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.

 

[Bitbrain]

Lateral Silverhand’s Guide to Exploration, perhaps?

 

[Paul Farquhar]

If I were a betting man, I'd put my stake on Dark Sun.

"Laeral Siverhand's Guide to a plane it's impossible for me to visit"?

- I'd take that bet!

 

[RichGreen]

Ok, my guess is that this is a tour of the Realms and beyond, including far-flung regions like Kara-Tur, Zakhara, Maztica, with added extraplanar and Spelljammer material! I don’t think it’s going to be the UA stuff we’ve been seeing as I think the timings are too tight.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Seeing Tales of the Yawning Portal and Ghost of Saltmarsh were announced in January, guessing a bunch of adventures set in the FR centered around Silverhand. Maybe a series of Force Gray missions

It's possible, but I can't think of any classic adventures likely to be included, and I would expect all new adventures to make a bigger splash.

Prior to this, I was expecting a horror adventure anthology to announced, but that certainly wouldn't fit with Silverhand!

 

[JeffB]

I'm nearly certain it's a setting book (although that doesn't preclude the things you list).

It's called "Forgotten Realms: Laeral Silverhand's Explorer's Kit." The "Forgotten Realms" piece reminds me of "Eberron: Rising from the Last War" title layout. Plus "Explorer's Kit" sounds purposefully worded as to be dual use as a guide (explorer's ) and player's toolkit (kit).

Sorry about that- when I saw it last night and posted I was under the impression the dice set was part of the explorer's kit (which maybe included other game-aid things)- not the title of the book as well.

 

[Fenris447]

Sorry about that- when I saw it last night and posted I was under the impression the dice set was part of the explorer's kit (which maybe included other game-aid things)- not the title of the book as well.

The dice set is Forgotten Realms Larael Silverhand's Explorer's Kit. We don't know the title of the actual book and anything about it, other than that it's releasing the same day as that dice set.

 

[Sunsword]

I'm betting on Forgotten Realms: Laeral Silverhand's Explorer's Handbook.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

"Who's Laeral Silverhand? She's a prolific creator of magic items "

My theory is something like equipment and magic item guide.

Or Laeral Silverhand may be a false clue.

 

[Rhineglade]

"Laeral Siverhand's Guide to a plane it's impossible for me to visit"?

- I'd take that bet!

We are just ASSUMING that the Laeral Silverhand dice is somehow linked to the next book. It might not be.

 

[Fenris447]

We are just ASSUMING that the Laeral Silverhand dice is somehow linked to the next book. It might not be.

That's true, we are all making an assumption. However, every dice set of this style has been connected to a hardcover so far. ToA, Ravnica, Waterdeep, and Avernus all come to mind. They might be changing it up, but the safer bet is that they're related.