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.

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.



As has the similarly named Michael Atkins!



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".



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.
 

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SharnDM

Explorer
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.

You're absolutely right! I literally received my copies two days before I got that initial "hot take" up on the site. I wanted to give my thoughts right away on the overarching details of this book because I am actually pretty excited by it. I have a contributor working with me on a much more in-depth review set to post around the actual launch of the product. Take a moment to check out some of my previous reviews on Wizard's products and you'll get a better impression of how deeper my dives tend to end up being.

Hope that's enough "inside baseball" guys!

-Melvs
 



SharnDM

Explorer
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!

Elven Accuracy DID make the cut!

Looks like Eyes of the Dark crops up at 3rd level for the Shadow Sorcerer. Hope that helps!
 




So whats the final design of the Divine Soul Sorcerer look like? They seem to have implied it changed to have multiple paths.

Divine Magic ... Can take spells from the cleric spell list and get a clerical 'domain' spell in addition to normal known spells.
Favored by the Gods ... Special aid if you miss an attack or save.
Empowered Healing ... Can use a sorcery point to reroll healing spell dice.
Otherworldly Wings ... Manifest wings.
Unearthly Recovery ... Heal back up to half your HP.
 

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