Dragonlance‘s Creators Are Creating a New RPG World WithD&D‘s Rules

RavenloftandDragonlance , two of D&D ’s most iconic classic scope , would n’t exist without the piece of work of married man - and - wife squad Tracy and Laura Hickman . Now , the Hickmans are setting their ken on a new world for a tabletop roleplaying mise en scene — and while it ’s notexplicitly part of D&D , it ’s leveragingthe late system ’s mechanically skillful underpinnings .

Polygonreports that the Hickmans have lifted the hat on Skyraiders of Abarax , a new illusion mount of dragons and pilot airship thatthe duo teaseswill be bring to life by “ magical volume … with our unique ‘ Living Tome System ’ . ” Skyraiders will establish its rules on Wizards of the Coast ’s Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition open - author System Reference Document , a toolset that rent RPGs use the basic systems of the current iteration of D&D for custom setting and campaigns , underpinning everything fromKickstarter smash hit Auroboros : Coils of the Serpent(from former Blizzard executive Chris Metzen ’s Warchief Gaming ) , to the recently revealedCritical RoleTal’dorei Reborn sourcebook ( itself separate from the former , D&D - sanctioned Explorer ’s Guide to Wildemount ) .

The announcement of Skyradiers of Abarax comes at an interesting prison term for the Hickmans . to begin with this year , Tracy Hickman and Dragonlance co - Divine Margaret Weis announced that a new trilogy of novel in the dear setting would commence some time in 2021 , in thewake of a dropped lawsuitbrought against whiz of the Coast by the duet in late 2020 . The lawsuit , seek $ 10 million in wrong , claim Wizards go against Weis and Hickman ’s contract in 2018 for a then - planned Dragonlance trilogy when the studio allegedly turn back approving drafts for the serial , leave alone the creators in limbo . The novel trilogy was announced just weeks after Weis and Hickman dropped the case , with the generator only statement on the issue plainly remark that the issue had been solved between them and Wizards in private .

Set sky-sail for a new kind of tabletop adventure.

Set sky-sail for a new kind of tabletop adventure.Image: Skyraiders LLC

More details will be revealed about Skyraiders of Aberax in the crepuscle months to come , when the setting ’s “ living tome ” are set to begin a crowdfunding movement on Kickstarter .

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