D&D 5E That Eberron Cover Is Just A Placeholder

According to WotC's Jeremy Crawford, Ben Oliver's cover for Eberron: Rising from the Last War on Amazon and WotC's website is an interior illustration serving as a placeholder.

Crawford added that "That warforged has customized itself in unusual ways. Each warforged can alter how it looks. That said, the book has plenty of traditional-looking warforged." There's more to the art, as you can see in the banner across the top of WotC's webpage. I rather like it.

Ben Oliver is credited as the cover artist in WotC's product page; his cover art will presumably be revealed soon, as the book is only three months away.

Ben Oliver was the artist who illustrated the covers of Tomb of Annihilation and Curse of Strahd.

 

[darjr]

There is a reason it’s not there.......

 

[DWChancellor]

There is a reason it’s not there.......

Oh no, I've fallen for a campaign hook! Help! Help! I NEED TO KNOW!

 

[darjr]

Its a conspiracy

 

[MockingBird]

Figured it had to be place holder art. One of the many things I love about 5e is the direction they went with cover art. Every book (with the exception to Acquisitions IMO) has been amazing and has inspired me when seeing them. I dont know if I have a favorite but the DMG is my top pick with ToA coming in second.

 

[DWChancellor]

... (with the exception to Acquisitions IMO) ...

It isn't really fair to lump in Acq. Inc. since it was a pet project that WOTC decided to publish as an official book.

 

[Morrus]

It isn't really fair to lump in Acq. Inc.

Not fair to who?

 

[DWChancellor]

Not fair to who?

I don't think it is fair to consider the Acq. Inc. art to be representative of the 5E art direction. It sits in an odd place as an (originally) 3rd party book including the art direction. I mean, heck, most of the art in it is from Penny Arcade's stable like Krahulik, Straub, and NurseNormal.

In the same way, the core books of 3E aren't really related, art direction-wise, with Eberron which had its own distinct style.

 

[DWChancellor]

Not fair to who?

Mockingbird cited the Acq. Inc. book as the only "miss" on WOTC's part in their opinion. To me, I wouldn't consider it a miss since I don't consider it part of the core line. Semantics me.

 

[Morrus]

Mockingbird cited the Acq. Inc. book as the only "miss" on WOTC's part in their opinion. To me, I wouldn't consider it a miss since I don't consider it part of the core line. Semantics me.

So, not fair to WotC, the publisher of the book? I’m just trying to figure out who you feel is being treated unfairly in some way.

 

[Diem]

I am absolutely pumped for this! I am in a 5E Eberron campaign already and I DM for my kids in the same world. I don't get bent out of shape for cover art. It's the book's contents which matter.