D&D 5E Meet the Japanese Iconic D&D Party!

The Japanese language release of D&D 5E is happening this year, and WotC has created a new 'iconic' pregenerated adventuring party, illustrated by Chomoran, as part of the launch.

The party consists of:

• Cal Skiprock, lightfoot halfling rogue
• Lafail, half-elf cleric of Selune
• Atria Dawnguard, a human fighter
• Oldscar, high elf wizard
• Turalish, dragonborn fighter

 

[Eyes of Nine]

Iconic party of 5? Nope. 2 fighters? And both in heavy armor? Nope.

Iconic parties are either 4 members or 6. 5 is not allowed. Cuz I said so.

2 fighters? Ok, but both heavy armor? How boring? Is that just to get a token female fighter? Why not have the dragonborn be a barbarian? Or a swashbuckler/dex fighter?

That art is cool, but iconic it is not (for me).

Fair enough your game your rules

In the D&D Starter set (the one with Phandelver) the pre-gen characters are 2 fighters (both human), wizard (elf), cleric (dwarf), rogue (Halfling)

 

[Tonguez]

Fair enough your game your rules

In the D&D Starter set (the one with Phandelver) the pre-gen characters are 2 fighters (both human), wizard (elf), cleric (dwarf), rogue (Halfling)

Notably one of those Fighters is suppose to be an archer.

 

[Weiley31]

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Notably one of those Fighters is suppose to be an archer.

Are those the Iconics in the NA Starter Set? I've never seen them before.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

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Notably one of those Fighters is suppose to be an archer.

Yes, my archer chose to become an Arcane Archer

 

[Dilandau Kale]

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Notably one of those Fighters is suppose to be an archer.

I take it this is not an offical advert since the middle character is from paizo's curse of the crimson throne.

 

[Jefe Bergenstein]

I take it this is not an offical advert since the middle character is from paizo's curse of the crimson throne.

The other tipoff is that the halfling isn't a grotesque monstrosity.

 

[beta-ray]

Pretty cool. Looks like they are having some kind of in-person trial of D&D in Japan (as a result of the movie, but not a direct tie-in). Participating in the trial can get you some goods featuring these characters.

 

[Undrave]

Released THIS YEAR?! On the cusp of a brand new version? What took them so long??

 

[beta-ray]

Released THIS YEAR?! On the cusp of a brand new version? What took them so long??

I think Wizards of the Coast Japan took over in 2022 from Hobby Japan and made a new effort in pushing the brand. There was some mention last year in one of their presentations and a commercial was shown.

 

[Undrave]

I think Wizards of the Coast Japan took over in 2022 from Hobby Japan and made a new effort in pushing the brand. There was some mention last year in one of their presentations and a commercial was shown.

Talk about dropping the ball… M:TG doesn’t seem to have this kind of delays.