She's completely the best. One of the best art directors I've ever had the pleasure to work with, and such a bright soul, fun player, and massively creative. D&D is so lucky to have her.
This may be one of my favorite videos yet. Something about it feels much more passionate than the others. All of the changes sound exciting to me, but i felt like the videos discussing mechanical changes felt very ego strokey. I loved hearing the way they talked about their work in this video. It also gave a bit of perspective into the new layout which is exciting, along with a few sneak peeks if you could read past the blurs. Really excited to see these new books.
The mechanical ones have to put on much more of a front. They can’t acknowledge any choices controversial because the marketing department won’t let them. So instead they just try to hype up what they can. I also don’t blame them for not being 100% bought in when filming them. They recorded multiple hours of footage for those videos and it’s hard to stay genuine and excited the whole time.
Also don't forget that Todd works for WotC, and they are having him play the role of "the excited fan" so no wonder it feels ego strokey, when one of the employees of the company that makes the game is constantly going "oh wow", "that's amazing", "perfect". That's the company essentially saying that about itself. Lol
What appeals to me about games like D&D is just how customizable they are; I've been working on my own sort of setting for D&D that is a kind of setting I haven't seen a whole lot of, but I also felt the need to give it a twist that I've heard anyone really doing before. Artistically speaking, I don't think I can do anything on my own, but I am hoping that once I introduce this setting to enough people, they'll want to share their artistic renditions of my setting with me, which I am all for, it would really show how collaborative game like D&D are that community we all feel it can be.
@@dracone4370that art doesn't really contradict your favored depiction. Even roving bands of murderers have quiet moments, private lives, families, and communities.
The artwork for the new PHB is beyond fantastic, and I love that their will be illustrations for the weapons, armour, equipment, just everything. 🥰🥰🥰 And I so love Emi's bubbly joy! 🥰🥰🥰
I absolutely needed visuals to Spells. That way i can tell myself & my players there's an actual visual. Like Mage Armor. Is it blue? Spectral? Armor-armor? Will you know if it's in effect? Subtle Fireball? Sure the casting was imperceptible but there's an actual glowing streak of literal Flames that depicted you at the origin of spell.
Crazy how accurate the fireball art is to the spell description (although I’ve always preferred for the name “fireball” to refer to an actual spherical projectile as well as the explosion itself)
This is honestly what I'm looking forward to the most. 50 bucks for new art tailored to the new PH is well worth it, let alone everything else that is going to be in this book. Big congrats to everyone who worked on this.
So happy we’re getting art for equipment and spells. Makes them both so much easier to understand. Some of the weapons are so similar in functionality but different in how they look, and it’s annoying knowing what I want a character’s weapon to look like but not being sure if a glaive or halberd fits more.
I don't know what image you saw in the video that I didn't, but it's definitely not anywhere near that size. It's about 25% bigger (maybe 50% bigger compared to some of the really small adventure books).
@@spooderous approximately 1:45 into the video. I went back and rewatched it and yeah its not as big as I initially thought still looks like its about 1.5 the thickness of the books directly above and below it. But it seems the general consensus is 20%-25% bigger so I guess it's 1.25x as thick?
@@thatguy846 As somebody with a copy of the book, the font size is pretty much the same. The font size is definitely not 20% larger. Most of the new pages are probably due to the significant increase in artwork. Every class, every subclass, every background, every weapon, every armor has artwork. Lots of new spell art, creature art, etc.
If anything, the Layout Design of these books should be one of the biggest improvement. Seeing the different armors with their cost laid out like that is a great example.
I love that we took the time to sit with the artists and designers, to hear about their end of the creation of this rules update, and to see their perspectives. Well done.
I would love to see the page numbers be darker. The pale color from the 2014 books was hard on my old lady eyes n made navigating the book slightly harder.
I hope there's a way to access the artwork digitally without pre-ordering and stuff. My playgroup loves using digital artwork rather than our minds or with minis and I wanna use a ton of these.
