Huge Cover Images from CNET article

[GnomeWorks]

I imagine they probably list the Key-Designers or Heads of Design for that book, while others be listed inside the book.

I suppose.

 

[Fallen Seraph]

Or those are the actual writers of the book, with the developers/testers are inside.

 

[Silverwave]

Isn't a whole book (DM's) a lot of a job for only one guy (who also append to worked on all the two other books?)

What I mean is... I may fear for the quality of the DM's book content. :\

 

[Fallen Seraph]

Isn't a whole book (DM's) a lot of a job for only one guy (who also append to worked on all the two other books?)

What I mean is... I may fear for the quality of the DM's book content. :\

Well it can be that the one guy is the lead-developer or writer, with a whole body of developers under him.

 

[xechnao]

That Dragonborn reminds me of "Predator"

 

[MaelStorm]

Those three covers are amazing, particularly the DMG and MM.

 

[Dragonhelm]

Interesting. Notice the subheader on the PHB?

"Arcane, Divine and Martial Heroes"

Does this mean that the PHB2 and 3 and 17 will be fully developed player's manuals instead of a few new classes and some optional rules like the 3.5 PHB2? As in, could I say, play a sorcerer from the PHB2 without ever needing to pick up the PHB?

Possibly, though I think the first are always a must. My guess is that further PHB's will have different subheaders, approaching a different set of topics. So PHB2 might be primal and psionic heroes, and PHB could be celestial and abyssal heroes (just making those up). In other words, each one has a theme based on power source.

My personal fave is the red dragon. That's one slick looking DMG.

 

[catsclaw]

Does this mean that the PHB2 and 3 and 17 will be fully developed player's manuals instead of a few new classes and some optional rules like the 3.5 PHB2?

It looks that way. If they're devoting a lot more space to each individual class in the 4e PHB (right now each class gets, what, 2?) and they're almost immediately coming out with a Martial expansion, they aren't going to need a lot of space to expand on them. They will need a lot of space if they're adding another eight classes (possibly Barbarian, Druid, Bard, Sorcerer, Psion, Psychic Warrior, Monk, Ninja).

As in, could I say, play a sorcerer from the PHB2 without ever needing to pick up the PHB?

That's not very likely. They've already said they don't want to waste book space reprinting what's already in the PHB, and I tend to agree that's a good idea.

 

[Stalker0]

I love the imagery of that dragon watching the pcs, a great cover for the DM

 

[malraux]

I still hate the head of the dragonborn. Other than that, I like them.