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

[Parmandur]

So far, these are the monsters and NPCs I have heard are in the books and digital expansions:
• Spirit dragons
• The Drow of Lolth
• Manshoon (NPC)
• Sammaster (NPC)
• Phaerimms (Including new types in Netheril's Fall)
• Biha Babir the giant genie (NPC)
• Devil worshipping vampires (in Astarion's Book of Hungers)
• Ice serpent (if my detective skills don't deceive me)

Any others that we know of?

It was implied around the time of the MM release that classic Duergar would also be here, IIRC.

 

[TravDoc42]

It was implied around the time of the MM release that classic Duergar would also be here, IIRC.

NICE!! I hope so!!

 

[Henadic Theologian]

So far, these are the monsters and NPCs I have heard are in the books and digital expansions:
• Spirit dragons
• The Drow of Lolth
• Manshoon (NPC)
• Sammaster (NPC)
• Phaerimms (Including new types in Netheril's Fall)
• Biha Babir the giant genie (NPC)
• Devil worshipping vampires (in Astarion's Book of Hungers)
• Ice serpent (if my detective skills don't deceive me)

Any others that we know of?

The Chosen of the Dead Three, Gortash, Orin, and the other one. That alone will help sell the book.

Also mentioned at least one faction in addition offering magic items, housing, NPC Helpers, offers a Dragon's Egg. Give you three guesses to at least one of them.

The listed 42 Gods have Epic Feats that grant that make you a Chosen of that God. Given there are only 34 feats in the book I imagine they will have to share these feats.

Subclasses, Factions and New Magic Featured in Upcoming D&D Forgotten Realms Books - The Fandomentals

D&D unveiled the eight new classes and the various factions, magic options and player tools coming in Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerun and Adventures in Faerun

www.thefandomentals.com

 

[GarrettKP]

The Chosen of the Dead Three, Gortash, Orin, and the other one. That alone will help sell the book.

Also mentioned at least one faction in addition offering magic items, housing, NPC Helpers, offers a Dragon's Egg. Give you three guesses to at least one of them.

The listed 42 Gods have Epic Feats that grant that make you a Chosen of that God. Given there are only 34 feats in the book I imagine they will have to share these feats.

Subclasses, Factions and New Magic Featured in Upcoming D&D Forgotten Realms Books - The Fandomentals

D&D unveiled the eight new classes and the various factions, magic options and player tools coming in Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerun and Adventures in Faerun

www.thefandomentals.com

The Epic Feats are attached to domains, no specific gods. So an Epic Boon might be for the Life domain, which can be conferred by a Life Domain Deity.

 

[pukunui]

The listed 42 Gods have Epic Feats that grant that make you a Chosen of that God. Given there are only 34 feats in the book I imagine they will have to share these feats.

The idea that you have to be level 19+ to become a Chosen is weird to me, since there are plenty of examples in previous 5e books no less of random commoners being the Chosen of various gods. I know it was more a thing during the Sundering and the numbers of Chosen have diminished since but still ...

IIRC the D&D Next adventure, Legacy of the Crystal Shard, included some guidelines for allowing level 1 PCs to be Chosen without mechanically overpowering their fellows. Let me see if I can find those.

EDIT: Here we go!

I guess having low-level (or no level) Chosen was a special thing during the Sundering but still ... I guess I'll just have to think of the Chosen Epic Boon feat as the demigod version of a Chosen. If a player wants their PC to be a Chosen at low levels, we can still say they are but they'd only get something minor to start with.

 

[Garmel]

So far, these are the monsters and NPCs I have heard are in the books and digital expansions:
• Spirit dragons
• The Drow of Lolth
• Manshoon (NPC)
• Sammaster (NPC)
• Phaerimms (Including new types in Netheril's Fall)
• Biha Babir the giant genie (NPC)
• Devil worshipping vampires (in Astarion's Book of Hungers)
• Ice serpent (if my detective skills don't deceive me)

Any others that we know of?

I thought there was talk of Orcs of Gruumsh being one as well.

 

[TravDoc42]

I thought there was talk of Orcs of Gruumsh being one as well.

That'd be neat!!

 

[pukunui]

I thought there was talk of Orcs of Gruumsh being one as well.

As an aside: I've said this many times before, but I think one of the worst decisions WotC made in the early 5e transition era was to wipe out the Kingdom of Many-Arrows. They had been steadily building it up as an example of orcs growing beyond their savage nature and would've been a perfect vehicle for introducing their new take on the species ... but no, they had to throw the baby out with the bathwater by undoing pretty much everything from 4e with their War of the Silver Marches and Second Sundering events.

It could have been another example of them building on existing lore instead of introducing a retcon. Such a missed opportunity.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

The Epic Feats are attached to domains, no specific gods. So an Epic Boon might be for the Life domain, which can be conferred by a Life Domain Deity.

I'm curious if it's just PHB2024 & HoF domains or like Forge, Order, Twilight, Nature, Tempest Domains, Grave/Death as well?

 

[Epic Meepo]

As an aside: I've said this many times before, but I think one of the worst decisions WotC made in the early 5e transition era was to wipe out the Kingdom of Many-Arrows. They had been steadily building it up as an example of orcs growing beyond their savage nature and would've been a perfect vehicle for introducing their new take on the species ... but no, they had to throw the baby out with the bathwater by undoing pretty much everything from 4e with their War of the Silver Marches and Second Sundering events.

It could have been another example of them building on existing lore instead of introducing a retcon. Such a missed opportunity.

100% agree.

I did notice that Icewind Dale: Rime of the Forstmaiden says the leaders of the Many-Arrow tribe periodically unite the orcs of the Spine of the World under a single banner, sometimes leading them through times of great peace. So there's at least a small chance the new books will include a peaceful kingdom of Many-Arrows in 1501 DR.