D&D 5E More Details About Laeral Silverhand’s Explorer’s Kit

This press release just dropped into my inbox. Laeral Silverhand Explorer’s Kit contains dice, cards, and a map. This comes out on the same day as the as-yet unnamed D&D hardcover on March 17th, whose identity will be revealed on Thursday.

Explore the realms! Wizards of the Coast once again is presenting new dice and miscellany for the world’s greatest roleplaying game. Forgotten Realms Laeral Silverhand Explorer’s Kit builds on the success of Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. Forgotten Realms Laeral Silverhand Explorer’s Kit will be available in stores everywhere on March 17, 2020!

Let Laeral Silverhand – Open Lord of Waterdeep, centuries-old archmage, and daughter of the goddess of magic – guide you on your path to adventure. The new kit includes eleven dice placed in a durable, felt-lined box that functions as two dice trays. Fans can also enjoy the twenty illustrated, double-sided cards detailing Laeral’s expert insights on key characters, locations, and lore from across the Forgotten RealmsTM and a foldout double-sided map of the Sword Coast and city of Waterdeep.

• Eleven dice (two d20s, one d12, two d10s, one d8, four d6s, one d4).
• Twenty illustrated, double-sided cards detailing Laeral's expert insights on key characters, locations, and lore from across the Forgotten Realms.
• A durable, felt-lined box that functions as two dice trays.
• Foldout double-sided map of the Sword Coast and the city of Waterdeep.

 

[gyor]

Looked like a pre-4e tiefling to me.

I looked at some Shifter art and that nose is a shifter nose. She is a shifter.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I looked at some Shifter art and that nose is a shifter nose. She is a shifter.

Shifters vary widely in a appearance, depending on the animal on which they are based. There is no standard "shifter nose".

 

[stadi]

I hate to be a kook, but aesthetically it bothers me that both d20 are large, I've like it in the past when 1 d20 was large and the other was standard size.

Same here, I will probably not be getting this, I don't need huge d20s

 

[TheSword]

I bought the Avernus one for Baldurs Gate nostalgia and the dice tray really. The dice are nice and the cards are largely superfluous. But it was a fun little gift.

There is no way that even a fraction of the lore could be published for the forgotten realms from 4 editions. In hard back format even. The Menzoberranzan book alone was a hardback for 4e and that’s one fraction of one slice of the underdark (amazing map though!)

I should say most of the forgotten realms hardbacks are available on eBay for reasonable prices, I’ve just sold most of my collection for £20-£30 a book in decent condition. There are options for those who don’t like pdf.

 

[Sacrosanct]

I hate to be a kook, but aesthetically it bothers me that both d20 are large, I've like it in the past when 1 d20 was large and the other was standard size.

I don't like the look either. Unfortunately, age doesn't seem to care what I like the look of

 

[Parmandur]

In these days youre probably right with wikis, pdfs and such but I think theres a market for it in some form.

I dunno, maybe not much of one. Fantasy Flight games took that approach to Star Wars, one of the biggest IPs on the planet, and that didn't work for them, apparently.

 

[Salthorae]

I think theyre leaving alot of loot on the table if they dont.

They may be, but they are a small staff. There is only so much that they can do/manage and ensure quality products.

I'd love a new FR atlas, but I don't think we're going to get one.

 

[gyor]

Shifters vary widely in a appearance, depending on the animal on which they are based. There is no standard "shifter nose".

Despite appearance it's not a shifter.

 

[gyor]

They may be, but they are a small staff. There is only so much that they can do/manage and ensure quality products.

I'd love a new FR atlas, but I don't think we're going to get one.

Except that they aren't a small staff at all, I was shocked when I found out.

 

[R_J_K75]

Except that they aren't a small staff at all, I was shocked when I found out.

How big are they?