D&D 5E WotC Delays New D&D Book Announcement

This from WotC — “Get the quasits out of our office! Our plan to make a D&D book announcement on Thursday has been changed. Adventurers, mark your calendars for Monday, January 13.”

The book was due to be announced on Thursday 9th January after a mysterious entry appeared on Amazon with a product title of "Dungeons & Dragons March Release Book (Title announced January 9th)" and a release date of March 17th, 2020. See the original news item here:

D&D 5E - March's D&D Book To Be Announced On January 9th

A mysterious entry has appeared on Amazon! With a product title of "Dungeons & Dragons March Release Book (Title announced January 9th)" and a release date of March 17th, 2020, this $49.95 hardcover release will be revealed in under a week! The description reads "Your first look at the next...

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They haven't given a reason; back in November WotC delayed the launch of the sapphire D&D anniversary dice at the last minute, too.

D&D General - $300 D&D Dice Delayed

WotC has delayed the sale of the $300 dice. They haven’t said why.

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[generic]

Yeah, I'm beginning to think a lot of the "Psionic"-ish things from the recent playtesting process may be CR related...

Sighs

Alright, WotC, so, how many episodes do I have to watch to get the appeal of this? You have my money, shut up and take it.

 

[Parmandur]

@Parmandur, you are a true library of D&D news and updates!

Sleeping baby in arms + Smartphone = knowledge.

 

[Parmandur]

Sighs

Alright, WotC, so, how many episodes do I have to watch to get the appeal of this? You have my money, shut up and take it.

To be honest, the book itself might be the ticket to that...

If you are curious, start with Campaign 2. The appeal will work for you or not, pretty quickly.

 

[darjr]

Sighs

Alright, WotC, so, how many episodes do I have to watch to get the appeal of this? You have my money, shut up and take it.

Just start and fill in as you can

 

[Prakriti]

Does this mean that I'm getting what I always wanted? Are we actually going to have more official classes?

I am most excited, but cautiously considering whether this is the case.

Well, we did get the Artificer just recently... so new classes are on the table. But this book's product description only mentions new subclasses, not classes, so I wouldn't get my hopes up.

 

[Parmandur]

Well, we did get the Artificer just recently... so new classes are on the table. But this book's product description only mentions new subclasses, not classes, so I wouldn't get my hopes up.

Yeah, it's not mentioned... but I'm not going to take the blurb they gave Amazon as definitive on that front.

 

[lowkey13]

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[Parmandur]

WotC Delays New D&D Book Announcement....

but not long enough.

The crazy thing is they almost did it this time...so close...if they made the January 9th date, this would have completely blindsided everyone.

 

[darjr]

Well.... I think this may work in their favor. I think a LOT of folks now have a big interest to listen in on the announcement and those who are less than happy won’t. That stream chat is going to be NUTS

 

[darjr]

Huh? I winder if the delay was that they wanted to get all the Critters on set for the stream?