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Warning: the following is an old man yelling at the clouds, and probably adds nothing of value to the discussion. Feel free to skip it... After 1100 posts on this painting, I'm left with the sudden realization that I miss the old days. Which, at my age, is nothing new. But specifically, I...

Okay, but if this wasn't a digital image, that we could zoom in to examine the minutest of details, would anyone even notice that level of detail? I mean, really? Flat lenses versus curved? Unless the image was meant to be displayed as a zoomed in portrait, that's an extremely easy detail not...

I don't think anyone is going to tell you that you can't not like this picture. Also, no one is going to dictate how you run the aestetics of your magic or how magic affects the game world. But based on the responses here, and what I've seen over the decades, I feel confident in saying you may...

Regarding eyesight and healing magic, I’d definitely say that’s a DM call, and not one explicitly supported by the text. Yes, those spells do cure Blindness. But I’d argue the intent was to cure Blindness that had been inflicted on the subject. What I mean, is that I am nearsighted. Not due...

Heh...check out that cover for The Secret of Bone Hill. You can't tell me that the 5e image is more of a superhero than that one :). Not complaining, mind you...it's an awesome cover! Also, more flying mages from the early editions:

I resent the implication that people only care about child exploitation as a way to attack AI. It's abhorrent, and any industry should be prevented from using it. However, the only power I have in that regard is to try to avoid companies that do use it. I know how hard that is to do. I also...

Well, since you’ve made it clear again and again you have no plans to buy WOTC books again (since you’ve found other games you feel are superior), I’m pretty sure they weren’t waiting for you to ask… :)

@Ruin Explorer, fair enough! I can definitely see where she could read as a World of Warcraft priest (other than the spellbook). If this was the WoW rpg, there’d definitely be some confusion there. However, I don’t see how she’d be confused with a D&D cleric. Priests don’t wear armor...

I think why you’re getting pushback (at least from me) is the implications of what you’re saying (and I apologize in advance if I’ve completely misread the situation). No one is denying that if you show the average person on the street a picture of a Gandalf-look-alike, that they would...

Well, this is only one image from the entire book. If my understanding is correct, each class is going to get multiple illustrations. Although I couldn’t promise old men with beards, I’m guessing that each wizard will have a different look. And that’s not counting any wizards that will show...

Just maybe that it’s time for the old guys to let the power pass to a new generation… :)

Not to mention Mending. There's no excuse for any wizard to look dirty or threadbare. (You have no idea how many times I wished Prestidigitation and Mending were real...)

It’s always fascinates me how individual someone’s perception of art is. You see Wild and unrestrained, and I see the opposite. She’s floating, concentrating on a shield, while a magic staff floats at the ready, all the while holding a spellbook up where she can read it. None of that says...

Sorry if it seemed like I was calling you out. I don’t know if there’s any specific context you’re missing. Probably I’ve just absorbed so much commentary on this piece over the last 40 pages, it’s all sort of stewed together in my head. :). My only point was that I didn’t think the shoulder...

Exactly! The question isn’t “why would a wizard look so clean and fancy?”. It’s “why wouldn’t a wizard want to look clean and fancy?”. Especially with the sort of wealth and power a high level wizard usually has access to (and there’s no way this illustration is a low level wizard).

I can certainly understand shoulder pad hate (especially if it borders on Warcraft levels of insanity). This one doesn’t bother me so much. It’s pretty much a historical fact that those with power made sure people knew it by wearing overly-ornamented clothing. Have you seen the engraved abs...

I’m not sure anyone here would dispute that. If you take the caricatured stereotypical image of a wizard, of course people will pick that out. It’s a stereotype for a reason. Just like if you take an image from a pirate rpg, and put it next to a character with a peg leg, an eye patch, a black...

Thanks! That’s what I was afraid of. Decisions, decisions…:)

So, is the only way to get the campaign book would be to buy the box set? It's not sold separately, I assume? I would normally want the hard cover core book (as I don't need the extras), but the adventure book is a huge selling point.