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.

 

[vecna00]

Yeah, at this point, I don't think WotC will reintroduce the non-European parts of Toril as "exotic" locations visited by Magical Becky.

I am 102% using "Magical Becky" in a campaign.

 

[Chris_Trotter]

Guess they missed the dice....
D&D Forgotten Realms Laeral Silverhand's Explorer's Kit (D&D Tabletop Roleplaying Game Accessory): Wizards RPG Team: 9780786966998: Amazon.com: Books

 

[darjr]

The best sellers rank for the dice is 907.... out of what? Who am I kidding that’s great almost no matter what.

 

[darjr]

Also the announcement has been pushed back to the 13th

@Morrus

 

[vpuigdoller]

Also the announcement has been pushed back to the 13th

@Morrus

That is correct, now I wonder if Amazon will spoil it on the 9th none the less.

 

[Fenris-77]

I guess that our tea leaf reading can be split pretty easily into two camps. If you think that the Explorer's kit and new book are related you'll believe one thing, and if you believe they aren't related you can believe, well, pretty much anything.

I don't buy dice kits, so maybe off the top of someone else's head, what's the historical connection between kits like this and book releases? Are they usually tied together, sometimes tied together, or just occasionally tied together? Just looking for other avenues to make bold, unsubstantiated guesses about.

 

[gyor]

I looked at my personal copy of DotMM and it is 320 pages. Amazon pooched it.

 

[Salthorae]

I guess that our tea leaf reading can be split pretty easily into two camps. If you think that the Explorer's kit and new book are related you'll believe one thing, and if you believe they aren't related you can believe, well, pretty much anything.

I don't buy dice kits, so maybe off the top of someone else's head, what's the historical connection between kits like this and book releases? Are they usually tied together, sometimes tied together, or just occasionally tied together? Just looking for other avenues to make bold, unsubstantiated guesses about.

It's... pretty interesting what has gotten dice sets.

Dragon Heist had a dice set
Descent into Avernus had a dice set
Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica had a dice set
Tomb of Annihilation had a dice set.

So 3 adventures and a setting.

Saltmarsh, Eberron, Acquisitions Inc., Rick and Morty, DotMM, Mordenkainen's Tome, Xanathar's, Tales from the Yawing Portal, Volo's, Storm King's, etc. - none of these have dice sets with them.

So really I think it could be either related... or not

 

[Parmandur]

I guess that our tea leaf reading can be split pretty easily into two camps. If you think that the Explorer's kit and new book are related you'll believe one thing, and if you believe they aren't related you can believe, well, pretty much anything.

I don't buy dice kits, so maybe off the top of someone else's head, what's the historical connection between kits like this and book releases? Are they usually tied together, sometimes tied together, or just occasionally tied together? Just looking for other avenues to make bold, unsubstantiated guesses about.

The prior dice and/or miscellany sets have been tied directly to book releases, and even had the same title as the book. Descent to Avernus dice had some unique art prints.

 

[Fenris-77]

So, tied to book releases. What got me thinking along these lines is "what's the value of the map and index cards in a solo release"? It seems more likely than not that it's connected though, even if the additional box contents provide a little more doubt than might have been the case with previous sets.