D&D 5E Ed Greenwood is Contributing to A Sourcebook About Thay

Forgotten Realms creator Ed Greenwood, along with Alex Kammer and Alan Patrick, are writing a new sourcebook about the magrocracy of Thay, known for its Red Wizards. The book will be on the DMs Guild, although there's no release date yet.

They've shared some art -- a Thayan noble at the market with her two undead porters, by artist Hector Rodriguez Antunez.

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Because I don't have enough to do, did you know that I am about to release a brand new sourcebook on Thay? Yep. I am writing it with my friends Ed Greenwood and Alan Patrick. It is shaping up to be a really great book. It will enable the reader to look past the veil and into what day to day life in Thay really looks like. It will have tons of lore and an adventure which I wrote. It will be a POD product on the DM's Guild. We are in layout now so I hope to announce a date in the next 30 days or so.

Oh, here is a sample of some of the awesome art. Check out this Thayan noble at the market with her two undead porters."

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Guess that covers the revisited classic setting?

It's for DMSGUILD, its not an official WotC source book, so no it's not the revisit, which isn't until 2024, the same year the 5.5e core books are released (so a 5.5e version of the Realms, new Realmshaking Event in coming!)

 

[R_J_K75]

so no it's not the revisit, which isn't until 2024

Has WotC hinted at announced a new Realms setting book? If so I missed it.

 

[Weiley31]

Has WotC hinted at announced a new Realms setting book? If so I missed it.

There is speculation that the 50th anniversary book, or one of the 2024 books, could be a return to the Forgotten Realms/Sword Coast or something like that.

 

[darjr]

It's for DMSGUILD, its not an official WotC source book, so no it's not the revisit, which isn't until 2024, the same year the 5.5e core books are released (so a 5.5e version of the Realms, new Realmshaking Event in coming!)

Minor nitpick. It is official forgotten realms content. Just not from WotC directly and not the book they were talking about.

 

[dave2008]

Has WotC hinted at announced a new Realms setting book? If so I missed it.

Not really.

 

[teitan]

Minor nitpick. It is official forgotten realms content. Just not from WotC directly and not the book they were talking about.

Yep according to Ed’s contract whatever he writes is canon!

 

[darjr]

Yep according to Ed’s contract whatever he writes is canon!

In this case more so. It’s also for Adventurers League. Or at least to support their AL adventures.

Oh and the Candlekeep books map was the model for the WotC Candlekeep book, among other things.

 

[Demetrios1453]

Has WotC hinted at announced a new Realms setting book? If so I missed it.

We know one of the planned upcoming setting books will revisit a setting that has already appeared in 5e. Given that SCAG was published before the current setting book format was standardized, most of its crunch material has been lifted for other books, and it's not terribly admired, there's some reason to believe that the Realms will be this revisited setting...

Can't wait to see this Thay book, as the region has been criminally under-used in 5e, even though it's one of the setting's most well-known locations...

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

Since time has passed and some people have forgotten what Ray Winninger said, unless something has changed since his announcement many month ago, they were reviving two old settings, revisiting one setting already covered during 5E, and working on two brand-new settings, and none of these five are connected to MtG at all. This is why people keep wondering about a new Realms book, because it makes the most sense to be the one being revisited. This was also said after Van Richten's came out, so it does not count for the revisited setting.

 

[R_J_K75]

Since time has passed and some people have forgotten what Ray Winninger said, unless something has changed since his announcement many month ago, they were reviving two old settings, revisiting one setting already covered during 5E, and working on two brand-new settings, and none of these five are connected to MtG at all. This is why people keep wondering about a new Realms book, because it makes the most sense to be the one being revisited. This was also said after Van Richten's came out, so it does not count for the revisited setting.

Sometimes I wish they would just come out and say (tentatively) we are working on product "x" with the caveat that things may change.