Forge of the Artificer Delayed

 Well, this is frustrating but also maybe the right call?

WotC just announced that Eberron: Forge of the Artificer, which was previously slated to come out next month, will now be delayed to December. The reason: the copies that were printed already have warped covers, evidently not spotted initially because they only showed their warping after they had been taken out of their packaging.

Sadly, this requires a full reprint of the books, which will be a length process. The book is now slated for a release on December 9th.

Now, as someone who just pre-ordered the digital version (I know pre-ordering a digital book is kind of silly, but it was on impulse) with the intent of picking up the physical copy at my FLGS (I'm willing to go physical-only on adventures, but for books with lots of character options, I want it on D&D Beyond,) unfortunately we're no exception here: The digital release will also be delayed (I think largely to prevent people who'd normally get a physical copy from skipping it so they can get the digital version far earlier, and thus preserve what has to be a tenuous and complex relationship with brick-and-mortar stores).

As such, non-subscribers can get their digital copy on the 9th as well. Hero-tier subscribers will get it a week early on December 2nd, and Master-tier subscribers get it a week before that on November 25th.

I've got to say, it's a real bummer - I'm hoping that I'll be playing in a new Eberron campaign soon, and while Artificer is my third choice for class for said campaign (I'm not committing to one until I find out what other people want to play as - but Monk and Fighter are my 1 and 2) I do want to play a Warforged character, and was looking forward to the (admittedly minor) FotA update.

I will say, the willingness to take what has to be a big loss in order to avoid selling customers a defective product is admirable, as frustrating as it is to have to wait longer for this release.

Here's the D&D Beyond article.