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As awful as the Discovery era Section 31 is, I would argue that the Picard era Section 31 is even worse! They were conducting torturous experiments on living beings and putting others “on ice” in that black ops space station and so on. EDIT: Never mind! I just checked online and it seems I was...

Honestly, it’s hard to explain, but I think it had the opposite effect for me. I think it helped me get into the mood more. Like @Distracted DM, it’s primarily an aesthetic thing. I can understand where you’re coming from, though. The clean, color-coded 4e design did the same for me as the 3e...

Been doing a S1-4 rewatch with my middle child and introducing my youngest to it now that she's old enough. Lots of foreshadowing in earlier seasons that I didn't catch the first time. Just three episodes left. I wonder how much foreshadowing there is in S4 that I won't pick up on until I've...

In contrast, I do like the mock book look … but I’ll never go back to playing 3.5e ever again. I do not like the mechanics!

Yes, Vajra debuted in the 2008 4e-era novel, Blackstaff Tower, along with Renaer Neverember of Waterdeep: Dragon Heist fame.

It’s not that I don’t want to play BG3. I just can’t afford to buy it.

"Mama, I'm Coming Home" is a favorite of mine.

As explained upthread, the wizard is Vajra Safahr, the current Blackstaff, and the elf is Valindra Shadowmantle, a lich with the ability to make herself look like she's still alive.

I haven't played BG3 so Karlach has no hold over me. However, even if she did, I still wouldn't like that particular art style for a D&D book cover.

I don't know. Maybe I'll have to wait till next Christmas. That would certainly give them more time to fix the remaining issues they missed in the first round of errata.

She's noteworthy for being the youngest Blackstaff ever.

Vajra Safahr, who has served as the Blackstaff in Waterdeep since the late 4e era. She's also on the new MM cover with Minsc. EDIT: Apparently she made her debut in the 2008 novel, Blackstaff Tower, which also featured Renaer Neverember and Meloon Wardragon (Renaer is a major NPC in Waterdeep...

Yeah, I mean like even that cover's not "perfect". Tyler Jacobson is a little too fond of pastel colors for my taste, but I like his painterly style better than any kind of obviously digital art. I know that the gang of heroes on the SCAG cover were originally intended as some kind of FR...

It's not the subject matter that I dislike. It's the art style and the trade dress. I much prefer this: To this: I strongly dislike the cartoonish pseudo-3D rendering style of the latter and much prefer the more painterly style of the former. I also dislike the new fonts they're using, and...

Remember that the 3e FRCS has a smaller font with more densely packed text than the 5e books have had.

If the Eberron book is getting an alt cover, I’m sure these will too. But I’m not holding out any hope that they’ll be any good. I didn’t like the alt covers for either Dragon Delves or Eberron. It’s disappointing because the alt covers for the revised core rulebooks were some of the most...

Honestly, I think those covers are hideous. I do not like the art style or the graphic design. This new visual direction is really putting me off the revised game. 😭

I can see that! Good choice.

How could I forget about Jojo Rabbit?! That's peak Taika as well! To steer the thread back on-topic, I only just realized this morning that the reason Johnny Storm looks so familiar is because Joseph Quinn played Eddie Munson on Stranger Things! I didn't fully recognize him without the long...