D&D 5E Two New D&D Books Revealed: Feywild & Strixhaven Mage School

Amazon has revealed the next two D&D hardcovers! The Wild Beyond the Witchlight is a feywild adventure due in September, and Curriculum of Chaos is a Magic: the Gathering setting of Strixhaven, which looks like a Harry Potter-esque mage school, set for November.

Amazon.com: The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure (Dungeons & Dragons Book) (9780786967278): Wizards RPG Team: Books

Amazon.com: The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure (Dungeons & Dragons Book) (9780786967278): Wizards RPG Team: Books

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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight is D&D's next big adventure storyline that brings the wicked whimsy of the Feywild to fifth edition for the first time.

The recent Unearthed Arcana, Folk of the Feywild, contained the fairy, hobgoblin of the Feywild, owlfolk, and rabbitfolk. UA is usually a good preview of what's in upcoming D&D books.

Strixhaven: Curriculum of Chaos (D&D/MTG Adventure Book) (Dungeons & Dragons): Wizards RPG Team: 9780786967445: Books

Strixhaven: Curriculum of Chaos (D&D/MTG Adventure Book) (Dungeons & Dragons) [Wizards RPG Team] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Strixhaven: Curriculum of Chaos (D&D/MTG Adventure Book) (Dungeons & Dragons)

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Curriculum of Chaos is an upcoming D&D release set in the Magic: The Gathering world of Strixhaven -- a brand new MtG set only just launched.

Strixhaven is a school of mages on the plane of Arcavios, an elite university with five rival colleges founded by dragons: Silverquill (eloquence), Prismari (elemental arts), Witherbloom (life and death), Lorehold (archaeomancy), and Quandrix (numeromancy). You can read more about the M:tG set here.

You will be able to tune into WotC's streamed event D&D Live on July 16 and 17 for details on both, including new character options, monsters, mechanics, story hooks, and more!

D&D 5E - Here Is The Full & Alternate Cover Art Of The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

Here is the cover art for The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, the hardcover D&D product revealed this weekend. Cover art by Tyler Jacobson Alternate cover by Hydro74 https://www.enworld.org/threads/two-new-d-d-books-revealed-feywild-strixhaven-mage-school.680500/

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D&D 5E - And Here Is Strixhaven's Cover Art!

It's not just The Wild Beyond The Witchlight's cover art being revealed today! We also have Magali Villeneuve's cover art for Strixhaven: Curriculum of Chaos! Strixhaven is an upcoming D&D setting based on the recently released Magic: the Gathering world, and features a mage school -- as Theros...

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[Parmandur]

Eh good enough for me to use in my games as Hsiao.

...

The Changelings from Eberron are more like Hsiao than these are, dude. You can use them that way, if you wish, bit these are Strixhaben Owlin.

 

[Parmandur]

"the timing of the announcement coincides with an upcoming Unearthed Arcana playtest titled "Mages of Strixhaven," which likely would have spoiled D&D's plans. That Unearthed Arcana will be released at some point tomorrow, June 8th."

I was right about Strixhaven getting it's own UA! I'm very excited for it!

So, some light speculation for the UA:

There are five Colleges in Strixhaven, each of whom has two associated Mage Classes:

- Lorehold, dedicated to the study of history, sociology and archeology: Clerics and Shamans

- Whitherbloom, dedicated to the study of biology: Druids and Warlocks

- Quandrix, dedicated to the study if math and physics: Wizards and Druids

- Prismari, dedicated to music and art: Wizards and Shamans

- Silverquill, dedicated to rhetoric and law: Clerics and Warlocks

Now, I am not sure what to male.of the Shamans for D&D terms (Sorcerers, maybe?), so I'll leave them out as a Wildcard. The Lorehold Cleric could be Grave or Forge, so I don't see anything new coming there. Whitherbloom is perfect for the Spore Druid, but I wonder if a new Warlock pact would be appropriate or if Fey would fit the bill. Quandrix is interesting, because a Mathemagician or Math Druid are wild and interesting ideas. Prismari, an art Wizard, maybe...? Silverquill, ai could see some sort of new Domain for Clerics or Warlocks. Excited for this.

 

[Bitbrain]

Looks like official announcements are being made!

Dungeons & Dragons Announces The Wild Beyond the Witchlight Adventure

Dungeons & Dragons has revealed its next campaign adventure, which will take place in the whimsical and mysterious Feywild. Following several months of subtle clues, Wizards of the Coast is planning to release The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, a new full-length Dungeons & Dragons campaign...

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Well, my interest in this adventure just vanished. I’ve no doubt it will be a fantastic product (the idea of strapping butterfly wings to a displacer beast’s tentacles for a circus attraction is certainly interesting), but I really dislike the victorian-era look of the main cover art.

Alternate cover is FAR better, but ultimately neither is what I envision when I think of a fey-themed adventure.

And now strixhaven

Dungeons & Dragons Is Publishing Another Magic: The Gathering Crossover Book for Strixhaven

Dungeons & Dragons will release another Magic: The Gathering-themed campaign setting book later this year, this time providing additional detail to the world of Strixhaven. Wizards of the Coast is set to release Strixhaven: Cirriculum of Chaos, a new D&D release set in the Magic: The Gathering...

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Now this is more what I’m looking for! I’ve started work on a Mystara campaign set in Glantri and an expanded Broken Lands, and this art would fit in nicely with my interpretation of the Great School of Magic.

I’ve really come to appreciate the Ravnica book, as there was some pretty cool stuff from that product that I’ve been able to incorporate into Eberron. Hopefully Strixhaven will be good too!

 

[darjr]

The Wild Beyond the Witchlight - Shop D&D Beyond

Explore the Feywild with The Wild Beyond the Witchlight adventure for levels 1-8, includes new monsters, backgrounds and magic items.

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[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It would only be bearfolk, there are already frogfolk and dhampyrs. And if the mechanics are fairly simple it wouldn't need to go in a UA.

We've got only very distinctive flavor of amphibian people for playable frog people: the grung. They're poisonous tree frogs, which are not at all suitable for general frog people.

A more standard frog people, that could be used for bullywug or frogloks or what have you, would have a niche.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

- Prismari, dedicated to music and art: Wizards and Shamans

When the bards sober up and find their pants, they're going to want to talk to you.

 

[Parmandur]

When the bards sober up and find their pants, they're going to want to talk to you.

Bards fit in, certainly, but I was running down the Magic Classrs present in each College as represented the Cards. There is no Bard in MtG (though check back in a month fir the FR Set that might change).

I could see a Prismari "Shaman" (example below) as a Bard, but not sure if a new Subclass would make sense:

 

[Weiley31]

Bards fit in, certainly, but I was running down the Magic Classrs present in each College as represented the Cards. There is no Bard in MtG (though check back in a month fir the FR Set that might change).

I could see a Prismari "Shaman" (example below) as a Bard, but not sure if a new Subclass would make sense:

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Probably have Bard refluffed as a Shaman.

 

[Parmandur]

Probably have Bard refluffed as a Shaman.

Not sure it works for the Lorehold Shamans, however.

 

[Weiley31]

Not sure it works for the Lorehold Shamans, however.

Shrugs True. But this IS 5E we're talking about here.