WotC Wizards D&D Japan releasing cool art.

[MonsterEnvy]

Yeah so the five characters are based on the 5 Starter Set pregens

 

[Kai Lord]

There's always rewatching this Japanese commercial.

That was awesome!

 

[beancounter]

I like the art style in the OP. Better than some art I've seen, IMO

 

[Hexmage-EN]

Yeah so the five characters are based on the 5 Starter Set pregens

I really appreciate they made the hill dwarf cleric female. You see plenty of elves and some orcs in Japanese fantasy, but almost never dwarves.

As far as art style, I prefer the one in the older releases Sacrosanct posted. It reminds me of older Japanese fantasy art like from Slayers or Dragon Quest.

 

[cbwjm]

The wizard looks awesome. I'd be keen on an English version with similar artwork, but that seems unlikely.

 

[CleverNickName]

Looks great, very thematic.
What's not to love?

 

[CM]

Yep. This was the D&D version from the 90s

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I knew the Record of the Lodoss War anime was based on a real D&D campaign in Japan but I'm surprised to see just how closely some of the character designs of the show match the style of these player class archetypes.

 

[MichaelSomething]

Western properties remaking promo material is nothing new...

 

[Blue Orange]

I knew the Record of the Lodoss War anime was based on a real D&D campaign in Japan but I'm surprised to see just how closely some of the character designs of the show match the style of these player class archetypes.

Ever played Final Fantasy 1? The EYE was originally a Bihoruda, the CRAWL was a crawler and had 8 hits that only did paralysis with little damage, the slimes have elemental immunities matching the green slime, gray ooze, ochre jelly, and black pudding, the colors of the mages (red, white, and black) match Dragonlance, and it doesn't stop there. It's basically an unauthorized D&D adaptation.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Wait a minute, how is that guy using a halberd with a shield!?