Campaign Setting Merger Announced... [Archive] - Wizards Community

Campaign Setting Merger Announced... [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Urko
04-01-05, 12:00 PM WIZARDS OF THE COAST ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN SETTING MERGER

Historic “Meeting of the Worlds” Gives Every Fan What They Want at the Same Time!

April 1, 2005 (Renton, WA) - Publisher Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS), will release Dungeons & Dragons Megaverse® in early 2006. This new campaign setting will formally merge all previously published Dungeons & Dragons® campaign settings into one “super-duper big world of adventure,” in the words of Director of RPG R&D Bill Slavicsek.

“For years fans of discontinued settings like Dark Sun® and Planescape® have been campaigning for official support for their favorite worlds, while fans of currently supported settings have been impatient for new products. With this new development, every book we publish will support every setting, because they'll all be the same one! Everybody wins!”

Keith Baker, creator of Eberron®, Dungeons & Dragons'® newest setting was enthusiastic in his support of the merger. “I used to spend ten hours a day on the message boards explaining what's different about my setting. I must have answered 'no' to questions like 'Can my Ebberon character be a Red Wizard who worships Vecna?' a hundred times. Well, from now on, the answer is 'Yes!' I'm going to take a nap.” Ed Greenwood, creator of the popular Forgotten Realms®, setting, was more cryptic. “In a year, Elminster and his Scarlet Brotherhood-Harper coalition will be running the place.”

Another exciting development in this new “uber-setting” is that players will no longer be limited to characters of their own creation. Every character ever mentioned in any novel or worldbook will be fully statted out and playable. “And that includes all the gods!” said Slavicsek. “Ever wanted to play a campaign where Drizzt, Bigby, Onatar, Pelor, and Mystara all climb aboard a Spelljamming ship for cross-planar adventures to bring life to a wasteland populated by psionic horrors and fog-shrouded vampire's castles? Well, now in Dungeons & Dragons Megaverse® you can! Talk about endless possibilities!”

Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS), is a worldwide leader in the trading card game and tabletop roleplaying game categories, and a leading developer and publisher of game-based entertainment products. The company holds an exclusive patent on the method of playing trading card games (TCGs) and produces one of the world's best-selling TCGs, Magic: The Gathering®, as well as the celebrated Dungeons & Dragons® roleplaying game. Publisher of adventure games, family card and board games, and electronic media products, Wizards of the Coast is also one of the world's premier book publishers of fantasy series fiction whose novels have made numerous appearances on The New York Times best-seller list and have sold millions of copies worldwide. For more information, visit the Wizards of the Coast website at wizards.com.

Wizards of the Coast, Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms, Eberron, and all those other ratty little settings we can't be bothered to mention are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast in the United States and other countries.
©2005 Wizards.
Tempus665
04-01-05, 12:44 PM :rolleyes:

Gotta see this before I believe it! :P
Oluevara
04-01-05, 01:37 PM umm... april fools?
Preternatural
04-01-05, 01:41 PM I thought it was already done well enough in a little old setting called Planescape. :D
Kuje31
04-01-05, 01:54 PM I thought it was already done well enough in a little old setting called Planescape. :D

Hey don't forget Spelljammer also. :)
Kid SixXx
04-01-05, 02:16 PM umm... april fools?

Indeed..

Dear People.,

Today is April 1st.

Signed,
The Calendar
Mookie37
04-01-05, 02:20 PM This is almost as bad/amusing as my college paper's column about Shaq signing on to direct "Kazam 7".
Weiser_Cain
04-01-05, 03:23 PM I hate this waste of time stuff...
Faraer
04-01-05, 03:29 PM I pity the fool who's as cynical as some of you. What difference does it make what day it is? We all know the Realms and Greyhawk were already on the same planet, and this is long-overdue news.

(What setting is Mystara a character from, though?)
Kid SixXx
04-01-05, 03:51 PM (What setting is Mystara a character from, though?)

That is a slip in the prank, good sir, as Mystara is not a character: it's another setting.

