D&D (2024) D&D Preview at Garycon

[Azzy]

That wizard image is amazing. Finally some real good art for the phb!

Right? That's some groovy art. I'd be more impressed without the floating staff, though

 

[Stormonu]

Right? That's some groovy art. I'd be more impressed without the floating staff, though

Just a use of mage hand, I suppose. Also note the books flying about the wizard. All-in-all, it strikes me as very Marvel's Storm character.

I've always been partial to this 5E depiction of the wizard:

 

[Reynard]

I get that the new core books are going to lean toward new players. That's great. Bit will WotC have the courage to produce follow up material to acknowledge people that have been playing for 5 or 15 or 25 years or more?

 

[overgeeked]

Some Info from someone attending the panel.


I like the new look for explaining how a class starts.

At least that answers the layout and design question. They’re definitely refreshing the look. I hope they keep the page background solid white this time around. I wonder what the cover and spine will look like. Hope they don’t go with the red and gold we’ve been seeing so much of lately.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

I get that the new core books are going to lean toward new players. That's great. Bit will WotC have the courage to produce follow up material to acknowledge people that have been playing for 5 or 15 or 25 years or more?

What?

 

[Sulicius]

What?

Don’t you get it? They want material that is courageous enough to acknowledge them …or something?

 

[Gorck]

At least that answers the layout and design question. They’re definitely refreshing the look. I hope they keep the page background solid white this time around. I wonder what the cover and spine will look like. Hope they don’t go with the red and gold we’ve been seeing so much of lately.

For some reason, red seems like a very “D&D” color to me. And with it being the 50th anniversary, gold is a fitting color choice. I wouldn’t mind seeing a cover depicting a fire(breath)fight between a red dragon and a gold dragon.

 

[Reynard]

What?

They made it clear that the DMG is aimed solidly at new GMs. That's great. But I want them to produce a "Adavanced Dubgeon Master's Guide" that expands the game and supports GMs beyond neophytes.

They won't.

 

[DEFCON 1]

If you are an old or established DM, you already own material that goes over stuff you might need for your game.

Yeah, you might need to "adapt" some of it to 5E24 standards, but old and established DMs already know how to do that.

If (general) you don't know how to do that or don't already own material such as that, then the material in the new DMG will serve you.

 

[Reynard]

If you are an old or established DM, you already own material that goes over stuff you might need for your game.

It is so weird to see people making excuses for WotC's consistent failure to support GMs, over and over again.