D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light Released on D&D Beyond

The D&D/Magic The Gathering crossover book Lorywn: First Light has been released over on D&D Beyond.

Lorwyn-Shadowmoor is a MtG plane which switches between its night and day aspects ever 300 years. Lorwyn is the 'day' aspect and has strong fey influences and does not feature humans.

The digital-only release includes the Lorwyn Changeling (which differs from Eberron Changeling in interesting ways) and Rimekin (an ice-person) species, and two new elven lineages: Lorwyn elf and Shadowmoor elf. Feats are Shadowmoor Hexer and Child of the Sun (tied to Lorwyn Expert and Shadowmoor Expert backgrounds).

You can grab Lorwyn: First Light on D&D Beyond for $14.99.

Travel from the Forgotten Realms into an all-new fey realm with this Magic: The Gathering crossover!

Journey beyond the Forgotten Realms to the beloved plane of Lorwyn-Shadowmoor, where eternal sun shifts into eerie moonlight. Here, you’ll discover new Fey-inspired character options, a rich gazetteer of mystical locales, monstrous incarnations of nature, and ready-to-run adventures.

 

[mamba]

Is this worth the $15?

you will have to decide that for yourself…

 

[Parmandur]

I thought this was going to be a setting guide with a gazetteer and stuff. Is that no longer the case?

It is a 32 page gazateer. We had assumed as a community at some point that it would be more substantial, but alas...no.

 

[Remathilis]

you will have to decide that for yourself…

I was wondering if it was meatier than Astarion or Netheril. I think I got my answer.

 

[mamba]

A bit thin at $15: if this was part of a $60 hardcover that provided equivalent coverage for 8 or 9 Msgic Settings?

so basically at a quarter of the price in digital (given that digital is 50% to 60% of the print price)… interesting how that works

 

[Parmandur]

so basically at a quarter of the price in digital (given that digital is 50% to 60% of the print price)… interesting how that works

Well, yeah, this shows that small products are just not cost effective.

 

[TravDoc42]

As an aside, I'm glad to see WoTC using Bloodied in their monster designs again! The Noggle Wild Mage joins the Cultists of Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul in having abilities that activate when the monster is Bloodied, and the Scion of the Dead Three in Adventures in Faerûn has a feature which activates when the PC is Bloodied!

 

[mamba]

Oh this is it?

at a minimum the intent clearly is not a broken Dash reaction that cannot be used / does nothing, so whatever the next best interpretation is should probably be the one to take

 

[Scribe]

at a minimum the intent clearly is not a broken Dash reaction that cannot be used / does nothing, so whatever the next best interpretation is should probably be the one to take

 

[zakael19]

There's a gazeteer

Is it substantial enough to run a campaign in? Like the segments in The new FR book, bigger, smaller?

Is it D&D Beyond only?

 

[mamba]

So is the tolerance threshold something like five pages per dollar?

basically, I see $0.10 to $0.20 as a reasonable price per page, which is where most PDFs land