D&D 5E Discussion

[Don Peste]

I think tomorrow I'm playing Wizard's Challenge (1 on 1 module)...

 

[Broseph]

Wooooot, half orc iconic pally :D

 

[Irenaeus]

Half-Orc? I've seen people who look like that in real life. Well, except the Elf ears.

Btw, where is that from? The Player's Handbook has been released leaked?

 

[Major_Blackhart]

Half-Orc? I've seen people who look like that in real life. Well, except the Elf ears.

Russians?

 

[Alchemist]

Btw, where is that from? The Player's Handbook has been released leaked?

WotC is posting these on social media sites. I've seen them on the D&D Google+ and they're also probably on Facebook.

Here is the barbarian - posted on Dungeon Bastard's blog:

 

[tuluse]

That barbarian actually has some decent mundanish art.

 

[Irenaeus]

Yeah, I like the barbarian. Paladin still retarded.

 

[nikolokolus]

Maybe it's just me, but I'm not "feeling" this art aesthetic at all. The mechanics might be great (or not?) but meh.

 

[Alchemist]

Maybe it's just me, but I'm not "feeling" this art aesthetic at all. The mechanics might be great (or not?) but meh.

I'm just happy they've moved away from the cartoony Wayne Reynolds / WoW-isms of 4E (mostly). But yeah, the art direction lacks a certain something - a cohesive vision maybe. They are using many different artists and the quality varies wildly. Some of the pieces I love, like this one:

Spoiler

But many of the others, not so much. There is a kind of a generic concept-art style in a lot of it.

 

[nikolokolus]

Generic is an apt description. Oh well, not a deal breaker, but it kind of blunts the OCD collector urge inside me. I'm thinking I'm just as well off making a personal, print-on-demand copy of the Basic PDF with Lulu.com and skipping the "advanced" books.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

Greatest barbarian art evar!

 

[Telengard]

Now, that's a barbarian. The 5e guy could be a barbarian, but he could also be your average village woodcutter down the street. Which is fine for filling out the NPC roster, but iffy for an illustration of the barbarian class.

 

[nikolokolus]

Sadly Frank Frazetta is no longer with us. But you know who is still with us? Gerald Brom and Justin Sweet and it's not like WotC is hurting for cash and can't afford real artists.

I'm not saying, but I'm just saying ...

 

[Major_Blackhart]

I always enjoyed Brom's work. Didn't he do the artwork for Diablo II?

 

[nikolokolus]

I always enjoyed Brom's work. Didn't he do the artwork for Diablo II?

I'm not sure, but he did a bunch of stuff for Dark Sun, back in ye olden tymes for TSR during AD&D 2nd ed.

 

[Alchemist]

I always enjoyed Brom's work. Didn't he do the artwork for Diablo II?

Brom did the cover artwork for Diablo II yeah. I'm not sure if he had any other involvement with it.

 

[J1M]

Interesting that their ultra-inclusive approach to this edition did not extend to evil paladins. I guess that will appear as a suppliment.

 

[FuriousGamer87]

Interesting that their ultra-inclusive approach to this edition did not extend to evil paladins. I guess that will appear as a suppliment.

not before the supplement to include furr anthropomorphic races and their amazing racial abilities.

:incloosive:

 

[catfood]

Interesting that their ultra-inclusive approach to this edition did not extend to evil paladins. I guess that will appear as a suppliment.

not before the supplement to include furr anthropomorphic races and their amazing racial abilities.

:incloosive:

Too late. Dragonpeople are an official DND race starting with 4e and they're making a come back in 5e as well.

 

[Don Peste]

http://www.pinterest.com/jasonchambers/dd/
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[Melan]

Trivia: that's one of Gary Gygax's daughters.

 

[Alchemist]

This one always cracks me up:

 

[Major_Blackhart]

Trivia: that's one of Gary Gygax's daughters.

Did he have a hot wife or did she just get incredibly lucky in the gene pool.

 

[Broseph]

Feat page preview:

 

[Ebonsword]

It is sad, because they had a great thing with 4e

There is nothing about 4e that isn't shit.

I think 4E would be more fondly remembered if they had released a turn-based CRPG using the rule set. It offered a lot of interesting tactical considerations in combat that were kind of a PITA to keep track of in a PnP session but would be awesome with a computer to handle it all.