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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[Weiley31]

On a more serious note: somebody ask Amazon. They are usually good at letting the cat outta the Bag of Holding.

 

[Parmandur]

On a more serious note: somebody ask Amazon. They are usually good at letting the cat outta the Bag of Holding.

WotC got wise to that: at best wear get a release date early, they don't give Amqzon the Title or Cover art in advance anymore, just the street date.

 

[AdultingLater]

So, Realmspace, Krynnspace, and Greyspace are known as "The Radiant Traingle"

So perhaps it's "Journey Through the Radiant Triangle"?

Last part clearly looks like ADEL to me, so I’m going with Journey To/Through The Radiant Citadel

 

[vecna00]

WotC got wise to that: at best wear get a release date early, they Donghae Qmqzon the Title or Cover art in advance anymore, just the street date.

Yeah, there will be a listing tomorrow, but there won't be any other info.

I'm pretty WotC just uses it to help fuel the hype.

 

[Parmandur]

Yeah, there will be a listing tomorrow, but there won't be any other info.

I'm pretty WotC just uses it to help fuel the hype.

They used to trust Amazon, but they definitely learned their lesson after several premature product reveals: the past few releases, the product description when Amazon jumped the gun give the announcement details and date, not the actual product description.

 

[Demetrios1453]

So, if it isn't Spelljammer, and we're reading this correctly, what/where is the Radiant Citadel?

Is it a play on the Sunless Citadel? Maybe its polar opposite, or a mirror version?

The mention of the Ethereal Plane and the crystals might suggest an anthology of Ethereal/Demiplane/Inner Plane adventures (crystals representing the Plane of Earth?). The quasi-elemental planes don't officially exist in 5e, so unless we're getting a re-introduction here, the Quasi-Elemental Plane of Radiance only remains an intriguing, but unlikely, possibility (each of the four quasi-elemental planes had a citadel on the border of the Positive Energy Plane, but none of them were called the Radiant Citadel; that of Radiance was called the Heart of Light).

 

[Parmandur]

So, if it isn't Spelljammer, and we're reading this correctly, what/where is the Radiant Citadel?

Is it a play on the Sunless Citadel? Maybe its polar opposite, or a mirror version?

The mention of the Ethereal Plane and the crystals might suggest an anthology of Ethereal/Demiplane/Inner Plane adventures (crystals representing the Plane of Earth?). The quasi-elemental planes don't officially exist in 5e, so unless we're getting a re-introduction here, the Quasi-Elemental Plane of Radiance only remains an intriguing, but unlikely, possibility (each of the four quasi-elemental planes had a citadel on the border of the Positive Energy Plane, but none of them were called the Radiant Citadel; that of Radiance was called the Heart of Light).

I think that @Paul Farquhar is onto something with the Saridor theory: the changes to Saridor lore in Fizban's came a bit out of nowhere, and come to think of it seemed to be universalizing (multiversilizing?) the mythology Eberron' three dragons...

Could the "Radiant Citadel" ve tied to Dragonshards that tie into Saridor...?

 

[AdultingLater]

So, if it isn't Spelljammer, and we're reading this correctly, what/where is the Radiant Citadel?

Is it a play on the Sunless Citadel? Maybe its polar opposite, or a mirror version?

The mention of the Ethereal Plane and the crystals might suggest an anthology of Ethereal/Demiplane/Inner Plane adventures (crystals representing the Plane of Earth?). The quasi-elemental planes don't officially exist in 5e, so unless we're getting a re-introduction here, the Quasi-Elemental Plane of Radiance only remains an intriguing, but unlikely, possibility (each of the four quasi-elemental planes had a citadel on the border of the Positive Energy Plane, but none of them were called the Radiant Citadel; that of Radiance was called the Heart of Light).

Willing to bet the Radiant Citadel grants passage/access to the Radiant Triangle.

 

[Hutchimus Prime]

Thank you Barnes and Noble.
June 21, 2022 Release Date.

 

[darjr]

Thank you Barnes and Noble.
June 21, 2022 Release Date.

Nice!

Huh? That says “book”