Dungeons & Dragons Announces Arcana Unleashed, New Magic-Themed Sourcebook at $49.99 Price Point

[Kurotowa]

This will surely pair nicely with chain-pact warlock, and I think a build based around a juiced-up familiar sounds very flavorful.

I wouldn't take that as a given. If all the Chain Pact features are overwritten or redundant with what the spell offers, there won't be much real synergy. So we're going to have to wait to see what the exact mechanical execution is like.

 

[Reynard]

Also, genetics. There is no reason to expect siblings to have the same coloration. Ever seen a litter of kittens?

My real point was: it's magic. Who cares?

 

[JPL]

I wouldn't take that as a given. If all the Chain Pact features are overwritten or redundant with what the spell offers, there won't be much real synergy. So we're going to have to wait to see what the exact mechanical execution is like.

Fair enough. I just wanna do a celestial pact warlock with a sphinx of wonder who does most of the fighting and most of the thinking for the two.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Am I wrong or do I feel every time they post a picture of Alustriel Silverhand they make her skin darker?

Which is weird because she has the same mother and father as her sisters, who are all significantly paler than her (aside from the shenanigans with the Drow sister).

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[Whizbang Dustyboots]

That is a sexy alternate cover. Big fan of covers in this style, like the alternate cover for Candlekeep.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Wouldn't that be more analogous to hair color than skin color?

And not for nothing, all seven sisters have the exact same hair color.

Both are genetic. If you look at cats, their skin colour and patterning varies along with their hair. I can tell my two black cats apart because one has whiter skin whereas the other has browner skin, visible inside their ears where hair is sparse.

 

[Skittle4242]

worth noting the text appears to be a placeholder, and not final, as shown by the drop text blurb.

 

[Skittle4242]

Accidentally sent twice, so I'll add additional comment.
Seems not to inspire confidence, but this is about 6 months out so idunno.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Accidentally sent twice, so I'll add additional comment.
Seems not to inspire confidence, but this is about 6 months out so idunno.

We don't know how many weeks ago the mock-ups were made. Depending on how many layers of approval they had to go through before release, the actual development could be much further along than this.

 

[Azzy]

I think that this is likely the only D&D book I pick up this year unless that Champions book is a martial equivalent of this book.