D&D General More Details Revealed for Forgotten Realms Digital Expansions

Pre-orders are live for the upcoming Forgotten Realms books, with one D&D Beyond listing providing some new details about digital DLC released alongside the books. Posted today on D&D Beyond, the "Forgotten Realms Ultimate Bundle" will include three digital expansions - Astarion's Book of Hungers, Netheril's Fall, and a third "secret" expansion to be named later. The digital expansions will be gradually released over a three week period. Astarion's Book of Hungers will include new player options, while Netheril's Fall will be an adventure book of some kind. Page count is not available, but currently the only way to get these three digital expansions will be through buying the "Ultimate Bundle," which has a whopping price point of $159.99 and includes both physical and digital versions of the other Forgotten Realms books.

What (little) information we know was provided by D&D Beyond and can be seen below:

• Astarion’s Book of Hungers: a digital expansion where players can indulge in their vampire desires with new player options, monsters, and adventure content – all shared by Astarion himself! | Release Date: November 11, 2025
• Netheril’s Fall: a digital expansion where players can explore the lost Netherese Empire in a time traveling adventure | Release Date: November 18, 2025
• A secret third digital expansion – to be revealed soon! | Release Date: November 25, 2025

 

[DavyGreenwind]

Suspect it will be 1 species 4 or more legacies, but I agree they are one of the most important species to the Forgotten Realms, especially since 4e made them a major Abeir race as well.

Tabaxi I think are more important to Maztica then Faerun, but FR is their origin so maybe. I think other MoM races won't be in it, because they don't want it to be all rehashes.

For brand new Species I think we could see Saurials, Shades, Wemics, Loxo, Abbalayar, Alaghi (more peaceful cousins of Yeti), Chitine (humaniod spiderfolk), Gloaming, Elan, Killiren (plant folk), Yurian (Crabfolk). Hexborn/Hagspawn and Reborn are possible. Some of them, not all of them.

I could see a Chult-related surprise. Tortle, Tabaxi, Saurial, and four Genasi? Or maybe 5 different sub types of Saurials? That'd be neat.

 

[mamba]

Do I understand it correctly that Roll20 offers the DLCs for free?

“Dungeonmasters Guild has a bonus if you pre-order the Forgotten Realms Guide Bundle. You’ll not only get the Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Gaerun and Adventures in Faerun for Roll20, but you’ll also unlock not one, not two, but three bonus packs with staggered releases (August 5-Sept 1, Sept 2 – Oct 6, and Oct 7 – Nov 10) with the full release coming November 11.

• Price: $69.98 (no discount but you get exclusive bonus content)”

 

[Selas]

Very unlikely. That's probably some of the bonus products Roll20 usually offers with pre-orders, like token packs or 3PP supplements. They had something similar when the new core books were releasing

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

Saurians like PC species seems a right option for FR but if the DLC is about Astarin and his hunger I guess it should be something close to gothic horror.

I doubt WotC introduced new PC species without a previous playtesting by UA articles, but the digital content can be revised after the feedback

Other point we may have forgotten it the adventure has got time-traveling. is this an important detail? maybe because if time-travel is canon in FR then it is not only possible in the other settings but D&D cosmology could allow space for alternate timelines, at least to avoid possible troubles about "I don't like the new continuity after the reboot".

Secret title? My bet would be Kara-Tur, but mainly fluff/lore/background, the name of characters, nations and factions, without player options. Some frontiers could be altered after some marriage-alliance or a civil war. If the content is digital the risk should be lower because to rewrite something should be relatively easy.

 

[Weiley31]

Im gonna laugh if Nethril Falls reveals that the PC were the REAL REASON it fell and nobody "knew about it" until now.

Also, the

Spoiler: Icewind Dale book

Time Warp ending will NOW have a natural follow up if one decides to link that ending to Netheril's Fall.

 

[Selas]

Well, that's usually what happens in time travel stories: the traveler done f-ed up and causes what they tried to prevent

 

[Weiley31]

Well, that's usually what happens in time travel stories: the traveler done f-ed up and causes what they tried to prevent

Damn Butterfly!!

 

[WanderingMystic]

Part of me is expecting to see Tabaxi, Saurians, Genasi, also the three goblinod races, and Gith

 

[TravDoc42]

Damn Butterfly!!

I wouldn't blame the butterfly, I doubt it wanted to get squished!

 

[Weiley31]

I wouldn't blame the butterfly, I doubt it wanted to get squished!

We can ALWAYS blame Homer J. Simpson for wiping out the Dinosaurs with a sneeze.