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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[overgeeked]

The alignment of the title suggests a longer T word after Journey, so “Journey through the Radiant Ocean” is the most likely so far.

Anyone know the font WotC uses for their titles? It’s not the one they have listed for DM’s Guild publishers.

 

[overgeeked]

I thought the J looked more like and X at first too. But the instagram image flipped looks more clearly like a J to me.

In the second crystal it looks like a word ending in “EL”.

 

[Dausuul]

Looks more like a mouse-like creature to me.

Like a hamster, perhaps?

 

[GarrettKP]

Considering Hannah frequently edits for WotC, I’m gonna go ahead and call it. The title will be “Journeys Through the Radiant Ocean”

 

[GarrettKP]

And ya, if the title is “Journey Through the Radiant Ocean” then Radian Ocean is likely a reference to the Phlogiston, so this is probably a Spelljammer book.

 

[Jer]

And ya, if the title is “Journey Through the Radiant Ocean” then Radian Ocean is likely a reference to the Phlogiston, so this is probably a Spelljammer book.

How does that connect to the Ethereal Plane tho?

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I think it's journey, not journeys. It looks like a space after the Y.

Does seem odd to do adventures before the setting, but maybe that is the brilliant new format: we aren't going to tell you the rules!?

The Ethereal Plane is supposed to be grey, not radiant. Strangely I did an adventure aboard a ship trapped in the ethereal plane a couple of months ago.

 

[Demetrios1453]

I think it's journey, not journeys. It looks like a space after the Y.

Does seem odd to do adventures before the setting, but maybe that is the brilliant new format: we aren't going to tell you the rules!?

You can combine the two, you know. The necessary rule set to run Spelljammer probably wouldn't need a huge amount of space.

 

[darjr]

I think it's journey, not journeys. It looks like a space after the Y.

Does seem odd to do adventures before the setting, but maybe that is the brilliant new format: we aren't going to tell you the rules!?

The Ethereal Plane is supposed to be grey, not radiant. Strangely I did an adventure aboard a ship trapped in the ethereal plane a couple of months ago.

Home made or at some event?

 

[Lidgar]

Combining setting info/rules with an adventure seems fairly common these days. See Castle Ravenloft, Ghosts of Saltmarsh, Wild Beyond the Witchlight, etc.