D&D 5E The New D&D Book: Tasha's Cauldron of Everything!

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The new D&D book has been revealed, and it is Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, "a magical mixture of rules options for the world's greatest roleplaying game." The 192-page book is due out November 17th, with standard and alternate covers, and contains more subclasses, spells, character options, group patrons, and rules. Oh, and psionics!

Cover art is by Magali Villeneuve

WHAT WONDERFUL WITCHERY IS THIS?

A magical mixture of rules options for the world's greatest roleplaying game.

The wizard Tasha, whose great works include the spell Tasha’s hideous laughter, has gathered bits and bobs of precious lore during her illustrious career as an adventurer. Her enemies wouldn’t want these treasured secrets scattered across the multiverse, so in defiance, she has collected and codified these tidbits for the enrichment of all.

• EXPANDED SUBCLASSES. Try out subclass options for every Dungeons & Dragons class, including the artificer, which appears in the book.
• MORE CHARACTER OPTIONS. Delve into a collection of new class features and new feats, and customize your character’s origin using straightforward rules for modifying a character’s racial traits.
• INTRODUCING GROUP PATRONS. Whether you're part of the same criminal syndicate or working for an ancient dragon, each group patron option comes with its own perks and types of assignments.
• SPELLS, ARTIFACTS & MAGIC TATTOOS. Discover more spells, as well as magic tattoos, artifacts, and other magic items for your campaign.
• EXPANDED RULES OPTIONS. Try out rules for sidekicks, supernatural environments, natural hazards, and parleying with monsters, and gain guidance on running a session zero.
• A PLETHORA OF PUZZLES. Ready to be dropped into any D&D adventure, puzzles of varied difficulty await your adventurers, complete with traps and guidance on using the puzzles in a campaign.

Full of expanded content for players and Dungeon Masters alike, this book is a great addition to the Player's Handbook and the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Baked in you'll find more rule options for all the character classes in the Player's Handbook, including more subclass options. Thrown in for good measure is the artificer class, a master of magical invention. And this witch's brew wouldn't be complete without a dash of added artifacts, spellbook options, spells for both player characters and monsters, magical tattoos, group patrons, and other tasty goodies.

Here's the alternate cover:

UPDATE! An online event called D&D Celebration from September 18th-20th will be hosted by Elle Osili-Wood, which is "an epic live event with panels, gameplay, & previews of the book!" See the video in the Tweet below!

Gather your party and join the adventure at  D&D Celebration 2020, an online gaming event open to fans all over the world!

Celebrate the release of  Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden  with a weekend of Icewind Dale–themed virtual play sessions and help us create the biggest virtual tabletop roleplaying game event ever! Fans will also get the chance to preview some content from  Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, the forthcoming book featuring massive rules options, subclasses, and more for the fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons. Watch featured play sessions with D&D luminaries and learn something new with a slate of panels led by the D&D design team and community.


UPDATE! Check out the Nerdarchy site for some previews.

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[Marandahir]

I still think “Tasha’s Last Laugh” should have been the title.

We don't always agree, Elfcrusher, but this is a WAYYYY better title and now I'm sad that they didn't consult you on it (not expecting them to, but…) or come up with this themselves.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

I would guess that the next Magic: The Gathering setting book would be 2022. They seem to be coming on even years.

See my breakdown below (I've collated Tyranny of Dragons and Waterdeep into a single release Adventure Path as they're each made of 2 books but also each part of just 1 Adventure season respectively):

2014:

• Basic Rules
• Starter Set
• PHB
• Adventure Path
• MM
• DMG

2015:

• PDF-only Player Option Book remnants
• Adventure Path
• Adventure Path
• Classic Campaign Setting

2016:

• Adventure Path
• Adventure Path
• PHB/MM Expansion

2017:

• Adventure Path
• Adventure Path
• PHB/DMG Expansion

2018:

• PHB/MM Expansion
• Adventure Path
• Minor Classic Campaign Setting Pay-Playtest
• MtG Campaign Setting
• Core Rules reprint

2019:

• Non-AL Adventure Path/DMG Expansion
• Starter Set
• Minor Modern Campaign Setting
• Starter Set
• Starter Set
• Adventure Path
• Classic Campaign Setting
• Adventure Path reprint

2020:

• Minor Modern Campaign Setting
• MtG Campaign Setting
• Adventure Path Reprint
• Adventure Path
• PHB/DMG Expansion

Notably, there's been a move toward 2 official Campaign Settings per year (one each year with less riding on it) for the last 3 years, and also in the last 3 years, there's been a single early-5e reprint product. There's also been fewer Adventurer's League Adventure Path Seasons - Ghosts of Saltmarsh didn't have its own season, so we had Tomb of Annihilation -> Waterdeep -> Baldur's Gate -> Icewind Dale. I would assume going forward that WotC are doing just ONE big new adventure path per year and might reprint an adventure or issue a separate adventure like Ghosts of Saltmarsh that isn't part of the AL (maybe even issue non-FR setting adventure books).

