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<blockquote data-quote="GarrettKP" data-source="post: 7890158" data-attributes="member: 6811472"><p>I don't think it is likely at all. The only other book with a sizeable subclass dump was SCAG, which was poorly received. Where as Xanathar's is still the best selling non-core book they have released. It is much more likely they follow that model than throwing a smaller selection of options in a different type of book. </p><p></p><p>WotC has found a formula that works, and that formula includes 5 types of books: Large Adventures (Curse of Strahd, Descent Into Avernus), smaller modular Adventure Anthologies (Tales from the Yawning Portal, Ghosts of Saltmarsh), Monster+Lore expansions (Volo's Guide to Monsters and Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes), Setting books (Guildmasters Guide to Ravnica and Eberron Rising from the Last War), and expansive Subclass+Alternate rules book (Xanathar's Guide to Everything). </p><p></p><p>Xanathar's released 3 years after the core books. And it has been 3 years since Xanathar's. The timeline matches up. </p><p></p><p>On top of all that evidence, Kate Welch talked about her 2020 project and her work with Marisha Ray and Deborah Ann Wolf back in the fall. And the latest Dragon+ issue calls out her new project in the "coming next issue" section. Meaning this book is likely her project and Crawford usually heads big rules expansions since he is the lead rules designer. Meaning this upcoming book is unlikely to be a major rules expansion.</p><p></p><p>If I were to hazard a guess at what this is, I would assume either an Adventure Anthology or Monster expansion book, and I am leaning Monster Expansion. Volos dropped in 2016, 2 years after the Core set. Mordenkainen's dropped in 2018, 2 years after Volo's. Meaning this year is a perfect slot for a new Monster expansion. </p><p></p><p>D&D in 2020 is looking to me like: Monster Expansion in March, Adventure in September, Xanathar's style rules expansion in November, and maybe a Setting book thrown in somewhere. </p><p></p><p>And since I am already in the habit of making predictions in this long post, I will take it further and say the March book will be a Monster Expansion based on planar foes but will differ from Mordenkainen's in that its lore chapters will talk about various planes of existence, instead of relationships in the multiverse. (total guess, but call it a hunch.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GarrettKP, post: 7890158, member: 6811472"] I don't think it is likely at all. The only other book with a sizeable subclass dump was SCAG, which was poorly received. Where as Xanathar's is still the best selling non-core book they have released. It is much more likely they follow that model than throwing a smaller selection of options in a different type of book. WotC has found a formula that works, and that formula includes 5 types of books: Large Adventures (Curse of Strahd, Descent Into Avernus), smaller modular Adventure Anthologies (Tales from the Yawning Portal, Ghosts of Saltmarsh), Monster+Lore expansions (Volo's Guide to Monsters and Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes), Setting books (Guildmasters Guide to Ravnica and Eberron Rising from the Last War), and expansive Subclass+Alternate rules book (Xanathar's Guide to Everything). Xanathar's released 3 years after the core books. And it has been 3 years since Xanathar's. The timeline matches up. On top of all that evidence, Kate Welch talked about her 2020 project and her work with Marisha Ray and Deborah Ann Wolf back in the fall. And the latest Dragon+ issue calls out her new project in the "coming next issue" section. Meaning this book is likely her project and Crawford usually heads big rules expansions since he is the lead rules designer. Meaning this upcoming book is unlikely to be a major rules expansion. If I were to hazard a guess at what this is, I would assume either an Adventure Anthology or Monster expansion book, and I am leaning Monster Expansion. Volos dropped in 2016, 2 years after the Core set. Mordenkainen's dropped in 2018, 2 years after Volo's. Meaning this year is a perfect slot for a new Monster expansion. D&D in 2020 is looking to me like: Monster Expansion in March, Adventure in September, Xanathar's style rules expansion in November, and maybe a Setting book thrown in somewhere. And since I am already in the habit of making predictions in this long post, I will take it further and say the March book will be a Monster Expansion based on planar foes but will differ from Mordenkainen's in that its lore chapters will talk about various planes of existence, instead of relationships in the multiverse. (total guess, but call it a hunch.) [/QUOTE]
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