D&D 5E (2014) Planescape, Bigby, Phandelver and the Deck of Many Things: Covers & Details Revealed!

The covers of the upcoming D&D books — including Planescape, Glory of the Giants, and the Deck of Many Things have been revealed.

• August 15th -- Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants ($59.95)
• August 15th -- The Practically Complete Guide to Dragons ($39.95)
• September 19th -- Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk ($59.95)
• October 16th -- Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse ($TBA)
• November 14th -- Book of Many Things ($TBA)

Coming August 15th with two variants. Lore about giants, 76 stat blocks, feats, and a giant subclass.

3 hardcovers in a boxed set-- 96 page guide to Sigil, 64-page bestiary, and 96-page adventure, along with a poster map and DM screen. Coming October 16th.

224-page adventure for levels 1-12, poster map, 16 new monsters. Coming September 19th.

66 illustrated cards, 192-page book with lore, character options, magic items, and monsters, 80-page card reference guide, all in a slipcase. Coming November 14th.​

These Are Dungeons & Dragons' New Products For 2023

New books for the fantasy role-playing game include Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants, and a look at the legendary Deck of Many Things.

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[LuisCarlos17f]

I congratulate the artists for the pictures showed in those covers. There is "glamour", somethint turning on your imagination.

The giants need a good story, something style "Game of Thrones" but with more superpowers.

 

[ersatzphil]

Planescape
I think I'll get the DiTerlizzi alt cover set for Planescape, if this is anything to go by:

Honestly, I suspect this is the DM screen for the slipcase set - which means more DiTerlizzi art for the set.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

I guess I'm going to be disappointed if Bigby's Book doesn't have a Cantrip called Bigby's Backhand otherwise known as Bigby's Bitchslap or Bigby's Slapping Hand.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I had been trying to keep all my books matching, but I've been given the alt covers for Fizban's, Candlekeep, and the Golden Vault already, and I just love, love, love that art DiTerlizzi shared online (see my post above). If that's what features on the alt cover set (or similar) then I will not be able to resist.

The dimensions of that art suggest it's a screen to me. I would assume the alternate slipcase will have a similar vibe, though.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I guess I'm going to be disappointed if Bigby's Book doesn't have a Cantrip called Bigby's Backhand otherwise known as Bigby's Bitchslap or Bigby's Slapping Hand.

Bigby's Single Digit

 

[Zaukrie]

Bigby's Single Digit

Bard cantrip for sure

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

Bigby's Single Digit

Order of the Stick used a variation on that once: Bugsby's Expressive Single Digit!

624 This Happens to Telemarketers All the Time - Giant in the Playground Games

 

[Fifinjir]

I just hope “Sigil and the Outlands” will actually have some Outlands in it.

 

[Quickleaf]

With Vecna coming next year along with 5.5e, that description of the Fortune's Wheel adventure involving a "a plot to undermine the rules of reality" has eeries undertones of Die Vecna Die! released as meta-plot transition from AD&D to 3e.

And everybody knows how much Planescape fans loved Die Vecna Die! which wasn't contentious at all.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Original Setting
64 pages on the planes
96 pages on the Sigil and the Outlands
30ish pages for players.

Total: 180ish pages of setting and covered all of the planes

New Boxed Set
96 pages on Sigil and the Outlans

Total: Around half the setting material of the original boxed set, not more.

I would have liked to see a 200-250ish page setting book that gave us the entire setting. Planescape is one of my favorite settings. The Sword Coast Adventure Guide has shown us that once WotC has released a sliver of a setting, they don't finish it up.

Edit: I missed that you were talking about the adventure adding more. It will probably add a bit, but still fall way short of the original amount of setting material.

Agree 110%, its a mix of too short page count with the adventure eating a huge amount of space.

Note WotC stop putting adventures into setting products, its coming at major expense of the setting. Even 4e knew not to do this.