I would expect 2021 and 2022 to look something like this, assuming that they follow the pattern:

Hypothetical 2021:

• Minor Modern Campaign Setting (no idea, but maybe this could also be Planescape, given the heavy lifting of Tasha's?)
• Reprint of Some Old Book (Volo's?)
• Adventure Path
• Classic Campaign Setting (Dark Sun? Planescape? Greyhawk?)

Hypothetical 2022:

• Non-AL Adventure Path/MM Expansion
• Minor Modern Campaign Setting (Tal'Dorei re-write?)
• Reprint of Some Old Book (maybe combine with the above for a SCAG reprint/expansion?)
• MtG Camapaign Setting (Whichever set is coming out in '21, '22, or '23 for cross-pollination)

I'm a little confused by your scheduling here, because these aren't named. I think you probably counted the Acq Inc. book, or Rick & Morty, as a campaign setting which seems... like a weird choice. They aren't really.

Personally, I'm thrown as I was expecting a place for Gem Dragons in the Q4 book (Nathan Stewart said there would be a book with them in 2020) and it doesn't seem like Tasha's book includes new monsters.

So the next book I think either is a new Monster book (Volo's/Mordenkainen's style) or even possibly Planescape. If it's not Planescape next, it's Dark Sun. Haven't made up my mind on which.

 

[Reynard]

I don't know about that. Maybe, maybe not. I mean SCAG made lots of money and who's excited about that book?

I would bet real money that FR is a full order of magnitude more popular than Greyhawk.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

2. There is an entire universe of material, both old (tons of older D&D settings) and new (such as the Critical Role setting) that can be used. Two M:TG settings should be sufficient to appeal to M:TG fans; maybe a few other settings. Every M:TG setting is a book that isn't something else.

Here's a dirty little secret: If WotC thought that Dark Sun or Planescape or Ravenloft or (and come on, guys) Greyhawk or Spelljammer or Birthright or Mystara would sell more than a MTG setting would, that's what they would be producing.

MTG books aren't "taking slots away" from any of those old settings. Those settings' own sales figures and what people are saying in surveys took care of that.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Personally, I'm thrown as I was expecting a place for Gem Dragons in the Q4 book (Nathan Stewart said there would be a book with them in 2020) and it doesn't seem like Tasha's book includes new monsters.

Yeah, I'm guessing that book slipped back a bit in the pipeline.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

Enworld, 2015-

Which D&D Settings Do You Play In?

Over on the right of the news page is a new poll which asks which D&D setting you currently play in. Obviously WotC has its own survey data, and we know from that that 55% of people use home-brew settings, 35% play in the Realms, 5% in Greyhawk, and the remaining 5% is divided between the rest...

www.enworld.org

Of the setting people were playing, it was homebrew, Realms, GH, everything else.

That's why I said it was second (based on WoTC data).

Oooooh.... yeah not surprising. It's possible this might factor into WotC setting plans, as they've done more refined surveys since (asking specifically which settings do people play in, not just like).

I'm still doubtful a Greyhawk setting book is coming soon. I certainly would be happy if it did.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Fair enough. I hope that isn't true. I want Planescape, Dark Sun and a bunch of other older stuff updated for 5e. At least let it out on the DMsGuild.

The unwillingness to open up settings on DMs Guild confuses me.

WOTC: YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO RELEASE A 5E JAKANDOR PRODUCT. JUST PUT IT ON DMS GUILD FOR THOSE FOUR PEOPLE WHO LOVE THE SETTING TO DO SOMETHING WITH.

 

[Reynard]

Enworld, 2015-

Which D&D Settings Do You Play In?

Over on the right of the news page is a new poll which asks which D&D setting you currently play in. Obviously WotC has its own survey data, and we know from that that 55% of people use home-brew settings, 35% play in the Realms, 5% in Greyhawk, and the remaining 5% is divided between the rest...

www.enworld.org

Of the setting people were playing, it was homebrew, Realms, GH, everything else.

That's why I said it was second (based on WoTC data).

And by 2nd you mean at 5%. And that's before a huge influx of new fans over the last 5 years.

Greyhawk is dead, man. Let it rest.

 

[dave2008]

Counterpoint: Would a non MtG book (whatever it is, just a non MtG book of any variety taking its place) not make money?

I assume it would, but clearly WotC thinks they can make more money by leveraging MtG. I assume they know their business better than I do.

Personally, I would probably buy a DS book if psionics are easy to take out. I am less sure about Greyhawk. If it had some interesting monsters or setting rules possibly. No idea how the rest of the D&D buying audience feels though.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

That being said, I don't think there are that many M:tG settings left with enough juice to be worth the conversion. Dominaria and Zendikar, maybe Innistrad, are the only ones I think make sense. (I'm aware others may disagree with this opinion.)

What's the one with chivalry and faeries that people were talking about here a few months ago? Again, not a MTG fan, but that sounded like a lot of fun and a fantasy focus that D&D hasn't had since the TSR days. My daughter would flip for faerie tales plus knights.