D&D (2024) The Two Forgotten Realms Books Were Not Finalized At Their Announcement, Artificer & Species Could Still Be For It

[MonsterEnvy]

Yeah the titles are working but what’s in them is probably settled. Curious what new type of spell means

 

[Parmandur]

Yeah the titles are working but what’s in them is probably settled. Curious what new type of spell means

That is an intriguing question, not sure if that ia fully new or some sort of FR lore deep dive.

 

[Demetrios1453]

Yeah the titles are working but what’s in them is probably settled. Curious what new type of spell means

My guess would be some sort of Red Wizard of Thay deal. But there are other possibilities.

Updated runic magic? That would be a fairly reasonable possibility.

Psionics? That would definitely be a different type of spell, but it would be odd to introduce here (instead of in, say, a Dark Sun setting), since psionics has historically existed in the setting, but only in a minor way. And calling psionics "spells" would definitely be a trigger for some.

Epic Level spells? While also part of the setting, they haven't existed for some centuries, as they were forbidden by Mystra herself after the whole Netheril debacle. Also, it would be hard to see how they would fit in, given 5e's hard level 20 limit and nerf on higher-level spell slots. But their remnants from Netheril and elven high magic (mythals) still linger, so maybe that?

 

[Henadic Theologian]

My guess would be some sort of Red Wizard of Thay deal. But there are other possibilities.

Updated runic magic? That would be a fairly reasonable possibility.

Psionics? That would definitely be a different type of spell, but it would be odd to introduce here (instead of in, say, a Dark Sun setting), since psionics has historically existed in the setting, but only in a minor way. And calling psionics "spells" would definitely be a trigger for some.

Epic Level spells? While also part of the setting, they haven't existed for some centuries, as they were forbidden by Mystra herself after the whole Netheril debacle. Also, it would be hard to see how they would fit in, given 5e's hard level 20 limit and nerf on higher-level spell slots. But their remnants from Netheril and elven high magic (mythals) still linger, so maybe that?

I think its somekind of Planar magic developed by Thay, but whether it's just Abyssal or can be adapted to other planes remains to be scene.

Or maybe it's something else entirely, but ever since I got Worlds & Realms I can shake the feeling it's a preview of the new magic spells.

 

[pukunui]

I reckon the new type of spell is either gonna be a new way of doing spellfire or it will be Nether Scroll epic-level stuff.

 

[Demetrios1453]

I reckon the new type of spell is either gonna be a new way of doing spellfire or it will be Nether Scroll epic-level stuff.

Oh, Spellfire is also a good possibility! Completely forgot it when writing my previous post. But balancing it has always been pretty hard, so they have their work cut out for them if they go down that path.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I would do spellfire as a sorcerer subclass with a reskinned eldritch blast, getting invocation-style upgrades as subclass abilities. Not really a new type of spell. It's not really a spell in the book.

"A new type of spell"? Well Tasha's introduced a new approach to summoning spells, and "Emanation" is a new mechanic. It could be new in terms of mechanics rather than lore.

 

[Corinnguard]

And calling psionics "spells" would definitely be a trigger for some.

Unless you do what Pathfinder did by making Psionics into just another kind of magic, one with Thought and Emotion spell components. PF1- Psychic Magic, PF2- Occult Magic.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

A sourcebook about psionic powers will be generic for all the settings, and it is a lot of playtest to be sold no so good.

You can sell a psionic handbook but to sell a second or a third book of psionic powers is harder.

 

[bedir than]

I hope the new type of spell is communal rituals