What are the chances we can get a rundown of the species for each art piece
Or at least for the ones that are not obvious.
D&D (2024) Class Iconic Art in the 2024 Player's Handbook
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Or at least for the ones that are not obvious.I would not use Bigby's as a judge here. The art for that book was likely done way before they decided to differentiate the Golaith's Giant lineages.
Parmandur
Book-Friend, he/him
Well, no, they have a group image with a Fire, Hill, Storm, Cloud and Frost Goliath.
Right, but there is no distinction in skin color or tattoos/markings. They are all just stone goliaths, but one is larger and the others are casting an elemental spell. It is clear they decided to further differentiate them with new skin tones in the PHB.
Chaosmancer
Legend
Oh, I didn't think of a Hill Giant Goliath. That actually makes a good deal of sense.
Chaosmancer
Legend
Hmm, since we have some confusion, maybe(?) this will help? It is the Goliath art from the 2024 Species section
With these here... none of them look like they could be confused for humans. I think they are (from right to left): Fire, Storm, Stone, Frost, Cloud... and then the Golden skinned woman who is potentially the shortest (Depends on how they are standing) and could be Hill? She does have faint, almost scar-like patterns on her arms. And those patterns on the arms are the most consistent visual indicator. Looking closer, they are also on the face.
Getting this shot of the Psy Warrior
I see the consistent markings on his arms and neck. But not on his face. His skin tone also doesn't match. There is a possibility he is half-goliath, or their skin tone just is more dramatically different than the first images depict.
With these here... none of them look like they could be confused for humans. I think they are (from right to left): Fire, Storm, Stone, Frost, Cloud... and then the Golden skinned woman who is potentially the shortest (Depends on how they are standing) and could be Hill? She does have faint, almost scar-like patterns on her arms. And those patterns on the arms are the most consistent visual indicator. Looking closer, they are also on the face.
Getting this shot of the Psy Warrior
I see the consistent markings on his arms and neck. But not on his face. His skin tone also doesn't match. There is a possibility he is half-goliath, or their skin tone just is more dramatically different than the first images depict.
Parmandur
Book-Friend, he/him
Oh.
Oh, my.
I had also been thinking some of thise Elves looked a little...half-Elven.
So this isn’t going to help anything, but the Bard preview got, well, a preview on D&D’s TikTok and it looks like they revealed the Lore Bard art. It’s another human, meaning my main reason for thinking Psi Warrior wasn’t human (double up on species) is gone. I definitely think that with the Psi Warrior and the GOOLock, we are just trying to avoid the truth that Humans are the most represented species in the book art.
To be clear, this isn’t confirmed Lore art. Just seems likely.
To be clear, this isn’t confirmed Lore art. Just seems likely.
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Parmandur
Book-Friend, he/him
I was being a bit looser in counting thwt, since it does seem that WotC is trying to allow some gender non-binary and Trans representation in the mix, along with room for ambiguous interpretation. Having 60 characters allows for a lot of shades.
And I am dead certain that I have zero clue what gender any of thebDrafonborn are, or if Drafonborn even have gender. We have come a long way since the notorious Dragonboobs, and I for one am thankful the reptilian characters lack mammalian secondary sexual characteristics.
Kobold Avenger
Legend
I for one am glad I haven't seen a sign of Dragonboobs yet, yes I know some people are really into such a thing.
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