DRAGON #360 Art Gallery: Dryad

[Aeolius]

That thing from Design & Development: Cosmology (9/26) is supposed to be a dryad?!?

Ummm...no. Mind you, it says "Concept: Dryad", so perhaps there is still time for them to get it right.

 

[Plane Sailing]

Well, there is already a mini that looks like that too, so I guess they are sticking with it...

 

[Guild Goodknife]

This needed it's own thread because... there are just not enough!!
my hat of D4.0 dryads no no limit

 

[Charwoman Gene]

I like the new dryad. Tree-like = Better.

 

[Geron Raveneye]

Well, you know...it was the classic problem all over again. I mean, they just couldn't call them Entwives, could they? And Treantwives is awkward to pronounce. And since there were enough comments about slutty-looking fey in the MM1, they probably went with the path of least resistance...you can call this dryad a lot, but slutty it ain't.

 

[Cadfan]

Frankly, a monster the players can stab is more useful to me than a monster they can't.

This looks a lot more stabbable than the "hot chick with nonviolent powers" dryad type.

 

[Aaron2]

This is how Games-Workshop does their dryads as well

http://us.games-workshop.com/games/warhammer/woodelves/painting/dryads/1.htm

Wierd that D&D would follow them so closely.


Aaron

 

[Aeolius]

Frankly, a monster the players can stab is more useful to me than a monster they can't. This looks a lot more stabbable than the "hot chick with nonviolent powers" dryad type.

there's a joke there... but I'm not going to be the first...

Me, I prefer the "hot chick with nonviolent powers" dryad. D&D is NOT solely about combat. Having a fey that charms her opponents, occasionally keeping the ones she fancies, is infinitely more interesting than that topiary abomination.

 

[Drkfathr1]

Aren't they calling this the "Blackwoods Dryad"? So maybe its an evil or feral version, not the classic type we're used to?

Personally, I prefer the slutty type, but it will be nice to have a version that's meant to be fought.

 

[Wormwood]

I'd like to see its stats (preferably in context with the rest of 4e) before I pass final judgment on the design.