D&D 5E Discussion

[Grunker]

Fuck you all, I actually like those covers after som closer looking. It's a miracle that most of the people are correctly proportioned after all these years of shitty WoW-art. Also searched up a bunch of Next art. I find it fine, gotta say. I'm running a campaign in Rashemen right now, and god dammit if this pic isn't some of the best Rashemi art out there:

 

[Caim]

Either that Beholder hit that woman with an arm-shrinking ray or her arms are too short for her to wipe her own ass with.

Just look at her How does she even swing that sword with those things? Flail around and hope she windmills that Beholder in the face?

 

[Night Goat]

Fucking terrible, xtreme "this is the new shit" in your face mountain dew shit. Here's what a monster manual should look like:

 

[Delterius]

Damn new fags.

Behold the Mommanga Behoj, from a true Monster Manual.

Spoiler

 

[felipepepe]

A 2012 baby calling others "newfag", ha! This is how it's done:

 

[Delterius]

That's not a manual, that's a record from the times of earthdawn. When the horrors and 'thals roamed the land.

 

[J1M]

A monster manual done in the style of cave paintings would be really cool.

(Even though I think all this concern over the art is silly.)

 

[tuluse]

A monster manual done in the style of cave paintings would be really cool.

(Even though I think all this concern over the art is silly.)

4E books looked terrible. Gotta have some aesthetics to get in the mood for an rpg.

 

[Ulminati]

Scrooge homebrew is the only thing that can save the franchise.

You are probably right :/ Too bad though. How could they fuck it all up like this

Greetings friend! Have you come seeking the light!?

 

[Scroo]

Scrooge homebrew is the only thing that can save the franchise.

You are probably right :/ Too bad though. How could they fuck it all up like this

Greetings friend! Have you come seeking the light!?

Thanks, will look into this!

 

[Helly]

Burning wheel
Too bad I have still not found any player interested in something different than Warhammer rpg or in nomine satanis

 

[Night Goat]

 

[Alchemist]

My guess is that there will be some kind of online SRD or (more likely) a character gen app (web and mobile) to build characters with.

 

[Brzęczyszczykiewicz]

Fucking terrible, xtreme "this is the new shit" in your face mountain dew shit. Here's what a monster manual should look like:

3.5e had some Sweet art:

 

[Modron]

Either that Beholder hit that woman with an arm-shrinking ray or her arms are too short for her to wipe her own ass with.

Just look at her How does she even swing that sword with those things? Flail around and hope she windmills that Beholder in the face?

Either, the artist is being faithful to 80's fantasy and including a midget or that is some Liefeld Captain America shit.

or comedy answer

 

[J1M]

Online tool with "share to facebook" option.

 

[Xor]

So you can make characters without the PHB, and run the game without the DMG or MM. Why the fuck should we even buy the books then?

 

[Spectacle]

So you can make characters without the PHB, and run the game without the DMG or MM. Why the fuck should we even buy the books then?

From that quote, it's possible you'll need the PH/Starter Set to run a campaign, and the MM/DMG to make a character.

 

[Alchemist]

The implication is when the Starter Set comes out (well before the core books), there will be some way to make characters. Seriously, it's going to be a mobile / web app - I'm calling it now. Hopefully not requiring a D&D insider subscription.

 

[tuluse]

I bet they release a quick guide pdf for free like all systems do these days. Something around 30 pages which lets you make a simple character.

 

[Alchemist]

I bet they release a quick guide pdf for free like all systems do these days. Something around 30 pages which lets you make a simple character.

Hmm maybe.. that would be better than an app. Probably it would have stripped-down character options - but it would be enough to get started. Then you have to buy the books for the full range of options.

 

[Kahlis]

Fuck you all, I actually like those covers after som closer looking. It's a miracle that most of the people are correctly proportioned after all these years of shitty WoW-art. Also searched up a bunch of Next art. I find it fine, gotta say. I'm running a campaign in Rashemen right now, and god dammit if this pic isn't some of the best Rashemi art out there:

The art on a lot of those dev posts is really nice. Main thing I dislike about the cover artwork is how tightly cropped it is (single majestic character reaching out to the viewer in crazy wide angle stereoscopic 3D with nonexistent background details) and the monochrome thing they're trying to do across each book.

I just hope if the books are information dense, they aren't too visually cluttered. 3.5e rulebooks felt like they were typeset with MSWord at times.

 

[Alchemist]

Main thing I dislike about the cover artwork is how tightly cropped it is (single majestic character reaching out to the viewer in crazy wide angle stereoscopic 3D with nonexistent background details) and the monochrome thing they're trying to do across each book.

Agreed - the cropping is unfortunate. There's no sense of any cool environments to explore. An actual "dungeon" on a core D&D book isn't too much to ask...

The way they're cropped it looks like a game all about crazy, epic combat encounters. But again - it's a generational thing - it's what the kids want now.

 

[Caim]

From that quote, it's possible you'll need the PH/Starter Set to run a campaign, and the MM/DMG to make a character.

In 4e, Gnomes were monsters in the initial release (pre-PHB 2). Looks like all PC races are monsters now.

Seriously, it's going to be a mobile / web app - I'm calling it now. Hopefully not requiring a D&D insider subscription.

Of course it will. The future of D&D is being linked with mobile devices so you can play using those.

And of course it will.

 

[Night Goat]

The implication is when the Starter Set comes out (well before the core books), there will be some way to make characters. Seriously, it's going to be a mobile / web app - I'm calling it now. Hopefully not requiring a D&D insider subscription.

I don't think there's much chance of it not requiring a subscription. WotC hasn't published a D&D book since 2011, the money guys must be really jonesing by now.