D&D 4E 4e's nostalgic shoutouts?

[Particle_Man]

The covers on the phb and (potentially) the dmg are kinda like Erol Otus's covers on the Molday/Cook B/X D&D booklets.

And the title of the adventure "The Keep on the Shadowfell" reminds me a *lot* of adventure B-2's title "The Keep on the Borderlands" which was the adventure that came with the Basic Rules of Moldvay/Cook B/X D&D.

That is a lot of nostalgia. Any other nostalgia shoutouts that anyone notices from what we know and guess of 4e so far?

 

[Lanefan]

And the title of the adventure "The Keep on the Shadowfell" reminds me a *lot* of adventure B-2's title "The Keep on the Borderlands" which was the adventure that came with the Basic Rules of Moldvay/Cook B/X D&D.

I'm wondering if the 4e module is going to in fact be B2, updated. If it is, it'll give a good chance to compare how 4e will work vs. 0-1e in what amounts to the same adventure...and it'll also provide a pretty good guideline how to update other 0-1e material to 4e.

Lanefan

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

B2 was about keeping watch over a series of caves filled with all the lower level monsters.

Shadowfell (which I heard was being called H1, although I can't remember where I heard that) is about some sort of gateway to a demiplane or something.

Seems pretty different, although the title is obviously a shout-out.

 

[frankthedm]

The covers on the phb and (potentially) the dmg are kinda like Erol Otus's covers on the Molday/Cook B/X D&D booklets.

With the green dragon illo.



Also the girl with the horns on the first page of the Expert set was who I thought of when I saw the 4E tiefling.

 

[TerraDave]

I noticed the same trend.

Of course, there was also the use of the cover of the 1st ed player handbook in the anouncement, and gleemax teaser.