D&D 5E (2024) Next issue of Game Informer will have details on the two upcoming Forgotten Realms books

[Parmandur]

I want them to lean into factions, but since 2016 they haven't done so

They are in these books. Maybe not the Adventures League style factions, but joing factiosn and renowned are something they are leaning into here, including tying the FR factions into the DMG Bastion rules.

 

[bedir than]

They are in these books. Maybe not the Adventures League style factions, but joing factiosn and renowned are something they are leaning into here, including tying the FR factions into the DMG Bastion rules.

Factions can do so much to help build a setting. I love this news. Thank you.

 

[Demetrios1453]

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From the Game Informer article. It sounds like it'll be in the DM book!

Good to know. I wish they mentioned how far south it went - FR setting maps waver between going all the way to the south coast and cutting that part off. At least with Thay mentioned, it's definitely going far enough east.

Does the article mention how much text coverage will be given to the areas outside the five mini-settings?

Also, I'm glad we have this thread to discuss the actual contents of the book; the covers thread has collapsed into the inevitable never-ending circular arguments about aesthetics.

 

[Parmandur]

Factions can do so much to help build a setting. I love this news. Thank you.

Yeah, particularly with the Forgotten Realms the various factions are a big part of what sets it a little apart from other generic High Fantasy Settings. The Subclass options in the UA seemed to suggest that factions play a big part in Backgrounds (the Purple dragon Knight Fighter emphasizes that not all Purple Dragon K lights had this Subclass or were Fighters, which suggests a Background related to the factions to me).