Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Wizards of the Coast promised that three classic campaign preferences are repay toDungeons & Dragons , with two get in in 2022 , and one in 2023 . The personal identity of the 2022 definitive campaign setting was unveil during the first - ever D&D Direct online case , as Spelljammer is return in August , and Dragonlance is returning in late 2022.D&D ’s third returning crusade setting in 2023is still a enigma , yet there are some stiff prospect for the locating , as well as for future planned revert configurations .
It was bring out during the D&D Direct that Spelljammer is fare back inSpelljammer : Adventures in Space , which is a corner solidifying that contains three books . The Dragonlance setting is coming back in an unusual elbow room , as it ’s being unloosen as both a campaign Bible and a board game , which are compatible with each other . These were two of the most highly - call classic campaign options and longtime fans are ecstatic to see them return after such a prospicient time .
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There are a number of classicD&Dsettings , yet many are unconvincing to return . There are someD&Dsettings that can not come in back in 5e , as they now belong to to dissimilar newspaper publisher , so they are unlikely to come back without a licensing stack in stead . There are also some less popular setting that probably wo n’t return , such as Birthright and Council of Wyrms . This still leaves some swelled names from the chronicle ofD&Dthat could make their return in the hereafter , especially now that Spelljammer and Dragonlance are out of the room . TheD&Dmultiverse will keep tot up new plane , asMagic : The Gatheringlocations are becoming integrated into the plot , but there is still way for the classics , specially as the lifespan ofD&Dwill be expanded with the 5.5 launch in 2024 .
Planescape Is The Next Step For The D&D Multiverse
TheD&D5e multiverse is farm with each bookand the return of Spelljammer will allow people to travel between the differentD&Dcampaign worlds without the indigence for portals or teleportation spells . Not everyone has the fourth dimension to fly a spelljammer vessel across the cosmos , particularly as there are all kinds of dangers hold back in the reaches of wildspace . This means that many still turn to trick when they take to quickly reach another world or a dissimilar plane of macrocosm . Planescape is the campaign setting that focuses on the places between planes , as well as the many strange locations that are disperse across the endless multiverse .
Planescape lecture about the dissimilar carpenter’s plane throughout the multiverse , includingD&D ’s Outer Planes and afterlives . One of the most important localisation in Planescape is Sigil , the City of door , which is sometimes referred to as the center of the multiverse . Sigil is the domain of a function of the Lady of Pain , one of the most powerful beings in theD&Dmultiverse , and few would ever dream of overrun the city for care of her reprisal . A fully - fleshed out adaptation of Sigil , with its dissimilar factions compete for power , the clear-cut philosophy of its the great unwashed , and even its slang terms , are long delinquent for a income tax return toD&D. If the multiverse continues to grow , then Planescape has an important part as the connecting tissue that is holding everything together .
D&D’s Greyhawk Setting Has Been Teased In Many 5e Books
The Greyhawk campaign setting is one of the cornerstones ofD&D , with the world of Oerth actually being the nonremittal setting ofD&D3e , yet it has yet to pick up a campaign book forD&D5e . Greyhawk was one of the originalD&Dcampaign mise en scene and type from that world continue to be important players in theD&Dmultiverse , such asVecna , the arch - lich turned god , yet Oerth still hover in the tail of Faerun . TheD&Dcampaign books will often give basic advice for running games in Greyhawk , such as by suggesting locations for adapt the adventure to Oerth , and thePlayer ’s Handbooklists the gods of the world , but players have to await to older Scripture for details about the setting .
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One of the best aspects of Oerth is how sluttish it is to cut for home brew secret plan , which might be why it was the main mount ofD&D3e . Oerth is a ready - made world , with its own country , factions , villains , and dungeons , yet it ’s not as lore heavy as setting like Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance . Greyhawk also host some of the best adventures in the history ofD&D , and it would be amazing to see them adapted forD&D5e . Wizards of the Coast has released severalD&D5e books with Greyhawk hero and villains as the championship character , includingXanathar ’s Guide to Everything , Tasha ’s Cauldron of Everything , andMordenkainen present : Monsters of the Multiverse , all of which are part of theD&D Rules Expansion Gift Set , and these could be a touch that a return key to Oerth is on the poster .
Dark Sun Needs A D&D 5e Revival
InD&D , Ravenloft has the Domains of Dread , which are locating ensure by some of the evilest and most herculean individuals in theD&Dmultiverse , yet a Domain of Dread is a vacation in the Caribbean compared to the world of Athas from the Dark Sun campaign scene . Athas is a desert satellite that has no divinity to allow providential conjuration to the people . Instead , it ’s a major planet with dwindling natural resources , where the use of arcane magic is ruin what short industrial plant lifespan remains . The cities of Athas are rule by the wizard - King , who are perform horrific rituals to try and transform themselves into dragons while enforcing their rule with an branding iron fist .
Dark Sun is an amazing campaign setting , yet it likely wo n’t come to 5e before Planescape or Greyhawk . It ’s one of the classic campaign setting that received a resurgence during theD&D4e era , with a campaign book being release in 2010 , so it ’s still relatively tonic liken to the other rejoin classic political campaign configurations , withSpelljammer lover expect 30 years for its return . The push toward more content in theD&Dmultiverse also have in mind Dark Sun would be a knavish chance , as the humanity of Athas was rationalize - off from the rest of the multiverse by a watch crystal sphere that blocked spelljammers and magic trance . The reasonableness for this is that gamy - level type from other planes could resolve many of Athas ' issues , taking away from the point of the setting . Most importantly , Dark Sun has the darkest tone of any of theDungeons & Dragonssettings , and adapting it to 5e brings a number of challenge , as intone down the darker factor would take away from the setting ’s identity , and could alienate the existing devotee of the setting .
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