D&D 5E Book of Many Things pre order up.

[Parmandur]

I wonder if one of the new cards will be "Grinning Cat?" WotC isn't above reprinting a dtat block within the same year.

 

[TravDoc42]

Well, two of the Apells in Wonders of the Multiverse summoned a "Reaper Spirit" and a "Warrior Spirit", so those two (with their proper names unscrubbed) seem likely.

I see two major factors making it somewhat difficult to predict what might be in there: first, they are trippling the size of the Deck, from 22 cards to 66 cards. That means two thirds of the Deck can be literally anything. Which leads into the second major factor: the unifying theme of the content is randomness, which h means that literally any unpublished Monster from an older Edition of any type whatsoever and entirely brand new Monsters are totally fair game and on theme by default. The weirder, the better, perhaps.

I like the sounds of that!!

 

[Parmandur]

 

[TravDoc42]

Also, I forgot about the Euryale card (which appears to feature on the back cover of the book!

Edit: There's some interesting potential critters from the cover, like those skeletal horsemen (the Wild Hunt?)

 

[humble minion]

Two backgrounds, 1 feat and 3 spells. Looks like fate clerics failed the Spark Joy test.

WotC have been really cautious about new subclass options especially since the 2024 corebook revisions were announced, probably because they're wary of creating compatibility issues for themselves down the track. I think the barbarian subclass in Bigby's is one of the very very few we've seen make it to print since then. There was none in Spelljammer, none in Dragonlance, none in Radiant Citadel (probably not a surprise, for an adventure anthology), none in Monsters of the Multiverse, now none in Many Things, and off the top of my head i can't think of any likely candidates for Planescape either.

 

[Parmandur]

WotC have been really cautious about new subclass options especially since the 2024 corebook revisions were announced, probably because they're wary of creating compatibility issues for themselves down the track. I think the barbarian subclass in Bigby's is one of the very very few we've seen make it to print since then. There was none in Spelljammer, none in Dragonlance, none in Radiant Citadel (probably not a surprise, for an adventure anthology), none in Monsters of the Multiverse, now none in Many Things, and off the top of my head i can't think of any likely candidates for Planescape either.

Dragonlance had the Lunar Sorcerer.

 

[Parmandur]

Taking a look at the Fates on that one card...this might be the sort of place to put stats for really out there high level "whimsical," "mystical," or "cosmic" entities thst might be a bit too far out there for a normal D&D prodict...like the Three Fates, or The Grim Reaper.

 

[Weiley31]

I still like the Reaper Spirit from the Wonders of the Multiverse UA and honestly would want it as companion option, ala Tasha's Beast companion update. But like for Necromancers/Death Domain Clerics.

 

[Parmandur]

Not sure what I'm seeing here, is this a Celestial of some sort, or an avatar of the Sun or something...?

 

[humble minion]

Dragonlance had the Lunar Sorcerer.

Very true, I forgot about that one.