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

[Henadic Theologian]

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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Here is a dark possibility based on lore. Her original body got destroyed and her weave ghost did not have enough time to make a new one, so she she stole the body of a black woman, perhaps a wizard of Thay, and is now wearing her body as a skin suit.

Anyways I'm surprised no one is asking what are the connection between Arcana Unleashed and Arcana Unleashed: Deadfall?

Like the organization's mentioned in Backgrounds, could they be in Deadfall? Could these be Wizard orders opposing something the Red Wizards are up too?

 

[Misanthrope Prime]

Here is a dark possibility based on lore. Her original body got destroyed and her weave ghost did not have enough time to make a new one, so she she stole the body of a black woman, perhaps a wizard of Thay, and is now wearing her body as a skin suit.

You... you realize how that's worse right?

That's like... literally objectifying a black woman and enslaving her.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

She got Netflixed!
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Do what now?

 

[doctorbadwolf]

But it is compatible! But it isn't a new edition!

Yes? How does any of this news change that?

 

[doctorbadwolf]

No, subclasses are compatible too. They just did an update to Beyond that allows 40+ 2014 Subclasses to work with the 2024 base Classes, without changing them.

Yep. I use both freely. There is no incompatibility.

 

[tetrasodium]

You... you realize how that's worse right?

That's like... literally objectifying a black woman and enslaving her.

Bad [people] do bad things. Supernatural did it for years

Meatsuit - Super-wiki

 

[Corinnguard]

There is massive and continuous evidence from 1973 on that the game is aimed at 12 year olds: Gygax said so in the early drafts of the game, it ha been the consisteny policy of WotC. These new books are aimed at teenagers who bought books in the last two years, not older people. Those are nice-to-haves.

And yet a lot of those 12-year-olds grew up to be older people who still loved playing D&D and played it every chance they got. We were all 12 years old once upon a time.

 

[Parmandur]

And yet a lot of those 12-year-olds grew up to be older people who still loved playing D&D and played it every chance they got. We were all 12 years old once upon a time.

Sure, but that is not the engine of the game, nor whom WotC makes books for. The target audience is teens, who at this point are likely to not own a book with a Necromancer in it.

 

[Misanthrope Prime]

Bad [people] do bad things. Supernatural did it for years

Meatsuit - Super-wiki

I'm not a fan of the character but Alustriel is supposed to be like, one of the most upright and heroic people in the setting.

 

[Not a Decepticon]

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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Her skin color is largerly incosistent between even the old art.

Anyway, I wonder if either Tattooed or Mystic Arts Monk will be in those because they better be fixed from how awful the UA's were, between Tattooed Monk's underpowered features and Mystic Arc having features that do nothing.