An interesting art comparison

[Sejs]

I dunno. I like Juiblex with teeth. Why shouldn't fiendish representatives of sentient ooze have teeth?

Same with Fraz's choppers. I think it makes a lot of sense to have demons who are barely capable of performing basic human actions in exchange for fearful glory. I mean, look at some of the critters in Bosch paintings -- completely nonsensical, geared entirely for horror and fear. I can see Fraz speaking, albeit with difficulty, spittle, and blood, and having a fiendish lord spit blood and chunks of lips while speaking to you fits right in the mold of fiendish lords, I feel.

I'm slightly less forgiving for normal-esque critters, but this is fantasy -- making sense only has to happen in the broadest of senses.

I can actually agree that to a certain point, the incogruity actually adds to the image. I wouldn't have it so far as to have Fraz frother, burbling and spraying bloody chunks when he speaks, but I would certainly keep the giant menacing set of choppers.

He's a lord of deception. He's about making you percieve one thing when it's actually something else. He's got a set of teeth that would make a dire lion green with envy. You would expect him, given such an appearance, to be an inarticulate brute. In actuality he's perfectly conversant and speaks with a sinister, tarnished silver tongue. And that's just the tip of the iceburg.

 

[Dragonbait]

blah blah blah the game designers and people on here hate everything 2ed.

I think this is completely off base.
Just looking around here, I see a generally negative attitude towards 2e rules, and a general love towards its byproducts (namely the settings).

That seems to be the majority opinion seemingly. However there is a rather vocal population of people who just despise 2e (not necessarily here on Enworld, but certainly other places on the web). Heavily generalizing, they seem to be a small fraction of those folks who started in 1e, or earlier, and then for various reasons abandoned DnD in 2e (or just kept using 1e), only to come back in 3e.

Well, it's time for me to babyface out of this one too: You guys are correct and I was wrong. 'nuff said.