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Actually yes, the 8 factions in the books are all getting backgrounds. Harper’s, Emerald Enclave, Zents, even the Cult of the Dragon and the Red Wizards.

We don’t actually know if the overwhelming feedback was anti-lore related. For all we know, most survey takers don’t actually mind it and just had a separate issue with the subclass mechanics.

Speak for yourself. I love the lore change. If only the Subclass got to keep the pet.

They changed the lore but the Banneret didn’t keep the dragon mechanic.

PDK is a background now. Its origin feat is called “Purple Dragon Rook” and gives them a rallying cry that can be used when rolling initiative to give up to two allies heroic inspiration.

Last one, the Bard finally.

The two alternate covers with the text.

The alternate covers with the product names added.

The preorder page.

As a heads up, they revealed Calimshan has been heavily changed. It’s now a magic-tech setting.

Drow are in the Players Handbook.

I wouldn’t say that yet. Technically we don’t know that Astarion’s won’t have more species than just Dhampir, just that that’s the one they teased. But that being said, I could see the third supplement being species that are regional to sections of the realms. The four Genasi for Calimshan...

It is confirmed they have renamed the PDK to Banneret and removed the Dragon from the mechanics.

That isn’t exactly true. Nothing about the UA suggested the old lore was removed, only that their current status in the realm has changed. And there’s art at GenCon showing the Purple Dragons riding an Amethyst Dragon. It’s very likely that part of the lore update was not actually changed.