D&D (2024) New D&D Edition's Player’s Handbook Cover Reveal

Game Informer has revealed the cover to the 2024 Player’s Handbook.

The cover features a gold dragon behind the old-school D&D characters Strongheart the paladin, Mercion the cleric, Elkhorn the dwarf fighter, and Molliver the thief. Ringlerun the wizard is absent (then again he got his showcase on one of the 1E AD&D Player's Handbooks), but a drow mage appears to have joined the party!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

sidebar, it was Paramount+'s #2 movie globally on May 11 and is still 8th for 2024 among movies on the platform.

Yeah, I think it was always destined to do well at home, especially with its good word of mouth. There are worse fates for a fantasy movie than to follow the path The Princess Bride blazed.

 

[Parmandur]

sidebar, it was Paramount+'s #2 movie globally on May 11 and is still 8th for 2024 among movies on the platform.

It would be nice if the characters show up in these Core books as a cameo.

 

[Charlaquin]

Ever since I read in an article that like the name dungeons& dragons has the same brand recognition as Star wars but no one can name a dungeons& dragons character, outside of maybe Drizzt, made me think that wizards really dropped the ball with the IP.

Kind of find it interesting that they are putting some anonymous action figures from the '80s on the cover of the book in 2024 and acting like theyre legendary heroes that everyone should know and love, as if they're on the level of like an Optimus prime or a snake eyes. Oh boy, I'm so glad someone's making a Mercion the good female cleric reference in the 21st century!

Well, gotta start working on building that character recognition somewhere! Better 50 years late than never.

 

[Demetrios1453]

They could also help by putting Monster Manual Expanded into D&D Beyond!

That would be the dream.

 

[Kurotowa]

An additional point someone raised on reddit about the second article. It quotes the number of feats being 75, while the playtest only had 64. And that's counting the Epic Boon feats, if those are removed there were only 48.

So there's either a few new feats that weren't in the playtest, or a lot of new feats that weren't in the playtest.

 

[Charlaquin]

Yeah the 3.5e books are my faves as well. For the cover AND the edition.

I really want to like 3.5, but every time I try to play or DM it I have a bad time. Aesthetically it appeals to me very strongly, but gameplay wise, it just doesn’t click with me.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

An additional point someone raised on reddit out about the second article. It quotes the number of feats being 75, while the playtest only had 64. And that's counting the Epic Boon feats, if those are removed there were only 48.

So there's either a few new feats that weren't in the playtest, or a lot of new feats that weren't in the playtest.

I think we should prepare for a lot of people freaking out about how much Xanathar's and Tasha's content appears in the 2024 PHB.

 

[Parmandur]

An additional point someone raised on reddit out about the second article. It quotes the number of feats being 75, while the playtest only had 64. And that's counting the Epic Boon feats, if those are removed there were only 48.

So there's either a few new feats that weren't in the playtest, or a lot of new feats that weren't in the playtest.

Probably a lot of Tasha's Feats are going to be in, such as the Psionic Feats.

 

[Reynard]

I think we should prepare for a lot of people freaking out about how much Xanathar's and Tasha's content appears in the 2024 PHB.

But those are backwards compatible!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

But those are backwards compatible!

They're so backwards compatible that the 2024 rulebooks will fill their pockets will all the best content from both books!