I think it could work well, but the only way it makes sense is in a PHB2 type book that has a major player rules expansion.
I was thinking of it being kind of a backdoor campaign setting for Planescape. One aspect of Planescape that is often overlooked is that it's a way to connect lots of Prime Material Planes too. You can team up a kender handler, an Athas gladiator, a Harper bard, an Al Qadim genie binder, a pistol-packing paladin from the Flaeness, and a samurai from Kara-Tur. Also, doesn't the Harmonium call some prime called Orthos kip? It would be neat to know a little bit more about that.
That was something that I appreciated about both Ravenloft and Planescapes, the possability of the mixing of the worlds. Spelljammer also did that but I never played or owned any of that stuff,
Was Mystara the world that the Basic and other boxed sets was supposed to take place in?
I see. I never really got into that setting. So this is where Castle Amber, for example, took place?
I just found out that Wizards isn't making D and D novels any more.
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I just found out that Wizards isn't making D and D novels any more.
I think that is a rumor. According to the D&D panel at Gameholecon 2016, they said that it was just a situation where they did not have any books coming out soon. Their model seems to be to give only a month or two lead time for announcements to keep the excitement up.
It is possible, and it is only speculation, that they are looking at making a shift to introduce another setting/world, and they may need to tap other authors or get the current authors informed enough to write in the new world. (Say Planescape, or Greyhawk, for example.)
I don't know. Time will tell.