Forgotten Realms Books to Have Several Digital DLCs, Including One Featuring Asterion

Wizards of the Coast plans to release several "digital DLCs" alongside the upcoming Forgotten Realms rulebooks. This week, Game Informer released a pair of articles about the upcoming Forgotten Realms rulebooks. Tucked away in the article is the announcement that the upcoming releases will include several "digital DLCs" that expand on the new setting. One example was Asterion's Book of Hungers, which focuses on urban vampire adventures featuring the character from Baldur's Gate 3.

No other details were made available about the upcoming releases, such as whether the new supplements will be paid DLC or free to D&D Beyond subscribers. Wizards has released several digital-only supplements alongside their various books, ranging from mini-bestiaries to supplementary adventures, but all were free to D&D Beyond subscribers or available as pre-order bonuses.

Since the Forgotten Realms books aren't currently available for pre-order, it's hard to say whether this is a new strategy or simply a continuation of current works. The fact that Wizards commissioned art specifically for Asterion's Book of Hungers and the usage of the phrase "digital DLC" suggests that this might be a new monetization scheme for the company, albeit one that makes sense given the growing use of D&D Beyond's marketplace.

 

[Demetrios1453]

I really do think these will be mostly in the template of the 5 mini settings in the FR: AiF, so these DLCs could offer deep dives into other places that FR: AiF didn't have space for.

I was thinking similarly, at least in part. They may also be a mix of locations and adventurers.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

I was thinking similarly, at least in part. They may also be a mix of locations and adventurers.

I do think there could be subclasses and feats too given that 5 of the subclasses in the FR: AiF are connected to the 5 mini settings and some of the feats are connected to the 10 regions. Just basically stuff that didn't make it into FR: HoF.

 

[Parmandur]

some of the feats are connected to the 10 regions

Did we get any info on that?

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Did we get any info on that?

I can't remember who mentioned it on the internet or where, but yes someone did say some regional feats.

 

[Parmandur]

I can't remember who mentioned it on the internet or where, but yes someone did say some regional feats.

I have been sort of assuming, since there were a number of culturally grounded Level 1 Feata in the 3E FRCS, and culturally grounded concrete Backgrounds seem likely in a detailed Setting book as opposed to the Core books which co er some very abstract geound...will be interesting to see what we get.

 

[Charlaquin]

Quite I don't use certain companies because of their support for fox hunting and other animal welfare issues, but I don't harp on about it endlessly.

One person choosing not to support a company doesn’t matter. Collective power requires a collective to wield it. If something is worth boycotting, it’s worth telling other people about, to hopefully get more people to join the boycott. At the very least, you need to make enough noise for the company in question to even notice that a segment of their audience cares about the issue.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

One person choosing not to support a company doesn’t matter. Collective power requires a collective to wield it. If something is worth boycotting, it’s worth telling other people about, to hopefully get more people to join the boycott. At the very least, you need to make enough noise for the company in question to even notice that a segment of their audience cares about the issue.

No one ever changed anyone’s mind by badgering them, all it does if harden the opposition. A boycott will never actually change anything unless a majority of people share your views. It’s just about feeling better about yourself. I’m vegetarian, but I’m not going to impose that on other people because I’m not arrogant enough to believe my opinions are better than others. Personal morality is personal.

 

[Charlaquin]

No one ever changed anyone’s mind by badgering them, all it does if harden the opposition.

Im not badgering anyone. I expressed my opinion, and I’ve responded to people who have tried to argue with me about it.

A boycott will never actually change anything unless a majority of people share your views.

A majority isn’t necessary. Just a large enough portion of the consumer base to make an impact on profits, provided they are vocal about their demands.

It’s just about feeling better about yourself. I’m vegetarian, but I’m not going to impose that on other people because I’m not arrogant enough to believe my opinions are better than others. Personal morality is personal.

If you just choose not to eat meat because it makes you feel better about yourself, that’s personal morality. If you want to actually pressure the meat processing industry to make meaningful changes - which, by the way, humanity will need to do if we hope to keep the planet habitable in the long term - that requires collective action, which is about much more than personal morality.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Im not badgering anyone. I expressed my opinion, and I’ve responded to people who have tried to argue with me about it.

If people disagree with you accept it, because there is no way you are going to change their minds, you will just make them more adamant.

You know the difference between good and evil? Evil is always certain they are right. Good always questions themselves.

A majority isn’t necessary. Just a large enough portion of the consumer base to make an impact on profits, provided they are vocal about their demands.

If you just choose not to eat meat because it makes you feel better about yourself, that’s personal morality. If you want to actually pressure the meat processing industry to make meaningful changes - which, by the way, humanity will need to do if we hope to keep the planet habitable in the long term - that requires collective action, which is about much more than personal morality.

I have no right to tell people not to eat meat. That is a matter for their conscience.

 

[Charlaquin]

If people disagree with you accept it, because there is no way you are going to change their minds, you will just make them more adamant.

If people argue with me on an online discussion forum, I’m going to respond. That is literally the purpose of a forum.

You know the difference between good and evil? Evil is always certain they are right. Good always questions themselves.

No, the difference is that good actually exists.

I have no right to tell people not to eat meat. That is a matter for their conscience.

Supporting the meat processing industry is no longer strictly a matter of personal conscience. It’s a matter of our species survival. If someone cares about the meat processing industry’s disastrous effects on the environment but still wants to eat meat, there are ways of pressuring the industry that don’t require cutting meat completely out of one’s diet. Some of those ways are not financially accessible for many, so it is all the more incumbent on us who can afford to make such changes to do so, and to be vocal about why we are doing so.