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Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

ShapiroKeatsDarkMageShapiroKeatsDarkMage Member Posts: 2,428
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https://www.houseofgames.it/annunciato-mordenkainens-tome-of-foes-dungeons-dragons/

Finally, new Greyhawk content and monsters!

What do you think?

@Vallmyr @Fardragon @Buttercheese @BelleSorciere @rapsam2003

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  • FardragonFardragon Member Posts: 4,511
    It's not specifically Greyhawk, it's more Planescape.
  • ShapiroKeatsDarkMageShapiroKeatsDarkMage Member Posts: 2,428
    Fardragon said:

    It's not specifically Greyhawk, it's more Planescape.

    Oh, even better then, i love Planescape.
  • FardragonFardragon Member Posts: 4,511
    Here is what I gather/deduce based on UA:

    Fluff focuses on conflicts: blood war, elves vs drow, dwarves vs duergar etc.

    Monsters geared to high level play, with more than half over CR10.

    Playable races:
    Gith
    Aaracora and Genasi reprinted/revised (my guess).

    Playable subraces for all core races apart from human.
    Elves: Eladrin (revised), Grugach, Avariel, Shadar-Kai.
    Tiefling: subraces associated with various powerful fiends.
    Dwarves: multiple duergar?! Mul (my guess)
    Gnomes and halfings: mentioned specifically, but vaguely - gungans kender? Arthas Cannibal halfings?
    Dragonkin, Half Orcs??
  • BelleSorciereBelleSorciere Member Posts: 2,108
    I probably won't buy this right away for various reasons but it is definitely a good sign for the game.
  • ShapiroKeatsDarkMageShapiroKeatsDarkMage Member Posts: 2,428
    Fardragon said:

    Here is what I gather/deduce based on UA:

    Fluff focuses on conflicts: blood war, elves vs drow, dwarves vs duergar etc.

    Monsters geared to high level play, with more than half over CR10.

    Playable races:
    Gith
    Aaracora and Genasi reprinted/revised (my guess).

    Playable subraces for all core races apart from human.
    Elves: Eladrin (revised), Grugach, Avariel, Shadar-Kai.
    Tiefling: subraces associated with various powerful fiends.
    Dwarves: multiple duergar?! Mul (my guess)
    Gnomes and halfings: mentioned specifically, but vaguely - gungans kender? Arthas Cannibal halfings?
    Dragonkin, Half Orcs??

    Githzerai and Githyanki?
  • ShapiroKeatsDarkMageShapiroKeatsDarkMage Member Posts: 2,428
    @sarevok57
  • FardragonFardragon Member Posts: 4,511
    edited February 2018
    The playtest UA download has "gith" as a race with zerai and yanki as subraces.

    It looks like something I'm unlikely to rush out and buy right away, unless they slip in psionics.
  • sarevok57sarevok57 Member Posts: 6,002
    never heard of this release actually, although i would like to get more dnd miniature figures, although brand new ones are kind of expensive would love to find someone who is just basically trying to get rid of theirs
  • FardragonFardragon Member Posts: 4,511
    I make counters out of cardboard.
  • Lex23Lex23 Member Posts: 34
    Fardragon said:

    Here is what I gather/deduce based on UA:

    Fluff focuses on conflicts: blood war, elves vs drow, dwarves vs duergar etc.

    Monsters geared to high level play, with more than half over CR10.

    Playable races:
    Gith
    Aaracora and Genasi reprinted/revised (my guess).

    Playable subraces for all core races apart from human.
    Elves: Eladrin (revised), Grugach, Avariel, Shadar-Kai.
    Tiefling: subraces associated with various powerful fiends.
    Dwarves: multiple duergar?! Mul (my guess)
    Gnomes and halfings: mentioned specifically, but vaguely - gungans kender? Arthas Cannibal halfings?
    Dragonkin, Half Orcs??

    I agree with those predictions, save that I'd be a little surprised to see Dark Sun or Dragonlance content. Maybe some of the many varieties of planetouched that showed up in later 3/3.5e supplements -- Maeluth (dwarf/devil), Wispling (halfling/demon), etc?

    And if I were a betting man, I'd bet that the illithids will be involved in at least one of the major conflicts, whether that's "Flayers vs. Gith," "Flayers vs. Duergar," or both of those and more.
  • FardragonFardragon Member Posts: 4,511
    It would be difficult not to mention mind flayers, however this is principally a monster book, and lots of mind flayer variants have already been detailed.

    As for Dragonlance and Dark Sun, both settings have already been mentioned in 5e books, and there is reason to think the book includes content specific to FR and Greyhawk (e.g. Grugach).
  • ButtercheeseButtercheese Member Posts: 3,766
    I can't read the article from the link, but more content is rarely a bad thing with a game such as this ;)
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