D&D 5E The October D&D Book is Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons

As revealed by Nerd Immersion by deciphering computer code from D&D Beyond!

Spoiler

Fizban the Fabulous is, of course, the accident-prone, befuddled alter-ego of Dragonlance’s god of good dragons, Paladine, the platinum dragon (Dragonlance’s version of Bahamut).

Which makes my guess earlier this year spot on!

UPDATE -- the book now has a description!

D&D 5E - Fizban's Treasury: The Dragon Book Now Has A Description... And A Feat

Courtesy of Amazon, we now have a description for Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, the October D&D hardcover. The book introduces gem dragons, dragon-themed player options, and plenty of draconic lore! This joins September's The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, and November's Strixhaven: Curriculum of...

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D&D 5E - My guess for the other D&D book this year... Draconomicon!

We know the fifth major product this year will be James Wyatt‘s as-yet unannounced project, and we know it will be coming out this year between Witchlight and Strixhaven. Wyatt co-wrote the Draconomicon for 3E. There have been two recent dragon-themed Unearthed Arcanas — dragon-themed...

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Fizban the Fabulous by Vera Gentinetta

 

[Faolyn]

That doesn't look.like a Gem Dragon to me at all, its almost more Far Realmsian to me.

It's a crystal dragon. Here's the 2e art:

Of course, gemstone dragons could be more Far Realmsian now.

 

[Weiley31]

Dragons don't do anything together. Dragons don't like other dragons. So If you see a group of dragons, it's a bad time to be alive.

/favoredenemy

Cue Tyranny of Dragons.

 

[Stormonu]

I wonder if this will be approached fluffwise from a Dragonlance perspective, akin to the Volo/Mordenkainen quotes and info from previous books.

Though it would be nice if they took the time to mention the Blood Isles of Io (Council of Wyrms), and possibly Sarlona of Eberron for those who want to run campaigns laden with dragons.

 

[pukunui]

I guess they thought the two tails plus glowing head would be exotic and intriguing. "It's a white dragon... wait, no it's not, it's glowing and has two tails..."

I wish that were the case (and it’s what I initially thought too), but I’m fairly certain it’s just got one really long tail, and it’s actually the inside of its mouth that’s glowing, not its forehead. It would be much cooler (and more alien) if it did have a glowing forehead though.

 

[Faolyn]

What I'd like to see are actual Great Wyrms, more powerflul than the ancient dragons they have.

Of course, that could be a set of abilities templated onto an ancient dragon, so they don't have to create 10-15+ more page-long statblocks.

 

[Faolyn]

I wish that were the case (and it’s what I initially thought too), but I’m fairly certain it’s just got one really long tail, and it’s actually the inside of its mouth that’s glowing, not its forehead. It would be much cooler (and more alien) if it did have a glowing forehead though.

The art's so fuzzy, it's hard to tell. But crystal dragons do have two tails--or at least one tail that forks into two very long points. On second look, though, you're definitely right about the glowing mouth, not forehead. Sad now.

 

[Demetrios1453]

I wonder if this will be approached fluffwise from a Dragonlance perspective, akin to the Volo/Mordenkainen quotes and info from previous books.

Though it would be nice if they took the time to mention the Blood Isles of Io (Council of Wyrms), and possibly Sarlona of Eberron for those who want to run campaigns laden with dragons.

I do wonder if the fluff side notes will have naive/enthusiastic notes from Tasslehoff and sarcastic ones from Raistlin, sort of like Volo's and Elminster's in VGtM...

 

[Demetrios1453]

I wish that were the case (and it’s what I initially thought too), but I’m fairly certain it’s just got one really long tail, and it’s actually the inside of its mouth that’s glowing, not its forehead. It would be much cooler (and more alien) if it did have a glowing forehead though.

No, it's definitely two forks. You can see the tip of one fork below the red dragon's tail, so it can't just be a single tail looping back around and up. It's a pity that the other tip is obscured by the red dragon...

 

[Malmuria]

The color of the background is too similar to the colors of the dragons, so the dragons don't stand out.

Anyway, what's your favorite dnd dragon art? Here are some of mine

 

[Stormonu]

I have to admit, I was fooled - thought that was a white dragon, not crystal. Though I wonder why they didn’t do a Sapphire dragon as they did both a mini, PDF and dice set based on it.

And, as far as book titles go, I probably would have gone with “Ashadarlon’s Legions of the Dragon Horde” - if it’s a monster book with expansion on the Dragonborn races.