The Dungeons and Dragons celebration for 2020 has finally wound down, and towards the end of the event an important announcement was made. Three classic settings are being remastered for 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons, according to Wizards of the Coast's Ray Winninger. With the two newest additions to the D&D settings repertoire, Wildemount and Theros, these new settings will continue WotC's trend of expanding the worlds of D&D.
Three classic settings are being reimagined in the 5th edition of Dungeons and Dragons, generating a mass response from fans as they jump to the opportunity to revisit worlds in the 5th edition system. These classic settings are likely to support new rules, races, and classes included in all of the upcoming D&D books, with one of these new additions being the psionics introduced in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, set to be released in November of 2020. While nothing is concrete as of yet, there are some strong potential contenders for the settings to come.
The first setting that could be coming is a world heavily tied together with psionics in Dungeons and Dragons, Dark Sun. Dark Sun is a unique take on fantasy, taking place on the post-apocalyptic desert world of Athas in a world drained of life by the overuse of magic. Dark Sun was originally created for Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2nd edition, the setting created to be a war world and use newly developed mass-combat rules to their fullest potential. The setting has appeared in playtest materials and is likely to be the next setting coming to D&D 5e due to its connection with the Psionics ruleset.
Other D&D Settings That Could Return For Fifth Edition
The second of the three settings that are likely to be developed in the upcoming years is Spelljammer, a space-faring setting based on fantasy rather than science fiction. Spelljammer is another 2nd edition Advanced Dungeons and Dragons setting, and much like Dark Sun it has featured objects and rulings that are now present in Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition, namely the titular vehicles, spelljammers. In the Dungeon of the Mad Mage campaign module, the party comes across a crashed Spelljammer alongside its stranded crew.
Lastly, the third setting most likely to come to Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition is Greyhawk. Greyhawk is one of the original campaign settings in D&D, the second to come out after Blackmoor, and was developed by Gary Gygax himself. Greyhawk has been going through a similar resurgence of references as the other setting possibilities listed above, with lore and figures from the setting making appearances in the Tome of Foes and the Cauldron of Everything. The setting is a beloved classic by fans of the game, and has seen remakes for 3rd edition and 3.5e Dungeons and Dragons.
With three classic worlds reimagined for Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition, the future of the game is looking stronger than ever. Now the only question is, how far will players go on their adventure, and where will it take them?