The "Red Steel" material is set in Mystara.
ShadowJack
04-01-05, 05:17 PM NICE TRY AT AN APRIL FOOLS JOKE! FOR ONCE I DID NOT BY THE LINE! (like the time i stood on the roof of our office building waiting for a flyover by the stealth bomber... never happened)
Heron_Marked_Blade
04-01-05, 10:20 PM (like the time i stood on the roof of our office building waiting for a flyover by the stealth bomber... never happened)
:rofl:

Yeah, that was a good one....
Gadodel
04-01-05, 10:27 PM I pity the fool who's as cynical as some of you. What difference does it make what day it is? We all know the Realms and Greyhawk were already on the same planet, and this is long-overdue news.

(What setting is Mystara a character from, though?)
:surrender

A kitten dies every time you reveal the truth behind a secret!!!
Shemeska the Marauder
04-02-05, 04:53 AM I thought it was already done well enough in a little old setting called Planescape. :D

*grin* Heck almost all of the 2e settings were set within the same multiverse. Planescape just happened to encompass them all by way of the planes.

Nothing stopping us from still using that paradigm rather than the 3e cosmology that got foisted upon us. :)
Faraer
04-02-05, 10:46 AM I love kittens, and am honestly curious about this Mystara.
dragonheart
04-03-05, 09:03 PM April 1, 2005 (Renton, WA)
that was all I had to read to realize it was an april fools joke on all of us - but a pretty good one none the less.

As for mystara isn't that the campain world where teh crazy head of a magical family wqas actually the main god ? there were a number of early modules that you could drop into any campaign that took you there for a an adventure or so and then dropped you back on your howm world all thru a mystic thick fog. several of my characters played in those old adventures anbd got so cool special powers adn abilities thanks to the world.
warlockco
04-03-05, 10:04 PM *grin* Heck almost all of the 2e settings were set within the same multiverse. Planescape just happened to encompass them all by way of the planes.

Nothing stopping us from still using that paradigm rather than the 3e cosmology that got foisted upon us. :)

Amen, Sister Shemmy. :D
Kid SixXx
04-04-05, 09:40 AM I love kittens, and am honestly curious about this Mystara.

Check the free or paid downloads section of the WoTC website. If the Mystara material isn't free, I can't imagine that it costs all that much, provided that it's still available.

