RPG Review: D&D Player’s Handbook
By Acts of Geek
http://www.actsofgeek.com/2014/08/rpg-review-dd-players-handbook/
"It Has Begun." (someone in the background yells Mortal Kombat!)
Looks solid!! #PrettySlick
Really love those condition illustrations.
PDF please.
Nice! I can't wait to get the book in my hands!
No real previews in the review, though. That makes me sad.
Still loving the art. The archer woman is pretty great. As is the half-orc.
The half-orc art is great.
I wildly question the necessity of including a conlang alphabet for elvish - both from a perspective of not thinking it's necessary, and from a perspective of 'it transliterates letter for letter into the english alphabet, really?'
Otherwise, it reads like a fluff piece about how good the book looks, not a review of how good the game is.
Is it just the angle or did a witchdoctor shrink the half-orc's head?
thespaceinvader wrote:
I absolutely HATE the condition art.
Looks to goofy.
I actually really like the condition art. It's doodles, and well done. The incapacitated one is cute.
I'd actually like to know who did those, I wonder if they do any comics.
TiaNadiezja wrote:
CelticPaladin wrote:
Lord_Ventnor wrote:
mellored wrote:
I'm digging the art presented here. The conditions remind me of the 1e. cartoon type "joke" art. Being a AD&D fan, I like that as well. 
XunValDorl_of_HouseKilsek wrote:
TiaNadiezja wrote:
CelticPaladin wrote:
mboss77 wrote:
mellored wrote:
souldoubt wrote:
CelticPaladin wrote:
XunValDorl_of_HouseKilsek wrote:
Rils wrote:
Plaguescarred wrote:
More is to come the first review is about the look design and layout of the book as the article says;
''Acts of Geeks has gotten their hands on a copy and over the course of the next few days we’ll be reviewing the Player’s Handbook (PHB). First up, the look, design and layout of the book.''
XunValDorl_of_HouseKilsek wrote:
XunValDorl_of_HouseKilsek wrote:
Rils wrote:
CelticPaladin wrote:
Another thumbs up for the condition illustrations. They're delightfully whimsical.
Azzy1974 wrote:
I imagine they'll keep the FR alphabets for the Forgotten Realms campaign guide. FR is being used as the base setting for organized play, yes, and they're pushing it for published adventures and whatnot, but the Core 3 have to stay setting neutral. If they've taken the Elven script from the 4e books, I imagine the other two alphabets they show off in the 5e PHB are the Davek runes from the 4e PHB and the Draconic runes from the 4e Draconomicon, or else the Primordial runes from the 4e setting splatbook, The Plane Below. All of these languages exist in 5e as core languages (though Primordial is now understood to be a family of mutually-comunicable, closely related languages (Ignan, Terran, Aquan, Auran).
ChrisCarlson wrote:
Angel7 wrote:
Can't believe I don't remember the Dwarf alphabet being in 4e. I bet the Dwarves have their own version of the alphabet song.
MechaPilot wrote:
Nice & Fluffy. Just as a, "we got it but you don't yet some of you will in 4 days time," 'review' should be…
CelticPaladin wrote:
Sturmunddrang wrote:
ChrisCarlson wrote:
Sturmunddrang wrote:
souldoubt wrote:
TiaNadiezja wrote:
The conditions art is quite a funny bit. I love it. Also, the druid is beautiful.
Sturmunddrang wrote:
Haley?!
TiaNadiezja wrote:
uhm. Honestly, that archer lady's left arm doesn't look shabby at all. I mean, it's not like archers look like bodybuilders 
souldoubt wrote:
MechaPilot wrote:
ChrisCarlson wrote:
That has got to be skinniest review I have ever read. I think it was a tease.
Emanuele_Galletto wrote:
Elton74 wrote:
thespaceinvader wrote:
XunValDorl_of_HouseKilsek wrote:
Beauty is not one thing. It is generally desirable in all characters. Even people who are not attracted to a particular sex still tend to engage in self identification if nothing else.
And let me say that women's magazines have more beautiful women in them than men's magazines. You ever check out Cosmopolitan? So the female form is clearly appreciated on all fronts.
The_Jester wrote:
I must say, the artwork looks far better to me in person than it has via posted images online. I still hate the Warlock "trick or treat" pic, and the samurai female still looks like she's wearing her dad's armor. The half-orc's head doesn't look quite so bad in person, though. There is a ton of great artwork in the PHB that has not yet been shared online. I'm very pleased with the appearance of the product. Honestly, I think they previewed the lowest quality stuff. No lie.
There are a lot of non-white characters in the art. It was a pleasant surprise. It is pretty much throughout the book. They clearly made an effort in this regard, and succeeded without it feeling forced. Bravo!
I'm not finding a great many changes from the so-called "Alpha" document and the PHB. A few feats have been fine-tuned, but nothing major has yet revealed itself.
Backgrounds are pretty awesome. There are a few really nice features that had yet to be spoiled. Very cool surprise.
The deities section is by far the best I've seen in a PHB. It's pretty lengthy, with numerous pantheons.
Overall, I'm very pleased with the PHB. I'm digging through somewhat randomly, at the moment, as character and story ideas jump into my mind. Very well done, WotC!
Mr_Treegins wrote:
h347h50 wrote:
tallric_kruush wrote:
I'd just assumed the rock star was an elf. I should mention dwarves also seem exempt, thankfully.