D&D 5E Strixhaven: Orientation

WotC has released an overview of the upcoming Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos, as adventurers of levels 1-10 uncover a plot against the university. Teased are activities like tavern games, a magical frog race, an improv festival, and other social encounters. You can also take exams to improve your skills, join clubs, or get jobs.

Also included is a bestiary of over 40 new creatures.

The Bibloplex contains most of the information in the multiverse. Plenty of other locations fill the book, such as Captain Dapplewing's Manor, a mansion built for the university professors. One adventure has the PCs breaking into the manor. Another adventure involves the main Strixhaven student sport, Mage Tower.

 

[Rabulias]

I want to run a game where the players are the faculty.

To paraphrase a common bit of advice here, "The DM has infinite students."

 

[Bolares]

On come on, Quidditch is a ridiculously stupid game. It reads like a game made by and for 6 year olds.

Mage "kidnap" duels where anything except hurting opponents and mascots is a very different thing.

Yeah, mage tower is much more a variation of capture the flag on FPS games than quidditch.

 

[darjr]

To paraphrase a common bit of advice here, "The DM has infinite students."

The university board is watching

 

[Bolares]

If nothing more I'm gonna steal this for Arcanix/Morgrave in Eberron.

This book seems really really cool.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

When will it be adapted into animated serie? I guess for Netflix.

 

[darjr]

Oh! Yea! I think it would be a perfect following to Witchlight! Such a great idea!

@MockingBird

I just had an idea! What if you have the carnival start in the same world as Strixhaven? Your kids could play kids from that world at the carnival, for the intro bit, if you decide to start it that way.
Then end it like the following in the spoiler tag.

Spoiler

with Witchlight with them being out back in time as those kids again, but instead of losing something from their childhood they get thier Strixhaven invitations when the get home from the carnival!

 

[NotAYakk]

When will it be adapted into animated serie? I guess for Netflix.

Little did you know, this is the background for the upcoming D&D movie.

 

[vecna00]

I'm very interested to see how the "subclass feats" will work in this book. I think they have the potential to be used for the Planescape Factions...

 

[toucanbuzz]

Taking exams to improve skills and getting a student job? shudder Makes me think of a 2002 South Park episode where they were effectively playing D&D and came across the Harry Potter roleplay kids... I can't post what is said next because it's, well, South Park. Also foreshadowed in an old Knights of the Dinner Table comic strip where the ex-wife of Hackmaster's creator takes over and wants to remodel the game to attract the Harry Potter fans, causing the old-timers at the company to have near-apoplexy.

That all said, I'll try and keep an open mind.

 

[darjr]

I wonder if the job things in this might help with… oh say… a long term undercover or infiltration kind of game. Or a game with a base of ops in a big city.