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For me, its the lack of elegance, sleekness, and danger. The old marilith gives the impression of wicked grace. She's cunning, cold, a peerless tactician. She's war incarnate, and she knows it. And she will make sure every other demon in the abyss knows it, too. 2024 marilith, on the other...

Not for me, no. My taste in cheescake runs in a very different direction (ie dudes). But the lack of sexiness is curious to me. Because there doesn't appear to be any reason for it, or for any of the changes. She isn't sexy, but there are other sexy monsters in the book. If they didn't want to...

I would assume the core monster book would show creatures in their factory default state, for branding purposes if nothing else. Anything after that is a variation on the theme, and I would expect the Monster Manual to BE the theme. As the foundational monster book for the edition, that's its...

2024 wyvern looks cartoony, goofy, and dumb. And...I think it's kind of adorable? I love its big dumb smile. I kind of disagree, because this is THE Monster Manual, ostensibly released during the game's 50th anniversary. This isn't where I would expect to see variants or alternate takes on...

I confess, I get a bit lost in the sauce when it comes to these bigger threads 😅

They aren't really criteria, so much as things I would like to receive that I am not getting from the 2024 artwork. I would be happy if it made me feel any one of those things. I feel like these mariliths better achieve the effect I would like to see (all taken from here)

Oh, the 2014 art is not great either. I prefer the 2024 art if I had to choose between the two. Miss 2014 evokes nothing to me but earth tones and mild confusion, like she was asked to pose and but she didn't know what to do with all these arms. The 2024 design is more monstrous, yes, but to me...

Horror, disgust, revulsion, awe, a sense of the otherwordly, a sense of danger. Sensuality, if we wanted to follow the marilith blueprint. Regality or imperiousness, to reflect their role as commanders of demons. The art kind of evokes a sense of violence, which I like, but that's undercut by...

I guess I am one of those people (less up in arms, more nonplussed). I want them to take bigger creative risks, and they have in a lot of places. There are a lot of redesigns in the new monster manual that look really cool. The nalfeshnee in particular got a major glow up. For me, the new...

It really does read as were-behir to me. I think its the feathery blue scales and chunky horns that throw it off. Nothing comes across as particularly ophidian. I don't mind it not being a sexy snake lady, but if they wanted to take it in a different direction, why not a sexy snake man? Or a...

Playing around with Bing Create, trying to achieve a retro fantasy vibe.