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.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

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.

I’m not sure that is actually in evidence. We know that this crossover was deemed to be appropriate for a digital only release. That tells us nothing about any other prospective mtg crossover.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Oh

We shouldn't be surprised if some "astral domains" became domains of delight.

The cosmology of D&D multiverse was altered/retconected when Shadowfell and Feywild were added, and we shouldn't be too suprised if in the future we see new changes, for example the plane of the mirors with a touch of new weird fiction... or to create some excuse to justify some isekai crossover with no-fantasy franchises.

Some like Eldath's & Lurue's Domains could be, maybe even likely will be. But others like City of Brightwater (Sune, Sharess, Tymora, llira, and maybe Waukeen's Domain, briefly I think Ilmater or Siamorphie set up shop there for a time in the past) will no doubt remain in their Outer Planes (or Inner Planes in the case of the Elemental Lords like Kossuth).

I am curious what will they do with FR's Demiplanes of Nightmares and the Celestial Nadir (The Celestial Nadir will likely stay linked to the Ethereal Plane).

 

[Henadic Theologian]

If this had been a physical book or a PDF I'd buy it. I'm not paying to lease it on D&Dbeyond.

I believe Roll20 and possibly others will have it. Edit: Turns out I'm wrong, the DLC they appear to be Exclusive to Beyond. Roll20 has its own bonus goodies.

Correct me if I am wrong, your post was a bit long, rambling, and hard for me to follow, but couldn't you have responded like: you are correct, Lorwyn is part of the Feywild and not solely the Forgotten Realms?

Yes, it's part of FR, but it's not an exclusive relationship, it could have links elsewhere in the future, it's just FR so far in order to justifying putting it into an FR bundle, even if it has huge lore and story implications.

 

[SpellObjectEnthusiast]

I believe Roll20 and possibly others will have it. Edit: Turns out I'm wrong, the DLC they appear to be Exclusive to Beyond. Roll20 has its own bonus goodies.



Yes, it's part of FR, but it's not an exclusive relationship, it could have links elsewhere in the future, it's just FR so far in order to justifying putting it into an FR bundle, even if it has huge lore and story implications.

Yep, and for me "dndbeyond exclusive" means "basically doesn't exist".

If I can't own it, I don't want it.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Yep, and for me "dndbeyond exclusive" means "basically doesn't exist".

If I can't own it, I don't want it.

I bet someday that these DLC products get up into a compilation of sorts.

 

[Parmandur]

I bet someday that these DLC products get up into a compilation of sorts.

Hopefully!

 

[GrandChefPanda]

I bet someday that these DLC products get up into a compilation of sorts.

Better be, and better soon.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

If this had been a physical book or a PDF I'd buy it. I'm not paying to lease it on D&Dbeyond.

This, exactly.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

If this had been a physical book or a PDF I'd buy it. I'm not paying to lease it on D&Dbeyond.

No one is. We pay for DDB as a service, not a book rental.

The fact that some of what I’ve paid for on there only exists on there doesn’t matter because I didn’t buy it with the idea of it being like buying a book. I paid to make it integrated with the service.

 

[MRSA_Major]

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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.

I'm super excited about Lorwyn being added, but I'm bummed that it's only on Beyond. I feel like it could've been an entire setting sourcebook and lived separately from FR. I love the lore around their take on halflings, elves and goblins. The giants may have been difficult to make work, since many of them were on a gargantuan scale.
I hope this product feels right, at least to me, but I expect that I'll be left wanting more.