D&D 5E What D&D Product Can Be Seen In The Crystals?

WotC has posted an image of a pile of crystals through which distorted glimpses of what looks like a product can be seen. In the comments below, folks have been flipping, enhancing, and generally squinting at the image behind the crystals, and while it's hard to make out, guesses include 'Journey Through the Radiant Ocean' (although I personally think that first letter looks more like an X or K than a J). 'Citadel' is also a popular guess for that last word--'Journey(s) to/from the Radiant Citadel'? Take a look and see what you think (or check the comments for flipped and enhanced versions).

In Spelljammer lore, the phlogiston--the space between the crystal spheres in which the prime material worlds can be found--is also known as the 'Rainbow Ocean'. And crystal seem on-brand for crystals spheres.

Below the text, the image appears to be of some kind of marketplace. Above it, WotC wrote "Through the depths of the Ethereal Plane is a beacon of possibility and adventure... "

There was apparently a press event today, pending some kind of product announcement on Tuesday.

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www.enworld.org

 

[pukunui]

It's a subreddit, yup, dedicated to D&D product speculation (more often pirong over teases than leaks, properly speaking). The leader claims to "work in the industry" in some capacity thst allows them to physically see the books early, allegedly. I got eh impression it was more on the physical peint production side than playtesting.

Hmm. OK. They'll probably still have some kind of NDA (or their company will) that they're violating by leaking these details.

As a playtester myself, I think I have a few more pieces of the puzzle than the rest of you, but even I am not entirely sure what this product is as I only got to see bits and pieces of it (none of which have the product title in them, unlike some of the other products I've previewed).

 

[Parmandur]

Hmm. OK. They'll probably still have some kind of NDA (or their company will) that they're violating by leaking these details.

As a playtester myself, I think I have a few more pieces of the puzzle than the rest of you, but even I am not entirely sure what this product is as I only got to see bits and pieces of it (none of which have the product title in them, unlike some of the other products I've previewed).

The title can come pretty late in the process, at any rate.

They are probably skirting the edge a little by posting comments on Reddit, I agree, if they are on the up and up. But I'm not under any NDA, and theybposted publicly, soooo...interesting tidbit, we'll know soon enough.

 

[Erdric Dragin]

Obviously Spelljammer. If we're due for 2 Classic settings this year, gotta be Dragonlance and Spelljammer.

Which hopefully means next year is Dark Sun and PSIONICS FINALLY HOLY F--KING DAMN when will we ever see PSIONICS already!?!?!? (real psionics, not the Wild Talent stuff)

 

[pukunui]

The title can come pretty late in the process, at any rate.

I guess, although that hasn't been my experience with 5e playtesting. Usually they'll send us stuff with a codename (e.g. "Cloak" or "Dagger") but then it'll have the actual title somewhere on the first page or so. In this case, I only received individual components of the product rather than the full thing, so I haven't got that introductory text that might have spoiled the title for me.

They are probably skirting the edge a little by posting comments on Reddit, I agree, if he is on the up and up. But I'm not under any NDA, and theybposted publicly, soooo...interesting tidbit, we'll know soon enough.

True. Ever since I got the playtest documents for this product, I've been wanting to know what exactly it is. It's a bit of a novelty for me to not know the full details of a release before it is announced!

 

[overgeeked]

Obviously Spelljammer. If we're due for 2 Classic settings this year, gotta be Dragonlance and Spelljammer.

Which hopefully means next year is Dark Sun and PSIONICS FINALLY HOLY F--KING DAMN when will we ever see PSIONICS already!?!?!? (real psionics, not the Wild Talent stuff)

We have several psionic-based subclasses.

 

[Parmandur]

I guess, although that hasn't been my experience with 5e playtesting. Usually they'll send us stuff with a codename (e.g. "Cloak" or "Dagger") but then it'll have the actual title somewhere on the first page or so. In this case, I only received individual components of the product rather than the full thing, so I haven't got that introductory text that might have spoiled the title for me.


True. Ever since I got the playtest documents for this product, I've been wanting to know what exactly it is. It's a bit of a novelty for me to not know the full details of a release before it is announced!

That suggests the compilation theory may be accurate, as that would be a modular and piecemeal product.

 

[Staffan]

We have several psionic-based subclasses.

Which are quite unsatisfying for those of us who like psionics as portrayed in 2e and 3e, particularly if you're going to make a setting as psi-heavy as Dark Sun. We've had quite a bit of discussion about it over here already, so it's probably better to keep discussing it there rather than in this thread.

 

[pukunui]

That suggests the compilation theory may be accurate, as that would be a modular and piecemeal product.

Not necessarily. A few of the other recent products were sent to us in chunks as well. That might just be their new way of doing the playtests, perhaps to lessen the risk of leaks - or to keep some things as a surprise even for us!

 

[Demetrios1453]

Has anyone attempted to technologically manipulate the positions of those crystals? There are some sections (the woman raising her hands, and the square thing that might be a painting or a mirror (?) in the center) that are duplicates, just at different angles, so with some computer wizardry I have no talent with, I'm sure someone could un-tilt and combine things to give us some clearer pictures...

 

[pukunui]

Has anyone attempted to technologically manipulate the positions of those crystals?

Someone on Twitter came up with this:



Makes it look more clearly like the title is Journeys [...] the Radiant Citadel. Since a citadel is a building, the missing word is probably "to" or "from" or similar.