A lot of the artists that WotC hires are contract-based and maintain their own Artstation blogs or personal websites. They're not usually completely comprehensive, but even if WotC doesn't put up online resources showcasing all the art like they do with newer Magic: the Gathering sets, I personally find a lot of success looking up a work's artist and going through their portfolio for a minute or two.
13:37 sneak peek into Eberron? I wish they had included Artificers and warforges. I hope they release an Eberron core book soon or something similar. This art is great
I hope they take setting design to show strong different aesthetics for those who prefer different looks. Like Dark Sun is brutal & gritty & muted; Ravenloft is dark & brooding; Dragonlance had a strong aesthetic from the classic fantasy authors. The PHB aesthetic here seems largely much more cosmopolitan, bright colors, with more home-y/SIM non-adventuring. Beautiful, but often a different style and feel than many earlier settings and editions.
Wow. That art is so beautiful. I am an artist that does fantasy. This art speaks to me. DND and MTG (Magic the Gathering) have near identical art styles. It is about fantasy where the characters look very realistic. By realistic, I mean that they are not cartoons. This looks like a live action fantasy movie. I think of the Lord of the Rings movies. There is also the Harry Potter movies and the Game of Thrones TV show. The DND Honor Among Thieves captures this perfectly. That was a good movie. The art style of DND and MTG works. It gives off the feeling of a classic fantasy game. That is really awesome. I am also a fan of World of Warcraft. That art style is realistic too, but it is a bit more cartoony. It is a great style. I especially like how beautiful the backgrounds are and how flashy the magic is. World of Warcraft has amazing illustrations. I have a Blizzard art book, and much of it has art of that particular game. There was extremly strong contrast in value. The light areas with magic are really light, and the dark shadows are really dark. This really taught me how great a strong value contrast is. It makes the picture more vibrant. MTG has some cool things about its art style. There is a very good use of color. That indicates the kind of magic involved. MTG has a unique system of grouping cards into five colors. There is green, red, black, blue and white. This is mainly grouped according to mechanics. The art style does reflect that in the use of color. I am especially fond of the guilds of Ravnica. There is a faction for every pair of two colors. Each one has a strong visual identity. It is almost as if it has its own brandimage. That includes it own color palette. This new DND book has a great style. It is interesting how that works. It is realistic enough to fit the brand image of DND. Yet I have noticed that the images are so much more colorful than before. It nudges into the fantastical a little bit. I think that is intriguing. I think it is good for making DND look less generic. A strong brand identity and image is really helpful. I hope this new art takes DND in a whole new direction and breaths in more life.
Look I know it's a guy who isn't directly involved with these parties so the interview is genuine....but it will never not feel funny watching a company interview itself to compliment itself....to encourage you to like it lol.
The sad part is, the art is quite good and speaks for itself, so this just shows how scared they really are. They know this new handbook is not going to do well.
@@mattpace1026 Yeah, they honestly just need to do a bit of PR and talk to us or do a Q&A where they get our respect and confidence in them back or they aren't going to see the returns they expect. I'm switching to DC20 because i'm tired of it all.
The illustrations are incredible, they give you the feeling that the game has gone further, I'm an illustration enthusiast and I always use them in my games. whether showing it to players or even including them in the adventure. These new books were excellent! congratulations art team!!!😊🎉🎉🎉
I feel like D&D beyond should have a feature that gives you access to the digital art of the books that you own. Even if it's just to view them in some sort of gallery. I feel like it's really easy to lose the art online
Seeing that the origin feat for Sage is magic imitate for wizards is perfect because that is what I was relying on for my human wizard to have lol, now I just have to take a species feat that increases INT or WIS (depending on which ability scores I distribute) and I have the perfect starting wizard with a +2 bonus in INT and +2 bonus to WIS at level one.
