D&D 5E Opening Page of the PHB

[Psikerlord#]

excellent art indeed!

 

[dd.stevenson]

You know, for a while now, the WotC guys have been talking up the art for this edition, how beautiful the books were, etc. I kinda let it go in one ear and out the other; eye of the, uh, beholder, marketing-speak and all that jazz. But with the release of each piece of art, I'm really seeing why they are so excited.

Same here. It's like the 90's with a good art budget if chainmail bikinis had been out of fashion.

 

[TerraDave]

Posted on their FB: https://www.facebook.com/dungeonsan...73340321070/10152496571526071/?type=1&theater

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And we move from Basic, to Advanced.

 

[Thaumaturge]

And we move from Basic, to Advanced.

Yeah, 5B is old and tired now. Bring on the 5A rules.

Thaumaturge.

 

[SigmaOne]

I tried to subtly sneak 5B into a tweet to Mike Mearls today, but I think he just ignored me. I'll ask you guys instead: do you know if one will have to create an account and sign an agreement (like in the playtest), or will the PDF just be out there for download, no strings attached.

 

[Thaumaturge]

I tried to subtly sneak 5B into a tweet to Mike Mearls today,

We can make "5B" happen.

do you know if one will have to create an account and sign an agreement (like in the playtest), or will the PDF just be out there for download, no strings attached.

I haven't seen anything either way. My suspicion is they'll want an account and an agreement to not distribute. But that's only a suspicion.

Thaumaturge.

 

[Obryn]

WOW!

That... is... AWESOME.

And let me just take this opportunity to give a huge, huge, huuuuuuge thumbs up for starting the Players Handbook off with a non-white male figure.

This x100.

I don't know if I'll like the game, but I love the increased diversity in artwork so far.

 

[GravyFingerz]

On a less ridiculous note, I really like that art. If that's a harbinger of things to come, I shall be highly pleased.

Thaumaturge.

Exactly. One piece like this isn't diversity, but if it's a promise of what's to come, we can be happy that WotC is taking steps to be inclusive in it's artistic representation.

 

[MechaPilot]

I like the art as well.

• The choice of colors is nice because you have the cooler blues contrasting with the warmer yellows, browns, and reds.
• I like the watercolor background that both gives interesting shades while being spartan and not cluttered with detail.
• And I like the human being dark-skinned both because I like to see the diversity but also because the dark skin doesn't contrast against the blues of his cloak and hat; it gives the right side of the image a bit of a shaded contrast with the brightness of the left side.

 

[Quickleaf]

This x100.

I don't know if I'll like the game, but I love the increased diversity in artwork so far.

I know right? Ochre dun goblins? We've come along way from all goblins being evil green bastards Nkw they can be evil ochre dun bastards!