D&D 5E New Cover for Eberron: Rising from the Last War

The new cover for the upcoming Eberron: Rising From the Last War has been revealed by WotC. This cover by Wesley Burt depicts a warforged wizard and their halfing companion in the Demon Wastes.

Jeremy Crawford and Greg Tito discuss the new cover in this video. A couple of weeks ago, Jeremy Crawford stated that the previous cover by Ben Oliver was an interior illustration serving as a placeholder cover. They expand on that in this video:

Tito: We have decided to change this cover, though. We are going with a different cover for this book.... we had the rare opportunity to change that because the files had not yet been sent to the printer.

Crawford: That's right. When the book was announced, we were still about a week out from sending the books to the printer... we had a window of time to swap out the cover, which was actually something we had been discussing for some time leading up to the announcement.

Tito: But, once we announced, we also recieved a lot of feedback from fans saying that they wanted a different cover and that feedback really galvanized us... so we are changing it to this cover designed by Wesley Burt.

The painting was already in the book, and was moved to the cover, while Ben Oliver's previous cover was moved to be the chapter opener for the first chapter (character creation).

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[DragonBelow]

Yikes. This is nearly as bad as the "placeholder" art, which I still think wasn't placeholder art, but then they saw the slew of negative comments and quickly hired someone to slap together this version. Not only does it appear rushed, it has way too much empty space.

It wasn't rushed as they explain in the video that you didn't bother to watch, but whatever

 

[teitan]

Its WotC. Your first mistake was having expectations.

They did the 3e ones so it’s a reasonable expectation.

 

[Superchunk77]

It wasn't rushed as they explain in the video that you didn't bother to watch, but whatever

So, I watched the video, and it just confirmed part of what I actually said. They did in fact swap out the covers last minute because of feedback. The new cover was a painting reportedly from inside the book. Doesn't change the fact that both covers were bad IMO. I honestly think they should have just gone back to Wayne Reynolds and got him to do another cover. His work on 3e was amazing.

 

[Zardnaar]

So, I watched the video, and it just confirmed part of what I actually said. They did in fact swap out the covers last minute because of feedback. The new cover was a painting reportedly from inside the book. Doesn't change the fact that both covers were bad IMO. I honestly think they should have just gone back to Wayne Reynolds and got him to do another cover. His work on 3e was amazing.

No no no Wayne Reynolds.

He's contracted to another company anyway.

Still he is fairly iconic to Eberron.

 

[JohnLynch]

They did the 3e ones so it’s a reasonable expectation.

Its been 11 years, I think WotC has had ample opportunity to recalibrate expectations. God knows I make sure to have none when looking at 5e products.

 

[Ash Mantle]

Further in the video they give a side-by-side comparison of what is expected in Rising from the Last War and Wayfinder's Guide, which is excellent.

Personally, I'm really looking foward to the group patrons, the adventure seeds and maps, the Forgotten Relics adventure and the 38 monsters/NPCs.

 

[dave2008]

Its been 11 years, I think WotC has had ample opportunity to recalibrate expectations. God knows I make sure to have none when looking at 5e products.

Yes, I expect a lot more from them now than in 3e, fortunately they continually deliver!

 

[dave2008]

Further in the video they give a side-by-side comparison of what is expected in Rising from the Last War and Wayfinder's Guide, which is excellent.

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Personally, I'm really looking foward to the group patrons, the adventure seeds and maps, the Forgotten Relics adventure and the 38 monsters/NPCs.

I do hope somewhere in the chart there is stuff that is only in wayfinders

 

[WisdomOfWombats]

What is Iron Man doing on a D&D cover?

 

[Bitbrain]

What is Iron Man doing on a D&D cover?

Getting confused and thinking himself Doctor Strange?

The cloak kind of looks like a yellow version of Strange’s Cloak of Levitation.