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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 5866821">I think it's sort of the "judge a book by it's cover" crowd vs the "don't judge a book by it's cover" crowd.  I definately agree that 4e was aimed much more at visual gamers than previous editions, and that's likely the reason for the change to a more visual-oriented cover as opposed to the "ooo I'm a mysterious tome!" design(which was neat, but some covers were insanely busy and I hated looking at them).Honestly this is pretty common in any edition, some covers are hit and miss, like the PHB1 cover.The PHB2 cover<img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TQnzgXCADuc/TL3MfLrtlvI/AAAAAAAAATQ/lA1JvtywQGQ/s1600/4E+PHB+2.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Still pulls off the "muscle man and hot chick" imagery, but she is not even slightly as much only for T&A as the PHB1 cover.The PHB3 cover follows the same pattern of maintaining the "slim and dangerous chick and the big muscle-man brute" imagery, but again, we've still moved away from the shamless T&A of the PHB1.<img src="http://www.gamehead.com/sites/default/files/styles/gh_lightbox/public/images/product_files/171601/player%E2%80%99s-handbook-3-glam.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />The Dungeon Master's Guide's 1&2 both feature good 'ol Wayne again, though the first is of a dragon(something he can actually draw well).<img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NLbk7actvks/S9fl2OsBm6I/AAAAAAAAAeM/8LA1__UyJZc/s1600/Dungeon_Masters_Guide_540x706.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Of course, apparently Wayne can't keep his fingers off the T&A button, so we get a rehash of the "I'm posing for no other reason than to show off my lady lumps!"<img src="http://rpgathenaeum.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dd4edmg2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />At this point I'm beginning to see a pattern and the patten appears to be employing Wayne Reynolds.Even if we jump outside of D&D to Wizard's golden goose MTG: we find that Wayne can apparently attach a very obvious pair of breasts to even the most armored characters he can imagine.<img src="http://nabe.kokidokom.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/MTG-Tariel-Reckoner-of-Souls.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Why this chick who apparently needed more armor and spikes than a spiked-armor factory wanted to have her breasts hang out is a mystery only Wayne can answer.I mean the list goes on, but over and over and over again the recurring problem seems to be less that Wizards is trying out a new marketing strategy, most of their imagery is pretty good in grabbing your attention and aiming for that fantasy shtick, but the T&A appears again and again in only Wayne Reynolds' art.  This problem is rehashed in just about everything he's done for Pathfinder as well.</blockquote>

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