So they just gave the title and showed the cover mock-ups; no specific info till Monday?
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.
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.
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.That doesn't work for the Forgotten Realms, which gets evolves not rebooted.
...Succubus? (actually looks more like a Cambion), Skull Lord,....
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.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.
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.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
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.
That is a good choice too. Though I didn't realize Glasya and Fierna had a canonical look.