Preview of Halflings And Gnomes From Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes Surface Online

Over at Polygon they have some interesting preview images from the upcoming Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes from Wizards of the Coast. Among the things that we will see in the new book will be some expansions to halflings and gnomes. The word is that there aren't any major revisions to the races, but that the new content will build upon what is already in the Player's Handbook.

Over at Polygon they have some interesting preview images from the upcoming Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes from Wizards of the Coast. Among the things that we will see in the new book will be some expansions to halflings and gnomes. The word is that there aren't any major revisions to the races, but that the new content will build upon what is already in the Player's Handbook.


They say about the book "Tome of Foes is narrated by Mordenkainen, a wizard created by D&D co-creator Gary Gygax for his World of Greyhawk campaign. It will contain lots of new content for the 5th edition, including a lengthy investigation of demons, devils, several kinds of elves and duergar, the infamous dark dwarves."

"Also included in the book will be new tools for building player characters, including halflings and gnomes. Both races of tiny folk were included in the 5th edition Player’s Handbook, which was published in 2014. Tome of Foes doesn’t revise them, but simply adds more depth and color to each race’s backstory."



The release date for Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes is May 29, 2018.
 

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BookBarbarian

Expert Long Rester
I for one will continue to use Artwork form TOR/AiME hobbits to inspire my vision of D&D halflings.

Those look like newborns in clothes and walking around and somehow not having their giant heads not flopping around on their weak necks.

*shudder*
 

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Sadras

Legend
Very much looking forward to the book.
As for the art and this thread, well, like Shakespeare once wrote Much Ado About Nothing
 



Yaarel

He Mage
That one's better -- you don't have heads larger than torsos.

https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10814359/Halflings1.png

Nice pick.

I tend to avoid small creature types − I cant help but think of them as ‘mini-mes’, impossible to take seriously. Cartoonishness exacerbates the problem.

But that picture in the link does a good job at depicting a small humanoid who looks carefree and funloving but also fits better in the tone of the settings that I tend to appreciate. That the proportions look plausible (opposite cartoonish exaggerations) helps alot.

Even if I dont play a small creature, I can appreciate the ambiance of that picture as part of the setting.
 

Yaarel

He Mage
The proportions are definitely off, but when it comes to art getting the technical stuff correct is only a priority for some styles. This was clearly a deliberate choice, intended to evoke a certain feeling,

so I'm just gonna go ahead and say those people who are up in arms about it are blowing the issue out of proportion.

Heh.
 




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