D&D 5E (2024) Predict WotC's 2026 D&D releases

[Autumnal]

Tying in with the Critical Role campaign, there will be player and DM books for Spawn of Fashan 5e.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Yeah, I would just take the Gryphon Hill name and make a new adventure. Van Richten's had a ton of settings that demanded to be played in, and coming up with a new adventure -- or even a whole anthology of them -- wouldn't be hard.

That's what I was thinking, perhaps with a return to Mordentshire, but not focused on a body switching Jekyll and Hyde machine. Although you could suggest the device where players switch between a character in the new adventure and a character in CoS whenever they take a long rest as an option. I don't recall the original adventure mentioned why it was called Gryphon Hill (I assume it was a meta reference to Griffin, AKA the Invisible Man). Although with the de Toro Frankenstein doing the rounds, maybe a return to Lamordia would be in order? Curse of Mordenhiem also works as a title. Perhaps even more directly calls out Hammer.

I think a book length adventure is more likely than an anthology in 2026 though. We have had a lot of anthologies and few long adventures recently.

 

[GarrettKP]

Putting down a new guess:

Q1: Adventure Anthology set in the Domains of Dread (Ravenloft)
Q2: Ravenloft: Heroes of Dread (Smaller, think Forge of the Artificer, as a companion to Van Richten's)
Q3: Tasha's Heroes of the Multiverse (Xanathar's and Tasha's reprint book)
Q4: Dark Sun Duology (Heroes of Athas and Adventures in Athas)

 

[Mercurius]

All of this will be moot once 3I/ATLAS brings D&D 6E.

 

[Mistwell]

Dark Sun! I kid, I kid.

I don't kid - I think they are going there.

 

[Mistwell]

Heroes of The Isle of Dread Expert Set

Honestly they already did a great Isle of Dread with Tomb of Annihilation. Which is a better version of Isle of Dread than the original.

- Ye Olde Adventure Compendium (including Night's Dark Terror, Ghost Tower of Iverness, D1-D2 Descent into the Depths, D3 Vault of the Drow, Q1 Queen of the Demonwebs).

Yeah I agree this is a good one. Have we had a good Underdark adventure for 5e? Was that Out of the Abyss (which I missed)? [Edit - yes, it seems it is. Too bad, I didn't hear great things about that adventure, but I do enjoy the Underdark]

 

[Mistwell]

Seriously though what haven’t they rebooted that was popular. Or at least held people’s attention.

I’d also look towards classic video games.

H*ck even a full on Baldur’s Gate thing, even now, might be smart.

Castle Amber.

I think the adventure anthology will center around the World Tree.

I'd enjoy that. I do want a good series of planar adventures which takes you to different planes.