Dungeons & Dragons to Release Lorwyn: First Light, a New Digital Expansion Based on Magic: The Gathering World

Wizards of the Coast has announced a new digital only Dungeons & Dragons supplement based on the Magic: The Gathering plane of Lorwyn-Shadowmoor. Wizards officially announced Lorwyn: First Light, which will include a bestiary of monsters found in Lorwyn along with rules for the new Rimekin player species. This will be the third digital expansion released as part of the Forgotten Realms book and will include two backgrounds, two feats, two magic items, eight monsters, and two new species. This will be released in November, although no individual price has been announced for the book.

Interestingly, Lorwyn is being turned into a Domain of Delight in the Feywild and is accessible with the Moonshae Isles, which is how this ties into the Forgotten Realms.

A couple of points of interest about this new D&D supplement. The first is that it continues a trend of releasing player species content behind digital only releases. The dhampir species will be released through a "digital expansion" of the upcoming Forgotten Realms books. Additionally, it appears that while Magic/D&D crossovers are back on the table, they appear to be limited to more modest releases rather than a full physical rulebook. Of course, this also means that the Magic crossover won't be one of the physical D&D products released in 2026.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

I don't remember mentions of Innistrad in any upcoming MtG releases, but I'm guessing that world would be a Domain of Dread in Shadowfell if they're going to do a D&D/Magic tie-in.

I think Duskmourn works better as a Domain of Dread IMHO.

 

[Not a Decepticon]

The Forgotten Realms F***ING ate Lorwyn-Shadowmoore!!!

Every day my fear, of one day waking up and discovering that entire Dark Sun setting actually has always been just sitting in the middle of Anauroch Desert, is getting stronger.

How many settings has Forgotten Realms ate already? Lowryn, the 80's cartoon, they tried to have it absorb Rock of Braal from Spelljammer too, I recall.

Anyone got a good feywild-ish 3rd party recommendation?

Into the Fey - 1-5 adventure
Escape from the Fey - 5-12 sequel to above
Feybound - resources, currently on kickstarter
Through the Veil: Tales of the Feywild - adventure anthology
Through the Veil: Monsters of the Feywild - bestiary
Through the Veil: Treasures of the Feywild - magic items book
Into Wonderland - adventure & setting, pay what you want
Courts of the Shadow Fey - adventure, Midgard Campaign Setting
Tales from the Old Margreve - setting & collection of adventures, Midgard Campaign Setting
Wrath of the River King - adventure, Midgard Campaign Setting
Nejavina - setting inspired by Slavic folklore, which is FULL of fey
Dungeon Dad's playlist of converting Fey to 5e, each video has link to free doc with his conversion.

Also, setting neutral Beyond Corny Gron - again, slavic (in this case, Polish) folklore, system neutral sourcebook

 

[Remathilis]

How many settings has Forgotten Realms ate already? Lowryn, the 80's cartoon, they tried to have it absorb Rock of Braal from Spelljammer too, I recall.

Lorwyn is planar but they are linking it via the Moonshaes. It's as linked to Faerun as Barovia was due to Curse of Strahd.

The 80s kids have been setting jumping for a bit. Technically they left the cartoon Realm (not that it has much development anyway) and they are chilling in the Sword Coast.

The Rock of Braal has been in Realmspace since 2e.

The only settings it truly absorbed was Maztica and Kara Tur, both designed independently and later added. Such was the nature of older settings. Greyhawk for example picked up quite a few stray locations from Mystara/Known World (Keep on the Borderlands, Isle of Dread) and both Greyhawk and Mystara have Blackmoor on their maps. Heck if anything Faerun having a portal to Lorwyn feels old school.

 

[CM]

Not exactly the FR content I was excited for.

 

[Kurotowa]

Not exactly the FR content I was excited for.

On the one hand, there's a lot that's weird with these DLC releases. But on the other hand, they're kind of a first for WotC so it's not like there's a lot of precedent to violate.

Paid digital only mini-supplements are a first. Having them nominally attached to the Forgotten Realms books as part of a bundle is a choice. It's a choice that's kind of weird because only one of the three is actually Forgotten Realms specific. Maybe the marketing team felt that having the Lorwyn and Vampires books be stand alone would hurt sales, and so just sort of ...threw them in?

Well, I'm sure community feedback (and sales figures) will be watched closely to guide future efforts along similar lines.

 

[mamba]

Paid digital only mini-supplements are a first.

The first one came with Vecna, back then it was included in the preorder for free

Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye - Shop D&D Beyond

Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye is a prelude mystery adventure to Venca: Eve of Ruin for level 3 characters, a great place to start your journey.

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[Kurotowa]

The first one came with Vecna, back then it was included in the preorder for free

I stand corrected. Since it's been a good while since I sat as DM, I don't pay attention to the campaign books as closely.

Well, then adjust it to "They're trying out multiple modes for the book adjacent digital mini-supplements to see what works best."

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

The first one came with Vecna, back then it was included in the preorder for free

Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye - Shop D&D Beyond

Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye is a prelude mystery adventure to Venca: Eve of Ruin for level 3 characters, a great place to start your journey.

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Even earlier. 5e Planescape had a paid supplement on Beyond about Sigil's Mortuary, which also does a decent job at covering its resident faction, the Dustmen Heralds of Dust.

Honestly rather liked it. Hope they eventually do more, covering Sigil's other major factions and their respective headquarters

Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary - Shop D&D Beyond

Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary adds a new location, monsters and level 3-11 adventures to explore the home of the Heralds of Dust.

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[Stormonu]

I don't follow MTG, but after reading the lore page for this, it could make an interesting D&D world all unto itself. Extra points if they did a hardback with half being Lorwyn, flip the book over (and upside down) covers Shadowmoor.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

How many feywild domains can you name in D&D? Off the top of my head, there is the Summer Court, The frost one from 4e, and Prismeer from WBtW.

The Gloaming Court, Fablerise (Domains of Delight), The Eternal Garden from Beyond the Crystal Cave (QftIS), Paliset Hall (KftGV), Dungeonland (Dungeonland/Land Beyond the Magic Mirror - 1st edition).