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I think the Hexblade revision puts a stake in the heart* of an October Ravenloft book, unless it was never intended for it or has been cut for later from it. I won't say never, but my money is increasingly that the October book is vaporware or delayed and these new UAs are all for 2026. (Either...

I'm increasingly thinking that October book is a.) Lorwyn and b.) delayed. I WANT to be wrong though...

The link from the YouTube video was not working, as was the main D&D Beyond page link. Chrome for Android

Got it https://media.dndbeyond.com/compendium-images/ua/arcane-subclasses/zepvK7DBkeSt6dqv/UA2025-ArcaneSubclasses.pdf

Listening to video: Ancestral sorcerer just screams Simon from Honor Among Thieves

No luck. 😭

So I'm beginning to think we're getting a Everything book in early 2026. Maybe the horror and this UA (and the psion) are for this ...

403 on the actual beyond page. Anyone got the file yet?

I agree the UA is a huge indicator. I just wouldn't read deep into the calendar date. If we get a Ravenloft book in October, that would be due more to fortuitous timing than any attempt to align with Halloween. On a semi-related note, I hope we hear something this week.

Ironically enough, WotC has been lousy at releasing spooky stuff at Halloween. Curse of Strahd and Van Richten's Guide both were spring releases. Maybe to give DMs enough time to buy and read the things. Anyway, I'm not not saying it's a possibility, but it doesn't have a lot of presedent.

We are losing ground in health care and education, places we were never tops in anyway. Reading levels are dropping, important scientific research is being ended, and funding for many critical parts of society are being cut. We might not be worse off than a 1920s person, but we're starting to...

(Rhetorical question, unless @LaTia J feels chatty. ;) ) So WotC originally announced four books back in 2024: the two Forgotten Realms books, Dragon Delves, and the Keep on the Borderlands starter box. Then, earlier this year they announced two more books: Eberron Forge of the Artificer and a...

No, but people were saying the recent WotC staff that left was due to Hasbro wanting to use AI to write D&D books. Neither are true.

I assume this is due to Darrington Press looking to shrink it's workforce by using AI to write it's books? No?

Hasbro is having all sorts of problems with toy distribution due to the on-again/off-again style of the tariff negotiations. (I am being as charitable as I can to avoid being banned). The toy isles are barren except for whatever stock from 2024 they had left and trickles of new things. I can...

So AI took synaptic static and mind sliver and mixed them into a spell that splits the difference. Not all that impressive. In fact, absolutely pedestrian. Have it make a new summon spell like Summon Astral Construct (with stat block). Better yet, have it create a psionic wizard subclass. Or a...

AI haven't yet met the ability of humans to screw things up.

You are grossly oversimplifying the process. It's not as easy as saying "generate me a 1st - 12th level adventure featuring mind flayers" and getting Phandelver and Below. Even using an AI that isn't going to hallucinate stuff you can't use, a real designer is going the adventure scenarios and...

I'd love to see an interview video of an AI Todd asking questions to an AI designer and watching the system go full recursion on itself. By the end of that interview, it would be hallucinating so bad that reality wouldn't even be in the rearview mirror.

Wizard is too specific an implementation (intelligent book user) for the role of being a generic caster. The fighter sacrifices it's identity for flexibility. Other classes (bard, barbarian, etc) sacrifice flexibility for identity. The wizard demands both flexibility (access to nearly all arcane...