Forgotten Realms Heroes of Faerun and Adventures in Faerun wraps up the D&D 2025 roadmap of releases

Dungeons & Dragons pre-orders are now open for the Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerun and Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerun. Singularly, the Heroes book is directed at players, while the Adventures book is directed at Dungeon Masters. Many DMs will end up purchasing both, I'll wager, since DMs  typically want to stay abreast of player options and will then also share sourcebooks with their players.

The 192-page Heroes of Faerun compendium knows what players want. That's why, to D&D 5th Edition, it will introduce:

• 8 Subclasses, to include Bladesinger and Scion of the Three
• 18 Backgrounds
• 34 Feats
• 19 Spells, all-new Circle Magic for group spellcasting
• 3 Magic Items
• 12 Items
• 2 Monsters
• 13 Maps, giving an overview of the 10 Forgotten Realms regions

In addition, eight classic and emerging Factions come forth, like the order-bound Lord's Alliance, or the secretive, heroic Harpers. Also, turn Forgotten Realms' entirely too large pantheon of 42 gods into a Renown-earning minigame. 

The digital version also comes with:

• Baldur's Gate 3 Digital Map Pack, only usable on D&D Beyond's Maps VTT (virtual tabletop)
• Astarion's Book of Hungers, with new vampire-themed player options, monsters, and adventure content
• Netheril's Fall, a digital expansion time-traveling adventure exploring the lost Netherese Empire
• Lorwyn: First Light, with Fey-inspired character options, adventures, and monsters
• Atlas of Faerun, a digital map of the entire Faerun continent

The 288-page Adventures in Faerun guide includes:

• 5 settings, each with a lore-dumping Gazetteer
• 50+ pick up and play adventures
• 40 new monsters and villains
• Lost Library of Lethchauntos: a level 1 through 3 adventure customizable for all settings
• 7 new magic items, split with the Heroes compendium, looks like
• Bastions unique to each setting, which is awesome if you can actually get Bastions going in your campaign

Those 50+ adventures come with 50+ "quickplay" maps for use on D&D Beyond. Quickplay means they come pre-loaded with monster tokens, fog of war, and stickers, in order to shrink prep time.

We're deep into the D&D 2024 version of 5th Edition now. These are meant to be played with the D&D 2024 Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, and Monster Manual. We rated each one of those books a 9/10 based on each one's individual merits.

The Forgotten Realms bundle releases November 11, marking the end of D&D's 2025 roadmap.