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

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I miss Dungeon and Dragon.

Print magazines and newspapers are a tough business in this advertising environment.

 

[hopeless]

Yeah, I'm not sure "this was a big selling novel 40 years ago" is a compelling argument.

No one's saying we need to make movies of James Michener's "The Covenant," James Clavell's "Noble House" or Jonathan Irving's "Hotel New Hampshire" in the 21st century, despite each being NYT best sellers the same time period ago.

At a certain point, even an omnipresent cultural icon is no longer relevant. It's hard to overstate how dominant Michener, Clavell and Irving were, once upon a time. Millennials and Generation Z would find them unreasonably hard trivia answers nowadays, and even many Generation X folks would struggle with them.

The more I think about it, the more I think Fizban's including a bunch of settings, with maybe 20 pages on Krynn might be the way to go. Republish the setting in 5E in that sense, see if demand increases -- meaning it's not the same people who were asking for it two years ago -- and make decisions after that.

Maybe something like the Yawning Portal, but includes a number of classic settings for people to enjoy and adapt how they will?

You could have Nentil Vale, Mystara, Greyhawk, etc given a brief outline on the setting allowing the buyer to adapt how and what they will to make their own version of that setting.

Thus the Known Worlds supplements will come in handy to supplement the 5e briefing on the Mystara setting for instance.

That kind of book might be possible?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

They could mine Dragon and Dungeon and write a whole book on making dragons more interesting in the game......

I am very surprised we haven't seen more Saltmarsh-style books raiding past magazine articles and adventures.

 

[Hexmage-EN]

I'm sure this has even less possibility of happening than catastrophic dragons making a return, but I liked the 4E lore that Bahamut, Tiamat, and the dragonborn race are all pieces of Io. I was also a big fan of the design for Io that showed-up exactly one time:

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Maybe something like the Yawning Portal, but includes a number of classic settings for people to enjoy and adapt how they will?

You could have Nentil Vale, Mystara, Greyhawk, etc given a brief outline on the setting allowing the buyer to adapt how and what they will to make their own version of that setting.

Thus the Known Worlds supplements will come in handy to supplement the 5e briefing on the Mystara setting for instance.

That kind of book might be possible?

I think that kind of book would need a hook other than "here's a big book of settings." That's why I thought grouping together dragon-based settings makes sense.

But since WotC didn't even give Innistrad a page in Van Richten's, they probably disagree with both of us.

 

[dave2008]

I'm sure this has even less possibility of happening than catastrophic dragons making a return, but I liked the 4E lore that Bahamut, Tiamat, and the dragonborn race are all pieces of Io. I was also a big fan of the design for Io that showed-up exactly one time:

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I too like a lot about that Io design. The six legs are a nice touch, but not quite as big a fan of the nose frill.

 

[Parmandur]

So, here's some high-octane looking ahead speculation;

• 2016: Volo's Guide to Monsters released
• 2017: Volo appears as an NPC with the magical item "Volo's Guide to Monsters" in Tomb of Annihilation"

• 2017: Xanathar's Guide to Everything is released
• 2018: Xanathar appears in Waterdeep: Dragon Heist (so does Volo, for that matter)

• 2018: Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes is released
• 2019: Mordenkainen shoes up as an NPC in Avernus

No "named Guide in 2019

• 2020: Tasha's Cauldron of Everything is released, where Tasha's reign as a "Witch Queen" with fey servitors is depicted.
• 2021: a "Witch Queen" is set to be a major part of Witchlight, based on some leaked elements, perhaps Tasha?

• 2021: Fizban's Treasury of Dragons releases
• 2022: Fizban appears in a Curse of Strahd style reboot of the War of the Lance adventures?

 

[Demetrios1453]

Perhaps the Dragonlance-specific conversation would be better served having its own thread?

 

[Parmandur]

Print magazines and newspapers are a tough business in this advertising environment.

Alas! I miss magazines in general.

 

[Parmandur]

I am very surprised we haven't seen more Saltmarsh-style books raiding past magazine articles and adventures.

I think we will see more. Maybe a hybrid of Ghosts of Saltmarsh and Candlekerp Mysteries: something old, something new?