D&D (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook Reveal #1: "Everything You Need To Know!"

Each day this week, Wizards of the Coast will be releasing a new live-streamed preview video based on the upcoming Player's Handbook. The first is entitled Everything You Need To Know and you can watch it live below (or, if you missed it, you should be able to watch it from the start afterwards). The video focuses on weapon mastery and character origins.

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There will be new videos on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday this week, focusing on the Fighter, the Paladin, and the Barbarian, with (presumably) more in the coming weeks.

 

[Hussar]

The fighter pic is twee now?

 

[Thommy H-H]

I saw some of the artwork--a multi-generational orc family, and dwarves working a forge while being served cookies. This is a very different game than it was! "Oh brave new world..."
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The dwarves have tattoos of each other's beard designs! They are husbands!

 

[Hussar]

In my mind, that’s Dwarven Battle Bread.

 

[Mirrorrorrim]

The dwarves have tattoos of each other's beard designs! They are husbands!

I 100% believe you are right! What an interesting way for a dwarf couple to portray their connection!

However, does this mean this particular couple might never change their beards throughout a century+ of a relationship?

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

I 100% believe you are right! What an interesting way for a dwarf couple to portray their connection!

However, does this mean this particular couple might never change their beards throughout a century+ of a relationship?

A dwarven beard is chosen when they come of age and never changed after. Its like a fingerprint or family name. Members of a family can be identified by the common elements in their beards.

 

[Thommy H-H]

I 100% believe you are right! What an interesting way for a dwarf couple to portray their connection!

However, does this mean this particular couple might never change their beards throughout a century+ of a relationship?

Beard braiding styles must be Serious Business for this dwarven culture!

Also, look at the little dwarf girl with the bunches: she's got teeny tiny tools in her pocket!

It's a lovely piece imo. I get that it's not the usual type of thing you expect from D&D art, but these kinds of pictures are obviously intended to establish the (default) character of the various species, and I know if I was making an orc or a dwarf PC, I'd immediately want to set their backstory in these communities. There are so many concepts built into them!

 

[GothmogIV]

The dwarves have tattoos of each other's beard designs! They are husbands!

That's...unexpected.

 

[Older Beholder]

No, the wealth of evidence post Tashas/Witchlight, is all the proof we need that its become gentle/twee/soft.

Sitting around rolling dice and pretending to be elves has always been twee.
There's never been anything tough or hard about it.

 

[Warpiglet-7]

So not backwards compatible in any real sense. It’s almost 3.5 all over again.

We should have known.

Hell.

 

[Epic Meepo]

I understand what you are saying. But dwarves baking cookies is a very different vibe for D&D. That's not something that would ever occur to me to have in the PHB. Or anywhere else, really. If this is the kind of thing new(-ish) players want, have at it. Harms no one. I just find it--and the orc family picnic-- to be a startlingly different take on Dungeons&Dragons. It's like...cozy.

Wouldn't dwarves cooking and smithing be a perfect illustration for the new crafting rules? I mean, that's two different sets of artisan's tools being put to use in one scene.