Editing Ravnica (section)

== Tabletop ==
Ravnica was first featured in the card game with the ''Ravnica'' block in 2005 and 2006,  which was in turn composed of the "City of Guilds", "Guildpact", and "Dissension" sets. The block was accompanied by the "Ravnica Cycle" trilogy of books, one for each set. It has since become one of WotC's favorite settings, and has been revisited more times than any setting other than [[Dominaria]] - indeed, it seems to have usurped Dominaria's former place as the "core setting" for Magic: The Gathering. October 2012 saw the "Return to Ravnica" block's release, which spanned into "Gatecrash" (February 2013) and "Dragon's Maze" (in 2013).

Ravnica has also become officialy associated with [[Dungeons & Dragons]] as well. After WotC broke the unwritten rule of "no D&D/MtG crossovers" for [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]], they were delighted by the relatively warm reception to their [[Plane Shift]] articles. This culminated in the release in late November 2018 of the official [[splatbook]] "Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica", which adapts the city-plane as an adventuring setting for D&D 5e.

This decision was... controversial, in no small part because of outrage from [[Planescape]] fans (who had been expecting an official 5e release after two editions of being shunned) and, to a lesser extent, from [[Eberron]] fans (who were angry that, by comparison, their setting just got a glorified [[Unearthed Arcana]] that they had to pay for).

After many leaks, debates and teasers, the GGR debuted with the following content:
* A detailed look at the world of Ravnica, in particular fleshing out the 10th District, a region on the city-world that had never been detailed before.
* New backgrounds for each of the 10 Guilds, all of which converted the "Guildmage" lore by adding bonus spells to the spell-list of any caster with that background.
* Integration of the Renown mechanic, to support working for your Guild.
* Guidelines on how to actually run campaigns when your players all want to belong to different Guilds.
* Two new subclasses; the [[Cleric Domain]] of Order, and the Circle of Spores [[Druid]].
* Five new races; [[Centaur]], [[Goblin]], [[Minotaur]], [[Simic Combine]] Hybrid and [[Vedalken]]
* Two new spells; Chaos Bolt and Encode Thoughts.
* 17 new magic items based on Ravnica lore.
* Nearly 80 new monsters.

There were, of course, complaints. For example, the racial array was considered distinctly lackluster, considering all of the possibilities that it offered - previous [[Plane Shift]]s had given rules for [[merfolk]] and [[vampire]] PCs, which would have fitted in just fine, many fans were hoping for a [[medusa]] race, and [[viashino]] had been part of a race playtesting [[Unearthed Arcana]] only to be dropped from the actual book. Another complaint is the lack of referencing any material that wasn't in the PHB or Xanathar's Guide to Everything, when, for example, the Undying [[Warlock]] would have been a perfect fit for the [[Golgari Swarm]]. 

But, for what it's worth, it is a solid book, and certainly better than the [[Forgotten Realms|Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide]], WotC's only other dedicated setting book for 5e <s>to this date</s> until Eberron: Rising from the Last War, and Mythic Odysseys of Theros.

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