D&D (2024) D&D Direct Will Talk About Project Sigil & Future of D&D on Aug 27th

D&D Direct is an official live-streamed event which will take place on Tuesday, August 27, 2024, at 9 am PDT (5pm BST).

The event will talk about the future of Dungeons & Dragons, and the Project Sigil 3D virtual tabletop.

You'll be able to watch it on the D&D YouTube channel.

2024 Player's Handbook
As the official release of the 2024 Player's Handbook draws near, we'll be taking you for a last peek before you can start playing with the revised rules! You'll get a closer look at the stunning artwork throughout the book and more.

The Future of D&D
We'll also unveil an outline for the future of D&D, including what awaits your heroes in addition to the releases of the remaining 2024 Core Rulebooks. Tune in to discover what thrilling challenges, familiar realms, and formidable foes will test the mettle of your party as you embark on new magical stories!

Project Sigil
The Project Sigil closed beta is coming soon, and we want to show what's in store! Project Sigil is an immersive 3D sandbox to help you run your D&D games. With it, you can bring your games to life in impeccable detail as you create your adventures, share them with friends, and play them together as a group!

You can sign up for the Project Sigil closed beta, which kicks off this fall, to be one of the lucky players who will preview the functionality and provide feedback to help improve D&D's next virtual experience.

When and Where to Watch
D&D Direct will premiere on August 27, 2024, at 9 a.m. PDT on D&D's YouTube channel. In addition to big D&D announcements, there will even be a special collab with Magic: The Gathering to celebrate D&D's 50th anniversary!

Come join in on the fun and experience what's next for D&D together!

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

I'll see if we get more in the "Future of D&D" beyond "Here's some more details from the DMG!". It feels like they need to at least hint about where the 7 excluded subclasses from the 2014 PHB might end up, and common concerns like "What about the Artificer" and popular things from previous books that didn't make the cut.

At Gencon Jeremy Crawford revealed he was working on "new stuff for the Artificer". Maybe we'll find out what that's a part of.

 

[DarkCrisis]

I feel your insincerity is more irritating than your normal complaining.

Just trying to keep it positive

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

At Gencon Jeremy Crawford revealed he was working on "new stuff for the Artificer". Maybe we'll find out what that's a part of.

I would be shocked if the Artificer and the good-but-missing 2014 PHB, Xanathar's and Tasha's subclasses don't have a new home by the end of 2025 and possibly much sooner.

They want people A) to convert to the new books and B) buy more books.

 

[Riley]

I reckon if we see a Setting product next year, probsvly the Forgotten Realms or Eberron.

Forgotten Realms seems pretty likely:

The Future of D&D…

Tune in to discover what thrilling challenges, familiar realms, and formidable foes will test the mettle of your party…

 

[Parmandur]

At Gencon Jeremy Crawford revealed he was working on "new stuff for the Artificer". Maybe we'll find out what that's a part of.

My money is on a Xen'drik slipcase: overview of the continent with a detailed Stormreach base of operations, with a refresh of Eberron mechanics (like Dragonmarks as expanded Feat Baclgrounds, Warforged Origin Feats, etc), a Bestiary and an Adventure...still works with Rising from the Last War.

 

[Parmandur]

Forgotten Realms seems pretty likely:

“Tune in to discover what thrilling challenges, familiar realms, and formidable foes will test the mettle of your party…”

Still very possible.

 

[Yaarel]

At Gencon Jeremy Crawford revealed he was working on "new stuff for the Artificer". Maybe we'll find out what that's a part of.

I hope the 2024 Artificer is an opportunity to revamp some of it.

I love the concept but strongly prefer a full caster mechanically − to lean into the magic of magic items.

A Warlock chassis for Artificer, Psion, Swordmage, even Warlord, would be awesome.

This chassis would allow players to emphasize either a half caster or a full caster, depending on "invocation" choices.


For Artificer, emphasize elementalism and alchemy − including healing and immortality − as well as magic item creation, and the "science" of the magic.

 

[Yaarel]

With the 2024 core rules being more setting neutral, it means a Forgotten Realms setting guide can dive deep into its lore without needing to be vague or "neutral". It will still probably still try to avoid getting bogged down, so DMs can make it ones own. But also, it no longer needs to shy away from its idiosyncrasies.

I expect the setting-neutral core will prove to be healthier for Forgotten Realms specifically.

 

[Yaarel]

My money is on a Xen'drik slipcase: overview of the continent with a detailed Stormreach base of operations, with a refresh of Eberron mechanics (like Dragonmarks as expanded Feat Baclgrounds, Warforged Origin Feats, etc), a Bestiary and an Adventure...still works with Rising from the Last War.

Come to think of it, Eberron would be the place to debut the 2024 Artificer, too.

 

[Parmandur]

Come to think of it, Eberron would be the place to debut the 2024 Artificer, too.

Yeah, the main thing tipping me towards Eberron are those oblique comments about the Artificer at GenCon. Makes the most sense if they are doing a big overhaulnfor Eberron quick.

Frankly, they could get both in 2025, if they do an Ebwrron book or slipcase and a FR campaign or anthology.

In general, I expect we will see post-MM:

• A big Campaign book, apparently involving Venger
• An anthology smaller modular Adventures, old or new
• Some sort of Setting product.

Would not expect a big Everything splat so soon after the PHB, nor a full Bestisry so soon after the MM: but something like the Planescape slipcase, thst I could see.