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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[Weiley31]

Morrus, how can I trust you? Where's the source?

Roll your Insight check against his Persuasion check!

 

[Parmandur]

So the Artificer was already released in the Eberron Book and the Sidekick rules in the most recent starter set. Not a big fan of them re-printing of things but I'll live with it.

Those Sidekick rules only went to Level 5: bringing them to Level 20 would be appreciated.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Like XGTE I'll probably buy the book and ignore the bits that don't make sense for my game. Some people want more concrete rules on parlay for example, but I doubt I'll ever use them.

Yeah exactly, some people will never need rules for parlay, because they already know how to do that, and it doesn't really require hard rules. But for some people, especially newer DMs, and especially ones coming in from maybe a computer gaming background more than an RPing background, it would be really useful to have some rules that at least create a rule-backed scenario where a parlay might take place. Just introducing the idea that you can negotiate with monsters some of the time would be a novelty to some newer groups, I think. Certainly when we were discussing pre-written adventures, one criticism I had was that a lot of adventures assume a certain reaction from PCs, and one of the issues there is that some groups just don't even think about negotiating with apparent monsters, but some adventures kind of rely on it.

It's good for the game for it to be there (assuming the rules are decent!), even if people like us won't use it.

 

[Abstruse]

Any word on it being Adventure League Legal?

 

[Stacie GmrGrl]

The alt cover looks super good.

 

[Morrus]

Aha! I've found out the cover artist! It's Magali Villeneuve. (And found a better image of the full spread, put in the OP).

 

[R_J_K75]

Those Sidekick rules only went to Level 5: bringing them to Level 20 would be appreciated.

I knew there was a reason I didnt buy that boxed set. Seriously I didnt know they only went to level 5.

 

[Parmandur]

I knew there was a reason I didnt buy that boxed set. Seriously I didnt know they only went to level 5.

Well, the Adventure only goes to Level 5. For a 1-5 Set, it's pretty good, and has lots of nice doodads like handouts, a solid set of dice, etc.

 

[Ath-kethin]

My FLGS offer 15% off new products, so this helps. It is not always as cheap as online, though price is not everything. They are back open now with the corona and everything. There is lines outside, so that is good for them.

Mine does the same, and offers an additional 5-10% off if you preorder the book (so a total of 20-25% off cover price).

It helps, but it still adds up!

 

[Weiley31]

If the UA versions of the subclasses end up being better, I'll use them. If they are better I the book, I'll use them instead.