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Dragonlance Covers (Warning - Big Images)
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Ranger REG
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I like cover #2, #3, #4, and #5. The rest ... eh, not really eyesore. I can tolerate them. 
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Alzrius
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I'm ecstatic over the first cover (as people may have guessed from my comments over in meta when Morrus was making a banner based on that pic)! It looks really great, and I think perfectly sums up what we can expect from the Age of Mortals sourcebook (I'm hoping it'll explain the disparity between the end of Dragons of Summer Flame given the explanation for the War of Souls).
Cover number two looks pretty good also! It's very evocative of the feel of the dragon overlords from the Fifth Age (though its odd to see a blue flying across what appears to be The Devestation, since that was Malys's territory), which is probably among the best choices for a DL monster book.
The third one I'm not so fond of. I never really liked that depiction of some of the companions. I would come down on that pic harder, but since it is of the companions though, it really does belong on the DM's screen, even if I do think the art could have been better.
I don't really have an opinion on the fourth cover. It just doesn't do anything for me one way or another, especially given that we have no knowledge of how apt it is for the product, since we don't know what it's about.
The last one brings a smile to my face. How could it not? It's Raistlin and Dalamar, and the pic of them is superbly done. While Raistlin alone isn't necessarily evocative of the Towers of High Sorcery, him and Dalamar together certainly is. Still, I have some mild reservations about this product. I bought The Last Tower for the Fifth Age game, and while it was certainly a good product, then, like now, I just didn't see the point. While the Towers are certainly interesting and mysterious, I just can't see there being enough of that interesting material to warrant its own product about it (not unless they chart out every single room and then some, which is boring). Of course I'll buy the product, and I hope I'll be pleasantly surprised, but still.
The only other thing that comes to mind looking over them is that this is the first time we'll have products with cover art that was cover art for other products. I know I've seen that artwork on previous DL material, and its quite odd to see it as cover material again, jarring almost.
Just my initial thoughts.
Cover number two looks pretty good also! It's very evocative of the feel of the dragon overlords from the Fifth Age (though its odd to see a blue flying across what appears to be The Devestation, since that was Malys's territory), which is probably among the best choices for a DL monster book.
The third one I'm not so fond of. I never really liked that depiction of some of the companions. I would come down on that pic harder, but since it is of the companions though, it really does belong on the DM's screen, even if I do think the art could have been better.
I don't really have an opinion on the fourth cover. It just doesn't do anything for me one way or another, especially given that we have no knowledge of how apt it is for the product, since we don't know what it's about.
The last one brings a smile to my face. How could it not? It's Raistlin and Dalamar, and the pic of them is superbly done. While Raistlin alone isn't necessarily evocative of the Towers of High Sorcery, him and Dalamar together certainly is. Still, I have some mild reservations about this product. I bought The Last Tower for the Fifth Age game, and while it was certainly a good product, then, like now, I just didn't see the point. While the Towers are certainly interesting and mysterious, I just can't see there being enough of that interesting material to warrant its own product about it (not unless they chart out every single room and then some, which is boring). Of course I'll buy the product, and I hope I'll be pleasantly surprised, but still.
The only other thing that comes to mind looking over them is that this is the first time we'll have products with cover art that was cover art for other products. I know I've seen that artwork on previous DL material, and its quite odd to see it as cover material again, jarring almost.
Just my initial thoughts.
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Ranger REG
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I beg to differ. That's an Elmore artwork, from my time. When Dragonlance first became popular. Nevertheless, it is a timeless piece of art.Alzrius said:
You telling me it could have been better is like looking at Star Wars Original Trilogy and say it could use an update.
Alzrius
The EN World kitten
Ranger REG said:
Go ahead and differ. I'm not engaging you in a debate, I'm stating my opinion, which isn't right or wrong, nor subject to correction. Degustabus non est disputandum after all. While I appreciate that you want to correct my obviously wrong thinking
it really isn't needed here.This is where I take a page out of Psion's book: No points for nostalgia, or for it being a "big name".
Your opinion of "timeless", not mine.
You telling me it could have been better is like looking at Star Wars Original Trilogy and say it could use an update.
Forget an update, I think it should be totally redone. The dragon looks like a hissing lizard, Tanis looks like a Native American, not a half-elf, and that dragonlord in the armor...well, I think my feelings on the art are clear here.
That's my opinion of it. If you don't agree, then you don't agree, but don't try and tell me why I'm incorrect.
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