What To Expect From D&D In 2025

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has big plans for 2025. The popular tabletop roleplaying game celebrated its 50th anniversary this year with the release of a revised Fifth Edition ruleset. While publisher Wizards of the Coast did not want to abandon Fifth Edition, its most popular ruleset of all time, the publisher opted to rebalance several facets of based on a decade's worth of feedback. Many of these changes first appeared in the newand the new, both of which were released this year.

The revised Fifth Edition rollout will continue next year with the release of a new and several other products designed to lead players into the new ruleset. Wizards has already confirmed its slate of 2025 products, with a new Starter Set, anthology, and a pair of books delving into the classic Forgotten Realms setting. Additionally, there are at least several other licensed products planned for next year, including new miniatures and board games to help grow the brand.

The biggest release of 2025 is the new which will update many of ' most well-known monsters with new statblocks and abilities. Wizards has already revealed the visual redesigns of ' iconic chromatic and metallic dragons, which were all changed to reflect their abilities and in-game lore. Other monsters are receiving rebalanced abilities and stats in order to add more variety to combat and make high CR monsters feel like true threats to players.

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Some of these changes were already previewed in some adventures released for convention and open play this year. For example, the incubus and succubus now have wholly separate abilities and attacks in combat, reflecting their differences within 's actual lore. Many statblocks are also receiving updates in line with the 2023 release, with many monsters receiving magic attacks that can't be counterspelled and high-level monsters receiving multiple reactions instead of