I was SOOOOO excited to see this yesterday and then people started b*****ing about the cover . . .
I am SOOOOO excited to see this book coming out!!!
— John Santin (@john_santin) August 20, 2019
I'm happy you're excited! I'm excited for everyone to see the goodies we've cooked up.
And that's not the cover. It's an interior illustration serving as a placeholder.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) August 20, 2019
Even if it is an interior illustration, the weird appearance of that warforged still has me troubled. That warforged has customized itself in unusual ways. Each warforged can alter how it looks. That said, the book has plenty of traditional-looking warforged.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) August 20, 2019
But warforged can’t remove their own ghulra. They’re permanent. If you “gouge away the symbol, the ghulra is a part of the warforged in a way nobody truly understands; [when a warforged is repaired], a damaged ghulra is restored to its original shape.” That warforged hasn't removed it.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) August 20, 2019