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

[GarrettKP]

They likely are going back to the older 5e announcement pattern, aka announcing a book two months before it drops and not a year in advance.

 

[Corinnguard]

Dark Sun: The Tablelands Plateau

Kara-Tur 5e

Too much to hope the lion people are leonals (Talisid is about as close to Aslan as D&D is likely to get). I figure the Yugoloths are due an AP as the big bad, and Guardianals must be the natural enemy of Yugoloths (and both are likely a lot more subtle than their lawful or chaotic counterparts), so maybe some kind of espionage. I always try to work "is that a centaur? It is half horse and half man, but I thought it was the other way around" whenever I use an equinal outside of the upper planes.

Monster Manual 2 This time with an official take on the Guardinals.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I could be wrong, but I feel like they don't usually (other than the 2024 MM, of course, but that was later than they originally intended) put anything out until March or April anyhow. I think that they quite often DO skip Q1. And (as we have seen this year) they over-stuff Q3 & Q4, but again, this year's quick succession was not on purpose (when it comes to Eberron's release).

Yeah, maybe they're thinking they want to make their big money in the holiday season. They've put out slipcase sets specifically for the holidays in the past.