Ecology of the Deathknight up

[Rechan]

Here it is.

Now, I forget who said it, but it was said there would be 4e Easter Eggs in the Dragon cover/deathknight picture.

Here is the picture.

Any

 

[frankthedm]

And it looks like Disarm and Sunder are in 4E!

If you take a death knight’s weapon, you weaken the knight.

If you break a death knight’s weapon, the knight can restore it with a touch.

 

[blargney the second]

For starters, Mialee's looking much better in this edition.

 

[Irda Ranger]

For starters, Mialee's looking much better in this edition.

4e characters will have a Comlines stat, and Mialee just got a +6!

I'm not sure that's Mialee. Mialee was never a Fighter, and this elf lady has both a sword and is wearing armor.

I think the glowy keyfob (is that a lizard head?) is a teaser. A non-standard wizardly implement? A flaccid wand?

If she is a fighter-wizard, note the armor. Not clear what kind it is, but perhaps fighter-wizards can wear (light?) armor.

Lastly, note the electric arc going from the sword tip to the Death Knight's chest. I don't think that's artistic license. I think this fighter-wizard elf lady is delivering a Shocking Grasp (or its 4e equivalent) through her sword.

 

[blargney the second]

Oh fer gawd's sake.

They're still zipping the bloody PDFs.
-blarg

ps - other than that, great article!

 

[Scholar & Brutalman]

I think the glowy keyfob (is that a lizard head?) is a teaser. A non-standard wizardly implement? A flaccid wand?

I think it could be a holy symbol. We've been told that there are holy symbol attacks for clerics.

 

[Rechan]

I agree it looks like she's casting a touch spell with her sword. Or using some sort of ray attack from it.

However, I have the feeling that maybe the spell might be coming out of the thing in her hand?

 

[Klaus]

The elf chick is a cleric or paladin, her holy symbol is a dragon's head (Bahamut?), and she's enchanting her sword to deal more (holy?) damage to the deathknight, whose symbol is a serpent (Set?).

Also, judging by the skulls tied to its belt, the deathknight killed the gnomes and took their stuff skulls.

 

[Mr.Black]

It's interesting that they made one of the death knight origin stories as Orcus being their creator rather than Demogorgon. I like the change, but I'm just used to the old story.

 

[frankthedm]

The elf chick is a cleric or paladin, her holy symbol is a dragon's head (Bahamut?),

And is it me or does that leather cord on the symbol kind of look like a rat's tail?

It's interesting that they made one of the death knight origin stories as Orcus being their creator rather than Demogorgon. I like the change, but I'm just used to the old story.

I remember thinking "why Demogorgon?" in the first place.