The ranger Minsc and his pet space hamster Boo are popular characters from the Baldur’s Gate series of games and comics, so they make sense as the narrators for updating information pertaining that setting for the 5th Edition. Minsc and Boo offers places to go and people to kill on the Sword Coast
Perhaps WotC thought it didn’t make sense to include in a sourcebook that is essentially only player options and an adventure, so providing it as optional may have been seen as the most DM-friendly way of making the material available, as neither Domains of Delight nor Wild Beyond the Witchlight require the other to really use (although just purchasing the former will leave you with 12 pages of unused appendix material). Doing so would’ve pushed the page count beyond that of the last few books, but not egregiously so. What’s odd about this supplement is that it really could’ve (should’ve?) been a chapter in Wild Beyond the Witchlight. That said, if your campaign is avoiding the feywild entirely, you can avoid this supplement as well. You’re also provided with copies of the roleplaying cards and story tracker pages from The Wild Beyond the Witchlight in a more easier format to print than attempting to photocopy from a hardcover.ĭMs who want to create their own feywild domain will find this book valuable in addition if a player’s warlock patron is an Archfey, the information contained here will help you to flesh them out should you want an appearance to drive your story in a certain fey direction even if not leaving the prime material plane.
It’s extremely similar to the chapter 2 in Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloftwhich details how to create your own domain of dread in that setting, and is of similar length. But until we know for sure, DMs will still find much to incorporate in their own campaigns from these sourcebooks.ĭomains of Delight lets you create a fey world of your ownĭomains of Delight is a DM sourcebook that provides just what it advertises: a tool to create custom domains of the feywild as well as Archfey leaders that populate it.
While new content is always good - particularly considering the bonus that all proceeds go to the Extra Life charity - there have been some concerns raised about the release of these supplements exclusively on DM’s Guild, especially in light of the announcement at D&D Celebration that forthcoming works will be released in a ‘previously unforeseen’ format. Domains of Delight is a companion piece to The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, providing information for DMs on how to create their own realm in the Feywild, and Minsc and Boo’s Journal of Villainy is a compendium of locations, patrons, and villains along the Sword Coast in the Forgotten Realms setting for fans of the titular heroes as well as DMs looking to flesh out their campaign.
In the midst of an aggressive fall release schedule - an adventure in the Feywild last month, Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons this month, and the Magic the Gathering setting of Strixhaven in early December - Wizards of the Coast quietly released two new official 5th edition supplements to the DM’s Guild, their official PDF and print-on-demand website.