D&D 5E It's Dwarfy McDwarferson from the Player's Handbook!

[Morrus]

Hey, I was only following your bastardized Scotslandic surname!

Ain't nothing '-landic about it! Jefferson, Jackson, Addison, Anderson...

 

[GX.Sigma]

How interesting that the text says the most common skin tones are brown, but the picture is a white person.

Actually, I don't think "interesting" is the right word for that.

 

[Agamon]

How interesting that the text says the most common skin tones are brown, but the picture is a white person.

Actually, I don't think "interesting" is the right word for that.

"...though paler dwarves often have red hair."

She's a ginger. Thus the pale skin.

 

[GrumpyGamer]

How interesting that the text says the most common skin tones are brown, but the picture is a white person.

Actually, I don't think "interesting" is the right word for that.

They deserved to be called out on that. Someone should have done a better job to proof the art direction.

 

[Morrus]

"...though paler dwarves often have red hair."

She's a ginger. Thus the pale skin.

Clearly Scottish! I'm loving the female ginger dwarf.

 

[Xodis]

Cant wait to see the Elven artwork... hint hint lol

 

[GX.Sigma]

"...though paler dwarves often have red hair."

She's a ginger. Thus the pale skin.

Well, yeah. There's no problem with showing a pale dwarf. The problem is when the text says "most dwarves are brown," then then all the dwarves they show are pale.

It remains to be seen whether that will be the case throughout the PHB, but in the Starter Set at least, all the Dwarves and Elves seem to be white (except the evil dark-skinned villain).

 

[Agamon]

Well, yeah. There's no problem with showing one pale dwarf. The problem is when the text says "most dwarves are brown," then then all the dwarves they show are pale.

I didn't know you've had a chance to peruse the core books already! Jealous!

Edit: Sorry, your edit beat my response. We should wait and see before getting too upset. The 3e FR books, the dwarves are certainly earthy colored, and I'd be surprised if we didn't see any.

 

[TwoSix]

"...though paler dwarves often have red hair."

She's a ginger. Thus the pale skin.

I wouldn't want to play a ginger character, not being able to be raised or resurrected is a pretty serious drawback.

 

[GrumpyGamer]

"...though paler dwarves often have red hair."

She's a ginger. Thus the pale skin.

"Dwarven skin ranges from deep brown to a paler hue tinged with red, but the most common shades are light brown or deep tan, like certain tones of earth."

White is not "a paler hue tinged with red."

The artist did not follow the art direction, and the editor put the picture in because in both of their minds they did not see dwarves as being of color. They may not have been malicious, but they both clearly see fantasy as a white setting.

Maybe 6e they finally get this right?