New Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Master's Guide Art and Details Revealed

The marketing cycle for the 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide is underway. Wizards of the Coast has released the first video and accompanying article previewing the 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide. Wizards has already told fans what's actually in the new 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide, so there's not much in terms of actual new details. The video/article revealed that the Bastion system got another look from designers after its initial Unearthed Arcana playtest, that there will be a DM's Toolkit for everything from "alignment to traps," now arranged in alphabetical order, and that there will be 400 "new and improved" magic items.

The 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide will also be the home of rules for crafting magic items and a new Greyhawk campaign setting guide, with a focus on showcasing how Greyhawk can be customized or be used as a model for homemade campaign settings. Finally, the Dungeon Master's Guide will contain a lore glossary and a full chapter about D&D cosmology, the latter of which helps to drive home the idea of the D&D multiverse.


While much of this information was already known, the video and article did show off a LOT of new art, some of which can be found below:

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

For folks who were complaining about the lack of Dark Urge representation in the Baldur's Gate 3 minis, that appears to be the default version of the character on the far left of the wagon scene, presumably thinking about what it would be like to murder everyone else in the picture.

 

[bedir than]

The third image makes me think of D&D characters playing D&D on a very elaborate table.

 

[Snapdragyn]

Hurray for more of the D&D cartoon representation!

 

[Kobold Avenger]

Someone took a bunch of screen grabs and posted them on Imgur.

 

[Daemini]

This art is terrible. The barbarian with a baby face. The rogue on the wagon that is stepping on a shelf that looks so out of place. The one of the city with the docks screams AI.

 

[ART!]

This art is terrible. The barbarian with a baby face.

Looks like that's supposed to be an older (but maybe still not fully grown) version of what's-his-name from the D&D cartoon. So the baby face makes sense, I think. It threw me off at first, too, though.

The rogue on the wagon that is stepping on a shelf that looks so out of place. The one of the city with the docks screams AI.

It's an odd piece, to be sure. It kind of lacks design. And...is the city on fire? Because that open gate is very bright!

The piece with the wizard is really strong, I think, and a lot of that is how the lighting is handled.

 

[ezo]

This art is terrible. The barbarian with a baby face. The rogue on the wagon that is stepping on a shelf that looks so out of place. The one of the city with the docks screams AI.

Well, at least I'm not the first to say it...

 

[Gorck]

I swear I watched this video yesterday, but here it is again (posted only an hour and a half ago). And I can’t seem to find the thread from yesterday. Am I losing my mind?

EDIT: never mind, I found it:

D&D General - Dmg previews up

An article, which I read and says very little, and video, which I haven't watched, are up, previewing the DMG on dndbeyond.

www.enworld.org

 

[DarkCrisis]

Looks like that's supposed to be an older (but maybe still not fully grown) version of what's-his-name from the D&D cartoon. So the baby face makes sense, I think. It threw me off at first, too, though.

It's an odd piece, to be sure. It kind of lacks design. And...is the city on fire? Because that open gate is very bright!

The piece with the wizard is really strong, I think, and a lot of that is how the lighting is handled.

Bobby the Barbarian. The guy behind him is Hank the Ranger.