Just FYI, Keen mind is a level 4 feat (As written in UA: Prerequisite:4th+ Level, Intelligence 13+), so can't be taken at level 1, so this would not be possible. But at level 4, yeah thats possible! Sorry for comin in and rules lawyering you haha
@@LUC1DBOX Damn I had not seen that, that is a bummer tbh because although the lack of practical uses Keen Mind was one of my favorite feats for a level one character flavor-wise when it came to a hyper-intelligent individual. I also just took a look at the UA where it talked about feats and saw it is the same with observant which makes it seem like they're purposely trying to prevent ASI increase feats at level one which while understandable is unfortunate. Perhaps the supposed backwards compatibility would allow me to choose to 2014 version of Keen Mind due to there being no level restriction as well as the fact that it is a fundamentally different feat that is more flavor oriented than mechanics one although I am not sure how the backwards compatibility will work when it comes to aspects of the game with the same name such as feats and spells.
@@declanmorden yeah ASIs and 4th level feats are supposed to be reserved for a point of 'character development' like the milestone of leveling up. Plus, if you could get them at level 1, then everyone would just go human so they can get +2 +2, or +2 +3 at level 1. But.. We're now able to get +1 to 3 stats instead of +2 +1, so it's now pheasible to have someone with 3 stats at 16 if they don't mind having their others be 3 subpar stats
@@LUC1DBOX I totally understand it from a balance perspective but I really wanted to convert my 5e character to the new rules and being able to have two different +2 ASI bonuses at level one is just too perfect given that his starting ability scores were 10, 12, 14, 14, 16, 18 and are just really nice and clean values. If I were able to take a feat that gives a +1 ASI during creation it means at level one they'd be 10, 12, 14, 14, 18, 20 with the 18 being WIS and the 20 being INT. Then it means I'd only need a single ASI to bring up my CON from 14 to 16 bringing my total stat distribution to 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. Since this is my ideal stat distribution, the rest of my feats can be cool gameplay things for flavor and mechanics like spell sniper, war caster, elemental adept (although maybe not the 2024 version because it would ruin the stat distribution lol), etc.
Does anyone know who the artist is for the fireball spell at 6:55? Sidenote: Please credit the artists! At the very least in a video specifically about the art.
The art looks amazing. Something I miss from the 1e books is the artists being allowed to sign their work. Knowing who-made-what helps to create fan bases. It's how I became aware of artists like Jeff Easley or Brom.
I look forward to seeing the art in context. It all looks excellent. I do hope it's not all bright and happy, as most of the pieces we've seen have been. I prefer a grittier, less "joyful" presentation. I want to see beat up adventurers facing scary challenges with fear and determination in their eyes. I'm not too enthralled by the subclass glamour shots in which everyone looks so happy, colorful, and squeaky clean. Again, I'll have to see it all in context. There should be plenty of room and appropriate situations for art more to my tastes. We'll see how it looks soon.
Bro the art for the multiclassed paladin great old one is exactly how my bg3 character is. He is a black dragonborn paladin oath of vengence, great old one warlock
The emotional element that art brings to D&D is incredible. It is such a tool helping to inspire, support, and communicate to new and experienced players. "A picture is worth a thousand words" is so real and an immense amount of those 'words' are almost instantly communicated to the reader. The passion these people have is so clear, i love 5E art and One D&D's looks to have synergised with the growing community of players and collaborators in the space. Love to see it.
Glad they kept it real with ACTUAL artists. There’s a lot you can like or not about this new edition, but the art is absolutely beautiful and it’s nice to know some passionate artists made that happen. ~_~
The art looks beautiful, and so much about the books is so well done, but I have one sincere plea: PLEASE fix the Ranger before you go to print so that Ranger players aren't saddled with another 10 years of bad design. One small change would probably go a long way: "At sixth level, a Ranger who is concentrating on Hunter's Mark can concentrate on one other Ranger concentation spell at the same time, or vice versa." That would allow the Ranger to use their other concentration spells without giving up access to their main class feature (Hunter's Mark), but still keep the Ranger from doubling up on damaging spells by multiclassing.
Wait... THIS is where Josh Herman has been hiding?! I mean, he's perfect for this, but I miss his ZBrush streams from Gnomon too. 😢 I'm glad I'm a sculpting nerd AND a D&D nerd so I could find him! 😂 Great book and great artwork, everyone! ✌🤟🤘
I wonder if it was intentional that the covers of the Player's Handbook and the Dungeon Master's Guide appear to be from the POV of the other cover's characters? Even if not, is is a very pleasing visual symmetry!
