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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[Undrave]

View attachment 125695 2nd ed image

That looks more RAT-like to me...

 

[Cadence]

1e MM Kobold - Face looks doglike to me. I think I always thought that was scale armor though, and now, not so sure.

 

[Parmandur]

1e MM Kobold - I think I always thought that was scale armor, is it?

Nope, the text calls out that they have eggs, and I have seen elsewhere that the artist was supposed to make them more clearly scaley, but somewhat failed. Kobolds as reptilian has been pretty consistent, but vague, until 3E really cleared it up.

 

[MarkB]

Nope, the text calls out that they have eggs, and I have seen elsewhere that the artist was supposed to make them more clearly scaley, but somewhat failed. Kobolds as reptilian has been pretty consistent, but vague, until 3E really cleared it up.

Though the 2e videogame Baldur's Gate gives them a yappy-little-dog sound effect, which probably didn't help.

 

[Cadence]

Nope, the text calls out that they have eggs, and I have seen elsewhere that the artist was supposed to make them more clearly scaley, but somewhat failed. Kobolds as reptilian has been pretty consistent, but vague, until 3E really cleared it up.

My first exposure was in Moldvay. They got the scaley right there. But also emphasized dog-like.

 

[Haldrik]

@Cadance

Some dinosaurs are bird-like, some dinosaurs are dolphin-like, and so on. Perhaps, the kobold is more like a dog-like dinosaur. Their shape is a convergent evolution (or a mimicking magical creation). Strictly speaking, dragons are something like magical monstrosities, but they are dinosaur-esque, nevertheless.

I am unclear about the dragon being warm-blooded or cold-blooded. Probably it is cold-blooded because of trope associations of being heartless. The kobold might be similar.

 

[Parmandur]

They are still doglike, just doglike reptilian critters.

 

[Cadence]

@Cadance

Some dinosaurs are bird-like, some dinosaurs are dolphin-like, and so on. Perhaps, the kobold is more like a dog-like dinosaur. Their shape is a convergent evolution (or a mimicking magical creation). Strictly speaking, dragons are something like magical monstrosities, but they are dinosaur-esque, nevertheless.

I am unclear about the dragon being warm-blooded or cold-blooded. Probably it is cold-blooded because of trope associations of being heartless. The kobold might be similar.

I think I described them as "lizard-dog people" in the game I'm running for my 11yo and his friends.

Isn't there a good argument for birds to actually be the last surviving dinosaurs?

I think I always assumed Dragons were warm blooded. If not, should they be much easier pickings at night and in the winter?

 

[Cadence]

They are still doglike, just doglike reptilian critters.

Except for the bizarre 2e pseudo-rat person art... (!?! ). I otherwise really liked that MM.

 

[Haldrik]

I think I described them as "lizard-dog people" in the game I'm running for my 11yo and his friends.

Isn't there a good argument for birds to actually be the last surviving dinosaurs?

I think I always assumed Dragons were warm blooded. If not, should they be much easier pickings at night and in the winter?

Yeah, I follow the taxonomy that birds are dinosaurs. At least the warm-blooded kind of dinosaurs.

Dragons are magical. But if you feel they are warm-blooded, that seems plausible, especially because they are partly mammalian too.



Kobolds are "lizard-dog people".

Dragons tend to be either "snake-lion-eagle" beasts or "snake-wolf-bat" beasts. The East Asian dragon is something like a "snake-camel-tiger-deer-fish" beast.

So maybe "reptile-dog" kobolds and dragons are related after all? If the kobolds are "snake-wolf" people, that would be even more draconic.



That reminds me. Really a "kobold" is the nature spirit of a land, equivalent to a sprite or gnome. But I feel it is ok, for a creature like the D&D kobold to get its name from being the gnome-like reptile that lives underground.