D&D 5E The New D&D Book: Tasha's Cauldron of Everything!

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The new D&D book has been revealed, and it is Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, "a magical mixture of rules options for the world's greatest roleplaying game." The 192-page book is due out November 17th, with standard and alternate covers, and contains more subclasses, spells, character options, group patrons, and rules. Oh, and psionics!

Cover art is by Magali Villeneuve

WHAT WONDERFUL WITCHERY IS THIS?

A magical mixture of rules options for the world's greatest roleplaying game.

The wizard Tasha, whose great works include the spell Tasha’s hideous laughter, has gathered bits and bobs of precious lore during her illustrious career as an adventurer. Her enemies wouldn’t want these treasured secrets scattered across the multiverse, so in defiance, she has collected and codified these tidbits for the enrichment of all.

• EXPANDED SUBCLASSES. Try out subclass options for every Dungeons & Dragons class, including the artificer, which appears in the book.
• MORE CHARACTER OPTIONS. Delve into a collection of new class features and new feats, and customize your character’s origin using straightforward rules for modifying a character’s racial traits.
• INTRODUCING GROUP PATRONS. Whether you're part of the same criminal syndicate or working for an ancient dragon, each group patron option comes with its own perks and types of assignments.
• SPELLS, ARTIFACTS & MAGIC TATTOOS. Discover more spells, as well as magic tattoos, artifacts, and other magic items for your campaign.
• EXPANDED RULES OPTIONS. Try out rules for sidekicks, supernatural environments, natural hazards, and parleying with monsters, and gain guidance on running a session zero.
• A PLETHORA OF PUZZLES. Ready to be dropped into any D&D adventure, puzzles of varied difficulty await your adventurers, complete with traps and guidance on using the puzzles in a campaign.

Full of expanded content for players and Dungeon Masters alike, this book is a great addition to the Player's Handbook and the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Baked in you'll find more rule options for all the character classes in the Player's Handbook, including more subclass options. Thrown in for good measure is the artificer class, a master of magical invention. And this witch's brew wouldn't be complete without a dash of added artifacts, spellbook options, spells for both player characters and monsters, magical tattoos, group patrons, and other tasty goodies.

Here's the alternate cover:

UPDATE! An online event called D&D Celebration from September 18th-20th will be hosted by Elle Osili-Wood, which is "an epic live event with panels, gameplay, & previews of the book!" See the video in the Tweet below!

Gather your party and join the adventure at  D&D Celebration 2020, an online gaming event open to fans all over the world!

Celebrate the release of  Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden  with a weekend of Icewind Dale–themed virtual play sessions and help us create the biggest virtual tabletop roleplaying game event ever! Fans will also get the chance to preview some content from  Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, the forthcoming book featuring massive rules options, subclasses, and more for the fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons. Watch featured play sessions with D&D luminaries and learn something new with a slate of panels led by the D&D design team and community.


UPDATE! Check out the Nerdarchy site for some previews.

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[akr71]

I'm a little surprised that they're using the word "Everything" in the title. Since it was already used in Xanathar's Guide, I'd have thought they'd want to make the title of this one more distinctive.

Yes, they could have come up with dozens of more interesting titles with just a little effort.

Kind of makes me wonder if this will be a series of books with player options throughout the edition, all using the word "everything" somewhere in the name.

So two years from now we'll be complaining about Iuz's Treasury of Everything? Larloch's Crypt of Everything?

 

[humble minion]

So two years from now we'll be complaining about Iuz's Treasury of Everything? Larloch's Crypt of Everything?

I don't mind the naming convention, to be honest. 'X's Y of Everything' at least has a bit more character than 'the Complete A Handbook' or 'Heroes of B', and it can be less specialised and include a wider variety of content.

Azalin's Grimoire of Everything?
Hamanu's Arsenal of Everything?
Kalbari al-Durrat al-Amwaj ibn Jari, Great Padishah of the Marid, the Mother of Foam, the Maharajah of the Oceans, Mistress of Rivers's Seraglio of Everything?
Fizban's Forgotten Everything?

 

[akr71]

@humble minion as long as the sequel to Fizban's Forgotten Everything is Bupu's No More Than Two Tips on Adventuring.

 

[TwoSix]

Yes, they could have come up with dozens of more interesting titles with just a little effort.

So two years from now we'll be complaining about Iuz's Treasury of Everything? Larloch's Crypt of Everything?

The fact that coming up with a different name is, indeed, trivial makes it fairly obvious that "of Everything" is intended to be a new naming convention for these types of books. I think most of the anecdotal evidence indicates that XGtE was extremely popular, so it makes sense that they'd want to telegraph that this new book is related to it.

 

[ChaosOS]

There where only two in the UA. I wonder if the third is a mount or a literal skill monkey?

I'd put my money on Beast of Water, to round out Beast of Land and Beast of Air. Especially since the bestial summon from the UA had land/air/water as the options.

 

[DEFCON 1]

I find it curious there seems to be pushback on a new mechanical system for parley, while the biggest complaints about psionics were when WotC was just making them like spells and not its own mechanical system. I guess that must be two different groups of people.

 

[djvehovec]

Thank you!!!

Interesting that Nerdarchy.com calls the Sorcerer subclass "Aberrant Mind" while io9 calls it "Psionic Soul." I assume it's closer to Aberrant Mind in design, but I wonder if it's officially being called Psionic Soul?

During the press briefing they called it Aberrant Mind and the art file was titled that way as well.

 

[Oofta]

I find it curious there seems to be pushback on a new mechanical system for parley, while the biggest complaints about psionics were when WotC was just making them like spells and not its own mechanical system. I guess that must be two different groups of people.

I don't see any pushback, just a subsystem I don't think I will personally use. For that matter I've never used psionics either and don't intend to start now. Doesn't mean there's any issue with other people wanting it or that I'm not going to buy the book.

 

[jasper]

Tasha’s Hideous Henchmen
Tasha’s Hideous Horrors
Tasha’s Terrible Terrors
Tasha’s Last Hurrah
Tasha’s Hideous Hurrah
Next book
Mempo’s Mob of Monsters

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I'd put my money on Beast of Water, to round out Beast of Land and Beast of Air. Especially since the bestial summon from the UA had land/air/water as the options.

It seems a bit specialised though. How many campaigns take place mostly in the water? Would a ranger really go for a companion that was only occasionally usable?

A beast for riding or a beast for picking pockets seem more generally useful.