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Ran my first session of Shadowdark yesterday, and it went splendidly! Stole a few ideas from Mike Shea's prep for the game, but a lot of the scenario was filled out personally. The setup: A cemetery with two new residents, James and Camden Brewer. Cause of death: Glintskin Fever. Sweat...

Shadowdark and The Monster Overhaul were both purchases that were largely driven by the quality and style of their art, for me. They both happen to be very good, too, of course, but the art is inspiring.

I appreciate Mr. Colville a LOT, and even agree with many of his criticisms of 5E design. I’m excited to see where MCDM’s game goes. But it’s kind of sad to see Mr. “DnD is the most fun you can have with your brain!” become so down on the game. The OGL really did a number on a lot of people.

So, more fiddling with “illuminated medieval” showed me that it’s very good with some topics (like knights) and pretty bad at others (like orcs). I also did some with “stained glass.”

A smiling goblin, medieval illumination style. I’ve got a new style to play with!

I use “dark-skinned” and have pretty good success with that. The character portraits I posted a while back made a lot of use of that.

Having fiddled with this a LOT since the thread was made, I’ve been most consistently happy with black and white results in the line art and woodcut styles. I think it does a significantly better (or at least more consistent) job when not having to deal with the color variable.