What Setting Would You Like to See For a New D&D Game?
Camus34
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I know that I would love to see a game set in Waterdeep, 'the City of Splendors', or perhaps somewhere like Anchorome, with it's exotic cultures and peoples.
- What Setting Would You Like to See For a New D&D Game?82 votes
- Baldur's Gate Post Sundering10.98%
- Anchorome4.88%
- Waterdeep20.73%
- Evermeet1.22%
- Nine Hells4.88%
- The Underdark13.41%
- Other, explain.43.90%
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What was the first book in the trilogy called again? My uncle had the books long ago. Was it Darkwalker?
Would you like to see it set during the time frame of the novels (1345 DR?), or in 1479 DR?
I also think a game set in Rashemen could be pretty cool. Rashemi culture is very interesting to me, especially since it has heavy Slavic themes. Like with a Calimshan, it would be something a bit different than the usual as well.
Other places I'd like to see include Chessenta, Luskan, The Silver Marches, and The Underdark.
One problem with Calimshan might be diversity. It's like 94% human.
That's nothing new to D&D games, though. Most places in Faerûn are mostly human. Amn, for example, is 83% human, and yet the plot of Shadows of Amn manages to revolve heavily around elves. As such, I don't really see this as much of an issue.
Second place would be another Planscape game, with more plane hopping, as long as the devs could get the aesthetic and atmosphere similar to the alien fantasy of Planescape:Torment.
Sorry I'm getting back to you a little late on this. Had some adulting to handle. I have to be honest in saying that I'm not particularly familiar as much with the current 5.0 edition lore, as I've largely hung up my tabletop hat. With that said, the books have already been written, so rehashing that lore seems suboptimal to me. Doing something similar to Icewind Dale, which took place many years before Akar Kessell and the Crystal Shard lore, in Moonshae (and also prior to those books as well) could be very cool.
I'd like to see more exposure and exploration of dwarven cities/ruins/realms; it seems like they get bypassed quite a bit in D&D video games in favor of elven locales when an exotic location is needed.
I'd be down for this too; it's definitely an under-explored area in video games. I liked the tiny taste of the region you got in ToB.
I've heard of a lady who protects her city...
You could spend a chapter in each of the realms.
Chapter 1 From Faerun you travel through a portal to Sigil.
Chapter 2 journey to Greyhawk
Chapter 3 Dragonlance
Chapter 4 Dark Sun
Chapter 5 Under Dark
Chapter 6 Heaven and Hell!
Other than that, tons of FR areas that could be cool. Waterdeep definitely is interesting, as is Calimport (to serve as centerpieces much like Baldur's Gate/Athkatla do in BG1/2). Or it could be more IWD-style with smaller towns in some interesting part of the world (is Chult still there?).
Alternatively, you could go full-on off the rails with Nine Hells and the likes, do some truly next level stuff. As long as it's not TOO out there (Far Realm is probably too much).
Oh good lord that would be the bomb! The first time I saw the Spelljammer in BG2 I was so excited.
Mystara is a really old setting however and I doubt there will be any new game using it. And even if it happens, it won't be with BECMI/RC rules anyway.
Having a game in such an Indochinian setting could be rather refreshing. Maztica is a close second, but has too many Amnish outposts for my liking. Honestly, anything outside of Faerun gets my vote.
Other than that, I'd be down for a Ravenloft or Dark Sun game. Although I would prefer something connected with the Realms.
I feel like Luskan and the Underdark (at least the 5e versions) have been thoroughly covered by Sword Coast Legends, at least for now. Besides, Rage of Demons is over. Whatever new D&D game Beamdog make will likely be connected with Wizards' storyline post-Curse of Strahd (or the one after that). Whatever that may be (Al-Qadim!).
I agree about a game outside of Faerun, however, I still want a Waterdeep game. lol
I'd also like to see there being multiple ways out, depending on your alignment/choices.
Leave poor yakman alone. After watcher's keep he has been through enough.
How dare you , not to put DragonLance in this Poll !!!!!!!!!!