D&D (2024) Here's The New 2024 Player's Handbook Wizard Art

 

[Reynard]

I assume by "Wakanda" you mean Black?

Can't we have Black wizards?

We all know black magic is evil.

::checks notes::

Oh.

 

[Mirrorrorrim]

Generic powerful caster, too clean, too shiny, give me a bit more grit and realism, not this superhero posing. Dr Strange meets Wakanda

Almost every wizard I've seen played has the Prestidigitation cantrip to keep themselves clean and crisp. This totally fits that feel. Educated and erudite and a whole lotta class.

 

[Tonguez]

We all know black magic is evil.

::checks notes::

Oh.

And kinda sexed up too

Got a black magic woman
Got a black magic woman
I've got a black magic woman
Got me so blind, I can't see
That she's a black magic woman
She's trying to make a devil outta me

Wow, I never realised that song was so prophetic - it even references needing spectacles!

 

[Jaeger]

Anti-matter rifles, space ships, giant robots, a whole plane of Gothic Everything,

I had no idea that the Expedition to the Barrier Peaks was so widely played, and such a fundamental experience for D&D players.

You learn something new every day.

Killer Concept: Gothic Aesthetic meets Hammer Horror Dracula. Also a riff on the Medieval folklore about traveling to places like the Otherworld, and Faerie realm.

Unfortunately there are no silver bullets for the black powder guns they don't have; so they need to find the magical sword.

Hold on now... A magical sword in my Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game!? What madness is this!

and not a serf or rotten meat haunch covered in pepper to be seen.

That would be Warhammer Fantasy.

We are talking about D&D's re-faire medieval aesthetic here...


You can set your watch to this stuff:

OP: "When you consider that the average height of women in the US is 5'4", it does make sense that..."

A: "Aktually, my sister is 5'8", and she says..."
B: "Well, I'm 5'10 woman, and for me..."
C: "My 5' mom could easily..."

 

[Reef]

Almost every wizard I've seen played has the Prestidigitation cantrip to keep themselves clean and crisp. This totally fits that feel. Educated and erudite and a whole lotta class.

Not to mention Mending. There's no excuse for any wizard to look dirty or threadbare.

(You have no idea how many times I wished Prestidigitation and Mending were real...)

 

[mamba]

I assume by "Wakanda" you mean Black?

Can't we have Black wizards?

I meant black and fancy, stylish clothes that look like they belong in a contemporary setting.

We can have black wizards, nothing wrong with that at all.

My complaint was not about skin color but about the pose / composition. To me this is stylistically much more a superhero picture than a fantasy one

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Hey Aabria! It's your girl, Laerryn!

Glad I wasn't the only one who thought that.

 

[ezo]

But that’s the point, isn’t it? Why would a game need to illustrate the hoary old stereotype?

I'm not saying we need that. I was just refuting a claim that the new wizard image has become more identifable as a wziard than the "hoary old stereotype." My point was it is moving in that direction, but we are not even close to being there yet.

I could also take this image and the hoary old stereostype, show it to people and ask: which is a superhero, which is a wizard. I think we all know what choices the majority of people would choose.

We simply aren't there yet.

Exactly! The question isn’t “why would a wizard look so clean and fancy?”. It’s “why wouldn’t a wizard want to look clean and fancy?”.

Easy to answer: it isn't the gritty, hard-worn, adventurer look. Which is something many players prefer IME.

The designers realized that D&D is in the Renaissance, it's one of the justifications for why the new PHB has the Musket and Pistol on the equipment list.

LOL even if I was ever tempted to adopt anything from the 2024 rules, Musket and Pistols would be dead last on the list! They would never even have a shot.

i can't wait until the designers realize that D&D also isn't on Earth.

Keep dreaming...

and that's what this is.

Are we even looking at the same picture???

Raistlin had special glasses. I refuse to accept glasses as an issue lol.

At this point I am just highly amused my off-hand comment generated so much "conversation". Especially when it continues to pop up.

Edit: Besides, everyone knows that no one wearing glasses could ever be wild and uncontrolled…

Thank God, I know that isn't true.

 

[Storyteller Hero]

I grew up watching Generation 1 Pokemon and YuGiOh! so every time I see fingerless gloves, I imagine there's a battle challenge about to go down.

 

[Queer Venger]

incredible, really captures the vibe of wizardry 100%

I mean, nothing says 'power to manipulate reality' like big shoulder pads!