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

 

[Ixal]

Summary of what I noticed (probably too late and someone will have typed this already up by the time I hit post)

• Dragonsight is mentioned as specific thing.
• Dragons affect the lands around them, possibly related on how they worked in 4E.
• Dragon minions, probably new monsters.
• Aspects of dragon gods, That could mean that they now formally tie together Bahamut/Tiamat and Paladin/Thakisis.
• Saphire Dragon: Live in the Underdark, employs Deep Gnomes, collect weapons and military lore.
• Amethyst Dragon: Majestic with an even temperament. Often intermediates and diplomats.
• Crystal Dragons: Wants to be friends with everyone but can't stand people who are mean to them. Lairs in the same area as white dragons and tend to steal their eggs and raise them as their own (I think that was also the case in previous editions).
• Emerald Dragons: Intelligent and Inquisitive. And also rather paranoid.
• Topaz Dragon: Selfish, often attack on sight. Lairs on beaches and under water.
• First World: (mainly from Tashas): Was the place gods tried out their creation powers, so more of a blueprint storage and testing ground (basically they stole the idea from the first world in Pathfinder). A war (in which Bahamut and Tiamat were involved) caused it to explode and the multiverse was created by the different fragments of it.
• Fizban and his connection to the War of the Lance is mentioned with (imo) hints that we will hear more about it.
• Ranger: Gets a drake companion that levels with you.
• Monk: Can channel dragon abilities like breath weapons, wings, blindsight, etc.
• Ancestries for Dragonborn (including gem dragons)
• They mention multiple feats and not only one.
• Feat example: Absorb elements and empower your weapon with it.
• All feats are combat centric.
• Lair and Treasure information about each dragon type.
• Maps for dragon lairs.
• "Turtle Great Wyrm", so age categories for dragon turtles.

 

[Parmandur]

I am excited about the maps for Dragon lairs: one of my favorite touches in Volo's.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

• Aspects of dragon gods, That could mean that they now formally tie together Bahamut/Tiamat and Paladin/Thakisis.

I would assume they mean "aspects" in the sense that they're low level versions of dragon gods, suitable for fighting at Tier 2.

 

[Demetrios1453]

"Great Wyrm" seems to be the Mythic Monster block rules for Dragon types.

Which is something I was hoping for. Glad to see mythic geting an appearance in this book!

 

[Demetrios1453]

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!

Sounds like dragon turtle is going to be one of the 20...

 

[darjr]

Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Make your dragons soar to new heights with this supplement for the world's greatest roleplaying game.

www.dndbeyond.com

 

[Parmandur]

Sounds like dragon turtle is going to be one of the 20...

So, that's 16 candidates now. Those last four intrigue me...

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

So, that's 16 candidates now. Those last four intrigue me...

Historically, they'd be things like dracoliches and shadow dragons, in terms of popularity, but those are handled differently in 5E now, so who knows if they'd make the cut.

 

[darjr]

Looks like creators are being released to talk about it. @Morrus

 

[Demetrios1453]

Looks like we're going to get more coverage of gem dragons here than ever before, which I'm very happy about...