D&D 5E (2024) WotC to release “several digital DLC” supplements for the new Forgotten Realms release

[GarrettKP]

LOL, I'm literally writing this for the front page as we speak.

My bad! feel free to fold this in.

 

[sevenbastard]

Guys I found this web site that's filled with DLC content for RPGs. Its called

Drivethrurpg.com

Fair warning for some reason they call the DLCs by the name PDF.

 

[dave2008]

I mean DnD Beyond has offered digital only content (usually free) for D&D supplements for years. Some of which was also downloadable in PDF format. Is this a move to have more of that I am all for it!

 

[Azzy]

Hard to say until we find out more about the DLCs (DLCs for PAPER Books just sounds weird, this isn't a video game).

To be fair, the content will likely be downloadable.

 

[Azzy]

Man, they used to call them "web enhancements".

 

[AlViking]

If they have a product they feel is worth producing but the supplements do not have a wide enough audience or enough page count to justify print, selling digital versions doesn't bother me. It's not like anyone can buy a Super Awesome Powerup and force a DM to use it in their game.

 

[Jolly Ruby]

I also wonder what FR city he will use as his example setting for a Vampire City.

I really doubt they will make a “Vampire City.” More likely it’s just rules and adventure ideas for how to run a Vampire villain preying on people in a city like Baldurs Gate.

I guess the "Vampire City" idea is actually doable, albeit I highly doubt they will include it that way (an actual Vampire City).

(spoilers for Baldur's Gate 3 third act bellow):
At the end of Astarion's companion quest you find out that Cazador, Astarion's vampire sire, was kidnapping innocent citizens (including children), turning them into vampire spawns and imprisoning them for decades. Now Cazador has thousands of vampires spawns caged in his dungeon and ready to be sacrificed in a profane ritual. After defeating him you have the choice to perform the ritual for Astarion, kill the vampire spawn or release them to live in the city's sewers.

If they canonize the "release" option, you could have a literal Vampire City under Baldur's Gate. I would set it on the Under City, the subterranean ruins under Baldur's Gate that appears on the games but have little to no official lore besides "it's ancient, dangerous and servants of Bhaal like to gather there" AFAIK.


EDIT: just making it clear it's just a thought exercise and a idea for a campaign premise, I doubt it will be in the actual product.

 

[GarrettKP]

I guess the "Vampire City" idea is actually doable, albeit I doubt they will include it that way (spoilers for Baldur's Gate 3 third act):

At the end of Astarion's companion quest you find out that Cazador, Astarion's vampire sire, was kidnapping innocent citizens (including children), turning them into vampire spawns and imprisoning them for decades. Now Cazador has thousands of vampires spawns caged in his dungeon and ready to be sacrificed in a profane ritual. After defeating him you have the choice to perform the ritual for Astarion, kill the vampire spawn or release them to live in the city's sewers.

If they canonize the "release" option, you could have a literal Vampire City under Baldur's Gate. I would set it on the Under City, the subterranean ruins under Baldur's Gate that appears on the games but have little to no official lore besides "it's ancient, dangerous and servants of Bhaal like to gather there" AFAIK.

There just isn’t any reason to assume they are doing a Vampire city. The article doesn’t say that. Only that the supplement provides rules for Urban Vampire adventures. That doesn’t mean a city full of vampires, that just means adventures in cities that involve vampires.

 

[Jolly Ruby]

There just isn’t any reason to assume they are doing a Vampire city. The article doesn’t say that. Only that the supplement provides rules for Urban Vampire adventures. That doesn’t mean a city full of vampires, that just means adventures in cities that involve vampires.

I agree with you, as I said on my post I doubt they will include an actual Vampire City. But the thought exercise was fun.

 

[Charlaquin]

No physical version? I hate that. Like, a lot.