Dragon Delves Reveals "History Of" Pages for Dragons

A new preview of Dragon Delves has revealed a look at one of the "History Of" pages, showcasing 50 years of dragon art from the game. In the recently posted Dragon Delves pre-order page, Wizards of the Coast revealed a look at the History of Red Dragons that will appear in the anthology. In addition to the adventures themselves, the book will contain 10 galleries such as this one that showcase some of the artwork featuring various kinds of dragons. The Red Dragons gallery contains images from the Draconomicon, the original Monster Manual, and the D&D Magic: The Gathering set.

You can check out the preview page below:

 

[Stormonu]

Although I will say I don't recall there ever being an anthology of dragon adventures in one book, and it's a cool concept, but it's just not something I think I'd use. I'd much rather see 12 short books for each of the dragon types, that has expanded info and then a scalable adventure.

Closest I can think of is AC10 - The Bestiary of Dragons and Giants, though that is split between the two. Does Dragonlance count?

 

[pukunui]

Mostly in for the maps and adventures, but I think this is neat.

I note that the digital + physical preorder bundle gives you 5 additional maps. Too bad those aren’t in the actual book …

 

[sevenbastard]

Posters here be like: "If they didn't staple an actual red dragon in the book, I'm not interested".

Honestly a paper dragon mini would be more useful to me than recycled art, so I agree with your statement.

 

[R_J_K75]

Closest I can think of is AC10 - The Bestiary of Dragons and Giants, though that is split between the two. Does Dragonlance count?

Yeah, that sounds exactly like what I'm thinking of. I've never heard of this but looks like it was a D&D rather than a DL setting book. At 64 pages this sounds perfect. I really wish WotC would put out something like this every once in a while. DM Guild just isn't the same, as the quality more often than not isnt there IME. Then again, I suppose the same could be said for WotC too.

 

[R_J_K75]

Posters here be like: "If they didn't staple an actual red dragon in the book, I'm not interested".

What would be the point, it just be an old one

 

[Stormonu]

Posters here be like: "If they didn't staple an actual red dragon in the book, I'm not interested".

Must come with hoard.

 

[Nightfly]

My first reaction is that this is cool. I might feel differently if I'd paid a lot of money for an expensive coffee-table book of D&D art that already had all this stuff in it, but I didn't. So this seems pretty nifty.

Is it filler? I think I'd actually need to see the book to determine that. It might feel like blatant page-padding. It might not. I won't try to judge that based on a single two-page spread.

 

[dave2008]

Oh, good, even more wasted space...

Oh good - even less wasted space!

 

[Reynard]

Oh good - even less wasted space!

In fairness, if those other 2 pages are historical discussions they might be interesting.

 

[Amphytrion]

In fairness, if those other 2 pages are historical discussions they might be interesting.

Not to be pedantic, but it is actually 3 extra pages. We see pages 100 & 99, in that order (differently than what they’ll appear in the book). Remaining are 101, 102, & 103.

As MonsterEnvy pointed out, the Contents page posted on the other thread show that all 10 dragons receive 4-5 pages of this, right before the adventure.

I think it could be inspiring. I trust Wyatt’s instincts.