D&D 5E The October D&D Book is Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons

As revealed by Nerd Immersion by deciphering computer code from D&D Beyond!

Spoiler

Fizban the Fabulous is, of course, the accident-prone, befuddled alter-ego of Dragonlance’s god of good dragons, Paladine, the platinum dragon (Dragonlance’s version of Bahamut).

Which makes my guess earlier this year spot on!

UPDATE -- the book now has a description!

D&D 5E - Fizban's Treasury: The Dragon Book Now Has A Description... And A Feat

Courtesy of Amazon, we now have a description for Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, the October D&D hardcover. The book introduces gem dragons, dragon-themed player options, and plenty of draconic lore! This joins September's The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, and November's Strixhaven: Curriculum of...

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D&D 5E - My guess for the other D&D book this year... Draconomicon!

We know the fifth major product this year will be James Wyatt‘s as-yet unannounced project, and we know it will be coming out this year between Witchlight and Strixhaven. Wyatt co-wrote the Draconomicon for 3E. There have been two recent dragon-themed Unearthed Arcanas — dragon-themed...

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Fizban the Fabulous by Vera Gentinetta

 

[Parmandur]

The more crisp one (in the video) is definitely better, but I still find this cover decidley less evocative than the other monster books covers, Volo's and Mordenkainen's. Both were great call outs to the material inside while also feeling very unique... this feels like a piece I've seen a dozen times.

I would've preferred seeing Bahamut in Human form with Seven Ancient Gold Drsgons in their true form, doing something Metal.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

I just hope that when DragonLance comes out they got rid of the steel monetary system. Sure, you can hand wave it, but when things take more steel to make then they cost to buy... it just annoys me to no end.

Or... make all weapons and armor bronze!

 

[Minigiant]

I propose that a group of dragons be called a Treasury.

Dragons don't do anything together. Dragons don't like other dragons. So If you see a group of dragons, it's a bad time to be alive.

/favoredenemy

 

[overgeeked]

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Catastrophic Dragon - 1d4chan

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Catastrophic Dragons split from the more common Chromatic Dragon and Metallic Dragon families during the Dawn War. The most common story recounts that, after Io was slain by Erek-Hus, a significant band of dragons was so shaken up by the death of their divine creator, and so contemptuous of both Tiamat and Bahamut as lackluster pretenders to his throne, that they decided that the Primordials were going to win the Dawn War. So, they approached different Primordials and offered them service - not being idiots, the lords of the Elemental Chaos eagerly embraced them, transforming them into entities that were not quite dragon, not quite elemental, but something greater than both.

Would absolutely love them to start bringing more 4E stuff into 5E.

 

[Retreater]

The threat of a never-seen-in-game green dragon has been the engine behind my ongoing 15-year campaign. So, yeah.

Exactly. You hint about them, pull them out once in 15 years. They aren't used enough to warrant their own book. Like a book of undead could be useful throughout an entire campaign, an entire edition of the game. Dragons are used maybe 1-2 times in a campaign. It's a waste of a publication slot for me.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

I don't wish more drakes but true dragons, those with age categories. Why not the ferrous (now a sub-group within metallic ones)? And planars, and steel, jade, mist, shadow, faerie, cloud, outers(stellar, sun, moon..), (I would add arms and claws to rain dragons or tlacocoalts).

But if we add too many species then we will need a lot of space for the, something like a "Jurassic Park". Then here the setting Councyl of Wyrms should be redesigned to allow enough space for previous and future species.

I wouldn't be too surprised if we see a future event of Magic: the Gathering linked with Dragonlance and Councyl of Wyrms in the next year.

 

[pukunui]

I wonder if that is not a normal red dragon on the cover … its wings are more like a copper dragon’s.

 

[Parmandur]

Exactly. You hint about them, pull them out once in 15 years. They aren't used enough to warrant their own book. Like a book of undead could be useful throughout an entire campaign, an entire edition of the game. Dragons are used maybe 1-2 times in a campaign. It's a waste of a publication slot for me.

As they say, mo' Dragons is mo' betta.

Seriously, lore on one of the most popular PC Races (Dragonborn are fourth after Humans, Elves/Half-Elves, & Dwarves IIRC), and new Spells, Feats and stat blocks?? And Dragon art? Pure awesome.

 

[darjr]

So that tail on the “crystal” dragon. Is it two? Or an extremely long one? I think the latter. But it does seem like it’s a tell tail sign of what kind of dragon? No?

 

[Dioltach]

I've started running Dragons of Autumn for 3.5E. Surprise dragon attack in Xak Tsaroth, three out of six PCs in negative hit points in one round. So yes, I like dragons...