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You've been very clear that it isn't to your taste, and that's entirely reasonable. I just don't see the problem if it's only an alt version and therefore completely optional if you want to buy the product. Releasing different styles of art side-by-side actually seems like a pretty good...

But that's objectively not true. It is new art, released as the cover of a new product, in a discussion about art. If you want to talk about the words in the book just being a rerelease, there are other threads for that. Very different! I dig the minimalism of the three book covers. Isn't it...

But we're talking about apparent trends in the official art. This cover is new art, released this year. Doesn't that make it relevant to this discussion?

It's interesting how there's so much discussion around the art from relatively niche products like Strixhaven and Radiant Citadel, whereas Monsters of the Multiverse is an equally new book that is almost certainly what people would consider a much more "core" product, and the cover looks like this:

Actually, these particular covers (and honestly the second one is just an alt cover, so totally optional) don't remind me of Disney at all, but they do remind me of a lot of recent fantasy cartoons that have both child and adult audiences such as The Dragon Prince, the She-Ra reboot, Adventure...

I am so delighted to see that Eric the bee's successor is currently winning the poll

I guess your last point is exactly why I don't see this as such a huge issue -- being mindful of other players and not taking up all the screen time is everyone's job. In the case of my current campaign, for example, knowing another player was going for a stealth-based character (shadow monk) is...

I really love this concept, but I would almost want to keep the concept a secret from the players until the roll has taken place. That way even the possibility of consequences or benefits of near-death isn't known to them until the heat of the moment.

I have a question about the complaint that familiars take up too much spotlight when they're relied upon for investigation: how is this any different from a rogue regularly stealthing ahead to investigate without the rest of the party? Obviously there are circumstances in which a familiar that...

I'm learning from playing with different groups that I take DnD much more seriously than many and I'm fine with that. I love joking around at the table and making each other laugh and coming up with the kind of ridiculous scenarios that are only possible with that combination of improv and dice...

I think the key here, if we were to extrapolate that into a culture that's permissive of undead, is to look at when and how use of corpses is considered acceptable. In modern times, there are strict rules around organ donation, for example. Harvesting somebody's organs must be done only with...

Well... I am a woman, and I'm saying I like them :)

I have a particular fondness for bearded lady dwarves and would love it if they were more common. What are fantasy races, if not an opportunity to play around with a diverse range of human presentation? That said, if I were playing with people who couldn't see it as anything other than a joke...

I agree, I think there are fun things that can be done with this scenario that deepen the themes rather than pulling away from them. I'm a big fan of consequences that offer more opportunities for PC action -- don't save them from loss, just change the loss into a situation that they now have to...

I could be on board with a separate category of spell that is either randomized or DM-selected when the PC invokes it. Though, complete randomization feels like it runs counter to the goal of this -- wild magic is randomized because it's chaotic, whereas this is meant to reflect divine intent...

Regarding Japanese lore you could use, there is a legend of a vampiric snake woman called nure onna: Nure onna | Yokai.com Perhaps a ritual involving sea water or snakes. Or maybe something having to do with the fact that they catch their victims by giving them a "baby" to hold that turns...

What a shame the lore doesn't lean into that further. Orcs as vikings should be extremely clean and well-groomed, with excellent craftsmanship and intricate trade routes.

I must not have communicated clearly, because that's what I was talking about from the start. I like the former use of alignment, but not the latter. It's not for me and doesn't suit the style of play that my table veers towards. But thanks for giving examples of how the latter might work...