D&D 5E (2024) Next issue of Game Informer will have details on the two upcoming Forgotten Realms books

[Parmandur]

Someone else mentioned no new playable species in the book sadly, but perhaps they will be in the next Everything book. Seems weird since Dragonbait is in the book.

I mean, be was in Tomb of Anhilation 8 years ago, too, without a playable Spcies option. .kght be more Saurials as stat blocks though

 

[TravDoc42]

Someone else mentioned no new playable species in the book sadly, but perhaps they will be in the next Everything book. Seems weird since Dragonbait is in the book.

Honestly, I'd be glad with just NPC stat blocks for the saurials! Maybe add them as species in the everything books, but even just a few saurial stat blocks would make me so happy.
Where did they mention Dragonbait in this book?

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Honestly, I'd be glad with just NPC stat blocks for the saurials! Maybe add them as species in the everything books, but even just a few saurial stat blocks would make me so happy.
Where did they mention Dragonbait in this book?

Someone mentioned online the article mentions Dragonbait & Alias is on the book & she narrates the Dalelands section.

 

[TravDoc42]

Someone mentioned online the article mentions Dragonbait & Alias is on the book & she narrates the Dalelands section.

I somehow missed that!!! That's a good sign for a saurial presence!! Thank you!!

 

[Parmandur]

Someone mentioned online the article mentions Dragonbait & Alias is on the book & she narrates the Dalelands section.

I mean, as far as I can tell, Alias hasn't come up in FR stuff in a while...but it makes sense she is still around.

 

[Demetrios1453]

Someone else mentioned no new playable species in the book sadly, but perhaps they will be in the next Everything book. Seems weird since Dragonbait is in the book.

I read somewhere that Alias will be the narrator for the Dalelands section. Hopefully we'll see them in action together again! But in any case, if she is the narrator, that does make at least a bit likely that the Lost Dale and its inhabitants will be described, as she and Dragonbait were the main characters in the novel the Lost Dale appeared in. We might not get them as playable species, but at least statted out in the bestiary.

Bets on whether she'll still be wearing the boob window chainmail? I doubt it, but maybe in the commentary she could bring it up as a joke/easter egg.

 

[Demetrios1453]

Also, have we heard anything about poster maps for these? I'd have to imagine that we'll see at least one, although one for each book would be nice.

 

[TravDoc42]

Also, have we heard anything about poster maps for these? I'd have to imagine that we'll see at least one, although one for each book would be nice.

From the Game Informer article. It sounds like it'll be in the DM book!

 

[Parmandur]

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From the Game Informer article. It sounds like it'll be in the DM book!

Nice.

 

[bedir than]

Given how much they are leaning into factions, probavly a ton of unique NPCs.

I want them to lean into factions, but since 2016 they haven't done so