Hang on, I'll just pop round and ask her. :-)
shush, you. It's absolutely a factor of putting Iris and her aunt face to face before Iris melts down that is driving all of this flapping about.
Time for some thrilling heroics.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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hippocampus - Jun 12, 2008 3:16:33 pm PDT #922 of 26132
not your mom's socks.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jun 12, 2008 3:19:42 pm PDT #923 of 26132
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Just read the PHB, and I have a totally silly quibble: "Warlock" is a gendered term. Whereas I don't have a cognitive problem with a female rogue or a male rogue, a female fighter or a male fighter, saying female warlock makes me go o.O
Honestly, i think this is a problem that first started at WotC with Magic and just kind of bled into D&D. I tend to just shrug & filter out those issues, as they are crazy-making.
Volans - Jun 12, 2008 3:55:32 pm PDT #924 of 26132
move out and draw fire
The DMG has about 6 pages in it that are worth owning, and that really pisses me off
Hee - the DH is storming around upstairs raging about just this thing right now.
I tend to just shrug & filter out those issues, as they are crazy-making.
Yeah, I was more laughing at my own reaction than anything. Although, since they are making up race names (Eladrin), they could just make up a word for that type of spellcaster.
And they should make it rhyme with "orange."
ION, we gold-starred "Gimme Shelter" today. Ph34r our l33t Rock Band skillz!
amych - Jun 12, 2008 4:29:57 pm PDT #925 of 26132
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
We, umm, flipped through the 4e MM looking at the art credits!
Other than that, I have serious amounts of nothing to add to the debate.
Sean K - Jun 12, 2008 5:18:10 pm PDT #926 of 26132
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
We, umm, flipped through the 4e MM looking at the art credits!
The art is generally being praised. They got some damned good artists to fill the job.
Although to that extent, while I much prefer good art to bad art in gaming books (the old D&D interior art was... varied, to say the least), it's kind of like having Janusz Kaminski as your DP. Of course your movie is going to look fantastic.
amych - Jun 12, 2008 5:44:36 pm PDT #927 of 26132
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
They got some damned good artists to fill the job.
Indeed. Adorable, even.
billytea - Jun 12, 2008 6:47:32 pm PDT #928 of 26132
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
The art is generally being praised. They got some damned good artists to fill the job.
I do like the artwork. But for the minor quibble that the dragonborn come out looking rather goofy (and, for that matter, with a snout that does kind of resemble Goofy's), at least from the artist who does them most often in the PHB.
billytea - Jun 12, 2008 7:02:42 pm PDT #929 of 26132
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Jon Kovalic (of Dork Tower) provides some short thoughts on D&D 4E, and one seriously awesome piece of constructive criticism for the Monster Manual: [link]
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jun 12, 2008 7:10:08 pm PDT #930 of 26132
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Indeed. Adorable, even.
See, now you're spoiling the mood.
The art is generally being praised.
Links? Hey, c'mon I'm always interested in comments about the art in products I worked on, even if the comments aren't directed at my stuff. Though, that helps...
Pix - Jun 12, 2008 7:16:46 pm PDT #931 of 26132
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Art Critique, by Kristin
The art in 4E is really good. Especially the stuff by the Brit. You know the one. He lives in Seattle and spends a lot time wrangling a perky goth. Anyway, you should buy the book just to see his art. It's shiny. And adorable. Just like him.
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