I was wondering why this was showing up as "new" on the app.
What confuses me is that not only did they already release the two books that this is remastering... But they already released a remaster of them! With the same name! Tyranny of Dragons released in 2019 as a compilation, errata, and rebalancing of the two dragon-themed adventure books Hoard of the Dragon Queen and Rise of Tiamat, with new cover art featuring the titular queen of dragons. And now, here's another one. How strange.
What's more is that the original release of those two books -- pre-remaster -- were using unfinished rules for 5e, and now the second remaster appears to be using unfinished rules for 6e? Well, not entirely, but they've redone spellcasting monsters according to the "late-stage 5e" style that's assumed to carry over into 6e, at least. Does this mean that in 2026 we'll see a third Tyranny of Dragons? Lol.
What's more is that the original release of those two books -- pre-remaster -- were using unfinished rules for 5e, and now the second remaster appears to be using unfinished rules for 6e? Well, not entirely, but they've redone spellcasting monsters according to the "late-stage 5e" style that's assumed to carry over into 6e, at least. Does this mean that in 2026 we'll see a third Tyranny of Dragons? Lol.
It's even more mindboggling when one considers the mixed reviews the module has gotten from the community across the life of the edition. The first remaster had the chance to truly fix its flaws but really didn't. Errata isn't a fix, it's a bunch of little patches. The module as written doesn't help a new DM run the climactic battle at all. I've been a forever DM since Basic and 1e, currently running Xonthal's Tower for a kid's group that hired me to run this adventure. I know my way around DMing. Even I'm not looking forward to the amount of prep I'm going to have to do to make it truly feel like the culmination of all the work they did with the Council. It has to be a living breathing battle whose outcomes are affected by those factional interactions long before, but I also want it to be flexible enough that their decisions in the moment affect the ebb and flow. For it to be satisfying, it takes so much work. I can't imagine a first timer facing it with anything but dread.
If you read the changelog link Trashmonk provided early in this thread, you'll see little was changed, I think maybe a half dozen errata.
This isn't a "new" book, it's not remastered, that was Amazon hype. WotC wouldn't "stealth release" a whole new version of an existing title unless it was regarded as a simple reprinting with some simple corrections, which is what this is.
No idea why WotC/DDB listed it as "new". Maybe a product manager trying to boost some sort of stat. Nothing to do with the OGL flap, the "remastered" rumors came out well before the new year and OGL flap hit.
I am confused as well. I can’t retrace on the site more information. I got all the content, except this book ‘ Tyranny od Dragons’ and didn’t place any (pre-)order. but i opend my dnd-beyond app for tonights game and saw an update, so i did. Realizing later that’s the ‘new’ book. Hope someone can help ke out to clarify this. is it a renewed (old) book which I allready had, so its more logical that content is unlocked for free. Or did DDB unlocked it for free? *edit*. Found the information in the change log: https://www.dndbeyond.com/changelog#UpdateName
Wondering if this new printing was released in time for the movie trailer drop today. Takes place over a lot of the same ground roughly, features one of the apparent villain factions, etc.
Also it looks like while I still own them as separately listed sources, as well consolidated under Tyranny of Dragons, only ToD seems to be listed in the marketplace, so in DDB aside from the handful of changes, this could have just been an administration of the marketplace thing.
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I was wondering why this was showing up as "new" on the app.
What confuses me is that not only did they already release the two books that this is remastering... But they already released a remaster of them! With the same name! Tyranny of Dragons released in 2019 as a compilation, errata, and rebalancing of the two dragon-themed adventure books Hoard of the Dragon Queen and Rise of Tiamat, with new cover art featuring the titular queen of dragons. And now, here's another one. How strange.
What's more is that the original release of those two books -- pre-remaster -- were using unfinished rules for 5e, and now the second remaster appears to be using unfinished rules for 6e? Well, not entirely, but they've redone spellcasting monsters according to the "late-stage 5e" style that's assumed to carry over into 6e, at least. Does this mean that in 2026 we'll see a third Tyranny of Dragons? Lol.
It's even more mindboggling when one considers the mixed reviews the module has gotten from the community across the life of the edition. The first remaster had the chance to truly fix its flaws but really didn't. Errata isn't a fix, it's a bunch of little patches. The module as written doesn't help a new DM run the climactic battle at all. I've been a forever DM since Basic and 1e, currently running Xonthal's Tower for a kid's group that hired me to run this adventure. I know my way around DMing. Even I'm not looking forward to the amount of prep I'm going to have to do to make it truly feel like the culmination of all the work they did with the Council. It has to be a living breathing battle whose outcomes are affected by those factional interactions long before, but I also want it to be flexible enough that their decisions in the moment affect the ebb and flow. For it to be satisfying, it takes so much work. I can't imagine a first timer facing it with anything but dread.
If you read the changelog link Trashmonk provided early in this thread, you'll see little was changed, I think maybe a half dozen errata.
This isn't a "new" book, it's not remastered, that was Amazon hype. WotC wouldn't "stealth release" a whole new version of an existing title unless it was regarded as a simple reprinting with some simple corrections, which is what this is.
No idea why WotC/DDB listed it as "new". Maybe a product manager trying to boost some sort of stat. Nothing to do with the OGL flap, the "remastered" rumors came out well before the new year and OGL flap hit.
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
There's a new post on DDB Facebook Page Tyranny of Dragons - Adventures - Marketplace - D&D Beyond (dndbeyond.com)
I am confused as well. I can’t retrace on the site more information. I got all the content, except this book ‘ Tyranny od Dragons’ and didn’t place any (pre-)order.
but i opend my dnd-beyond app for tonights game and saw an update, so i did. Realizing later that’s the ‘new’ book. Hope someone can help ke out to clarify this.
is it a renewed (old) book which I allready had, so its more logical that content is unlocked for free. Or did DDB unlocked it for free?
*edit*. Found the information in the change log: https://www.dndbeyond.com/changelog#UpdateName
https://www.dndbeyond.com/changelog
Tyranny of dragons - is combo of books with containing "errata-based changes" and changes for sensitivity.
Thanks… for some reason i couldn’t find before my post. But I found the same changelog 😉👍 that the 2 books are combined into 1.
Wondering if this new printing was released in time for the movie trailer drop today. Takes place over a lot of the same ground roughly, features one of the apparent villain factions, etc.
Also it looks like while I still own them as separately listed sources, as well consolidated under Tyranny of Dragons, only ToD seems to be listed in the marketplace, so in DDB aside from the handful of changes, this could have just been an administration of the marketplace thing.
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.