As much as it is nice to have artwork for the classes\subclasses and spells, I miss the artwork from 3.5 for the equipment. It is good to see the armor and weapons being drawn once again.
So much of this art looks great, but I'm somewhat disappointed that Abyssal and Cthonic tieflings are not nearly as alien in appearance compared to Infernal ones as it seems like they ought to be.
Through all the discussion both positive and negative that's been happening with the changes to the new phb there is one thing everyone has agreed on, I've noticed: All the art is dope.
Would be nice if that preorder bonus wasn't usa only. Or they could at least clearly mention that. I've had to order the digital and physical stuff separate :/
Huge shutout to the one miserable guy in the artwork at 12:16 who has obviously put a bet on whatever is happening and is very clearly about loose a lot of gold, I love that
Breathtaking art and design, a culmination of efforts and hearts in a single objective, this girl from the video is lovely, she must have spend a 18 in charisma.
I also noticed that the art in each page is so specific that it feels like there's an entire story behind all of it. Even the character designs are extremely specific. It's so cool
I always love seeing Emi Tanji in these videos. She always smiles so bright and her voice is so kind.
Anyone else finding themselves smiling at Emi? Talk about a positive beacon of energy.
Beacon of hope😂
She is, such a joy and clearly cares about her work
1000%
She's completely the best. One of the best art directors I've ever had the pleasure to work with, and such a bright soul, fun player, and massively creative. D&D is so lucky to have her.
I love her!
Emi Tanji has such a cute and pleasant voice! I could listen to her read the phone book! 😂😊
Emi is an absolute delight. Her genuine love and enthusiasm for the game is wonderful. She should be the face of DND.
"Maybe not friends!!"
Todd is DYING for the pvp supplement
Emi got the art director job. This should be interesting.
@@garpinlithor1673her linkedin says she’s still there
@@garpinlithor1673 per her linked in shes still with the company
Because it's a woman, because she's Asian or because of something else you know that you're not saying?
@@FieryFlamingFajitas Because she's a good artist... 💀💀💀
@@FieryFlamingFajitasYou were on a hair trigger there, weren’t you?
This may be one of my favorite videos yet.
Something about it feels much more passionate than the others. All of the changes sound exciting to me, but i felt like the videos discussing mechanical changes felt very ego strokey. I loved hearing the way they talked about their work in this video.
It also gave a bit of perspective into the new layout which is exciting, along with a few sneak peeks if you could read past the blurs.
Really excited to see these new books.
The mechanical ones have to put on much more of a front. They can’t acknowledge any choices controversial because the marketing department won’t let them. So instead they just try to hype up what they can. I also don’t blame them for not being 100% bought in when filming them. They recorded multiple hours of footage for those videos and it’s hard to stay genuine and excited the whole time.
Also don't forget that Todd works for WotC, and they are having him play the role of "the excited fan" so no wonder it feels ego strokey, when one of the employees of the company that makes the game is constantly going "oh wow", "that's amazing", "perfect". That's the company essentially saying that about itself. Lol
I'm glad that even though Hasbro doesn't seem to care above its artists, the lead designers of WotC do
Emi needs to become a spoke person right now, I love her and want to see her everywhere 🥺
Glamor Bard art got me acting unwise.
Theif rogue and GOW warlock same
horny bard jail
when
She is totally Victoria from Maneskin.
Swiftie ?
What appeals to me about games like D&D is just how customizable they are; I've been working on my own sort of setting for D&D that is a kind of setting I haven't seen a whole lot of, but I also felt the need to give it a twist that I've heard anyone really doing before. Artistically speaking, I don't think I can do anything on my own, but I am hoping that once I introduce this setting to enough people, they'll want to share their artistic renditions of my setting with me, which I am all for, it would really show how collaborative game like D&D are that community we all feel it can be.
The Orc family/community is "so charming" . . . 100% not what I am looking for.
@@jacobstein9549 I'm far more used to orcs being more warrior-oriented tribal culture, that's how I've usually seen them depicted.
