Dungeons & Dragons Announces Arcana Unleashed, New Magic-Themed Sourcebook at $49.99 Price Point

Parmandur · 2026-03-06T11:33:49+0000

Paul Farquhar said:
Much as I hate to bring this thread back on topic*, it seems to me that this is a slimmer book that might contain as many as 11 subclasses. I’m not sure all that crunch will leave much space for setting-specific lore. The new factions appear to be multiversal.

*you don’t see many reptiles here in London.

Based on the prices, this appears to be the thicker book.

Paul Farquhar · 2026-03-06T12:34:48+0000

Parmandur said:
Based on the prices, this appears to be the thicker book.

Thicker than the adventure, but less thick than the Ravenloft book, which appears to have fewer subclasses (unless it has artificer and psion).

mamba · 2026-03-06T13:59:40+0000

Parmandur said:
Based on the prices, this appears to be the thicker book.

thicker than the adventure, thinner than the regular books. Still leaves plenty of room beyond the subclasses though

Maxperson · 2026-03-06T14:27:28+0000

tetrasodium said:
Oh no. Florida waters absolutely have straight up domain of dread level horrors that would fit right into old-school Ravenloft. Stuff like flesh eating bacteria brain eating amoeba and chain link fence alligator gar are just the start. Florida also has gators plus crocodiles caiman monitor lizard and python problems. Wotc would need to step this up from Vrgtr would need to step up just to reach average Tuesday

And bath salts zombies. Florida has those, too!

Kobold Avenger · 2026-03-06T14:38:08+0000

Whizbang Dustyboots said:
If I'm going to make Florida into ~~more of~~ a Domain of Dread, I think I'll go with the crocs in every puddle of water.

Because Dark Lord Florida Man, did something really horrible

Henadic Theologian · 2026-03-06T14:49:59+0000

mamba said:
thicker than the adventure, thinner than the regular books. Still leaves plenty of room beyond the subclasses though

Yeah because unlike Ravenloft which needs alot of space for lore/setting, Arcana Unleashed is probably mostly just crunch.

Parmandur · 2026-03-06T15:21:55+0000

Paul Farquhar said:
Thicker than the adventure, but less thick than the Ravenloft book, which appears to have fewer subclasses (unless it has artificer and psion).

A subclass is like 2 pages, a background is half a pahe, that plus some Spells are what we have confirmed for this book will not take up the whole page count by a long shot.

Parmandur · 2026-03-06T15:22:46+0000

mamba said:
thicker than the adventure, thinner than the regular books. Still leaves plenty of room beyond the subclasses though

Yeah, and I'm not saying it would be the equivalent of the FR Setting book: but it might the equivalent of one of he Chapters of the FR Setting Book.

Parmandur · 2026-03-06T15:23:31+0000

Henadic Theologian said:
Yeah because unlike Ravenloft which needs alot of space for lore/setting, Arcana Unleashed is probably mostly just crunch.

The crunch we know is in there doesn't seem to justify the page count by itself.

Paul Farquhar · 2026-03-06T15:38:03+0000

Parmandur said:
Yeah, and I'm not saying it would be the equivalent of the FR Setting book: but it might the equivalent of one of he Chapters of the FR Setting Book.

I think it’s setting agnostic - only the adventure is FR, setting specific stuff will be in that.