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People engage in D&D in different ways. I grew up reading the old novels including Knight of the Black Rose, which is a darn good story, so I strongly disagree with this. I think Player Characters can have interesting stories and great adventures, but so can NPCs. D&D is more than rolling dice.

I hope Lord Soth returns. His tragic story belongs in Ravenloft.

If this is a WoTC published book we will get two covers. This picture looks perfect for the FLGS collectors cover, and I suspect the other cover would have a more modern look.

It has supernatural nobility involved in political intrigue so it feels like it has the ingredients to make this work.

I know it is a long shot, but Birthright as romantasy would be awesome. I would buy it.

If the product has already been in the works for a while and WoTC has agreed to be the publisher, maybe we see it soon. If this is a new book from the ground up my guess is 2028.

My guess is the long-predicted dark sun set. If we are going back to the beginning, so they can reimagine some of the most problematic content out, then Champions working together to overthrow the Dragon King of Tyr makes a lot of sense. I also think the seasons are going to primarily tie into...

Good catch. I guess they did say that. I can see minimizing the changes if you are still trying to sell older books, but surprised and a little disappointed to see the word "fully" in there, when it is objectively false. Compatible yes, fully or 100% no.

I think 100% compatible was always an objectively wrong description (looking at you Shepherd Druid, Warlock Pacts becoming Invocations, some old feats, etc.). With that being said the 5e and 5.5e are broadly compatible and a DM can easily make them harmonious. I also don't think that Wizards...

I think the original plan was to replace all of the older content on D&D Beyond, so if you searched for a rule you would just see 2024, and it was only after folks complained that we ended up in this odd world where we have both legacy and current content side by side. This feels like a natural...

Horrified D&D has 3 villains that are similar in mechanics to other versions of horrified and then the red dragon which has a multi-location quest to defeat. I would love it if this expansion offers a new big baddy to replace the red dragon, as it would allow more variation than what we have in...

It has been sitting here in the FLGS not moving at all. I was a bit surprised to see the lack of interest considering the online hype.

I think this actually shows how the current system is not functional. A lot of folks gave the higher level abilities good scores because they worked with the dragon as well as party members at the same time. I know I sure would not have marked them highly if the goal was to back port them to the...

Until we see the new books it is too early to comment on the lore progression and if it feels natural. We got little bits in the UA, but they clearly didn't spoil the meta plot. For example the Calmshan Paladin said nothing about magic tech. Outside of images showing amythist dragons in Cormyr...

The old leadership (Crawford and Perkins) were sprinkling aberrations throughout modules, which made the PDK amethyst connection make a lot of sense from a meta plot perspective (they discussed the mind flayers and the meta plot, not the amethyst dragons in one of the videos). The nice thing...