@@dracone4370that art doesn't really contradict your favored depiction. Even roving bands of murderers have quiet moments, private lives, families, and communities.
The artwork for the new PHB is beyond fantastic, and I love that their will be illustrations for the weapons, armour, equipment, just everything. 🥰🥰🥰 And I so love Emi's bubbly joy! 🥰🥰🥰
I absolutely needed visuals to Spells. That way i can tell myself & my players there's an actual visual. Like Mage Armor. Is it blue? Spectral? Armor-armor? Will you know if it's in effect?
Subtle Fireball? Sure the casting was imperceptible but there's an actual glowing streak of literal Flames that depicted you at the origin of spell.
PF2e largely solves this problem with traits.
@@smarshianHow does traits work?
Crazy how accurate the fireball art is to the spell description (although I’ve always preferred for the name “fireball” to refer to an actual spherical projectile as well as the explosion itself)
Same I like to think of it like a fiery grenade that you lob, but the art does look great.
Loved hearing about all the thought that went into the art! Any idea what order videos we’ll be seeing this week?
Of all the videos about the PHB this one gets me the most excited to have it in my hands. 😮
This is honestly what I'm looking forward to the most. 50 bucks for new art tailored to the new PH is well worth it, let alone everything else that is going to be in this book. Big congrats to everyone who worked on this.
Emi Tanji is a treat to listen to. Bring her back for more, please.
Reserving judgement on the actual changes to the mechanics, this art is mind bogglingly gorgeous
I love Emi's voice and smile ❤
Emi is so cute and bubbly. We need more of her energy in these videos.
So happy we’re getting art for equipment and spells. Makes them both so much easier to understand. Some of the weapons are so similar in functionality but different in how they look, and it’s annoying knowing what I want a character’s weapon to look like but not being sure if a glaive or halberd fits more.
Wow, did I see that right ? The new PHB is 1.5 -2x as thick as the previous PHB and adventure books?
I don't know what image you saw in the video that I didn't, but it's definitely not anywhere near that size. It's about 25% bigger (maybe 50% bigger compared to some of the really small adventure books).
The new book is 20% longer in page count
@@spooderous approximately 1:45 into the video. I went back and rewatched it and yeah its not as big as I initially thought still looks like its about 1.5 the thickness of the books directly above and below it. But it seems the general consensus is 20%-25% bigger so I guess it's 1.25x as thick?
@@sillvvasenseithat doesn't account for the font size changes they did. So essentially it's about the same.
@@thatguy846 As somebody with a copy of the book, the font size is pretty much the same. The font size is definitely not 20% larger.
Most of the new pages are probably due to the significant increase in artwork. Every class, every subclass, every background, every weapon, every armor has artwork. Lots of new spell art, creature art, etc.
If anything, the Layout Design of these books should be one of the biggest improvement. Seeing the different armors with their cost laid out like that is a great example.
Dig the speyeder.
Arachnus Deathicus, if you will 😂
@@artsyfalafelOcularachnid! :D
Gosh I just love hearing Emi talk. Her energy is so contagious!
I'm looking forward to seeing the fruits of these people's labors. You get a good sense of their passion.
Good to see the idea of putting example art has made a comeback, was a great thing about 3.X. I'm liking this a lot.
I love that we took the time to sit with the artists and designers, to hear about their end of the creation of this rules update, and to see their perspectives. Well done.
To who ever gave the idea to make multiclass art of it... Give that god raise, wtf i love it
I would love to see the page numbers be darker. The pale color from the 2014 books was hard on my old lady eyes n made navigating the book slightly harder.
Emi is just cute as a button!! Loved her energy and pure enthusiasm and genuineness in this. Would love to see more of her in these videos ❤️
Out of everything, this is the update that I love the most. Its why Im considering getting the physical book. Art, Design and organization, Love it!
Emi needs to present more stuff, she is amazing
I hope there's a way to access the artwork digitally without pre-ordering and stuff. My playgroup loves using digital artwork rather than our minds or with minis and I wanna use a ton of these.
