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

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

WotC did not have the option of walking away. They tried to walk away by not walking away. That got them sued. WotC caved. The books are coming out.

I have never had someone so angrily agreeing with me before.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Maybe VA Richten will even play a part in some Adventure?

That would be pretty shocking. He's single-minded about Ravenloft, and with good reason. It's hard to picture him taking a break to go running around in a dungeon in the Moonshaes.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Finally, I haven’t seen anyone else confirm this from DnDBeyonds API. I have seen others who looked for it and it wasn’t there. I think I trust Nerd Immersion but second confirmation is always a good idea. Have I missed that from someone?

I'd expect more leaks to come out hours before WotC officially announces it, as the press kits get emailed out and Fantasy Grounds, etc., prep the content for upload.

 

[Parmandur]

Did Paladine or Bahamut show up in something earlier? I think his card counts but I mean something from the D&D side of WotC.

Also, don’t the magic card sets take considerably longer to make? How long ago would the Monk have been set?

Finally, I haven’t seen anyone else confirm this from DnDBeyonds API. I have seen others who looked for it and it wasn’t there. I think I trust Nerd Immersion but second confirmation is always a good idea. Have I missed that from someone?

The code is still there, but the image now requires permission to view.

 

[Dire Bare]

Given that Takhsis is now officially Tiamat, that almost certainly means that Paladine is now officially Bahamut. Since Bahamut hasn't gone anywhere, at worst, Fizban is a low level aspect of Bahamut. (An extremely good deal for the "balance.")

Takhisis = Tiamat, Paladine = Bahamut . . . that's not new. It's just depends on how you look at settings. From within the Dragonlance setting, Tiamat and Bahamut are irrelevant. From the larger D&D cosmology, they are obviously aspects of the same cosmic beings.

Right. But he isn't Fizban anymore, he is a mortal elf. Fizban no longer exists. Paladine, the Dragonlance version of Bahamut, is no more.

I think we're arguing semantics here. The being sometimes known as Paladine or Fizban still exists, but now is mortal and goes under a different guise.

 

[Parmandur]

Did Paladine or Bahamut show up in something earlier? I think his card counts but I mean something from the D&D side of WotC.

Also, don’t the magic card sets take considerably longer to make? How long ago would the Monk have been set?

Finally, I haven’t seen anyone else confirm this from DnDBeyonds API. I have seen others who looked for it and it wasn’t there. I think I trust Nerd Immersion but second confirmation is always a good idea. Have I missed that from someone?

As to the book versus card set, the cards would have been close to finalized nearly a year ago, with focus shifting to balance. James Wyatt was involved in the vision design phase of development, which would have been in 2019.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Takhisis = Tiamat, Paladine = Bahamut . . . that's not new. It's just depends on how you look at settings. From within the Dragonlance setting, Tiamat and Bahamut are irrelevant. From the larger D&D cosmology, they are obviously aspects of the same cosmic beings.

My poorly expressed point was that I don't think WotC is going to view Bahamut/Paladine as having gone anywhere. Whether that's a retcon of some of the novels or Bahamut deciding he only agreed to depower his Paladine avatar down to the aspect level, I think we'll see Big Platinum back in action whenever we finally see Krynn in a game book again.

 

[Staffan]

Did Paladine or Bahamut show up in something earlier? I think his card counts but I mean something from the D&D side of WotC.

Sort of. Exandria uses the Dawn War pantheon, and Bahamut is part of that.

 

[Azzy]

My poorly expressed point was that I don't think WotC is going to view Bahamut/Paladine as having gone anywhere. Whether that's a retcon of some of the novels or Bahamut deciding he only agreed to depower his Paladine avatar down to the aspect level, I think we'll see Big Platinum back in action whenever we finally see Krynn in a game book again.

I'm guessing/hoping that the new DL trilogy may change the DL timeline in some fundamental way so that the Chaos War and subsequent events didn't happen.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

Given that Takhsis is now officially Tiamat, that almost certainly means that Paladine is now officially Bahamut. Since Bahamut hasn't gone anywhere, at worst, Fizban is a low level aspect of Bahamut. (An extremely good deal for the "balance.")

Although Takhisis is officially meant to be Tiamat, I think we have to consider that one god's aspect on on world of the material plane does not necessarily mean it also happens everywhere in the multiverse.

So Takhisis is dead, and Paladine depowered by the end of the Dragonlance novels, but I don't think that means Tiamat suddenly dies everywhere in the Multiverse, or that Paladine is depowered everywhere.

Essentially, Takhisis is how Tiamat manifests in Dragonlance, but Takhisis dying doesn't actually kill Tiamat in Avernus.