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

 

[Raunalyn]

Teorically there aren't gem dragons in Krynn, but with a retcon or telling they are from the totally unknown continent of Adlatum. If they were, why didn't they appear? Other option is Fizban talking as a planewalker visiting other worlds. Then we could find some "easter egg" about Councyl of Wyrms.

This book will be not too linked to Dragolance or then the DM Guild should allow the setting.

The "pale" dragon from the cover, with two tails? It has to be a gem dragon, because it doesn't seem a white neither a silver dragon, the crest is too different.

* Dragonborn subraces based in gem dragons?

I never had a problem with Gem dragons being in Dragonlance. Sure, they are hidden...dragons existed on Krynn for thousands of years and no one knew...what's to say that the Gem dragons haven't been doing the same.

The Gods of Good and the Gods of Evil each have Metal Dragons and Chromatic Dragons (respectively), so what's to say that the Gods of Balance don't have a race of dragons that follow them?

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I never had a problem with Gem dragons being in Dragonlance. Sure, they are hidden...dragons existed on Krynn for thousands of years and no one knew...what's to say that the Gem dragons haven't been doing the same.

The Gods of Good and the Gods of Evil each have Metal Dragons and Chromatic Dragons (respectively), so what's to say that the Gods of Balance don't have a race of dragons that follow them?

You could retcon that, but not in this book, which is about dragons, not Dragonlance.

 

[dave2008]

You could retcon that, but not in this book, which is about dragons, not Dragonlance.

I could see them throwing in a little retcon sentence or two. Not saying they will, but we have already gotten lore changes in the monster books before (beholders and elves come to mind).

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Sure. He plays three dragon ante every tenday with Mordenkainen, Volo, Tasha, Xanathar, and Van Richten.

Glad we made it nearly 300 posts before the Forgotten Realms bashing started.

I'm not FR bashing, I love FR, I was merely pointing out 5e keeps sending important characters from other settings to FR.

 

[Maxperson]

Does this mean Fizban in hanging out in the Forgotten Realms too, like Tasha and Mordenkainen? At this rate I'm expecting the Lady of Pain to start hanging out in Waterdeep too.

Too cold. She wouldn't be caught dead north of Amn.

 

[Maxperson]

As far as the Lady of Pain is concerned, there is so many unknowns that maybe she can also show up in Ed Greenwood's kitchen, much to his dismay.

Or perhaps not! You never know

 

[vecna00]

Or perhaps not! You never know

Ed Greenwood does like powerful folks in his kitchen!

 

[SkidAce]

Yup, totally different.

Those 1/2 devil-people are completely different concepts than those 1/16 devil-people.

Exactly!

/nods



...hehe...

 

[Weiley31]

Weren’t dragonborn originally a “made” race as well? In 3e, they were humanoids who underwent a ritual created by Bahamut to transform, right? Hence the “born” in their name. I actually kind of prefer that to the true-breeding version we got starting in 4e. You could represent it through a lineage like the ones in VGR easily enough, too. (Same with the psionic Elan race.)

Indeed they were and their scales were strictly Platinum Scales IIRC. I still prefer that version of Dragonborn, origin wise, but I could see the Platinum Scaled Dragonborn being created by the Ritual of Rebirth. (the thing that turned beings into Dragonborns once they got accepted to become one.)

 

[darjr]

I am 1/666 Devil and I’m completely different.