Why Is Chris Perkins Tweeting Page Snippets Of Mongrelfolk?

I didn't see that either. Do mongrelfolk appear in one of the adventures they've released, or is this a possible hint of the Monster Manual 2?

 

[Morrus]

Chris Perkins tweeted what looks like part of a page from an official 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons book referring to what looks like a Mongrelfolk race or monster. There was no other context, and it was a couple of weeks ago. Thanks to Wolf Hunter for pointing it out to me!

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[The Grassy Gnoll]

Chaos soaked world, magical experiments. Maybe something to do with the Shakespearean theme adventure?

 

[Jester David]

More generic teasing from Perkins... Like the Greyhawk boxed set or the visit or the half-dozen other vague tweets he's made that we haven't seen follow-up on.

Seems like too much flavour text for a monster entry for the next storyline volume, but they could be beefing it up. Or it could be for a future article. Or it could be a monster that didn't make the cut of the Monster Manual but was written.
*shrug*

 

[phantomK9]

Uhhmmmm.....5e Gamma World??


Or maybe this is a snippet from what they are consulting with Pendleton Ward on??

 

[iserith]

Mongrelfolk featured prominently in the 2e Ravenloft module "Circle of Darkness," which I ran for a group recently after converting it to 5e.

 

[Sword of Spirit]

I sure hope it's teasing us about a Monster Manual 2. Give me one of those with all the classic planar monsters I need to represent my traditional multiverse (celestial exemplars, gem dragons, etc) and a Psionics Handbook and that's all the crunch I really need. There are still other products I would appreciate though--I just want them to give us the essentials to fill out the multiverse and then avoid bloat.

 

[fjw70]

Hmm, looks like a picture of a printed manuscript/book and not a copy and paste from an electronic document. If it is from a future product it looks like they could be far enough along to have a proof copy. A summer release perhaps.

 

[JeffB]

I sure hope they dont release a mm2. Releasing splat books is bad for their business plan!


STORY STORY STORY.

 

[Zarithar]

1. Mongrelmen (folk) have been around since 1e Dwellers of the Forbidden City

2. It looks like a 5e PC race write up to me

3. I predict we will see a Ravenloft storyline/AP drop after Elemental Evil wraps up... in time for Halloween.

 

[EthanSental]

I'll take a number 3 please! Ravenloft for Halloween, perfect timing.

 

[TerraDave]

Mongrelmen, as they where called, where introduced in this module:

Would be a natural starting point for, say, a story.

EDIT: And ninjaed. But I put up the picture.

 

[Trickster Spirit]

I doubt it's going to be an AP set in Ravenloft. They just said their focus is going to be on the Realms for the forseeable future. Assuming it's part of an actual product and not an Unearthed Arcana article, it'd probably their "Alice In Wonderland / Feywild" AP. That'd be easily translated to any campaign setting using the wider core cosmology.

 

[werecorpse]

MM2 FTW!

 

[Jester David]

I would love a Ravenloft... anything. Might be neat to have a 32-page adventure set there in the fall. Lots of great monsters in that setting as well, and ones that can be used in traditional fantasy worlds (unlike Eberron or Dark Sun beasties).

 

[Sunseeker]

Wouldn't mind a race handbook compiling the new races and adding a bunch of new ones and subraces. Would be a great campaign-deign-based book.

Don't really care much for mongrelfolk though.

 

[Quickleaf]

I would love a Ravenloft... anything. Might be neat to have a 32-page adventure set there in the fall. Lots of great monsters in that setting as well, and ones that can be used in traditional fantasy worlds (unlike Eberron or Dark Sun beasties).

I mean, if they can do a ret-con of Temple of Elemental Evil in the Forgotten Realms, then I agree that it wouldn't hard to fit a Ravenloft/Ravenloft-ensue adventure into the Forgotten Realms too.

As for the MM2, while I'm eager to see that, having a proof copy already done seems WAY faster than their previous production of the MM2 historically. Even during 3e and 4e with their faster production cycles, wasn't it 2 years since the launch of the core three before they released MM2? If they have a proof copy of MM2 now, wouldn't that mean they were gunning for like a September / October release, roughly 1 year after the first MM was released? That would be FAST. And awesome

 

[gyor]

FR ate Ravenloft when the domains of dread were combined with the shadow plane.

Still Mongelmen exist in the Forgotten Realms, such in a mountain range near Calimport I believe, I could be wrong.

 

[Echohawk]

Even during 3e and 4e with their faster production cycles, wasn't it 2 years since the launch of the core three before they released MM2? If they have a proof copy of MM2 now, wouldn't that mean they were gunning for like a September / October release, roughly 1 year after the first MM was released? That would be FAST. And awesome

One year would be faster than 3rd edition, but slower than 4th (or 2nd edition).

2nd Edition:
- Monstrous Compendium Volume One (June 1989)
- Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (August 1989)
- Monstrous Compendium Volume Three (November 1989)
- Monstrous Compendium Volume Four (April 1990)

3rd Edition:
- Monster Manual (October 2000)
- Monster Manual II (September 2002)

4th Edition:
- Monster Manual (June 2008)
- Monster Manual 2 (May 2009)

 

[77IM]

FR ate Ravenloft when the domains of dread were combined with the shadow plane.

And the Shadowfell is often shown as being "opposite" the Feywild in many respects, so this fits in with the "Alice in Wonderland" sort of theme.

I think a Realms/Ravenloft crossover would be a big seller. Weren't the Domains of Dread originally demiplanes specifically so that adventurers from any setting could wander into them through the mist?