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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[Chaosmancer]

Reposting myself from the other thread:

Huh....

Anyone else find it a bit odd they are reprinting the Artificer and the Group Patron rules from Eberron: Rising from the Last War?


Also, any idea what new spells they might be talking about? You don't... they wouldn't reprint the Dunnamancy spells too would they?

I love that image with Baba Yaga's hut though, that is some sweet art.

I would be curious how the puzzle rules are set-up too, that is always one of the most difficult things to run properly IME

 

[jasper]

Any word on it being Adventure League Legal?

As of 18 minutes ago the Officail AL Facebook group says they don't know if going to be legal.

 

[Guy Icognito]

A second “of everything” book.

That's totally not going to confuse anyone...

 

[aco175]

Do not know what this means or if even relevant. It was from yesterday.

 

[Chaosmancer]

A second “of everything” book.

That's totally not going to confuse anyone...

Well, actually... I don't think it will. I was thinking about this and I've almost never refferred to Xanathar's Guide to Everything as anything more than "Xanathar's".


Yes, there might be a few eye rolls in terms of "well that was supposed to have everything and this is supposed to have everything, but neither of them have everything", but I don't think any actual confusion

 

[MarkB]

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.

I'm sure there are plenty of people who didn't want to buy a whole campaign setting just for a couple of player options for whom it will be a welcome alternative way of accessing the class.

 

[Chaosmancer]

Huh

Psionics! The Aberrant Mind is just one of the psionic themed subclasses from UA. Along with a few others, these psionic subclasses use a modifed version of the playtest mechanics, which Crawford described as “evolved.” I’m pretty middle of the road when it comes to psionics, neither thrilled to use them or abhorred by their inclusion in the game but I’ve got to say I really dug that Psionic Talent die so I hope that’s what he meant.


During the press briefing they did not get too deep into new spells and magic items in TCoE but there are some tidbits to share. For starters Tasha adds new spells of her own design to D&D canon. Tasha’s caustic brew and Tasha’s otherworldly guise are two mentioned and I’m excited to see more. Spells named for the wizards who created them evokes a sense of mystery and wonder in all D&D players and after all her incredible excursions and magical experimentation I’m certain Tasha’s influence on 5E D&D will be immense.

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One of the magic items Crawford talked about sounds totally awesome — the Tarokka Deck. Not like, any old prophetic card deck though. This is THE Tarokka Deck, an artifact capable of trapping spirits.

Gotta say, I'm surprised that the Psionic stuff is planning on being included here, that catches me off guard.

I'm am curious about that Otherworldly Guise though.

A deck to capture spirits? That sounds like a fun mechanic.



Honestly.... I'm getting a little hyped now. This sounds great

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

With that embedded Tweet, I'd say Morrus gets advantage on that roll.

Roll your Insight check against his Persuasion check!

Yeah, the reprinting of the Artificer will likely see that class start showing up in the main Adventurers League. That to me is the big utility of it; I imagine most DMs that wanted it in their games already added it, but the AL restrictions would've kept it out of everything but the Eberron adventures.

Also, with the added artwork, I would imagine that one of the new artifacts is going to be Baba Yaga's Hut. That's going to be cool.

 

[Professor Murder]

• More options are appreciated. May be nearing saturation for me personally for things like subclasses but we will see.
• Love the alternate cover.
• New takes on core systems are what was needed so I'm curious to see the execution but I am hopeful.

• The title really feel derivative. Also, would have preferred Iggwilv but yeah, how in hell would one pronounce it so there is that.
• Mixed feelings on reprinting the Artificer in the book. If it gets new subclasses I can deal.

It's a must buy for me, but then really any "core" rules book is. I will admit that had I known Artificer was coming in another book, I might have held off on getting Ebberon, as the new class was a big motivator for picking that one up.

 

[Weiley31]

Gotta say, I'm surprised that the Psionic stuff is planning on being included here, that catches me off guard.

Whoa whoa whoa whoa HOLD UP! You mean the Psionics rules are gonna be in this book too!?!?

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