D&D 5E D&D Lore Changes: Multiversal Focus & Fey Goblins of Prehistory

WotC's Jeremy Crawford revealed a couple of the lore changes in Monsters of the Multiverse.

• The big shift is toward the multiverse as the game's main perspective rather than a specific setting. The game is shifting towards a multiversal focus, with a variety of worlds and settings.
• Universe-spanning mythical story beats, such as deep lore on goblinoids going back to 1st Edition, and the gods they had before Maglubiyet. Prior to Magulbiyet unifying them, goblinoids were folk of the feywild in keeping with 'real-world' folklore.
• Changelings aren't just Eberron, but they've been everywhere -- you just don't necessarily know it. Their origin is also in the realm of the fey.

D&D 5E - A Compilation of all the Race Changes in Monsters of the Multiverse

Over on Reddit, user KingJackel went through the video leak which came out a few days ago and manually compiled a list of all the changes to races in the book. The changes are quite extensive, with only the fairy and harengon remaining unchanged. The book contains 33 races in total, compiled and...

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[Micah Sweet]

The Feywild allows for an extra planar origin that isn’t in the outer planes (i.e. the morally-aligned domains of the gods) or the inner planes (with strong elemental overtones). It’s also morally neutral with a positive or at least innocent feel, unlike its shadowfell counterparts that has a more sinister overtone.

it’s a safe design ground for WotC

Well, safety and risk-avoidance do seem to be WotC's watchword these days.

 

[Mezuka]

I wasn't complaining, but please Morrus, you are smarter than that. Two small paragraphs that are generic is not what that person, or what other people who want lore, are asking for. Adding it all up and saying there's a lot of text is a meaningless gesture and only serves to invalidate the desires of other people. This doesn't mean their desires are worth more, and isn't a commentary on the text in question, but what you replied with me was basically like trying to use a loophole to proven argument.

I'll tell you straight. You have the icon 'publisher' under your user name. The more you push back against other people's products, the less I'm inclided to look at your stuff. That is not a good marketing strategy for your business. You shouldn't be wasting precious time on forums bashing other companies. You should be busy writting, publishing and promoting your game products.

 

[Faolyn]

The Feywild allows for an extra planar origin that isn’t in the outer planes (i.e. the morally-aligned domains of the gods) or the inner planes (with strong elemental overtones). It’s also morally neutral with a positive or at least innocent feel, unlike its shadowfell counterparts that has a more sinister overtone.

it’s a safe design ground for WotC

I do hope they explore the Shadowfell more in 5e, though. It may be generally sinister, but it still has a lot of rich ground to explore.

 

[Parmandur]

I just thought maybe there was an announcement.

Nope, no such thing.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

infinite earths is a comic idea from way back...

Physics thought of it first!

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Well, safety and risk-avoidance do seem to be WotC's watchword these days.

That's the nature of big established brands.

It leaves room for smaller companies to innovate.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Two small paragraphs that are generic is not what that person, or what other people who want lore, are asking for.

Lore is easy. Any idiot can make it up. My 3 year old granddaughter can do it. It's coming up with mechanics that aint broke that requires expertise.

 

[Morrus]

I wasn't complaining, but please Morrus, you are smarter than that. Two small paragraphs that are generic is not what that person, or what other people who want lore, are asking for. Adding it all up and saying there's a lot of text is a meaningless gesture and only serves to invalidate the desires of other people. This doesn't mean their desires are worth more, and isn't a commentary on the text in question, but what you replied with me was basically like trying to use a loophole to proven argument.

I don’t know what that means. Sorry.

 

[Weiley31]

I do hope they explore the Shadowfell more in 5e, though. It may be generally sinister, but it still has a lot of rich ground to explore.

If they don't, at least I got Shadowfell lore from 4E to rely on. Especially in regard to the Raven Queen and Shadar-Kai.

 

[Micah Sweet]

That's the nature of big established brands.

It leaves room for smaller companies to innovate.

True. Its a shame that the IP laws prevent those companies from innovating with all the material.