A lot of the artists that WotC hires are contract-based and maintain their own Artstation blogs or personal websites. They're not usually completely comprehensive, but even if WotC doesn't put up online resources showcasing all the art like they do with newer Magic: the Gathering sets, I personally find a lot of success looking up a work's artist and going through their portfolio for a minute or two.
13:37 sneak peek into Eberron? I wish they had included Artificers and warforges. I hope they release an Eberron core book soon or something similar. This art is great
No, that's a Shield Guardian.
@@Agell That is THEee Lord of Blades! Not some puny shield guardian.
He understands the WEAKNESS of flesh.
I hope they take setting design to show strong different aesthetics for those who prefer different looks.
Like Dark Sun is brutal & gritty & muted; Ravenloft is dark & brooding; Dragonlance had a strong aesthetic from the classic fantasy authors.
The PHB aesthetic here seems largely much more cosmopolitan, bright colors, with more home-y/SIM non-adventuring. Beautiful, but often a different style and feel than many earlier settings and editions.
Visually demonstrating the distinctive themes and conflict types of the different settings and genres sounds like a great DMG idea!
Wow. That art is so beautiful. I am an artist that does fantasy. This art speaks to me. DND and MTG (Magic the Gathering) have near identical art styles. It is about fantasy where the characters look very realistic. By realistic, I mean that they are not cartoons. This looks like a live action fantasy movie. I think of the Lord of the Rings movies. There is also the Harry Potter movies and the Game of Thrones TV show. The DND Honor Among Thieves captures this perfectly. That was a good movie. The art style of DND and MTG works. It gives off the feeling of a classic fantasy game. That is really awesome. I am also a fan of World of Warcraft. That art style is realistic too, but it is a bit more cartoony. It is a great style. I especially like how beautiful the backgrounds are and how flashy the magic is. World of Warcraft has amazing illustrations. I have a Blizzard art book, and much of it has art of that particular game. There was extremly strong contrast in value. The light areas with magic are really light, and the dark shadows are really dark. This really taught me how great a strong value contrast is. It makes the picture more vibrant. MTG has some cool things about its art style. There is a very good use of color. That indicates the kind of magic involved. MTG has a unique system of grouping cards into five colors. There is green, red, black, blue and white. This is mainly grouped according to mechanics. The art style does reflect that in the use of color. I am especially fond of the guilds of Ravnica. There is a faction for every pair of two colors. Each one has a strong visual identity. It is almost as if it has its own brandimage. That includes it own color palette. This new DND book has a great style. It is interesting how that works. It is realistic enough to fit the brand image of DND. Yet I have noticed that the images are so much more colorful than before. It nudges into the fantastical a little bit. I think that is intriguing. I think it is good for making DND look less generic. A strong brand identity and image is really helpful. I hope this new art takes DND in a whole new direction and breaths in more life.
Emi Tanji had me speechless for a second. She is gorgeous. 0:49
Oh my gosh yeah
Awesome video. This is probably my favorite preview.
Emi is too pure.
This was a solid video.
The art looks great. 👍
They had illustrations of all the weapons in previous editions, like in 3.0.
I was hoping they would announce that the text alignment on the book spine design will be consistent across all sourcebooks.
Look I know it's a guy who isn't directly involved with these parties so the interview is genuine....but it will never not feel funny watching a company interview itself to compliment itself....to encourage you to like it lol.
The sad part is, the art is quite good and speaks for itself, so this just shows how scared they really are. They know this new handbook is not going to do well.
@@mattpace1026 Yeah, they honestly just need to do a bit of PR and talk to us or do a Q&A where they get our respect and confidence in them back or they aren't going to see the returns they expect. I'm switching to DC20 because i'm tired of it all.
Will the book be made with a sturdier binding? A lot of my books really have the pages come off from the spine with age
The illustrations are incredible, they give you the feeling that the game has gone further, I'm an illustration enthusiast and I always use them in my games. whether showing it to players or even including them in the adventure. These new books were excellent! congratulations art team!!!😊🎉🎉🎉
The art is IMMACULATE!
