Coming in May: Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes! [UPDATED!]

So they just gave the title and showed the cover mock-ups; no specific info till Monday?

 

[TwoSix]

Considering that the Yuan-Ti section in Volo's never mentions a bit of their FR origin, I wouldn't bet on it. 4E lore is out, retconned and ignored, and Canon in general is fuzzy.

In general, expecting continuity across editions sets one up for disappointment; far better to treat each edition as a reboot.

 

[Parmandur]

Yeah I wasn't impressed by that.

Impressed or not, that's likely going to be the case again.

 

[gyor]

In general, expecting continuity across editions sets one up for disappointment; far better to treat each edition as a reboot.

That doesn't work for the Forgotten Realms, which gets evolves not rebooted.

 

[GarrettKP]

That doesn't work for the Forgotten Realms, which gets evolves not rebooted.

When you "evolve" the Realms back to their 3e lore with only mentions of the 4e lore then it might as well be called a reboot.

 

[gyor]

When you "evolve" the Realms back to their 3e lore with only mentions of the 4e lore then it might as well be called a reboot.

That is an over simplification of the Sundering, many areas did not revert to a form more similar to 3e.

Dambrath, Vaasa, Tymanther, and others were more similar to 4e, while Mulhorand and Unther actually are more similiar to a period prior to 1e in some ways.

 

[gyor]

https://i.imgur.com/fhpBm7M_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

I noticed Skulllord, Mindflayer, what I think is an Atropal (could be wrong about that), and what looks like some kind of Succubus on the cover.

 

[Parmandur]

That is an over simplification of the Sundering, many areas did not revert to a form more similar to 3e.

Dambrath, Vaasa, Tymanther, and others were more similar to 4e, while Mulhorand and Unther actually are more similiar to a period prior to 1e in some ways.

Haven't heard much talk about the Sundering lately.

 

[GarrettKP]

https://i.imgur.com/fhpBm7M_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

I noticed Skulllord, Mindflayer, what I think is an Atropal (could be wrong about that), and what looks like some kind of Succubus on the cover.

From what I can tell left to right: Hooked Horror, Imp?, Spriggin?, Gith, Drow, Succubus? (actually looks more like a Cambion), Skull Lord, Illithid, Displacer Beast. Please correct me if I am wrong on any of these.

 

[MechaTarrasque]

Expect the hard reboot when the D&D movie comes out. We will get the full FR experience if the reboot actually happens in the movie.

 

[Irda Ranger]

This is why I play Forgotten Realms using Grey Box canon and ignore everything that came after.

The joys of running homebrew and not needing to care what the Adventurer's League is up to. I can just pick an choose from the new materials to incorporate into my "canon" campaign notes.