D&D 5E March's D&D Book To Be Announced On January 9th

A mysterious entry has appeared on Amazon! With a product title of "Dungeons & Dragons March Release Book (Title announced January 9th)" and a release date of March 17th, 2020, this $49.95 hardcover release will be revealed in under a week!

The description reads "Your first look at the next D&D title comes on January 9th! Keep an eye on wherever you get your D&D news for a preview of the book."

Could there be a clue in the dice being released on the same day? Laeral Silverhand's Explorer's Kit is described as "Dice and miscellany for the world's greatest roleplaying game" for $29.99. We'll find out on Thursday!

Who's Laeral Silverhand? She's a prolific creator of magic items from Waterdeep, and one of the most powerful wizards in the Forgotten Realms. She's one of the Seven Sisters, introduced in 1987's Forgotten Realms boxed set, although Laeral herself wasn't described in that product. Ed Greenwood'sThe Seven Sisters supplement fully detailed them in 1995. Laeral and Khlben 'Blackstaff' Arunsun led a group called the Moonstars. In 5th edition, she appears in Waterdeep: Dragon Heist.

 

[dave2008]

The hobby should be a cook out, instead. Everyone is invited except the bigots, and everyone can bring their own dishes and share with each other on their own terms.

That is always what I understood a cultural "melting pot" to be.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

That is always what I understood a cultural "melting pot" to be.

It’s hard to discuss without politics, so the last I will say on it is, it has been used to chastise minority cultures for not assimilating, and this suggest that they aren’t truly American/French/British/Whatever, to place them firmly outside of “us”.

 

[Parmandur]

It’s hard to discuss without politics, so the last I will say on it is, it has been used to chastise minority cultures for not assimilating, and this suggest that they aren’t truly American/French/British/Whatever, to place them firmly outside of “us”.

I've only ever seen it used to mean the exact opposite: that anyone is inside of "us." The Nativists don't want a melting pot.

 

[The Green Hermit]

sure, but in modern usage, it’s a culinary metaphor.
But either way, it implies assimilation, IMO, and this grossed me out pretty hard.

I have never heard this being used as a culinary term.

 

[Parmandur]

I have never heard this being used as a culinary term.

It's definitely not the original meaning, but the culinary interpretation was on Schoolhouse Rock:

 

[Parmandur]

I have never heard this being used as a culinary term.

It's definitely not the original meaning, but the culinary interpretation was on Schoolhouse Rock:

 

[dave2008]

It’s hard to discuss without politics, so the last I will say on it is, it has been used to chastise minority cultures for not assimilating, and this suggest that they aren’t truly American/French/British/Whatever, to place them firmly outside of “us”.

Sorry to hear that is how you have seen or heard of it being used. Not my experience, but I'm not going to deny your truth.

 

[vecna00]

This conversation went to a few places that I wasn't expecting and got me to think differently. I will be using that cookout analogy!

 

[vecna00]

I did find something interesting: It seems that the official D&D Twitter account changed its profile picture and header, which they tend to do when they make their new announcements. They switched over from Descent into Avernus to Eberron....two months after its release. Could that have something to do with an announcement next week, or a weird marketing decision?

 

[doctorbadwolf]

This conversation went to a few places that I wasn't expecting and got me to think differently. I will be using that cookout analogy!

Nice!
And hey, cookouts are more fun anyway!