Incenjucar
Legend
Now there's a thought. Owlbears are just a carnivorous oversized kind of platypus. Just wait for the dire koala and fiendish echidna.
The zorbo is already a thing.
Now there's a thought. Owlbears are just a carnivorous oversized kind of platypus. Just wait for the dire koala and fiendish echidna.
Fiendish Echidna? You mean the howler?Now there's a thought. Owlbears are just a carnivorous oversized kind of platypus. Just wait for the dire koala and fiendish echidna.
Note that this bear is looking down (the top of its head is lower than its rear end), whereas the Grizzowl is facing forward (its head is level with its rear end). And its limbs are far too short, more in line with a bulldog than a bear.I don't think it is hunchbacked, it is just flaring its feathers out. You can clearly see the line of the back goes in a more bear-like shape behind the feathery bit.
Also note, some bears look pretty darn hunchbacked themselves at times:
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I'd change the human to Fighter and the dwarf to Cleric. I see humans as being the one race that lives or dies by their own resources, and that resonates well with the Fighter, while dwarves are almost universally devoted to Moradin (and a dwarf cleric can feel as warlike as any warrior).I had typed up a long diatribe involving semiotics, Eastern Christian iconography and the power of symbolic resonance. It was even less exciting than the preceding sentence. Ahem...
Iconic imagery can link ideas together much stronger than words alone. By choosing a strong set of icons to represent the typical adventuring party, WotC can, through art demonstrate the rules written. If 5E is truly going to be a modular system, the icons can represent the layering of the modules, a visual depiction of how the game changes.
So five icons for the typical party, human cleric, elven wizard, halfling rogue, dwarf fighter, and 5E poster boy race/class (Lizardfolk mystic{psion} ;>P )
Now more difficult to pull off, but keeping the iconics fresh and giving artists a little more freedom, would be to surround each Iconic character in symbolism. The superhero uniform, if you will, of each class. The fighter always wears red for the blood she will spill. Even while wielding a two handed weapon, there is at least an implied shield somewhere on the fighter. He is decorated in symbols denoting strength, the bull, the bear and the boar. No matter what race, culture, theme or background the fighter morphs into he is still recognized as the 5E Fighter.
This gives huge freedom and variety to the art department in showing off all the goodies 5E has to offer, while still cluing in the readers/players about who the Icon is.
New article is up, focusing on "iconics": Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (Discussing Iconics)
Heh, I wonder if Jon is reading En World. I put up this topic a couple of weeks ago and it got lots of response.![]()