Dragon Mirth

[Stormonu]

The 1E DMG (and a few pictures in the PHB) were comical cartoons that poked fun at the game itself, such as:

If these type of cartoons were to show up back in D&DNext, what would be your reaction?

 

[FireLance]

Humorous cartoons keep the riff-raff out!

Which is another way of saying, anyone who objects to such cartoons probably is not someone that I would want to game with, anyway.

 

[Tony Vargas]

Though I dutifully list 'better art' as something 2e did right, I do have a fondness for the occassionally amaturish line art, and witty cartoons of early games. Games were a much less formal an 'businessy' proposition back then. There was wit, humor, and self-deprecation - not /just/ primitive rules startling new ideas.

 

[Serendipity]

Of course, they would have to be funny.....

Given that humor is subjective, I expect the nerdrage would crest within weeks of release.

 

[The Human Target]

I mean, I think having a certain degree of humour in the art is all well and good.

Like say the halfling rogue in the 3e PHB holding an exploded wand with soot all over her face in reference to a failed Use Magic Device check.

But I don't really wanna see the above super jokey stand up wakka wakka type stuff.

 

[Blackwarder]

not in a rule book but it would be nice seeing them scattered in the magazines where appropriate.

Warder

 

[Sunseeker]

Shouldn't overdo it, but taking the game too seriously is a raging problem IMO.

 

[amerigoV]

...but taking the game too seriously is a raging problem IMO.

QFT


A big factor in my playing Savage Worlds over 4e was writing/content. The SW core book is just a fun read with evocative art (and sometimes a bit humorous). The 4e PHB is sterile.

D&D needs to lighten up! In the end, its all about having fun.

 

[MortalPlague]

I mean, I think having a certain degree of humour in the art is all well and good.

Like say the halfling rogue in the 3e PHB holding an exploded wand with soot all over her face in reference to a failed Use Magic Device check.

But I don't really wanna see the above super jokey stand up wakka wakka type stuff.

Absolutely. I love humor in the art, I don't want the art quality to suffer for it. So less line-art like the stuff above, more OGLAF. (Google it if you want, great comic, nowhere near safe for Grandma).

 

[trancejeremy]

Absolutely. I love humor in the art, I don't want the art quality to suffer for it. So less line-art like the stuff above, more OGLAF. (Google it if you want, great comic, nowhere near safe for Grandma).

I don't think art in a book should look like a web comic...while the style above might not be Da Vinci, it does simulate what is found in a newspaper comic page.