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]

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

The 2E, 3E and 4E books were each very distinct from each other.

This "First World" stuff is intriguing.

 

[The Green Hermit]

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

Since we are currently going through HotDQ, I can't wait for this!

 

[darjr]

 

[darjr]

It broke 5000 sales rank already

 

[Paul Farquhar]

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"a feat"

Sounds like all but one of the draconic feats got the chop.

Also, doesn't mention kobolds in player options (although the wording doesn't completely exclude them).

 

[Paul Farquhar]

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

My guess: none.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

I hope the return of the dragonsteed (Dragon Magic). Players love monster mounts for the PCs, and we have could seen stranger things in Newerwinter Online.

The deepwyrm drow subrace would be cool.

Stonehunter gnome and glimmerinskin halfling subraces could be perfect for "magical girls". The right comic or novel would be enough to become popular.

Disclaimer: if your PCs meet a weredragon/song dragon, don't dare to tell jokes about horny bards.

There are seven gem dragons, if we add the amber. Then if there are 20, the rest are 13, enough space for some planar dragons and others.

I doubt we can see here the spellcale as PC race. What a pity!

I wonder about ordinary humanoids who wanted to become dragons as a better option than lich, something like the sorcerer-kings from Athas. (Were the spynewyrms failed experiments of spellcasters trying to "digievolutionate" into dragons?)

Linnords are perfect if you want to use Lovecraftian cults with a litle Norse touch.

* I wonder if Hasbro would dare to create a redesigned version of kobolds to sell toys, like a mixture of Joe Dante's Gremlins and Mandalorian's child/Baby Yoda/Grogu.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Right but the argument that WotC might not do Dark Sun is based entirely on the idea that some theoretical cohort of vocal players would be upset that slavery was included in the setting and potential backgrounds of PCs. I was objecting to the idea that such a thing should matter, given slavery, like Nazis, is a universal evil and therefore not something likely to bring up the sort of ethical quandries that, say, drow might.

Not understanding the issue.

In 2021 "slavery" (and probably Nazis too) has joined the list of things American society** considers "not suitable for children". You can debate the rights and wrongs of it until the cows come home, censorship has never been based on reason*.


Which is not to say WotC can't do Dark Sun now, but it does mean issues around slavery will be veiled, for it to be PG-13 equivalent.



*It has more to do with things adults feel uncomfortable talking to their children about.


** Some things are easier to see when looking from the outside.

 

[Dire Bare]

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??

Catastrophic? Lung? Ferrous? Planar? Linnorm?

The more I think of all the different kinds of dragons in D&D's history, the more the number 20 seems too low!

 

[Henadic Theologian]

"a feat"

Sounds like all but one of the draconic feats got the chop.

Also, doesn't mention kobolds in player options (although the wording doesn't completely exclude them).

Or all three feats got combined into one with choices.

Anyways the book details 20 Dragon Types, but do they mean specific species of Dragons as type or families of connected Dragons species?

Like do they mean Gold, Silver, Bronze, Brass, Copper, Red, Blue, Green, Black, White or Chromatic, Metallic, Gem, Planar, Cataosphic, etc...?