May 2005 WotC Previews and Beyond

[Nightfall]

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/iw/20050505a

Mostly I'm excited seeing the new Angelfire minis. The rest...meh.

Although, the excerpts/previews for DMG II aren't too shabby.

 

[bubbalin]

Has anybody commented on this...?

But why is the DMG2 brown instead of blue?

 

[Jdvn1]

I want more info on Weapons of Legacy!

Angelfire does look good, though. Heroes of Battle doesn't have anything that looks too great. And I'm surprised to see a Dragon plug.

 

[Nightfall]

I think it's mostly because this issue of Dragon has Chromatic Dragons as PCs.

But yeah looks like Heroes of Battle will suck a good bit.

bb,

If they have, I didn't see it.

 

[~Joseph~]

Has anybody commented on this...?

But why is the DMG2 brown instead of blue?

If you read the text, in the second paragraph it says "This month, I thought I'd give you an even better idea of what you're going to find inside the covers of this big, blue book."

I'm assuming the brown cover is just preliminary art, and the final cover will look different

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Holy crap that Mounted Paladin is awesome.

That's almost enough to get me back from SWM to DDM again...need more cash flow...

 

[Jdvn1]

I think it's mostly because this issue of Dragon has Chromatic Dragons as PCs.

But yeah looks like Heroes of Battle will suck a good bit.

I was hoping HoB would be interesting, at least, but looks like I won't even get that much. I'll look at it when it comes out -- maybe it's just a bad preview.

... And I don't see why Chromatic Dragon PCs would be on the preview. Trying to gather some Draconomicon interest? It's a little late for that, I think.

Edit: Although Kobold Ecology does seem pretty interesting.

 

[Jdvn1]

Holy crap that Mounted Paladin is awesome.

That's almost enough to get me back from SWM to DDM again...need more cash flow...

Makes me wish I was playing a Paladin!

 

[arscott]

Has anybody commented on this...?

But why is the DMG2 brown instead of blue?

Because it's a phb cover with the title and picture photoshopped on, or something to that effect. The real cover is supposed to be the same greenish black color that Unearthed Arcana was.

 

[Nightfall]

*just uses minis for Skirmishing* but yeah if I had a mounted Paladin, he'd be my choice for a mini.