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

[FitzTheRuke]

Given what an odd ending that was to the original saga -- Lolth was the enemy of the drow cult who were behind the giant invasion -- I'd love to see the entire saga get a through rewrite to make it more coherent and more tightly plotted and include other giant and Underdark groups.

I don't own Storm King's Thunder, but a remake of Queen of the Spiders would also need to differentiate itself from that as much as possible.

I think doing more of THAT sort of thing (Remaking and Remixing Pre-5e Adventures) would make more sense than going back to 5e-ones. The best idea would be to do a little of all of it - including writing entirely new adventures. It's juggling act.

 

[mamba]

I haven't watched any of their videos, but the name "Dungeons and Discourse" alone sets off alarm bells...

I can’t stand her, listening to her makes my brain melt, so I do not recommend listening to a full video… 2 to 5 minutes are probably enough to decide to never repeat this though

 

[Morrus]

Chris Cox gets his new karatur book or officially announced it and included optional stuff
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Could we not promote ragebait nonsense, please? Thanks.

 

[Stormonu]

It's been 10 years since it came out. In that time, a ton of new players have come along. Older players who already own and have played it a bunch aren't the core audience, much as the people who owned the original Giant, Drow and Queen of the Spiders modules weren't the audience for TSR's different compilations and updates of those originals. They were trying to scoop up new customers.

A product not being for you does not mean it's not a product for a different, potentially huge, audience.

If they try to redo Curse of Strahd from the ground up, I'd like to slap their hand now and tell them "No".

I'd much rather they spend the time revisiting House on Griffon Hill and correcting the issues with that adventure, or bring Night of the Living Dead into 5E as part of a collection of Ravenloft shorts.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I'd much rather they spend the time revisiting House on Griffon Hill and correcting the issues with that adventure, or bring Night of the Living Dead into 5E as part of a collection of Ravenloft shorts.

A Ravenloft adventure anthology seems like a no-brainer, whether it's old adventures or new ones.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

A Ravenloft adventure anthology seems like a no-brainer, whether it's old adventures or new ones.

Gryphon Hill or Against the Drow could each make a full book when reworked. They need a lot doing to them, but there are plenty of ideas.

 

[GarrettKP]

I think whatever 2026 brings will be very telling of the future direction of D&D.

I think there’s a very real chance that they avoid doing another campaign book, instead focusing on three types of products:

Adventure Anthologies
Rules Expansions
Setting Guides

Especially with how poorly the big campaign books seemed to have been received over the years (can you name one that was universally praised that wasn’t Curse of Strahd?), I’d honestly be surprised if they made another one anytime soon, instead opting for smaller adventures like in the DMG and Forgotten Realms books, or on anthologies.

 

[Artamo]

If they try to redo Curse of Strahd from the ground up, I'd like to slap their hand now and tell them "No".

I'd much rather they spend the time revisiting House on Griffon Hill and correcting the issues with that adventure, or bring Night of the Living Dead into 5E as part of a collection of Ravenloft shorts.

I remember reading House on Gryphon Hill about three times and thinking this is either a very smart adventure that is way beyond my ability to run, or it’s totally unusable in its current form. The core concept seems like it would be great for shock value’s sake:

Spoiler: Spoiler

What if Strahd suddenly appeared in another Ravenloft domain, something he shouldn’t be able to do, and…wait a minute…is he actually a good guy?

It’s a good enough hook to create an entire campaign off of, I think, it just needs a good author’s hand to make sense of it. But, an anthology like the old Chilling Tales or Van Richten’s books would be wonderful too. I really enjoyed the House of Lament adventure from the last Ravenloft book.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It’s a good enough hook to create an entire campaign off of, I think, it just needs a good author’s hand to make sense of it. But, an anthology like the old Chilling Tales or Van Richten’s books would be wonderful too. I really enjoyed the House of Lament adventure from the last Ravenloft book.

Give me a Tales from the Crypt-style limited cover on the Ravenloft anthology and you've got an insta-buy from me.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Especially with how poorly the big campaign books seemed to have been received over the years (can you name one that was universally praised that wasn’t Curse of Strahd?), I’d honestly be surprised if they made another one anytime soon, instead opting for smaller adventures like in the DMG and Forgotten Realms books, or on anthologies.

Haven't people come around to generally praising Tomb of Annihilation, Wild Beyond the Witchlight and Rime of the Frostmaiden, even if there were some grumbles at the time?

Sure, we also got Phandelver & Below and the Vecna book, but -- as someone who doesn't generally care about big campaign books -- I thought WotC's campaigns were generally pretty well liked.