Xanathar's Guide Shows Up In The Wild!

Xanathar's Guide to Everything comes out this week (November 10th) for some stores (and a couple of weeks later, on November 21st, elsewhere - check with your local game store!) The book has been showing up in the wild - several bloggers and live streamers have received copies and are posting initial thoughts and reviews, and it has shown up at GameHole Con. Photos courtesy of Dave Rosser.

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You can also pre-order it at Fantasy Grounds for it's November 10th release. They've posted some awesome previews/screenshots. Here's one, but click through for the rest! Also, FG is offering a free copy to a lucky winner in this giveaway.

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Mike Adkins on Twitter has his copy, signed by some of WotC's employees.

Mike Adkins
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As has the similarly named Michael Atkins!

Michael Atkins
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It looks like Melvin Smif has the first review up. He says that "this is the first book I would claim as a “must have” for everyone who enjoys playing Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition".

Melvin Smif
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And NewbieDM on Twitter has a review copy and his sharing his general thoughts, although not answering specific questions about the contents.

Purple Pawn has a couple of copies and is giving one away for free. Leave a comment on his blog post, and you might get picked at random.

 

[darjr]

I’m running games still at Game Hole Con but I’ll try to answer questions.

Here’s my copy.
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Summon something?
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[Nick Hatfield]

Did Elven Accuracy make it into the racial feats? Is it changed from the UA?

Also, is Shadow Sorcerer changed at level 1? The Darkness for 1 sorcerer point and being able to see through it, and the Strength of the Grave feature.

Thanks!

 

[gyor]

Can you please tell us about the changes to Divine Soul and what advantages there are to the Temple of the Gods spell?

 

[Jacob Johnson1]

I really wanna know if the bard subclasses are the same from UA or were there changes? I start a campaign today and I really wanted to play a different subclass

 

[lostsanityreturned]

I am really freaking grumpy that there is no way to obtain the limited cover in my state, thanks a lot WotC -mutters-

 

[neobolts]

I am really freaking grumpy that there is no way to obtain the limited cover in my state, thanks a lot WotC -mutters-

Are there FLGS with online shops that you could pre-order from? (Also curious what state you are in.)

 

[unknowable]

Are there FLGS with online shops that you could pre-order from? (Also curious what state you are in.)

Australia, specifically western australia

 

[EthanSental]

I bought the special cover Volo but I'm liking the normal cover of Xanathar.

also, WoTC sent both copies to Melvin for review and that word press article is all of a review it takes to get free copies or should we be getting a more in depth review...seems a low bar for a review in my opinion.

 

[pukunui]

also, WoTC sent both copies to Melvin for review and that word press article is all of a review it takes to get free copies or should we be getting a more in depth review...seems a low bar for a review in my opinion.

Yeah, I'm not sure how that qualifies as a review, but I guess they sent him some copies because his blog reaches lots of gamers so he can give them some free advertising? He also probably got told not to provide any details just yet, since it's still not officially out. Maybe he'll do a more in-depth review later.