I feel like D&D beyond should have a feature that gives you access to the digital art of the books that you own. Even if it's just to view them in some sort of gallery. I feel like it's really easy to lose the art online
Seeing that the origin feat for Sage is magic imitate for wizards is perfect because that is what I was relying on for my human wizard to have lol, now I just have to take a species feat that increases INT or WIS (depending on which ability scores I distribute) and I have the perfect starting wizard with a +2 bonus in INT and +2 bonus to WIS at level one.
Just FYI, Keen mind is a level 4 feat (As written in UA: Prerequisite:4th+ Level, Intelligence 13+), so can't be taken at level 1, so this would not be possible. But at level 4, yeah thats possible!
Sorry for comin in and rules lawyering you haha
@@LUC1DBOX Damn I had not seen that, that is a bummer tbh because although the lack of practical uses Keen Mind was one of my favorite feats for a level one character flavor-wise when it came to a hyper-intelligent individual.
I also just took a look at the UA where it talked about feats and saw it is the same with observant which makes it seem like they're purposely trying to prevent ASI increase feats at level one which while understandable is unfortunate.
Perhaps the supposed backwards compatibility would allow me to choose to 2014 version of Keen Mind due to there being no level restriction as well as the fact that it is a fundamentally different feat that is more flavor oriented than mechanics one although I am not sure how the backwards compatibility will work when it comes to aspects of the game with the same name such as feats and spells.
@@declanmorden yeah ASIs and 4th level feats are supposed to be reserved for a point of 'character development' like the milestone of leveling up. Plus, if you could get them at level 1, then everyone would just go human so they can get +2 +2, or +2 +3 at level 1.
But.. We're now able to get +1 to 3 stats instead of +2 +1, so it's now pheasible to have someone with 3 stats at 16 if they don't mind having their others be 3 subpar stats
@@LUC1DBOX I totally understand it from a balance perspective but I really wanted to convert my 5e character to the new rules and being able to have two different +2 ASI bonuses at level one is just too perfect given that his starting ability scores were 10, 12, 14, 14, 16, 18 and are just really nice and clean values.
If I were able to take a feat that gives a +1 ASI during creation it means at level one they'd be 10, 12, 14, 14, 18, 20 with the 18 being WIS and the 20 being INT. Then it means I'd only need a single ASI to bring up my CON from 14 to 16 bringing my total stat distribution to 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20.
Since this is my ideal stat distribution, the rest of my feats can be cool gameplay things for flavor and mechanics like spell sniper, war caster, elemental adept (although maybe not the 2024 version because it would ruin the stat distribution lol), etc.
Does anyone know who the artist is for the fireball spell at 6:55? Sidenote: Please credit the artists! At the very least in a video specifically about the art.
In case anyone else cares, I found it through Google Lens- www.artstation.com/yuhongding
loved hearing about the process in this level of detail!
The art looks amazing.
Something I miss from the 1e books is the artists being allowed to sign their work. Knowing who-made-what helps to create fan bases. It's how I became aware of artists like Jeff Easley or Brom.
Emi is so sweet and the work she makes as Art director is amazing
I look forward to seeing the art in context. It all looks excellent.
I do hope it's not all bright and happy, as most of the pieces we've seen have been. I prefer a grittier, less "joyful" presentation. I want to see beat up adventurers facing scary challenges with fear and determination in their eyes. I'm not too enthralled by the subclass glamour shots in which everyone looks so happy, colorful, and squeaky clean.
Again, I'll have to see it all in context. There should be plenty of room and appropriate situations for art more to my tastes. We'll see how it looks soon.
Bro the art for the multiclassed paladin great old one is exactly how my bg3 character is. He is a black dragonborn paladin oath of vengence, great old one warlock
Emi strikes me as the sneaky rogue player with expertise in persuasion.
This looks incredible!
I’m convinced I’m gonna read the PHB from front to back when it comes out.
Finally, the class video for ART&designIFICER
Hey, wait.
I'm very glad one of the bards looks like a member of The Misfits from Jem.
6:55
She is having a ball... a FIREball! 🔥💥
The emotional element that art brings to D&D is incredible. It is such a tool helping to inspire, support, and communicate to new and experienced players. "A picture is worth a thousand words" is so real and an immense amount of those 'words' are almost instantly communicated to the reader. The passion these people have is so clear, i love 5E art and One D&D's looks to have synergised with the growing community of players and collaborators in the space. Love to see it.
