D&D (2024) New D&D Edition's Player’s Handbook Alternate Art Cover Reveal

dave2008

Legend

• May 16, 2024

• #21

I think I prefer this one too. I really like Tyler's work, but I don't think the PHB cover is his best. Not sure which one I am going to get. I am waiting for all three to be available before I buy the physical books. So I will wait until I see what all three covers look like.

 

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dave2008

Legend

• May 16, 2024

• #22

Henadic Theologian said:

That looks more like Lung Dragon then a Gold Dragon to me.

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Both Lung and Gold (historically)
Here is the 1e gold:

and the 2e gold:

 

DarkCrisis

Reeks of Jedi

• May 16, 2024

• #23

Fairly simplistic. I’d have preferred a middle ground between it and the shiny happy normal cover.

 

AstroCat

Adventurer

• May 16, 2024

• #24

I prefer this cover to the main one, which I really dislike... a lot.

 

dave2008

Legend

• May 16, 2024

• #25

DarkCrisis said:

Fairly simplistic. I’d have preferred a middle ground between it and the shiny happy normal cover.

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why don't you draft one up and we can commission an artist?!

 

dave2008

Legend

• May 16, 2024

• #26

AstroCat said:

I prefer this cover to the main one, which I really dislike... a lot.

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Curious, why do "really dislike...a lot" the standard cover? It seems fairly inoffensive to me.

 

AstroCat

Adventurer

• May 16, 2024

• #27

Yaarel said:

These days, it is uncomfortable to see all of the characters be White.

I feel the cover should reflect the target audience, in this case, represent the US demographic.

That said, these days, I appreciate seeing a White male as part of the group.

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Oh man... why is it uncomfortable? Not every thing needs to show everybody and if you are doing US demos, and I don't think that should matter but the majority would be white. And I don't even see them as "all white", they are left a bit ambiguous, which is nice. And, yes a white male being included is fine, they are still the majority of the d&d player base, no reason they need to be specifically excluded.

 

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Echohawk

Shirokinukatsukami fan

• May 16, 2024

• #28

MockingBird said:

So am I going crazy or did they not say they wouldn't do alt covers due to the massive print run? Did I miss this being addressed? I'm not complaining just wasn't expecting it.

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You aren't imagining that, and I don't recall it being specifically addressed. My assumption has been that the decision to stagger the releases of the core books across five months probably freed up enough printing capacity to be able to do the special covers.

 

Twiggly the Gnome

Legend

• May 16, 2024

• #29

They remind me of Fallout Shelter characters.

 

Osgood

Hero

• May 16, 2024

• #30

I like both covers. Its also nice to hear the book will hit the FLGS 2 weeks early; seems like it's been a while since that was the case.