random.brown
First Post
The Halflings are disappointing, true; the one miss in the entire book, other than not enough cheesecake for my taste. 
D&D 5E grabbed the PHB at lunch - art is really great
MortalPlague
Adventurer
I love the picture of the two bards deciphering the script on a stone. It makes me want to know more about what's going on in that game.
Zardnaar
Legend
Got my copy at lunch today, too!
But I extended my lunch at the Brazen Fox and gave the book a good flip-through.
The layout and the look of the book is fantastic. Love the intro by Mearls, too.
My favorite artwork, however, are the Conditon sketches. Those are hilarious!
There's also a great pic of a wizard looking at a mushroom while researching in a book and there's something like a baby beholder in a jar next to him ... weird!
Really like the departure from the anime style art of Pathinder and the way women are presented, too. Less eye candy, and more badass!
Almost anything would be an improvement over Pathfinder art or at least WAR art.
DMZ2112
Chaotic Looseleaf
That's an understatement.
Jon Schindehette said:
I sure am glad you didn't try to explain, Jon, or your face might /really/ be red.
Li Shenron
Legend
All the comments make me very happy For me the artwork is a huge source of gaming inspiration so it's heartwarming to know it is getting great care in 5e books!
It's a bit weird that they went forward with the new Halfling concept tho... IIRC it caused quite a lot of controversy when it was first previewed a year or two ago. They said they were just trying out concepts, not setting anything in stone at that time, so I would have thought that they noticed all the criticism and went for another solution. Big heads and tiny legs make them look more like Gnomes to me. Although the Gnomes do look like even better Gnomes.
For me the artwork is a huge source of gaming inspiration so it's heartwarming to know it is getting great care in 5e books!It's a bit weird that they went forward with the new Halfling concept tho... IIRC it caused quite a lot of controversy when it was first previewed a year or two ago. They said they were just trying out concepts, not setting anything in stone at that time, so I would have thought that they noticed all the criticism and went for another solution. Big heads and tiny legs make them look more like Gnomes to me. Although the Gnomes do look like even better Gnomes.
Li Shenron
Legend
That's an understatement.
I sure am glad you didn't try to explain, Jon, or your face might /really/ be red.
Actually now I feel like maybe one reason why he left the company is that some high-up decided to use these Halflings against Jon's (good) judgement.
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