Best artwork ever. All that’s missing is an Elmore or (and!) an Easley
Glad they kept it real with ACTUAL artists.
There’s a lot you can like or not about this new edition, but the art is absolutely beautiful and it’s nice to know some passionate artists made that happen.
~_~
The art looks beautiful, and so much about the books is so well done, but I have one sincere plea: PLEASE fix the Ranger before you go to print so that Ranger players aren't saddled with another 10 years of bad design.
One small change would probably go a long way: "At sixth level, a Ranger who is concentrating on Hunter's Mark can concentrate on one other Ranger concentation spell at the same time, or vice versa." That would allow the Ranger to use their other concentration spells without giving up access to their main class feature (Hunter's Mark), but still keep the Ranger from doubling up on damaging spells by multiclassing.
She's so pretty, and her voice is mesmerizing
Page numbers toward the edge, huzzah! Perhaps letters along the page edge for alphabetical listings? Asking for a friend.
When will we see a preorder for the alternate covers? I want to get the bundle but I think the alternate covers are much better.
Sounds good. One of my biggest complaints about the 2014 core books was their underwhelming layout.
Looking forward to it, Palindin of ancients+ warlock Archfey would go together
Wait... THIS is where Josh Herman has been hiding?! I mean, he's perfect for this, but I miss his ZBrush streams from Gnomon too. 😢 I'm glad I'm a sculpting nerd AND a D&D nerd so I could find him! 😂 Great book and great artwork, everyone!
✌🤟🤘
You know I preordered the print and digital bundle and not once have I seen the variant cover available.
Very nice artwork for sure
I wonder if it was intentional that the covers of the Player's Handbook and the Dungeon Master's Guide appear to be from the POV of the other cover's characters? Even if not, is is a very pleasing visual symmetry!
As much as it is nice to have artwork for the classes\subclasses and spells, I miss the artwork from 3.5 for the equipment. It is good to see the armor and weapons being drawn once again.
So much of this art looks great, but I'm somewhat disappointed that Abyssal and Cthonic tieflings are not nearly as alien in appearance compared to Infernal ones as it seems like they ought to be.
Do we get all of the music instruments visualized as the bard?
Through all the discussion both positive and negative that's been happening with the changes to the new phb there is one thing everyone has agreed on, I've noticed: All the art is dope.
Not true. I have seen many people don't like it (to various degree - from "meh" to "despise")
NOT TRUE at all.
@merethif @barbablanca2845 I feel like I'm going to regret asking this but what's not to like about it?
MONSTERS PLEASE!!!!
YESSSSSS
Would be nice if that preorder bonus wasn't usa only. Or they could at least clearly mention that. I've had to order the digital and physical stuff separate :/
Huge shutout to the one miserable guy in the artwork at 12:16 who has obviously put a bet on whatever is happening and is very clearly about loose a lot of gold, I love that
It looks awesome. Love the Ranger.
... I hope the Digital Version also has page numbers..
Always do
Nice
Perfect examples of the "Show & Tell" technique of storytelling.
Honestly. All I wanted was a cohesive art style and all original art. Something that has lacked in a lot of the 5e books
Im actually incredibly excited to get my hands on this
Very nice ❤
[7:46] ⏰️
Amei!! 😊❤
13:08 is that the characters from the cartoon?
Looks Awesome!!!
I hope they follow the same style and detail in future supplement books, this is gorgeous.
Great video!
Can you ship preorder to Europe also?
Since the pages are more scannable, please start selling pdfs. Thank you.
Did you fix the index?
Breathtaking art and design, a culmination of efforts and hearts in a single objective, this girl from the video is lovely, she must have spend a 18 in charisma.
Awesome job with the art, congrats to all
I also noticed that the art in each page is so specific that it feels like there's an entire story behind all of it. Even the character designs are extremely specific. It's so cool
pretty book. the digital art book should be in print. not into the digital versions