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

[GarrettKP]

So, it seems that now that we know the Backgrojnds are based on Faction and "region":

-Purple Dragon Squire and Harper are clearly tied to their respective factions.

- Ice Fisher = Icewind Dale & the North

- Genie-Touched = Calimshan and the Empires of Sand

- Moonwell Pilgrim = Moonshae Isles?

- Spellfire Initiate = Dalelands?

- Shadowmasters Exile = what, Anauroch?? Netherese???

The Shadowmasters are from Telflamm.

 

[Amphytrion]

@GarrettKP Apologies if you've answered this already, but did they reveal any information on who is the Lead Designer on the project?

I am hoping for Jason Trondo or James Wyatt.

 

[GarrettKP]

@GarrettKP Apologies if you've answered this already, but did they reveal any information on who is the Lead Designer on the project?

I am hoping for Jason Trondo or James Wyatt.

They did not.

 

[Amphytrion]

New Teaser Trailer dropped!

The teaser is... so so. Not what is advertised, the teaser itself.

They can do it well -- that Spelljammer teaser they made a few years back and that Drizzt trailer they created were both much higher quality.

I liked much of the art within (some of it reused, such as Drizzt's), and very nice to see confirmation of Drizzt and Elminster's prominence.

 

[Parmandur]

The Shadowmasters are from Telflamm.

I did find that was one historic usage, which seems...like a deep cut, a thieves guild in Thesk??

 

[Demetrios1453]

The teaser is... so so. Not what is advertised, the teaser itself.

They can do it well -- that Spelljammer teaser they made a few years back and that Drizzt trailer they created were both much higher quality.

I liked much of the art within (some of it reused, such as Drizzt's), and very nice to see confirmation of Drizzt and Elminster's prominence.

Is that Themberchaud that the D&D Cartoon crew are battling at 0:23?

 

[GarrettKP]

Something I have not seen anyone say yet, but we have the page count for the books from the Beyond Preorder page.

192 pages for Heroes.

288 pages for Adventures.

 

[Parmandur]

Something I have not seen anyone say yet, but we have the page count for the books from the Beyond Preorder page.

192 pages for Heroes.

288 pages for Adventures.

Wel, there you go. 480 total.

 

[Soulknife_Infiltrator]

Scion Rogue got a change. Their Blood thirst feature no longer requires an enemy die. Now it triggers if they take damage that makes them bloodied and don’t die outright. They teleport to that same enemy and make an attack on them.

Hi, sorry to bother you, but did they changed the number of uses? Is it still Int-Mod per Long Rest? I really like this subclass but the Int-Mod per Long Rest thing really makes me feel bad. I really hope they've changed it.

 

[GarrettKP]

Hi, sorry to bother you, but did they changed the number of uses? Is it still Int-Mod per Long Rest? I really like this subclass but the Int-Mod per Long Rest thing really makes me feel bad. I really hope they've changed it.

I don’t know for sure if it is changed or not, as I haven’t played the Rogue yet personally. But I do know the player that did said they had “two uses.”

So either they changed it to scale with Prof bonus or the Rogue pregen had a 14 Int. I’ll try and find out tomorrow.

Also, I am 99% sure they got rid of the damage buff. Neither rogue in my games added extra damage when using this feature, outside sneak attack.