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?

 

[gyor]

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.

Your list actually makes sense, they said that there would be Cambion variants in the book so it might be a Cambion (I'm hoping for Alu Fiend and Fey'ri Cambions).

I don't think that is an Imp.

 

[darjr]

I run a ton of AL and lore is not a problem. Most people have no idea and definitely don’t care as much as some here.

The YouTube vid is live.

https://youtu.be/AO0f3G4hu30

 

[dave2008]

As I explore the alternatives more, the more I get exceedingly bored with what WoTC is releasing.

I'll buy it. And read it. But I'm starting to feel like it's a waste of my time and money and starting to regret giving them the sales.

So what are you looking for? A great thing with 5e is that you don't have rely on WotC, but personally this the most interested I have been in a WotC book since VGtM. I bought all of the books at first, but I didn't get Strahd, SKT or XGtE. I had felt my interest in WotC products waning (I did buy ToA), but this one has me interested again. I really love the format with about half the book on the lore of some creatures, settings, etc. and the other half new stat blocks. I could buy one of these every year easy. I much prefer this format of monster book to the typical MM or bestiary (better than teh MM or FeF or ToB in my book).

 

[TwoSix]

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

There's nothing preventing WotC from rebooting FR. But I was talking more in a general sense about how the core concepts of D&D are put together.

 

[dave2008]

...Succubus? (actually looks more like a Cambion), Skull Lord,....

The way it towers over the skull lord I was think an Archduchess of Hell. Maybe Glasya or Fierna

 

[Parmandur]

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.

Notably, Perkins has pointed to the Grey Box or 3E FRCS on the DMs Guild for 5E FR. They've put a big emphasis on DM table-Canon over metaplot.

 

[Parmandur]

I run a ton of AL and lore is not a problem. Most people have no idea and definitely don’t care as much as some here.

The YouTube vid is live.

https://youtu.be/AO0f3G4hu30

I think most people take official lore as a suggestion, something to put in the toolbox. Which is what WotC is giving us these days, toolbox expansion sets.

 

[gyor]

The way it towers over the skull lord I was think an Archduchess of Hell. Maybe Glasya or Fierna

Doesn't really look like either of them. Could be a Succubus Queen like Malcanthet.

I mean now that Succubi are nether demons, nor devils, and yet serve devils, demons, rakshasa, yugoloths, night hags, evil gods and possible more powerful forms of their own kind, the question that the blood war chapter will hopefully answer is how do the Succubi fit into the blood war now?

 

[dave2008]

Doesn't really look like either of them. Could be a Succubus Queen like Malcanthet.

That is a good choice too. Though I didn't realize Glasya and Fierna had a canonical look.

 

[gyor]

That is a good choice too. Though I didn't realize Glasya and Fierna had a canonical look.

Fierna doesn't have wings.

I suppose it could be Glasya. It's hard to say.