D&D 5E Opening Page of the PHB

[Maliki67]

I like it (much more to my tastes than what I have seen in 3E, 4E or Pathfinder)

 

[Snapdragyn]

It's the twentieth day of his quest to find the lost Lamp of a Thousand Faces. He's crawled through the sewers of the palace. He searched numerous boneyards and endured a ritual cleaning after each. He's even had to visit the fabled Library of Taruq.

And now this. Goblins. Of all of the creatures to try and impede his way, it has to be these nigh-Untouchables. Don't they understand? The princess has only one tenday left, and the caliphate was quite clear on the consequences of failure. He must dispatch them and continue on with his quest. The librarians told him to search the Caverns of Darset next. The Caverns are leagues away, and he must make haste.

He will find the Lamp. No matter the cost.

——

You know, something like that. He's not bored, he's searching for something. Seeking something. His mind is on grander things than a fight with goblins.

Thaumaturge.

Please DM me. Please. *offers forth the sacrificial d20s*

 

[Dausuul]

Why is the swordsman's face blue?

I mean, it's just about the same color as his headgear. Is there a very narrow-beamed blue spotlight aimed at his face?

In general, I don't like the way color is handled in a lot of the recent art. It seems like each element (goblin, swordsman, rock, background, swordsman's cloak, swordsman's face) gets its own color palette, with no relation to any other element. Things don't blend into each other, and there is no gradation or change in the lighting that cuts across elements. It all gives it a cartoony look. In this case, the result is particularly irksome because the swordsman's face and the swordsman's cloak are using very similar palettes, which suggests they are in fact the same color.

Otherwise it's pretty good. Kudos to WotC for making the guy non-white. At least, I think he's non-white. Hard to tell, what with the blue.

 

[Thaumaturge]

Please DM me. Please. *offers forth the sacrificial d20s*

You don't want me to DM you. You'd never make it to the Lamp in time.

We already have one person call in via hangouts, though. Hmmm.

Thaumaturge.

 

[tuxgeo]

HMMMMMmmmm very interesting. I like this quite a bit.

It's not in the same league as Frazetta's S&S art, or Brom's Dark Sun stuff. It doesn't have the same dynamism. Needs more muscles. I don't quite understand how that pose and that weapon relates to the goblins being hit so hard they fly backwards and lose grip on their swords. There's also something a bit awkward/unathletic about the way his knee is caving in. . . .

I interpret that pose this way: the human has just lunged forward to further engage with the goblins in melee. His right foot is now ahead of his left foot, and is placed on the pink, stratified stone between the goblins and him. He has just finished a backhanded sweep with his main weapon, which is sharpened not only on the main edge but also for about a foot back from the tip on the opposite edge; and it was that back-edge foot of sharpened steel that just finished disarming the goblins; and this is the reason for the (goblin) blood to be streaming down from that weapon.

(Of course, that's only my interpretation. YMMV.)

 

[evileeyore]

I don't quite understand how that pose and that weapon relates to the goblins being hit so hard they fly backwards and lose grip on their swords.

Oh, that's because they aren't recoiling form a sword blow. He used his Fighter ability and has broken Second Wind...

 

[Lalato]

Yes, but did he eat second breakfast? Or does he eat it later in order to recharge second wind ?

 

[Dausuul]

I'm finding the comments concerning his skin tone weird (best word I could come up with)...since there are plenty of black people that have skin that dark and in those tones... I'm not understanding why it's in question whether he is human, wearing a mask, a construct or a drow... he looks like a black human.

Looking at the colors in this picture, it's clear that the lighting has to be white; otherwise you would not be able to see red, yellow, and blue all at once. Now, what colors do we see on the guy's face?

1. Black.
2. Blue.

White light accurately reflects the hue of whatever it hits. The brightness will of course depend on how much light is hitting the surface, but the hue is going to be true to reality. Therefore, the guy's face is some shade of blue. Not dark brown, not even black. Blue. I am not aware of any people with blue skin.

Of course, most of us don't think this out consciously. We just process the image and go, "Blue skin. Huh?"

If the entire image were tinted blue, that would be different. Then it would be clear that it was the light which was blue. But it's not--as I said, the light has to be white or we couldn't see reds and yellows.

 

[JeffB]

:shrug:

Looks like any typical piece of art Paizo has been doing for years. Doesn't do anything for me. And I am definitely not digging the new Goblin art we have seen recently.

 

[skotothalamos]

Looking at the colors in this picture, it's clear that the lighting has to be white; otherwise you would not be able to see red, yellow, and blue all at once. Now, what colors do we see on the guy's face?

1. Black.
2. Blue.

White light accurately reflects the hue of whatever it hits. The brightness will of course depend on how much light is hitting the surface, but the hue is going to be true to reality. Therefore, the guy's face is some shade of blue. Not dark brown, not even black. Blue. I am not aware of any people with blue skin.

Of course, most of us don't think this out consciously. We just process the image and go, "Blue skin. Huh?"

If the entire image were tinted blue, that would be different. Then it would be clear that it was the light which was blue. But it's not--as I said, the light has to be white or we couldn't see reds and yellows.

Dark skin will sometimes have a blue-black hue when photographed. Photographic equipment has been optimized over more than a century to take good pictures of people with light skin tones, but not as much attention has been paid to taking good pictures of people with dark skin tones. If the artist was working from such a reference photograph, the model may have appeared to have had a bit of a bluish hue to his skin.