D&D 5E WotC Delays New D&D Book Announcement

This from WotC — “Get the quasits out of our office! Our plan to make a D&D book announcement on Thursday has been changed. Adventurers, mark your calendars for Monday, January 13.”

The book was due to be announced on Thursday 9th January after a mysterious entry 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. See the original news item here:

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...

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They haven't given a reason; back in November WotC delayed the launch of the sapphire D&D anniversary dice at the last minute, too.

D&D General - $300 D&D Dice Delayed

WotC has delayed the sale of the $300 dice. They haven’t said why.

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[Parmandur]

Just looked it up, its an Adamantium Best Sell with 685 reviews and 5 stars. Extremely, extremely impressive.

Yeah, it's popular, though honestly kind of rough. They may have enough data to show that it is worth making fully official, and just fix it up internally.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

Yeah, it's popular, though honestly kind of rough. They may have enough data to show that it is worth making fully official, and just fix it up internally.

The fluff would also benefit from being polished, to make it more different from the ranger as hunter of monsters.

 

[Teemu]

If—if—the blood hunter gets a release in a WotC book, the whole ”we only do classes if they have a very strong niche” design principle is chucked right out the window.

 

[Prakriti]

If—if—the blood hunter gets a release in a WotC book, the whole ”we only do classes if they have a very strong niche” design principle is chucked right out the window.

I think it was chucked right out the window when they put the Sorcerer in the PHB.

 

[generic]

I think it was chucked right out the window when they put the Sorcerer in the PHB.

Does this mean that I'm getting what I always wanted? Are we actually going to have more official classes?

I am most excited, but cautiously considering whether this is the case.

 

[Parmandur]

If—if—the blood hunter gets a release in a WotC book, the whole ”we only do classes if they have a very strong niche” design principle is chucked right out the window.

Well, blood magic is a pretty broad possibility. There are multiple Subclasses as is, and I'm sure more can easily present themselves with a little effort.

The big question is, does it resonate with people and have a market? Apparently, yes.

 

[generic]

Well, blood magic is a pretty broad possibility. There are multiple Subclasses as is, and I'm sure more can easily present themselves with a little effort.

The big question is, does it resonate with people and have a market? Apparently, yes.

As long as the Blood Hunter leads to a Psion and Warlord...

 

[Parmandur]

 

[generic]

@Parmandur, you are a true library of D&D news and updates!

 

[Parmandur]

As long as the Blood Hunter leads to a Psion and Warlord...

Yeah, I'm beginning to think a lot of the "Psionic"-ish things from the recent playtesting process may be CR related...