http://www.rpgunited.com/product/mystara/tsr9500.html

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Urko 04-01-05, 12:00 PM	WIZARDS OF THE COAST ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN SETTING MERGER Historic “Meeting of the Worlds” Gives Every Fan What They Want at the Same Time! April 1, 2005 (Renton, WA) - Publisher Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS), will release Dungeons & Dragons Megaverse® in early 2006. This new campaign setting will formally merge all previously published Dungeons & Dragons® campaign settings into one “super-duper big world of adventure,” in the words of Director of RPG R&D Bill Slavicsek. “For years fans of discontinued settings like Dark Sun® and Planescape® have been campaigning for official support for their favorite worlds, while fans of currently supported settings have been impatient for new products. With this new development, every book we publish will support every setting, because they'll all be the same one! Everybody wins!” Keith Baker, creator of Eberron®, Dungeons & Dragons'® newest setting was enthusiastic in his support of the merger. “I used to spend ten hours a day on the message boards explaining what's different about my setting. I must have answered 'no' to questions like 'Can my Ebberon character be a Red Wizard who worships Vecna?' a hundred times. Well, from now on, the answer is 'Yes!' I'm going to take a nap.” Ed Greenwood, creator of the popular Forgotten Realms®, setting, was more cryptic. “In a year, Elminster and his Scarlet Brotherhood-Harper coalition will be running the place.” Another exciting development in this new “uber-setting” is that players will no longer be limited to characters of their own creation. Every character ever mentioned in any novel or worldbook will be fully statted out and playable. “And that includes all the gods!” said Slavicsek. “Ever wanted to play a campaign where Drizzt, Bigby, Onatar, Pelor, and Mystara all climb aboard a Spelljamming ship for cross-planar adventures to bring life to a wasteland populated by psionic horrors and fog-shrouded vampire's castles? Well, now in Dungeons & Dragons Megaverse® you can! Talk about endless possibilities!” Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS), is a worldwide leader in the trading card game and tabletop roleplaying game categories, and a leading developer and publisher of game-based entertainment products. The company holds an exclusive patent on the method of playing trading card games (TCGs) and produces one of the world's best-selling TCGs, Magic: The Gathering®, as well as the celebrated Dungeons & Dragons® roleplaying game. Publisher of adventure games, family card and board games, and electronic media products, Wizards of the Coast is also one of the world's premier book publishers of fantasy series fiction whose novels have made numerous appearances on The New York Times best-seller list and have sold millions of copies worldwide. For more information, visit the Wizards of the Coast website at wizards.com. Wizards of the Coast, Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms, Eberron, and all those other ratty little settings we can't be bothered to mention are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast in the United States and other countries. ©2005 Wizards.
Tempus665 04-01-05, 12:44 PM	:rolleyes: Gotta see this before I believe it! :P
Oluevara 04-01-05, 01:37 PM	umm... april fools?
Preternatural 04-01-05, 01:41 PM	I thought it was already done well enough in a little old setting called Planescape. :D
Kuje31 04-01-05, 01:54 PM	I thought it was already done well enough in a little old setting called Planescape. :D Hey don't forget Spelljammer also. :)
Kid SixXx 04-01-05, 02:16 PM	umm... april fools? Indeed.. Dear People., Today is April 1st. Signed, The Calendar
Mookie37 04-01-05, 02:20 PM	This is almost as bad/amusing as my college paper's column about Shaq signing on to direct "Kazam 7".
Weiser_Cain 04-01-05, 03:23 PM	I hate this waste of time stuff...
Faraer 04-01-05, 03:29 PM	I pity the fool who's as cynical as some of you. What difference does it make what day it is? We all know the Realms and Greyhawk were already on the same planet, and this is long-overdue news. (What setting is Mystara a character from, though?)
Kid SixXx 04-01-05, 03:51 PM	(What setting is Mystara a character from, though?) That is a slip in the prank, good sir, as Mystara is not a character: it's another setting. The "Red Steel" material is set in Mystara.
ShadowJack 04-01-05, 05:17 PM	NICE TRY AT AN APRIL FOOLS JOKE! FOR ONCE I DID NOT BY THE LINE! (like the time i stood on the roof of our office building waiting for a flyover by the stealth bomber... never happened)
Heron_Marked_Blade 04-01-05, 10:20 PM	(like the time i stood on the roof of our office building waiting for a flyover by the stealth bomber... never happened) :rofl: Yeah, that was a good one....
Gadodel 04-01-05, 10:27 PM	I pity the fool who's as cynical as some of you. What difference does it make what day it is? We all know the Realms and Greyhawk were already on the same planet, and this is long-overdue news. (What setting is Mystara a character from, though?) :surrender A kitten dies every time you reveal the truth behind a secret!!!
Shemeska the Marauder 04-02-05, 04:53 AM	I thought it was already done well enough in a little old setting called Planescape. :D grin Heck almost all of the 2e settings were set within the same multiverse. Planescape just happened to encompass them all by way of the planes. Nothing stopping us from still using that paradigm rather than the 3e cosmology that got foisted upon us. :)
Faraer 04-02-05, 10:46 AM	I love kittens, and am honestly curious about this Mystara.
dragonheart 04-03-05, 09:03 PM	April 1, 2005 (Renton, WA) that was all I had to read to realize it was an april fools joke on all of us - but a pretty good one none the less. As for mystara isn't that the campain world where teh crazy head of a magical family wqas actually the main god ? there were a number of early modules that you could drop into any campaign that took you there for a an adventure or so and then dropped you back on your howm world all thru a mystic thick fog. several of my characters played in those old adventures anbd got so cool special powers adn abilities thanks to the world.
warlockco 04-03-05, 10:04 PM	grin Heck almost all of the 2e settings were set within the same multiverse. Planescape just happened to encompass them all by way of the planes. Nothing stopping us from still using that paradigm rather than the 3e cosmology that got foisted upon us. :) Amen, Sister Shemmy. :D
Kid SixXx 04-04-05, 09:40 AM	I love kittens, and am honestly curious about this Mystara. Check the free or paid downloads section of the WoTC website. If the Mystara material isn't free, I can't imagine that it costs all that much, provided that it's still available. http://www.rpgunited.com/product/mystara/tsr9500.html