D&D 5E (2024) So What Is Winter's Mysterious D&D "Season of Champions"?

As reported today, WotC has announced three 'seasons' for 2026's Dungeons & Dragons releases. These are the seasons of Horror, Magic, and Champions, respectively.

Summer's Season of Horror is focused on a Ravenloft sourcebook and accessories. Autumn's Season of Magic is a sourcebook called Arcana Unleashed, and an accompanying adventure.

And in Winter 2026 there is a mysterious "Season of Champions"--but we don't yet know what that is.

The two most popular guesses are the long-predicted Dark Sun content, or a martial-themed sourcebook to follow Arcana Unleashed.

What's your guess for Season of Champions, running from October 2026 through December?

 

[Eyes of Nine]

whoever this belonged to?

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Vecna is actually also part of the Addams-verse - CONFIRMED

Wednesday-Vecna crossover when?

 

[TheSword]

I posted this in the other thread too, but thought it was worth sharing.

Not sure if people are aware but the Sorcerer Kings were originally called the Champions of Rajaat. It could well refer to both the foes and the heroes of Athas.

Champions of Rajaat

 

[Corinnguard]

whoever this belonged to?

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You sure we aren't looking at one of Bigby's spells in action? Bigby's Fetching Hand.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

Yes, the Athasian sorcerer-kings before they were the Champions of Rajaat but my opinion is WotC doesn't want to touch the metaplot and the future title will be mainly crunch(player options), monsters and some pages of the region of Tyr.

 

[unknowable]

Dragonlance or Darksun... both deserve the two book approach of faerun imo.

Darksun is far beyond the "rumour" category with the UAs, not guaranteed to be coming but certainly being considered. I really don't want them to ruin the setting themes though, slavery needs to exist in Darksun, it shouldn't be glorified or represented as something good, but it should be expected from the setting.

Dragonlance deserves a setting book. I know people say it performed poorly in 5e's last release, but that was just an adventure and not exactly released at the best time at that. And something it deserves is to have restrictions appropriate to the setting, that is to say that by default certain species, classes or subclasses are assumed to not exist without GM approval and explaining why.

 

[TorgoTheWhite]

Dragonlance or Darksun... both deserve the two book approach of faerun imo.

Darksun is far beyond the "rumour" category with the UAs, not guaranteed to be coming but certainly being considered. I really don't want them to ruin the setting themes though, slavery needs to exist in Darksun, it shouldn't be glorified or represented as something good, but it should be expected from the setting.

Dragonlance deserves a setting book. I know people say it performed poorly in 5e's last release, but that was just an adventure and not exactly released at the best time at that. And something it deserves is to have restrictions appropriate to the setting, that is to say that by default certain species, classes or subclasses are assumed to not exist without GM approval and explaining why.

Darksun, I would love to see. I would probably adopt that as my primary setting (though I am plenty happy world-building away) I feel like seasons may have a player-facing option of just generalized class-type resources with an associated tone. Then a more setting-specific focus with a more DM-facing bent

 

[dave2008]

I would be very disappointed if the Dark Sun community-fueled hype train stopped at gladiator station and went no further... Feels like a waste

I don't think anyone is suggesting that.