Quote from: Piestrio;755231Dragonlance Reboot.

Not an extension, not a new era, not a new land.

Just. A. Reboot.

Make it so Number 1.

Quote from: Piestrio;755231Dragonlance Reboot.

Not an extension, not a new era, not a new land.

Just. A. Reboot.

Well if it had gotten the green-light then the proposed Dragonlance project would have been more like a "what-if?" according to notes. Basically changing the start of the tale so that the group was delayed in arriving for the meeting and then rolling from there.

Personally Im sick of reboots and crises. Just make a new setting and stop fucking with the old ones trying to shoehorn them into a new system.

Create a new world to fit a new system.

Just give me Dragonlance. Reboot it, reinvison it, do whatever but just get 'er done.

Quote from: Piestrio;755231Dragonlance Reboot.

Not an extension, not a new era, not a new land.

Just. A. Reboot.

  Define 'reboot'.

  If you just want the vintage WotL with updated stats and details, then I'd say you've got a better than even chance--it's been done for every edition but 4th. (2nd Edition twice, albeit in two different ways.)

  If you want one that actually changes the setting in some way .... ice pocket's chance in elemental fire. The novels are just too much of a cash cow. Weis has been making noises about wanting to work with WotC and to publish the novels with all the stuff that was cut for length thirty years ago, but a) I don't know how eager WotC is to work with her and b) that would be a doubling-down on the old material, not a fresh take on it. And as Omega suggests, the idea of relaunching it without them was tried and shot down by that author; I don't know how many other authors would want the job, especially since Weis is likely to raise the Abyss if it's done without her input.

"pirates" is something that has not yet been done in a very major way; although there was some elements of this in the Mystara setting, and in Spelljammer too for that matter.

Quote from: RPGPundit;755886"pirates" is something that has not yet been done in a very major way; although there was some elements of this in the Mystara setting, and in Spelljammer too for that matter.

D20 7th Sea for 3x is the nearest I've seen.

Quote from: RPGPundit;755886"pirates" is something that has not yet been done in a very major way; although there was some elements of this in the Mystara setting, and in Spelljammer too for that matter.

There was also the High Seas rulebook for 2nd ed? Or did it never see print?

Quote from: RPGPundit;755886"pirates" is something that has not yet been done in a very major way; although there was some elements of this in the Mystara setting, and in Spelljammer too for that matter.

I will roll my eyes so hard at pirates I'll need help popping them back into my head.

Quote from: Piestrio;755903I will roll my eyes so hard at pirates I'll need help popping them back into my head.

Yep. Tricorn-wearing pirates are one of the over-the-top anachronisms that have turned Paizo's Golarion into a bizarre kitchen-sink setting (along with Victorian gothic horror complete with waist-coats, top-hats, and haunted sanitariums).

Medieval pirates and slave traders? Sure. But pieces of eight and swashbuckling argh-matey sea dogs searching for buried treasure in a fantasy analogue of the Spanish Main? Fuck. That. Shit.

They're in Birthright, big time. Just no black powder. Have gigantic castle ships and fleet mages are a logical thing. Besides just look at Havens of the Great Bay accessory for the Brecht lands. Basically the Hanseatic League in the North and Baltic sea, guilders and pirates and proto-republics and proto-mercantilism.... and magic.

Currently running my campaign there myself.

Khinasi and Anuirean are between high feudal and renaissance, Rjuvik is mid-high feudal, and Vos is low-mid feudal. Says roughly the same right in the material about tech levels and trade. Some groups are more forward thinking and open to trade, others are isolated, xenophobic, and aggressive. But then Cerilia is a setting that is considerably more cohesive from what I've seen and is not your standard high fantasy.

Quote from: Haffrung;755913Yep. Tricorn-wearing pirates are one of the over-the-top anachronisms that have turned Paizo's Golarion into a bizarre kitchen-sink setting (along with Victorian gothic horror complete with waist-coats, top-hats, and haunted sanitariums).

Medieval pirates and slave traders? Sure. But pieces of eight and swashbuckling argh-matey sea dogs searching for buried treasure in a fantasy analogue of the Spanish Main? Fuck. That. Shit.

That was your anachronistic line in the sand? What about the Inner Sea southern lands? There's land of forgotten killer robots, next to ancient Egypt, next to dinosaur stone age sub-saharan Africa, next to god knows what fucking else.... dark elves if I remember correctly. Mercifully French Revolution empire is across the straight along with super evil assassin poison Victorian high gothic and whatever the fuck elvish ecoterrorist defenders...

First setting book I put back in under 10 minutes, as I could not justify usage, passable readable fiction, or even stealable bits. Like tropes in a blender, it was.

I have to say, i like having pirates in my fantasy settings. Not too concerned about anachronism if it makes the setting fun and gives me a cool place to go. Now pirates with tri-corner hats and blackpowder in a movie or book set during the reign of Augustus, that might bother me (unless it is a movie about time travelling pirates). But in a fantasy setting I think it is fair game.

If brazen anachronism bothers you, have you considered that sword and sorcery-style fantasy just isn't for you?

Jebus people, d20 Iron Kingdoms and Freeport both did a good job of pirate settings for D&D. Hell, Freeport lives on with Pathfinder.

Quote from: Haffrung;755913Yep. Tricorn-wearing pirates are one of the over-the-top anachronisms that have turned Paizo's Golarion into a bizarre kitchen-sink setting (along with Victorian gothic horror complete with waist-coats, top-hats, and haunted sanitariums).

Medieval pirates and slave traders? Sure. But pieces of eight and swashbuckling argh-matey sea dogs searching for buried treasure in a fantasy analogue of the Spanish Main? Fuck. That. Shit.

read Red Seas Under Red Skies. Its not as good as Locke Lamora but there is a chunk of playable shit in there.