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]

Or for NPCs.

You say that as though player characters won't pick fights with barmaids and random shopkeepers. All NPCs are for fighting!

 

[The Green Hermit]

So, the art of the green-hat wizard fellow with the canary makes me think Bahamut as a monk is going to remain an MtG thing.

It was in 3E, too.

 

[The Green Hermit]

You say that as though player characters won't pick fights with barmaids and random shopkeepers. All NPCs are for fighting!

True! However, they are not automatically enemies/monsters to kill.

 

[Charlaquin]

It was in 3E, too.

Huh?

 

[The Glen]

Maybe something like the Yawning Portal, but includes a number of classic settings for people to enjoy and adapt how they will?

You could have Nentil Vale, Mystara, Greyhawk, etc given a brief outline on the setting allowing the buyer to adapt how and what they will to make their own version of that setting.

Thus the Known Worlds supplements will come in handy to supplement the 5e briefing on the Mystara setting for instance.

That kind of book might be possible?

Interplanar crossover module. Bargle is up to his usual shenanigans, steals a mcguffin from someplace either in Sigil or from a location in Spelljammer. A helpful, friendly and likeable NPC goes around to Birthright, Greyhawk, Dark Sun, Mystara, and Dragonlance for some quick one on one introductory adventures before the PCs from across the multiverse have to stop the infamous wizard from getting away with his nefarious plot. Get to see each world at a different chapter, from the court drama of Birthright, the bleakness of Dark Sun, Dragonlance can have an epic fight with draconians, Greyhawk is gets the party sideways glances from the distrustful natives and then they can experience the cultural overload of Thyatis City before tracking Bargle back to Sigil for the ultimate showdown.

Where he then kills the NPC, snorts pixie dust off a drow matron's chest, and electric slides cackling through a getaway portal scot-free, just to make another generation of gamers hate him with a lingering passion. Because he's Bargle and that's what he does.

 

[bedir than]

Or all three feats got combined into one with choices.

Circling back to this.

My feedback was that they should be combined with options, because it made no sense that a character should be able to take chromatic, gem, and metallic at the same time.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

With a number as large as 20, that has to mean as specific as Red Dragon, Gold Dragon, etc.

If it includes Dragon Turtles apparently not.

So far it seems its

1. Dragon Turtles
2. Chromatic
3. Metallic
4. Gem
5. Stone? The video with Wyatt mentions Moonstone, but one of the Articles mentions Gleamstone Dragons, so they might be expanding the Moonstone Dragons to a whole family of Feywild Dragon species.

15 to 20 are ????

I don't think Elder Brain Dragons count as a type.

 

[Parmandur]

If it includes Dragon Turtles apparently not.

So far it seems its

1. Dragon Turtles
2. Chromatic
3. Metallic
4. Gem
5. Stone? The video with Wyatt mentions Moonstone, but one of the Articles mentions Gleamstone Dragons, so they might be expanding the Moonstone Dragons to a whole family of Feywild Dragon species.

15 to 20 are ????

I don't think Elder Brain Dragons count as a type.

Well, there are 20 types getting Volo's style deep dives, but then a whole bestiary. I expect the Elder Brain Dragons will get a MM writeup in the Bestiary, not a deep dive ecology.

 

[overgeeked]

If it includes Dragon Turtles apparently not.

So far it seems its

1. Dragon Turtles
2. Chromatic
3. Metallic
4. Gem
5. Stone? The video with Wyatt mentions Moonstone, but one of the Articles mentions Gleamstone Dragons, so they might be expanding the Moonstone Dragons to a whole family of Feywild Dragon species.

15 to 20 are ????

I don't think Elder Brain Dragons count as a type.

I think it’s at least 20 types of dragons. But the count will be five chromatic, five metallic, five gem, and five others. Of those five others we know turtle, moonstone, and elder brain.

 

[Parmandur]

I think it’s at least 20 types of dragons. But the count will be five chromatic, five metallic, five gem, and five others. Of those five others we know turtle, moonstone, and elder brain.

I doubt the Elder Brain will be in the campaign Lore chapter, but just part of the bestiary.