D&D 5E March's D&D Book To Be Announced On January 9th

A mysterious entry has appeared on Amazon! With a product title of "Dungeons & Dragons March Release Book (Title announced January 9th)" and a release date of March 17th, 2020, this $49.95 hardcover release will be revealed in under a week!

The description reads "Your first look at the next D&D title comes on January 9th! Keep an eye on wherever you get your D&D news for a preview of the book."

Could there be a clue in the dice being released on the same day? Laeral Silverhand's Explorer's Kit is described as "Dice and miscellany for the world's greatest roleplaying game" for $29.99. We'll find out on Thursday!

Who's Laeral Silverhand? She's a prolific creator of magic items from Waterdeep, and one of the most powerful wizards in the Forgotten Realms. She's one of the Seven Sisters, introduced in 1987's Forgotten Realms boxed set, although Laeral herself wasn't described in that product. Ed Greenwood'sThe Seven Sisters supplement fully detailed them in 1995. Laeral and Khlben 'Blackstaff' Arunsun led a group called the Moonstars. In 5th edition, she appears in Waterdeep: Dragon Heist.

 

[dave2008]

No AP has ever been close to this big, not even close to it, there is no reason to make on this big.

I don't think anyone has stated it will be an AP. The thought it that it is a series of adventures at locales around FR, possibly completely unrelated.

 

[dave2008]

Dungeon of the Mad Mage was huge.

256 pages and 2.2 pounds according to amazon

 

[Hutchimus Prime]

256 pages and 2.2 pounds according to amazon

and, to my eyes, Amazon says this one is only 1.2 pounds. Where is everyone seeing that it’s bigger than the Eberron book?

 

[gyor]

Sorry for flipping out yesterday, I've had the flu for days and I'm very cranky. I'm tired of being sick.

 

[dave2008]

You (collectively) have convinced me that it is a compendium of adventures written by live-play celebrities and DMs guild writers, set in the 'Realms, connected by an overarching plot involving Silverhand.

I won't think it's anything else until the announcement drops.

I think that is close, but I don't think there is an "overarching" plot that includes Silverhand. She may modestly involved, but I am expecting a loose collection of adventures myself.

 

[dave2008]

That's not accurate: Dungeon of the Mad Mage is 320 pages long, same as Eberron.

Interesting Amazon says otherwise.

 

[Fenris-77]

A quick google suggests that DotMM is over 300 pages. I don't have my copy on me to double check though.

 

[dave2008]

and, to my eyes, Amazon says this one is only 1.2 pounds. Where is everyone seeing that it’s bigger than the Eberron book?

When I look at it on amazon DotMM it is listed like:

 

[Fenris-77]

I just clicked on the review from Strange Assembly, which says it's more than 300 pages long. I'll take the review over the page count on Amazon, one of those two sources cares a lot more about the accuracy of that page count. I just can't see a reviewer saying it clocks in at over 300 pages when it's actually only 256.

 

[Hutchimus Prime]

When I look at it on amazon DotMM it is listed like:
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ohhhhhhh....I thought we were talking about the March release being bigger than the Eberron book.