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I'm confused about these statements that they haven't touched Purple Dragon Knights in 125 years. They are in the SCAG, set roughly 12-15 years before this upcoming book, where they were spotlit via this exact subclass (an earlier iteration). They get roughly one page of write-up there. Cormyr...

Here's what I am interpreting from your post. You simultaneously think that: WotC does not care about complaints about lore and does not heed them; WotC still reworked the class due to feedback; Somehow the people who submitted complaints about lore are to blame. Do you see the contradiction...

This is some serious underestimating of WotC’s staff’s faculties. The UA process has many flaws, and I am not a fan of it. Responders aren’t really representative of the wide player base, it wastes energy on minutiae, it sometimes leads to baffling design choices, and the conversation around it...

I wasn’t married to old lore, but I agree the new idea seems juvenile. The thought process clearly was “we have an organization that mentions a purple dragon. We also have purple dragons somewhere, somehow. Why aren’t they linked?” I don’t think anyone cared that they weren’t linked. I’m...

People who know the lore explained it in this thread. I did not know it and have no personal attachment to it. Still, it’s perfectly reasonable to my eyes that FR fans would like the class in the FR-book to build off FR lore. I don’t understand why others are so against this elementary...

The teaser is... so so. Not what is advertised, the teaser itself. They can do it well -- that Spelljammer teaser they made a few years back and that Drizzt trailer they created were both much higher quality. I liked much of the art within (some of it reused, such as Drizzt's), and very nice...

@GarrettKP Apologies if you've answered this already, but did they reveal any information on who is the Lead Designer on the project? I am hoping for Jason Trondo or James Wyatt.

He’s there. Look below the cambion’s left wing. It’s a cameo when compared to his appearance on the regular covers, but still.

Many thanks for all the information! It looks full of good material and I'm very excited for the book. Interesting line-up of factions. Promoting the Cult of the Dragon to full PC faction is a fascinating choice -- they're not only villainous, like the Zhentarim, but they're insane. One branch...

Always excited for Chris Perkins’s work. Crawford has never been a narrative/story guy, so interesting to see him assigned a campaign book.

Oh you’re right. He’s almost imperceptible, without any of the oomph the other 3 get. Among the villains, I see Nihiloor and Xanathar, best buddies in crime, and Acererak the lich. I’m assuming that green ghostly lady is Valindra.

That is beautiful. It's so much better than the regular covers it might as well be from another planet. I'll get the variant cover this time.

Many thanks to all who responded thus far. Here's how the List looked on Page 2, a few days ago: @Xenophon223 had argued for Tymora, and I understand her popularity--but as @James Gasik points out, she comes bundled with Beshaba. I'm hoping Garl Glittergold takes care of luck. Is there...

I enjoy this as a worldbuilding idea, and have put it considerable thought, but ultimately I think it doesn't lend itself to very clearly-defined gods and divine relationships. If players need to pick a god at character creation, the matter shouldn't be too esoteric. I think aspects are fine...

No, there’s no need for that. I can write new piety rewards for each just fine. I was asking for advice on two things: (1) What gods I should include, since I want players to be able to select from a handout I will create to resemble Theros’s player-facing section on gods. They’re new to FR and...

The new cover art is fine and serviceable. I don't mind it and I won't think too much about it. I do think Tyler Jacobson's SCAG cover is a vastly superior execution of the same concept. Tyler Jacobson's other covers are even better (I find Rime of the Frostmainden's gorgeous, for example). I...

The preview looks great, and the character designs are all very distinctive. The animation also looks more fluid than it is in the Legend of Vox Machina, but that may be just for the teaser.

This looks fantastic -- thanks for the link!

Personally, I love Tolkien, and LotR is probably the greatest fantasy influence on me bar none. But I think that it's difficult to overstate Tolkien's impact, even to those who don't like him. The entire genre was shaped by his works. That fairly famous quote by Terry Pratchett is still valid: