D&D 5E Fizban Is In The Wild -- With the Table of Contents!

Some people have received their copies of Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, and have posted photos (including the table of contents!) online!

 

[dave2008]

Ugh - I just went back and paused on the Aspect of Bahamut and Tiamat. Not very impressed really. They nerfed Tiamat more then just her HP (not included Mythic actions and trait obviously). I guess I don't have to worry to much about making changes to my: Avatar of Tiamat

A combination of the version in RoT and this book would be OK, but I really hoped they would do more. I hoped they would have the new innate spellcasting paradigm in these stat blocks.

 

[Scribe]

They didn't think it through, so I decided to just ignore them until they actual put some thought into it.

Dont hold your breath.

 

[Azzy]

Dont hold your breath.

 

[Demetrios1453]

Meh, they copped out with the song and steel dragons in the sidebar. They describe them, but say their true nature is obscure, but are "probably silver or copper" dragons. So no official stats or even official templates. Bleh.

At least from Dungeon of the Mad Mage it's simple to work out how to create them, even though it's not officially supported in this book...

 

[Justice and Rule]

So were things really disappointing? Is this book likely worth a borrow, or...?

 

[Demetrios1453]

The mythic shouldn't matter to the CR. The issue was Tiamat was an early design by a third party. I fully expected the HP to go down, just like the demon lords did when they reprinted them. However, I was hoping it wouldn't change.

The thing about hit points and mythic actions is that the creature regains most of their hit points once the mythic actions kick in. Yes, she has 574 hit points, but she gains 500 more back once she drops to zero. For all intents and purposes, she has 1074 hit points.

 

[Demetrios1453]

So were things really disappointing? Is this book likely worth a borrow, or...?

No, it looks 99% great. We're just picking at the 1%.

 

[Demetrios1453]

Interesting, draconians outside of Krynn can come from multiple dragon types - the Dreadnought for example can come from blue, silver, or sapphire eggs. They do say that that type only come from silver eggs on Krynn, and are called sivak draconians there. And they do have death throes.

 

[pukunui]

It's a pity Chris Perkins' 4e era Iomandra setting doesn't get a mention. That was a cool dragon-focused setting.

 

[Zeromaru X]

Confirmed. Rime is the same Rime from 4e's Draconomicon: Chromatic Dragons. They removed all references to Nerath, however. I have mixed feelings...