D&D General Greyhawk to Faerun and Beyond: A Multiversal D&D Lore Book Is Coming This Fall

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This coming October, a 360+ page hardcover which delves into Dungeons & Dragons' various worlds and settings will be released. The book isn't from WotC--it's from Ten Speed Press--but it's by Adam Lee, who wrote for Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus and Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. The book comes full of 50-years of artwork, and is narrated by the famous wizard Mordenkainen. Additionally, the book contains some original fiction.

Dungeons & Dragons Worlds & Realms: Adventures from Greyhawk to Faerûn and Beyond is available for pre-order already.

The book covers Greyhawk, Mystara, Dragonlance, Faerun, Eberron, the Feywild and Shadowfell, Spelljammer, the Nine Hells, the Abyss, Sigil, and the Far Realm. It's a book of lore and story, not a rulebook, giving an overall of D&D's entire multiverse and its many worlds.

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Celebrate fifty years of the spellbinding settings and planes of Dungeons & Dragons with this beautifully illustrated exploration of the multiverse.

Worlds & Realms is an illustrated, story-driven retrospective celebrating the immersive worldbuilding of D&D since the iconic game’s inception in 1974. Legendary mage Mordenkainen takes adventurers on a fantastical journey through the multiverse, delving into memorable and fascinating lore and locations across all five editions of the game.

With Mordenkainen’s guidance, readers will revisit worlds that have come to define D&D over the decades, from the familiar realms of the Material Plane to lands beyond the Astral Sea. Mordenkainen’s philosophical musings provide a mage’s-eye view of the worlds’ unique features, creatures, and characters, captivating readers’ imaginations as they learn more about the history and mysteries of the multiverse. Additionally, readers will join adventuring parties with inhabitants of each realm through exclusive short stories by award-winning contributors Jaleigh Johnson, Jody Houser and Eric Campbell, Jasmine Bhullar, and Geoffrey Golden.

Full of exciting and enchanting artwork showing fifty years of gameplay evolution from vintage D&D through the present, with original cover and chapter-opener illustrations, Worlds & Realms is a spellbinding tour of the strange and wonderful worlds of the multiverse, appealing to both new and long-standing fans alike.


Polygon has some previews of the book.
 

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Now, it is interesting that the previews are focused mainly on Greyhawk, whose villains and heroes have been well represented recently...but I'm curious tonsee what the Mystara section looks like.

There is supposed to be short stories from these settings too in this book, so we could get a short story from Greyhawk and Mystara for the first time in decades! The last was like the 80s or 90s I think.
 

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Predictions on what casting spells is like in different settings, Planescape will depend on the Plane, Forgotten Realms, like a raging river, tons of power but hard to full tame, Mystra cool almost scientific, Greyhawk reluctant and old, Dragonlance hard to say, Ravenloft, dark and tainted, Spelljammer Wildspace more rules free.
 

Predictions on what casting spells is like in different settings, Planescape will depend on the Plane, Forgotten Realms, like a raging river, tons of power but hard to full tame, Mystra cool almost scientific, Greyhawk reluctant and old, Dragonlance hard to say, Ravenloft, dark and tainted, Spelljammer Wildspace more rules free.

Dragonlance should have a more 'tidal' and/or 'theurgic' feel, given the moons'/gods' influence on High Sorcery.
 


Well this is a neat product I didn't know I wanted.

Perhaps this is a way for WOTC to take the temperature of the consumer base and see what they're interested in. If this sells really well maybe they'll take it as a sign that there is a desire for more setting products.
I'd love a Setting Handbook, with overviews of 4 to 6 of the big campaign settings as half of the book and the other half as a setting design supplement to help groups make their own setting.
 






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