Dark Horse Reveals First Dungeons & Dragons Comic

Dark Horse has revealed its first Dungeons & Dragons comic, the result of a new licensing deal between the comics publisher and Wizards of the Coast. Today, The Gamer posted a preview for Dungeons and Dragons: The Fallbacks, a new comic book focused on an adventuring group of misfits. The team consists of elf ogue Tess, human fighter Anson, the tiefling bard Lark, dwarf cleric Baldric, and otyugh companion Uggie. The Fallbacks previously were featured in two novels published by Random House and also appeared in artwork in the new 2024 Core Rulebooks.

The new comics series will be written by Greg Pak, with pencils by Wilton Santos, inks by Edvan Alves, colors by Raul Angulo, and letters by Nate Piekos. The four issue miniseries will launch starting in October 2025.

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[MGibster]

In the Wheel of Time series of books, the best scout in Mat's army was a bald, obese man named Vanin who had a habit of spitting between the gap in his teeth. He was described as being especially light on his feet for such a large man.

 

[bedir than]

Is that a thing in modern D&D? I haven't played it in years so I don't know if that's a joke or serious.

Xenk wore heavy armor
Lae'zel and Gale and Karlach and Wyll and who knows who else in BG3

So, no, the 'absence of armor' in modern D&D has nothing to with modern D&D

 

[Hexmage-EN]

Now I kind of want to play an 8 foot tall Goliath Rogue with min-maxed Stealth.

 

[sevenbastard]

Is that a thing in modern D&D? I haven't played it in years so I don't know if that's a joke or serious.

So, no, the 'absence of armor' in modern D&D has nothing to with modern D&D

It more of a art in modern D&D. I don't think any of the pictures of the Bards or Rogue in the 5.24 Players Handbook sectionnon those classes are wearing armor.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Now I kind of want to play an 8 foot tall Goliath Rogue with min-maxed Stealth.

PC bugbears are literally designed around this kind of play.

 

[Parmandur]

In the Wheel of Time series of books, the best scout in Mat's army was a bald, obese man named Vanin who had a habit of spitting between the gap in his teeth. He was described as being especially light on his feet for such a large man.

Given Robert Jordan's interests and style, I would not be at all surprised if Vanin was based on some real historical archetype, too.

Large people can be nimble and sneaky.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

I don’t have an issue with her being an elf. It’s being the rogue.

It as I said, not every rogue has to be the sneaky type.

Or maybe she is IDK. Doesn’t really matter,
I just found it odd and frankly who cares what I think?

If you read the article carefully, she's actually a new class, an elf "ogue". I'm surprised more folks aren't decrying WotC's attempt to slip in a new class via this comic book.

"Not My D and D!"

We can call it D&Ddh edition, the one with robust ogues

 

[JConstantine]

Just because you're overweight doesn't mean you can't have muscle. Just look at female rugby players.

I do wonder how little talk there would be about the character if she were a dwarf.

 

[SteveC]

Hearing about this new book, I thought I might want to check it out. I appreciate this discussion because I now see this book is not for me. Not going to yuck anyone's yum, but not for me. Like some other recent threads, it will be interesting to see how it does.

 

[Demetrios1453]

Now I kind of want to play an 8 foot tall Goliath Rogue with min-maxed Stealth.

In World of Warcraft, the jokes about Tauren (8 foot tall minotaur types) rogues became such a meme that they eventually put them in the game.