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]

There is now a description on the Amazon page:

Product Description​

Discover everything there is to know about dragons—the most iconic of D&D monsters—in this quintessential reference guide.


Meet Fizban the Fabulous: doddering archmage, unlikely war hero, divine avatar of a dragon-god—and your guide to the mysteries of dragonkind.

What is the difference between a red dragon and a gold dragon? What is dragonsight? How does a dragon’s magic impact the world around them? This comprehensive guide provides Dungeon Masters with a rich hoard of tools and information for designing dragon-themed encounters, adventures, and campaigns. Dragonslayers and dragon scholars alike will also appreciate its insight into harnessing the power of dragon magic and options for players to create unique, memorable draconic characters.

• Introduces gem dragons to fifth edition!
• Provides Dungeon Masters with tools to craft adventures inspired by dragons, including dragon lair maps and detailed information about 20 different types of dragons
• Adds player character options, including dragon-themed subclasses for monks and rangers, unique draconic ancestries for dragonborn, additional spell options, and a feat
• Presents a complete dragon bestiary and introduces a variety of dragons and dragon-related creatures—including aspects of the dragon gods, dragon minions, and more
• Reveals the story of the First World and the role the dragon gods Bahamut and Tiamat played in its creation and destruction

So, it looks like we will get detailed Volo's style Lore dumps on the ten Classic Dragons and Gem Dragons...but who are the other 5 types of Dragon getting an indepth dump??

No mention of new Kobolds, they might not have passed muster.

A Complete Dragon Bestiary implies they are going to.try and include every Dragon and Dragon-adjacent creature possible.

 

[Parmandur]

"Kobold"

"Dragon minions"?

But no mention for player material. New Kobold monsters stats? Probably.

 

[darjr]

There is now a description on the Amazon page:

Product Description​

Discover everything there is to know about dragons—the most iconic of D&D monsters—in this quintessential reference guide.


Meet Fizban the Fabulous: doddering archmage, unlikely war hero, divine avatar of a dragon-god—and your guide to the mysteries of dragonkind.

What is the difference between a red dragon and a gold dragon? What is dragonsight? How does a dragon’s magic impact the world around them? This comprehensive guide provides Dungeon Masters with a rich hoard of tools and information for designing dragon-themed encounters, adventures, and campaigns. Dragonslayers and dragon scholars alike will also appreciate its insight into harnessing the power of dragon magic and options for players to create unique, memorable draconic characters.

• Introduces gem dragons to fifth edition!
• Provides Dungeon Masters with tools to craft adventures inspired by dragons, including dragon lair maps and detailed information about 20 different types of dragons
• Adds player character options, including dragon-themed subclasses for monks and rangers, unique draconic ancestries for dragonborn, additional spell options, and a feat
• Presents a complete dragon bestiary and introduces a variety of dragons and dragon-related creatures—including aspects of the dragon gods, dragon minions, and more
• Reveals the story of the First World and the role the dragon gods Bahamut and Tiamat played in its creation and destruction

@Morrus

 

[Urriak Uruk]

There is now a description on the Amazon page:

Product Description​

Discover everything there is to know about dragons—the most iconic of D&D monsters—in this quintessential reference guide.


Meet Fizban the Fabulous: doddering archmage, unlikely war hero, divine avatar of a dragon-god—and your guide to the mysteries of dragonkind.

What is the difference between a red dragon and a gold dragon? What is dragonsight? How does a dragon’s magic impact the world around them? This comprehensive guide provides Dungeon Masters with a rich hoard of tools and information for designing dragon-themed encounters, adventures, and campaigns. Dragonslayers and dragon scholars alike will also appreciate its insight into harnessing the power of dragon magic and options for players to create unique, memorable draconic characters.

• Introduces gem dragons to fifth edition!
• Provides Dungeon Masters with tools to craft adventures inspired by dragons, including dragon lair maps and detailed information about 20 different types of dragons
• Adds player character options, including dragon-themed subclasses for monks and rangers, unique draconic ancestries for dragonborn, additional spell options, and a feat
• Presents a complete dragon bestiary and introduces a variety of dragons and dragon-related creatures—including aspects of the dragon gods, dragon minions, and more
• Reveals the story of the First World and the role the dragon gods Bahamut and Tiamat played in its creation and destruction

Looks like we may be getting reprinted Tiamat stats, and I assume stats for Bahamut and maybe even the Ruby Dragon God?

Also looks like we will get a lore drop on the "First World," which I assume will be the 5E version of the war with the Primordials.

 

[Leatherhead]

Conspicuously absent from this list of highlights is the revised Kobold.

Which is double weird because Kobolds have had an official revision from Volo's errata. You would think at least that one would see print if not the the one from UA.

 

[Yaarel]

But no mention for player material. New Kobold monsters stats? Probably.

Kobold could be here as a "playable monster".

 

[Urriak Uruk]

So, it looks like we will get detailed Volo's style Lore dumps on the ten Classic Dragons and Gem Dragons...but who are the other 5 types of Dragon getting an indepth dump??

No mention of new Kobolds, they might not have passed muster.

A Complete Dragon Bestiary implies they are going to.try and include every Dragon and Dragon-adjacent creature possible.

The remaining five... hard to say. It's possible they use the templates here for lore dumps, including the Shadow Dragon, Dracolich, and maybe a few new ones like a zombie dragon or even vampire dragon.

 

[pukunui]

I wonder how much if it will just be reprinted from previous dragon books.

 

[JEB]

So, it looks like we will get detailed Volo's style Lore dumps on the ten Classic Dragons and Gem Dragons...but who are the other 5 types of Dragon getting an indepth dump??

Assuming it's planar dragons, and at least one is the chaos dragon, one wonders what the other four would be. Maybe one for each alignment extreme? (If so, betting on adamantine as the rep for "good".)

Of course, they could also do the chaos dragon and four other miscellaneous dragons... but a thematic grouping of five seems most likely.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

Assuming it's planar dragons, and at least one is the chaos dragon, one wonders what the other four would be. Maybe one for each alignment extreme? (If so, betting on adamantine as the rep for "good".)

Of course, they could also do the chaos dragon and four other miscellaneous dragons... but a thematic grouping of five seems most likely.

Well, I'd say Faerie (or Mirage), then Chaos Dragon, Hellfire Wyrm (infernal), Axial dragon (lawful), Abyssal drakes, and Radiant dragons (Mt Celestia) are all pretty likely candidates.