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:

 

[Smarmot]

It's cool. Sure they could have printed another adventure instead but chances are it would have been worse than this.

 

[Parmandur]

It's cool. Sure they could have printed another adventure instead but chances are it would have been worse than this.

Plus, they already had 10, 1 per Dragon type.

 

[Rabulias]

Plus, they already had 10, 1 per Dragon type.

Yeah, but they could have added an eleventh adventure that included all 10 dragons! The ultimate adventure!

 

[Superchunk77]

WotC continues to disappoint.

 

[R_J_K75]

20 pages of recycled art just put me in the "currently residing in the I probably won't buy this category".

 

[Cergorach]

I feel like there is a term for this...

It's called a Tuesday at WotC...

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Page count is largely dictated by signatures -- how many sets of four pages will be bound into the book. The format of this book is set by the number of Monster Manual dragon types -- 10. So if these galleries were eliminated, every adventure would probably get two more pages, rather than us getting an 11th adventure.

We'll see if the adventures needed those two extra pages. Oftentimes, I feel like WotC adventures are pretty padded to begin with. Alternately, they could add two more pages of art and maps to each adventure, which could potentially be good, but again, that might end up making the adventures feel sparse or require too much page-flipping.

I'm ambivalent on this. Yes, we have Art & Arcana already, but a lot of this won't be in that book, which was more of a survey of art over ~50 years, not a deep dive on any one subject, except for a few key monsters.

This doesn't affect my interest in the book, which is pretty strong between the various art styles, the one on one adventures and the revisiting of a Radiant Citadel setting.

 

[mamba]

if these galleries were eliminated, every adventure would probably get two more pages, rather than us getting an 11th adventure.

true, but I'd rather have maps, adventure related art, an additional location, what have you over some old recycled dragon art. This book was not high on my list to begin with, but this is certainly not helping it

 

[dave2008]

I guess I am the outlier! I seem to be the only one glad to see these extra pages and they are the primary reason I am buying the book!

 

[Stormonu]

As much as I love dragons, this book is just not grabbing me, and these extra pages are just a extra turn off for me - this is the type of stuff for an Art & Arcana style book, not an adventure book.