D&D 5E Fizban's Treasury of Dragons Previews

[mcmillan]

WOTC shared some art and other previews with people via Twitter today

An example Draconic gift (magic item-like), Echo of Dragonsight

3 adventure hooks for Emerald dragons

Art of a Red Greatwyrm breathing fire onto a village

Art of the Moonstone dragon

 

[mcmillan]

I even checked to see if anybody had already posted these, but somehow missed this D&D 5E - Some Fizban's Treasury of Dragons sneak peek previews

 

[Waller]

Why are all those people thanking Wizards for letting them do promotion for them? Should Wizards be thanking them? That's some masterclass indoctrination there! Kudos to Wizards!

 

[MarkB]

I'm not sure I quite see the appeal of the Echo of Dragonsight. So, you already know a very powerful dragon, since they've given you this gift, and now you can use a spell which may break your mind, and if it doesn't, it lets you speak to a dragon on a different planet, who most likely doesn't know an awful lot that's (a) relevant to your particular planet and (b) not also known by the dragon you're already pals with.

 

[MarkB]

Why are all those people thanking Wizards for letting them do promotion for them? Should Wizards be thanking them? That's some masterclass indoctrination there! Kudos to Wizards!

All those people whose social media is suddenly being linked on loads of sites like this one, greatly improving their visibility, you mean?

 

[Waller]

All those people whose social media is suddenly being linked on loads of sites like this one, greatly improving their visibility, you mean?

'Exposure', you mean?

 

[Urriak Uruk]

'Exposure', you mean?

They often get paid a little too for it. Not much, but a little.

 

[Parmandur]

'Exposure', you mean?

In Social Media, exposure actually is payment.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

In Social Media, exposure actually is payment.

I really do hate reading this... no creator of any kind should accept "exposure" as a form of payment. There are loads of aspiring artists/writers who are getting told nowadays that getting exposure is a form of payment, when frankly its not. It doesn't pay for the bills, and its just the newest way for bigger fish to grift off of lesser-known creators.

 

[Parmandur]

I really do hate reading this... no creator of any kind should accept "exposure" as a form of payment. There are loads of aspiring artists/writers who are getting told nowadays that getting exposure is a form of payment, when frankly its not. It doesn't pay for the bills, and its just the newest way for bigger fish to grift off of lesser-known creators.

The reason it became a distasteful meme thing to say is that in some fields, like journalism say, exposure pays long term dividends. I don't know if WotC pays social media influencers who share their stuff, but it ends up benefitting the social media types with the currency of social media: attention.