Strixhaven: Curriculum of Chaos – D&D/MTG Adventure Book Available

If you’d like your next Dungeons & Dragons adventure to be described as Magic: The Gathering meets Harry Potter, then you should direct your attention to Strixhaven: Curriculum of Chaos – the latest D&D adventure book featuring a multiyear campaign, new playable races, feats, backgrounds, and spells.

The book will set you back $49.95 or your regional equivalent, and before we get to the specifics of what that’ll get you, here’s the book’s lead designer with an introductory video:

And some Strixhaven DM tips:

Now, the official description:

The greatest minds in the multiverse meet at Strixhaven University. Professors convey fantastic secrets to eager students, and life on campus is frenetic. But danger lurks even here. Campus hijinks mix with mishaps and sinister plots, and it’s up to you to save the day.

Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos introduces the fantastical setting of Strixhaven University, drawn from the multiverse of Magic: The Gathering, and provides rules for creating characters who are students in one of its five colleges. Characters can explore the setting over the course of four adventures, which can be played together or on their own. Each adventure describes an academic year filled with scholarly pursuits, campus shenanigans, exciting friendships, hidden dangers, and perhaps even romance.

This book includes a poster map that shows Strixhaven’s campuses on one side and location maps on the other.

• Through the book’s multiyear campaign, players begin as first-year students who study, socialize, and adventure their way to graduation.
• Experience D&D in new ways through the academic challenges, extracurricular activities and jobs, and relationships explored on campus.
• Includes four adventures that can be played as stand-alones or woven together to create one campaign taking players from level 1 to level 10.
• Players can create characters using a new race presented in the book, an owlin, one of the owlfolk who study at the university.
• Adds new player character options including feats and backgrounds.
• Includes new spells and magic items that help your character feel connected to the college they choose to join.
• Encounter over forty magical, mysterious creatures and NPCs in the bestiary.
• Strixhaven can easily be dropped into any D&D world or campaign with the provided rules for adventuring as a student of magic.