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.

 

[mamba]

They likely kept it in multiples of 16 for future proofing in case they ever make this a print product in the future. If they get great reception and a flood of requests for physical, it’ll likely happen.

possibly, if they intended on printing each individually. They could also print all three along with some other stuff in a full 200 page book or devote a full 128 or 160 pages to these three supplements as a separate book.

Not sure what their rationale was, but whatever it was, the end result is not working for me at the price point they are asking for

 

[mamba]

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

there is one on KS right now

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thedmlair/feybound-trickery-of-the-wilds

not sure what is currently available out there

EDIT: legendary Games had a KS a while ago, that should be out by now, I do not have it / an opinion on it though

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/legendarygames/ultimate-faeries-fey-monsters-and-campaigns-for-dnd-5e-and-pf

 

[Kobold Avenger]

Of course, if the above is true, we're still missing a Primal Subclasses release with Barbarian and Druid options for the latter book. So I'm really curious to see what the next UA looks like.

They'd probably have to update the Nature and possibly Tempest Cleric at some point with those Primal subclasses. Probably throw in some Ranger subclasses and the Scout Rogue too.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

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.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

there is one on KS right now

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thedmlair/feybound-trickery-of-the-wilds

not sure what is currently available out there

There seems to always be fey-related products on Kickstarter. I've backed two such bestiaries myself, along with a book of fey-themed encounters. I like the first Cawood Publishing Monsters of Feyland book the most, personally.

 

[nyvinter]

I'm not going to comment on the folding MTG planes into Forgotten Realms because I am not the audience of Forgotten Realms at all.

But if they're going back to doing the short digital releases of the MtG D&D stuff, I really wish they'd start doing to the Art of Magic books again. Those were great.

 

[nyvinter]

But even so, I would have bought a Lorwyn-Shadowmoor setting book even if I seldom DM D&D. I'm not going to buy a D&D Beyond add-on.

 

[Kurotowa]

They'd probably have to update the Nature and possibly Tempest Cleric at some point with those Primal subclasses. Probably throw in some Ranger subclasses and the Scout Rogue too.

There's a lot of stuff I'd love to see get a second pass. Things that were really cool in concept but a bit weak in mechanics, especially compared to the 5e'24 versions.

Like, Beast Barbarian is neat, but the natural weapons don't keep up or mesh well with feats. And Swarmkeeper Ranger has tons of flavor potential, but the 11th level damage bump being "a single d6 becomes a d8" is just pathetic.

But as someone else pointed out, we've barely seen any Tasha's Cauldron subclasses in the post-PHB UA cycles. I think the Phantom Rogue might be the only one? So maybe they don't want to update those just yet, or maybe they feel the changes are small enough they don't need a full UA playstest cycle.

 

[Parmandur]

Yeah. So what do the UA tea leaves look like now? A Dark Sun book with the Psion and some new subclasses (Psion, Apocalyptic Subclasses). A big player options book with a mix of new and updated material (Arcane Subclasses, Horror Subclasses). Does that seem the most likely?

Of course, if the above is true, we're still missing a Primal Subclasses release with Barbarian and Druid options for the latter book. So I'm really curious to see what the next UA looks like.

So, between May 2019 and May 2020, WotC tested a full array of Subclasses and a whole new Class that ended up in Tasha's, Eberron, and Theros.

Between May 2025 and September 2025, they have tested the same number of options they even considered for Tasha's, new Class with 4 new Subclasses and a comparable number of other Subclasses.

The most likely explanations, which are not mutually in compatible, ia that we could see some combination of a Dark Sun book, as Ravenloft book, and an Everhthing book.

A Gorge of the Artificer minor Ravdnloft book, a major Dark Sun book, and an Everything book could all easily happen in the same year here.

 

[Parmandur]

There's a lot of stuff I'd love to see get a second pass. Things that were really cool in concept but a bit weak in mechanics, especially compared to the 5e'24 versions.

Like, Beast Barbarian is neat, but the natural weapons don't keep up or mesh well with feats. And Swarmkeeper Ranger has tons of flavor potential, but the 11th level damage bump being "a single d6 becomes a d8" is just pathetic.

But as someone else pointed out, we've barely seen any Tasha's Cauldron subclasses in the post-PHB UA cycles. I think the Phantom Rogue might be the only one? So maybe they don't want to update those just yet, or maybe they feel the changes are small enough they don't need a full UA playstest cycle.

Tasha's doesn't really need an update to work fine with 2024 rules.