I’m not saying the 5 mini settings won’t be touched on in the regional writeups. I’m saying the adventures aren’t tied to those regions, but the mini settings themselves from the DM book.
Chapters 2-6 of the book are the mini settings, with Baldur’s Gate being the 6th chapter, and chapter 7 is...
Having talked to people from WotC at GenCon, I would not expect a Dragon Riding Fighter subclass. The main reason for the change is less “the lore change is bad” and more “Fighters shouldn’t be reliant on a pet to fight good,” from my understanding.
No, there’s a regional gazette in the Heroes book that isn’t the same as the 5 mini settings. That gazette reportedly covers 10 regions of the world for players to familiarize themselves with the setting. The mini settings and the adventures are in the DMs book and are separate from this.
My understanding is the 50+ adventures are not specifically tied to the player gazette in the Heroes book. Most are tied to the 5 main mini-settings with some either being generic to be placed anywhere or in a place where they can be changed to a new area.
We did 5 adventures at the preview event, one for each region. All level 3.
Baldur’s Gate - investigated a murder down by the docks.
Calimshan - escorted a Caravan to Calimport and recovered a stolen item.
Icewind Dale - investigated the mysterious disappearance of a fisher in Ten Towns...