VOLO'S GUIDE - Check Out This Froghemoth Preview

Link for the curious: http://media.wizards.com/2016/dnd/downloads/Volo_Froghemoth145.pdf

 

[happyhermit]

This is the only book sub-industry that seems to have a chronic issue with typos and lack of proper editing. Most books don't have typoes because they hire editors who actually catch crap like this. ...

Yeah... not sure what books you are reading but most books outside of the RPG industry DO have typos.

... This could hurt some sales (not for long-term fans who have made our peace with the chronic typo problem, but…).

The vast majority of readers have made their "peace" with typos in general, whether they are D&D fans or not. Reading on the internet would cause heads to explode otherwise. The idea that someone would buy this book but would change their mind because of a single grammatical error... those people probably do exist but thankfully they are a tiny, tiny, tiny minority. Most people just get over stuff like that and focus on the more important things in life, which includes... well everything really, but giant swamp creatures are high on the list.

 

[Marandahir]

A worthwhile read on the topic.

 

[AaronOfBarbaria]

A worthwhile read on the topic.

I take that as a "No." to my request of pointing me in the direction of a book without typographical errors?

 

[Werebat]

The Froghemoth is indeed an iconic monster. This version is nice. Like the bullywug connection (not to be confused with Kermit's "rainbow connection").

Not a fan of the artwork, though. The froghemoth's majesty has been captured far better in the past:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPpQ43DWmX8

 

[JeffB]

Not a fan of the artwork, though. The froghemoth's majesty has been captured far better in the past

Agreed...the artist totally messed up the nostrils (as can be seen in previous artwork/in the 1E description posted previously here in the thread)

 

[Uchawi]

Based on the previous art for the monster the current rendition pales in comparison.

 

[RotGrub]

I could certainly see several democrats caught in its tentacles.