D&D 5E Roundup: Check Out These Previews from D&D Celebration

WotC's online D&D streaming event is taking place all weekend, and throughout the process they have released a few previews upcoming books.

From Fizban's Treasury of Dragons:

• Metallic Dragonborn
• Drakewyrm Ranger
• Moonstone Dragons

D&D 5E - Fizban's Treasury Dragons Ranked By Challenge Rating

WotC has been sending out previews of Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, due out next month, to folks on Twitter. Amongst those are art pieces and other items. By Challenge Rating the dragons in the book are: Ancient crystal (19) Ancient topaz (20) Ancient emerald (21) Ancient moonstone (21)...

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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: An In-Depth Review

The Wild Beyond the Witchlight isn't just Wizards of the Coast's latest Dungeons & Dragons adventure. It's the first official, full-length adventure from WotC set in the Feywild. While often mentioned, the counterpart to the Shadowfell has gotten much less attention through the editions...

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From Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos:

 

[Henadic Theologian]

There was a 2e supplement called College of Wizardry. It's probably darker than what Strixhaven appears to be. Btw, is Strixhaven a girls' school? Just wondering because of the pictures and the names.

No, it's not a girl's school, for example Dean Embrose of Silverquill is very much a man and a father.

I do think Strixhaven is being more marketed towards a female audience then other Campaign settings.

 

[Mind of tempest]

No, it's not a girl's school, for example Dean Embrose of Silverquill is very much a man and a father.

I do think Strixhaven is being more marketed towards a female audience then other Campaign settings.

girls are the primary YA market why I do not know but it somehow is.

 

[Grimstaff]

I can’t tell if Strixhaven is marketed towards teenaged schoolgirls, or middle aged dudes wanting to roleplay teenaged schoolgirls.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

girls are the primary YA market why I do not know but it somehow is.

Statistically, teen girls read more full stop. It can be very difficult to get some teen boys to read anything at all.

 

[Shardstone]

In the United States, the biggest reading demographic is Caucasian women. Its just a fact of our culture.

 

[Aldarc]

So Strixhaven...

 

[Ezequielramone]

I'm not into MtG settings and surely it's not for me to play in a harry potter like world. But I'm glad they are bringing new worlds.

 

[BookTenTiger]

Is it troublesome and offensive if I say this looks like utter poo?

I so miss when D&D was darker and more Tolkien-inspired. Now it's Harry Potter, but as an anime.
Makes sense however, since the majority of D&D players in general either choose to play as their favorite anime character or as their idealized waifu/husbando.

Its not troublesome and offensive, but it is like worrying that the world is going to flood because it's been raining for the last hour.

As others have pointed out, WotC recently published Ravenloft and Rime of the Frostmaiden. Curse of Strahd is still one of the most popular campaigns.

I bet in the next year there will be something published that fits your style too!

 

[Mind of tempest]

I'm not into MtG settings and surely it's not for me to play in a harry potter like world. But I'm glad they are bringing new worlds.

worst case grab them for a mechanic that is useful.

 

[Erdric Dragin]

Nostalgia for your personal aesthetic preferences is fine, but D&D has been different from standard Tolkien fare for quite some time. 2e gave us Planescape, Dark Sun, Planejammer, and more. Even then I don't think Tolkien is the primary influence on D&D when compared to other writers. The world of fantasy has changed. I don't think that younger gamers particularly care or know about the fantasy of Fritz Lieber, Michael Moorcock, or Robert Howard, which inspired Gygax. That's (mostly*) fine. Our sense of fantasy adventure has changed.

* "That's not a Witcher or Arthas clone, younglings! That's an Elric clone!"

And then WotC takes those same settings and ruins them for the 5e crowd. Ravenloft book is a clear example, being dubbed more "Scooby-Doo" like than Gothic Horror, as it should have been. The fact it lacks Fear/Horror/Madness rules mechanics, which was literally the core of Ravenloft's playstyle, was stripped completely.