D&D 5E Fizban Is In The Wild -- With the Table of Contents!

Some people have received their copies of Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, and have posted photos (including the table of contents!) online!

 

[Bolares]

I do owe my best friend a wedding gift and he is a huge DND fan.

That's what friends are for... Giving us excuses to buy the same book twice

 

[Weiley31]

That's what friends are for... Giving us excuses to buy the same book twice

He doesn't really care about the Alternative covers as much as I do. I also have an extra, tad bit bent, copy of Tyranny of Dragons 2019 that I'll probably give him too as I got a second Tyranny of Dragons 2019 to replace that.

 

[Bolares]

Technically not "canon" anymore, as any Eberron lore that isn't in Eberron: Rising from the Last War is not officially canon anymore.

(And @Parmandur's idea about having the Daughter of Khyber just be an avatar of Khyber could work, but that might get a bit tricky, as then she would be the Avatar of Khyber, who would be an Avatar/Aspect of Cosmic Tiamat.)

The Dragon Gods of Eberron aren't canon anymore, and WotC is leaning a ton into the D&D Multiverse idea, both Siberys and Sardior are shattered and both Tiamat and Khyber are trapped. I'm just saying that if WotC wanted to connect Eberron's Creation Myth to the lore of the First World and D&D Multiverse, this is the perfect opportunity to do so, especially because they recently de-canonized all contradictory material from Eberron.

The progenitors are 100% canon, from Rising:

"Every child knows the story of the Progenitor Dragons: Siberys, Eberron, and Khyber. In the dawn of time, these three cosmic beings created thirteen planes of existence, each embodying a concept. Their final work was the Material Plane, where all ideas would become manifest: a realm that could know war and peace, life and death, order and chaos. But cruel Khyber sought ultimate dominion over this new reality. She struck Siberys without warning and tore him apart. Eberron wrestled with Khyber and bound the traitor in her coils but could not defeat her. So Eberron became a living prison, a world that would forever contain Khyber's evil.

Almost every culture in the world shares this story as a myth that explains the world. Shattered Siberys became the ring of golden dragonshards wrapped around the planet, said to be the source of magic. Eberron is the world, the source of all natural life. And Khyber is the Underdark and the source of aberrations and fiends, forever struggling against her bonds and yearning to destroy the world above."

Also, there is no contradictory lore about Tiamat. Every source of Eberron lore there is describes her as The Daughter of Khyber. Sure, they could change it up in Fizban's, but I've already explained why I don't like that idea for canon.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

The progenitors are 100% canon, from Rising:

"Every child knows the story of the Progenitor Dragons: Siberys, Eberron, and Khyber. In the dawn of time, these three cosmic beings created thirteen planes of existence, each embodying a concept. Their final work was the Material Plane, where all ideas would become manifest: a realm that could know war and peace, life and death, order and chaos. But cruel Khyber sought ultimate dominion over this new reality. She struck Siberys without warning and tore him apart. Eberron wrestled with Khyber and bound the traitor in her coils but could not defeat her. So Eberron became a living prison, a world that would forever contain Khyber's evil.

Almost every culture in the world shares this story as a myth that explains the world. Shattered Siberys became the ring of golden dragonshards wrapped around the planet, said to be the source of magic. Eberron is the world, the source of all natural life. And Khyber is the Underdark and the source of aberrations and fiends, forever struggling against her bonds and yearning to destroy the world above."

Also, there is no contradictory lore about Tiamat. Every source of Eberron lore there is describes her as The Daughter of Khyber. Sure, they could change it up in Fizban's, but I've already explained why I don't like that idea for canon.

I said "The Dragon Gods of Eberron are no longer canon", which are something entirely different from the Progenitor Dragons. I'm well aware that the Creation Myth for Eberron is considered canon in 5e, but the Dragon Gods (the Constellations) are not. They're not mentioned in Eberron: Rising from the Last War, so they're not considered canon anymore.

(I know that. I just meant that the Daughter of Khyber isn't canon in 5e anymore, so any contradiction by saying that Tiamat is Khyber and so on wouldn't actually be a canon contradiction anymore.)

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Draggonel is something way different, which is probably why they used Liondrake instead of Draggone.

Apparently according to this Tod Kendrick interview with James Wyatt Draggonel can be summoned by Paladins (and by extension Bards) with Find Greater Steed and used as mounts. I don't know if you do that with Lion Drakes or not.

 

[pukunui]

Looks like this book's disclaimer reads:

No guarantee is made that this book was or was not removed from the hoard of a dragon. Be aware that items taken from a dragon's hoard might carry traces of the dragon's inherent magic long after they are removed from said hoard. Exposure to another dragon's hoard can reawaken that magic with unpredictable results.

 

[Bolares]

I said "The Dragon Gods of Eberron are no longer canon", which are something entirely different from the Progenitor Dragons. I'm well aware that the Creation Myth for Eberron is considered canon in 5e, but the Dragon Gods (the Constellations) are not. They're not mentioned in Eberron: Rising from the Last War, so they're not considered canon anymore.

Ah, got you... Yes, by the current understanding of canon, if you consider that undisputed previous canon is automatically decanonized if not directly mentioned, none of that is canon...

 

[BleakForest]

You know given that the Steel sidebar likely uses the Silver's general statics like in Mad Mage, wouldn't it be easy to convert a Steel Greatwyrm as well?
Doubly so if Song ends up using Copper like people are theorizing.

 

[Parmandur]

Apparently according to this Tod Kendrick interview with James Wyatt Draggonel can be summoned by Paladins (and by extension Bards) with Find Greater Steed and used as mounts. I don't know if you do that with Lion Drakes or not.

The Drsggonel is more of a mount, I suppose, and is more like a Pteradactyl.

 

[Parmandur]

You know given that the Steel sidebar likely uses the Silver's general statics like in Mad Mage, wouldn't it be easy to convert a Steel Greatwyrm as well?
Doubly so if Song ends up using Copper like people are theorizing.

Ayup.