Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'
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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.
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."
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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.
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.
They got some damned good artists to fill the job.
Indeed. Adorable, even.
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.
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]
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...
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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