D&D 5E Ray Winninger mentions third project!

WotC's Ray Winninger has confirmed that another D&D release, by James Wyatt, will be released in between Witchlight (September) and Strixhaven (November). Strixhaven was Amanda Hamon's project, while Witchlight is Chris Perkins'. That assumes he's not referring to the Feywild accessory kit in September.

A lot of people are asking Qs about the [D&D] releases for the rest of this year.

Yes, WILD BEYOND THE WITCHLIGHT is the [Chris Perkins] story product I referenced in our dev blog. STRIXHAVEN is [Amanda Hamon's] project. We have not yet announced [James Wyatt's] project, which releases between WITCHLIGHT and STRIXHAVEN.

Why did we announce STRIXHAVEN so early? Pretty simple--there was no way to release the STRIX-related Unearthed Arcana without letting the cat out of the bag.

You'll learn a lot more about all of these products at D&D Live on G4, July 16 and 17. And yes, there is still a little surprise or two ahead.

D&D 5E - Two New D&D Books Revealed: Feywild & Strixhaven Mage School

Amazon has revealed the next two D&D hardcovers! The Wild Beyond the Witchlight is a feywild adventure due in September, and Curriculum of Chaos is a Magic: the Gathering setting of Strixhaven, which looks like a Harry Potter-esque mage school, set for November...

www.enworld.org

 

[Parmandur]

We will have to agree to disagree on that. Most folks were expecting the Wyatt book announced, hence why Ray had to clarify things on that.

Some people, but nobody ever said anything like that.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

I was wrong about Dragon+ June coming out today. Makes me wonder when it is coming out. Perhaps June 29th when AFR spoilers "start".

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Some people, but nobody ever said anything like that.

The blog post telling us about the 3 major products and who was lead designer on them when added to the hype being put out abd the fact that the other 2 books were announced gave folks the entirely reasonable expectation that the Wyatt book would be announced.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

Dear WotC.
I love your stuff.
My wallet hates you.

Sincerely,
me

 

[Parmandur]

The blog post telling us about the 3 major products and who was lead designer on them when added to the hype being put out abd the fact that the other 2 books were announced gave folks the entirely reasonable expectation that the Wyatt book would be announced.

They never set that expectation, however.

 

[Marandahir]

Didn't Wyatt work on the Draconomicon?

Not sure about planescape. They released Ravnica, which from what I understand has some conceptual overlap with Sigil and I'm not sure they'll want to either a) go all in on great wheel cosmology based on alignment or b) go with a new cosmology and alienate current fans. Maybe a plane hopping adventure one day (a rewrite of dead gods or tales from the infinite staircase?). I could be projecting, as I love ps but can't imagine it without diterlizzi's art.

The 3e one, yes.

Actually, I think something like "Ashardalon's Treasure Horde" is probably the safest bet for the October book - a book of draconic monsters, draconic character options, and new treasures to put in Dragon hordes. Based on the Draconic UAs of course.

 

[ChaosOS]

Re: Asian themed fantasy. I personally expect a visit to the MTG plane of Tarkir (EDIT: also page for original timeline) is far more likely than a revival of Kara Tur - a revival that changes lots of things risks angering fans of the original, but if you don't change enough then WotC will (rightly) be criticized for keeping too many racist stereotypes. I'm not saying it's impossible to make a product that pleases both, but compared to doing a Tarkir book - a plane that was overall well received and already has tons of art - seems way risky.
Note: While Tarkir has dragon themes and involved James Wyatt, I doubt it's the presumably October release since it would be another MTG book. A dragon-oriented MM4 makes a lot of sense to me.

 

[darjr]

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[Nathaniel Lee]

This UA was so radical, and so flavorful, they couldn't have gotten away with it, the way they got away with the Strixhaven Race UA.

Has someone actually confirmed that the race UA was for Strixhaven?

 

[Parmandur]

Has someone actually confirmed that the race UA was for Strixhaven?

Owlfolk, on the cover of the book.

But that's exactly my point here: they put out a Strixhaven Race test, and people are still questioning that after they announce the Strixhaven book. The Subclasses were too obvious.