D&D (2024) Some new info on upcoming books, like Forgotten Realms Adventure Guide includes Magic Items

[Henadic Theologian]

I visited D&D HQ to see the 2025 lineup, and it includes everything from Eberron to the return of a classic adventure

Steampunk shenanigans, the Forgotten Realms, and more are on their way

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Things I noticed are Eberron: Forge of the Artificer will be offered optionally as part of a Bundle both digitally and physically with Eberron Rising From The Last War.

As I mentioned magic items & monsters are confirmed to to be in FRAG.

And bit more details on Circle Casting.

"For players using the Player’s Guide, they can look forward to eight new subclasses to experiment with, a tour guide of the Forgotten Realms, and perhaps most excitingly, a new way to cast spells: Circle Spellcasting. This new method of spellcasting combines the power of multiple spellcasters working in unison on a single spell. These empowered spells can be brand new or stronger versions of existing ones. The book will also provide a template and guide for adapting any existing spell into a Circle Spellcasting version, which is especially exciting. I can’t wait to see what happens when you circle cast the Fireball spell!"

So not only is Circle Casting has its own new spells, but there is template & guide to using it with ANY Spell, previously I did not know whether there were going to limit which spells can benifit from Circle Casting, but now we know. Plus confirmation that it's the FRPG that has the tour of the Realms, so regions outside the 5 regions in the FRAG will get updated. No mention if it's just Faerun, or other continents or even planes will be touched upon.

 

[Christian Hoffer]

The realms getting "updated" is probably too strong of a word, they said they'd touch upon the various areas, but the biggest updates would occur in the five settings more fully explored in the book. Don't expect Thay to get a big story update, for instance.

 

[dave2008]

Things I noticed are Eberron: Forge of the Artificer will be offered optionally as part of a Bundle both digitally and physically with Eberron Rising From The Last War.

That is interesting. I wonder if that means the content in Rising will get updated to 5e24 as well?!

 

[Parmandur]

That is interesting. I wonder if that means the content in Rising will get updated to 5e24 as well?!

Well, no, tge point of Forfe of the Artificer is to provide those mechanical vitamins, ir seems, nor replace Rising from the Last Qar in total:

"For owners of the previous Eberron: Rising from the Last War, released back in 2019, you don’t have to worry that this release of Forge of the Artificer will replace it or make your previous purchase worthless. In fact, speaking with this supplement’s creators, James Wyatt and Jeremy Crawford, Forge of the Artificer will actually serve as a wonderful companion piece to Rising from the Last War, so much so that Wizards will be releasing bundles — both digitally and physically — that include both Eberron books."

 

[Parmandur]

The realms getting "updated" is probably too strong of a word, they said they'd touch upon the various areas, but the biggest updates would occur in the five settings more fully explored in the book. Don't expect Thay to get a big story update, for instance.

Yeah, it sounds like the "Tour" in FRPG is going to be a high level, player knowledge bit, sort of like the original Grey Box split into Player and DM books.

 

[Parmandur]

As I mentioned magic items & monsters are confirmed to to be in FRAG.

Yup, sounds like FRAG is a DMG2/MM2 booster, while FRPG is a PHB2 with some Setting introductory fluff.

 

[dave2008]

Well, no, tge point of Forfe of the Artificer is to provide those mechanical vitamins, ir seems, nor replace Rising from the Last Qar in total:

"For owners of the previous Eberron: Rising from the Last War, released back in 2019, you don’t have to worry that this release of Forge of the Artificer will replace it or make your previous purchase worthless. In fact, speaking with this supplement’s creators, James Wyatt and Jeremy Crawford, Forge of the Artificer will actually serve as a wonderful companion piece to Rising from the Last War, so much so that Wizards will be releasing bundles — both digitally and physically — that include both Eberron books."

Thanks for the clarification. That is to bad IMO. I wouldn't mind it being updated.

 

[Parmandur]

Thanks for the clarification. That is to bad IMO. I wouldn't mind it being updated.

Only part that needs n update are the Artificer, Feats, and Specues...moat of the book is still compressible, and the parts thst one might want to see updated are being updated in Forge of the Artificer which is sort of an update DLC.

 

[Demetrios1453]

Yeah, it sounds like the "Tour" in FRPG is going to be a high level, player knowledge bit, sort of like the original Grey Box split into Player and DM books.

I mean, even the Gray Box had decent, if sometimes short, overviews of the main locations of the setting. While I doubt we'll see everything described in deep detail, I would think we'll still see at least 1 page overviews like the 4e FR book. Which would still be a definite upgrade over the miniscule or non-existent descriptions of non-Sword Coast areas in SCAG...

 

[Parmandur]

I mean, even the Gray Box had decent, if sometimes short, overviews of the main locations of the setting. While I doubt we'll see everything described in deep detail, I would think we'll still see at least 1 page overviews like the 4e FR book. Which would still be a definite upgrade over the miniscule or non-existent descriptions of non-Sword Coast areas in SCAG...

My expectations for the FRPG "Tour" of the FR are set around what we would see in the Grey Box "Cyclopedia of the Realms" level of content. So, using @Christian Hoffer example of Thay, more than the almost-nothing we got in SCAG, way less than the 4 pages in the 3E FRCS. The Grey Box gave Thay six paragraphs in 3 sections, like half a page total.