Spelljammer and Dragonlance Return in Dungeons & Dragons’ New Adventures

At the primary D&D Direct livestream, Wizards of the Coast revealed what’s in retailer for Dungeons & Dragons with a sequence of latest reveals—together with main new additions to Fifth Edition within the type of the return of not one, however two basic marketing campaign settings in all new releases: Starjammer and Dragonlance.

Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

In a brief press video from members of the Dungeons & Dragons artistic group, Chris Perkins (a game design architect) and Trystan Falcone (a graphic designer) introduce Spelljammer: Adventures in Space. Falcone describes this as “deep space meets deep sea.” As gamers take “the long way” by means of house, they’ll encounter cities on asteroids and useless gods floating within the ether.

The new Spelljammer can be accessible as a brand new science-fantasy marketing campaign setting in a slipcase with three 64-page hardcover books, a Dungeon Master’s display screen, and a double-sided poster map. The Astral Adventurer’s Guide is written for each DMs and gamers. It has all it is advisable to run campaigns set in Wildspace, in addition to six new playable ancestry choices:

• Astral Elves—These are elves with starlight of their eyes who’ve deserted the feywilds for house.
• Autognomes—Mechanical gnomes, “built gnome-tough,” that seem like steampunk automata.
• Hadozee—Mischievous-looking flying monkey aliens
• Giff—A race of hippo-headed folks who don’t know the place they got here from and don’t know the place they’re going, who’re in search of dwelling in all of the improper locations.
• Plasmoids—Described as slime, these vaguely-human formed beings are D&D’s first character race the place you’re an ooze.
• Thri-Kreen—Mantis-like insectoids with color-changing carapaces who possess telepathy.

The second e-book known as Boo’s Astral Menagerie, named after the miniature Giant Stempo Hamster, a sourcebook of latest monsters for the Wildspace setting comparable to Vampirates, Space Clouds, Murder Comets, Giant Space Hamsters, and Solar and Lunar Dragons. The third e-book is Light of Xaryxis, an all-new D&D journey set within the Wildspace and the Astral Sea. It’s bought 12 episodes and every chapter ends in a cliffhanger. There can be a prequel journey launched in July by way of a Wizards of the Coast on-line account.

Spelljammer: Adventures in Space will arrive August 2022.

Dragonlance: Warriors of Krynn

Seen on the finish of a brief animated preview trailer, the subsequent Dragonlance equipment setting seems to be titled Warriors of Krynn. There can be a e-book included, titled Shadow of the Dragon Queen, seemingly a marketing campaign sourcebook.

Dragonlance was initially a sequence of novels set on the earth of Dungeons & Dragons, and later changed into playable marketing campaign settings. There have been over 150 novels revealed within the Dragonlance sequence, which have been in publication for the reason that 80s. This is about as basic swords-and-sorcery role-playing as D&D can get, and it doesn’t appear from the trailer that WoC is deviating a lot from the formulation.

Dragons of Stomwreck Isle Starter Set

A brand new starter set was teased within the press launch, however no different data has been forthcoming. It seems to have a marketing campaign e-book, participant’s information, cube, and character sheets, seemingly making this an easily-accessible entry journey for these new to D&D.

D&D Campaign Cases—Creatures and Terrains

Dungeons & Dragons can be producing customizable case units that permit you to make your individual creature tokens, utilizing adhesive cling illustrations of basic monsters and discs of three totally different sizes. The case can be moveable, and the aim is that this product will assist create a cohesive, immersive marketing campaign.

The Terrain Case may have 30 interlocking tiles, and extra reusable cling stickers, as will even double as a carrying case. The tiles are double sided with a inexperienced terrain print on one aspect and a stone tile print on the opposite. Both the Creatures Case and Terrain Case can be found for preorder.

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