D&D General Forgotten Realms Book preview from NYCC

Nerd Initiative on YouTube previewed the new Forgotten Realms books with Mackenzie De Armas in this short video, including a quick flip-through of the Adventures in Faerun book.



During the quick flip-through, he shows off blurry but mostly readable pages from the Dalelands section of the book, including a few of the DMG-style adventures, including a level 13 adventure called Heart of Fire, where the party is asked to recover a magic item in an Adult Red Dragon's hoard.

Notably, none of the adventures you can see in the video seem to have any new monsters from the book included. Also, not all of the adventures are confined to a single page. Some seem to be at least a page and a half, while others are even smaller to just a half page.

 

[Scribe]

Reading through these books this morning, loving most of what I’ve seen.

Anything like the SCAG Tiefling? I doubt it, but hope springs eternal.

 

[Burnside]

I'm now able to access them on DNDBeyond. Reading through Heroes book now; AMA.

 

[Parmandur]

I'm now able to access them on DNDBeyond. Reading through Heroes book now; AMA.

What does the Dragonborn and Goliath sections provide for Lore?

 

[Misanthrope Prime]

I'm now able to access them on DNDBeyond. Reading through Heroes book now; AMA.

The 2024 PHB includes firearms. It's been part of FR's identity for a while that gunpowder doesn't work on the planet by decree of the god Gond, and "smokepowder" replaces gunpowder but it is much rarer and more expensive.


Are firearms more common in the realms now, and if so, is anything said about gunpowder and/or smokepowder? Off the top of my head the average monster manual pirate has a pistol now, so I'm wondering if the book addresses that or if they have pirates with crossbows instead.

 

[roomert]

I'm now able to access them on DNDBeyond. Reading through Heroes book now; AMA.

Do the Valindra and Sammaster statblocks vary from the generic lich statblock?

Are the spellfire spells evocation?

Any interesting items?

 

[Burnside]

What does the Dragonborn and Goliath sections provide for Lore?

Goliaths

• enclaves found in Chult, Anauroch, and The North
• some live near and/or with communities of giants. Likely to be the same type of goliath as the giants are (cloud, fire, frost, etc). Influenced by giants' beliefs & serve as intermediaries/ambassadors for giants & smaller folk
• Peaceful folk with a history of sending out individual explorers

Dragonborn

• Many arrived in Toril via Spellplague but some were always there
• Tyrmather destroyed, dragonborn diaspora now widespread across Faerun but Old Empires and Calim Desert mentioned specifically
• Some dragonborn trace Faerunian lineage back to Dawn Age

 

[Burnside]

Do the Valindra and Sammaster statblocks vary from the generic lich statblock?

Are the spellfire spells evocation?

Any interesting items?

I'm looking through the Heroes book first but will get to Adventures when I can

Spellfire spells are 50/50 Evocation and Abjuration

 

[Burnside]

The 2024 PHB includes firearms. It's been part of FR's identity for a while that gunpowder doesn't work on the planet by decree of the god Gond, and "smokepowder" replaces gunpowder but it is much rarer and more expensive.


Are firearms more common in the realms now, and if so, is anything said about gunpowder and/or smokepowder? Off the top of my head the average monster manual pirate has a pistol now, so I'm wondering if the book addresses that or if they have pirates with crossbows instead.

At least in the Heroes book, I'm not seeing any references to firearms.

 

[roomert]

I'm looking through the Heroes book first but will get to Adventures when I can

Spellfire spells are 50/50 Evocation and Abjuration

I figured. No rush lol. It's that and circle casting I'm most interested in.

 

[Scribe]

Goliaths

• enclaves found in Chult, Anauroch, and The North
• some live near and/or with communities of giants. Likely to be the same type of goliath as the giants are (cloud, fire, frost, etc). Influenced by giants' beliefs & serve as intermediaries/ambassadors for giants & smaller folk
• Peaceful folk with a history of sending out individual explorers

Dragonborn

• Many arrived in Toril via Spellplague but some were always there
• Tyrmather destroyed, dragonborn diaspora now widespread across Faerun but Old Empires and Calim Desert mentioned specifically
• Some dragonborn trace Faerunian lineage back to Dawn Age

Tiefling?