There is some sort of awesome volcanic dragon in the second post of the silver dragon thread.I'm aware that you have. If you read my post, you can see that blame assignment is not something I am concerned with.
My key point is that we don't have any real evidence yet for your claim re: "house style". Especially as this piece of art is quite typical of Billy Christian's recent work, rather than obviously confirmative to an art director's vision. Equally, if we take the inverse view and assume the art director isn't presenting a vision but simply picking artists already in line with one (as is quite common though both occur), I would respectfully submit that we simply don't have the evidence to support that claim at this stage.
As far as I know, all the 5E 2024 art we've seen so far is:
1) PHB cover dwarf fighter
2) Glowy McWizard here
3) Silver dragon ticker tape parade
4) Landscape art for four backgrounds
5) Tough Champion Fighter lady
That is not a WotC art though, it is from an EnWorld Publishing product.There is some sort of awesome volcanic dragon in the second post of the silver dragon thread.
more dragons pls
The word "clericus" is not the same word as "cleric". But if we are talking derivations, the root word is the Greek klērikos. It is a word that was in use long before the medieval period, and is still used to describe people who work for the church today. There is nothing medieval about it.
At this point if I don't get at least a few sentences telling all and sundry that Gary Gygax was completely full of it; I admit it, I'll be a little disappointed...
Gygax loved REH, swords and sorcery and myth. So a lot of his stuff is ancient-world influenced - not medieval. But as a businessman he was pretty rubbish, and when he lost control the the company the aesthetic was changed to something more broadly appealing (see Dragonlance for example). They dropped the pretence of 1950s Hollywood medievalism inherited from Chainmail for something with more contemporary appeal, and D&D has reflected the culture of it's time ever since. That's how it's managed to stay popular. ...
"...I did not include Vance-inspired creatures in the A/D&D game because they didn't fit well with a quasi-medieval fantasy game, ..."
"Intense adventuring in the quasi-medieval fantasy milieu becomes staid without some variety. ..."
Gentlegamer said:
Is that because of genre considerations? That is, AD&D is pseudo-medieval fantasy where such abilities are inappropriate? Or were the rules themselves simply problematic from a mechanical point of view?
Col_Pladoh:
"Would you believe both? ..." My Note: Gygax does not correct Gentleman gamer when he says: "AD&D is pseudo-medieval fantasy..."
In your posts, I love your examples of historical accuracy. When playing a "medievalesque" or "quasi-medieval" setting of folkbelief, mythologically accurate worldviews, and whimsical fantasy, it helps to keep the reallife medieval world in mind as a relatable reference point.Then by the standard you just set; As a derivation of klērikos, it there is nothing 17th century about 'cleric' either.
No one here is making the claim that D&D doesn't have a wide variety of influences; Sword and sorcery, Mythology, the ancient world. There's even Tharks in OD&D.
And yet there is still a common turn of phrase used by fans to describe D&D, that was even used by the man himself.
Wait, what? I feel lied to.That is not a WotC art though, it is from an EnWorld Publishing product.
In your posts, I love your examples of historical accuracy. When playing a "medievalesque" or "quasi-medieval" setting of folkbelief, mythologically accurate worldviews, and whimsical fantasy, it helps to keep the real life medieval world in mind as a relatable reference point.
Not sure if your joking, but Morrus made it very clear:Wait, what? I feel lied to.
LOL sure, if you want a PC to have 10 million gp as part of a Noble background with a retainer.Batman say hi.
Then they aren't really "superhuman", are they?Not all superheroes actually have superhuman powers.
True, but again, not really "superhuman".Black Widow (movie version) is a pretty good fit for 7th level monk (she has evasion).
Cool! It's everywhere.While I get that every piece of art being busty is catering to one part of the audience, I've been a busty gamer all my life and like seeing myself depicted in the art. Lol
Riiiiiight…….”modern” D&D. It’s not like in the Forgotten Realms there isn’t a high level NPC every 5’.I've always subscribed to that Adventurers are rare. Anything about 10 even more so.
I get that modern D&D etc is every other NPC is an adventurer who went to wizard school or whatever
I was kidding. I obviously did not read very closely and just assumed it was a separate reveal.