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<blockquote data-quote="drnuncheon" data-source="post: 319288" data-attributes="member: 96">OK, when I think 'epic assassin' I think Vlad Taltos. I think ninja master.&nbsp; I think James Bond.&nbsp; Heck, when I think epic, I think 'cool' not 'goofy looking'.&nbsp; The epic blackguard says 'planar travel' or rather 'planar conquering' to me.&nbsp; The epic wizard, while she seems to have the half-horse template, says cosmic power and planar travel.&nbsp; The assassin looks like he's going to try out for the part of Doctor Octopus in the next Spiderman movie.It's the glasses, or goggles, or whatever they are. I just can't get over them.&nbsp; I could ignore the fact that the hilt of his sword appears to be bent at a 45 degree angle from the line of the blade. I could ignore the fact that he seems to be wearing a burlap sack over his spiked leather armor, or that he's showing a little leg.&nbsp; But all that and the goggles...no way.&nbsp; Maybe if his wardrobe looked bizarre and funky on some other way the goggles would work - they look pretty darn cool on the gnome on the cover of Dragon 291 - but the assassin just looks plan goofy.Now about Arnie Swekel...Hey, I don't care if he sketched it off or it took him hours, I just love the style.If he can draw the really cool detailed pictures and then he wants to go back and make it look like a sketch, that's fine - I'm not saying I like it because I think it's dark good for a sketch, I'm saying I like it because it's darn good artwork.&nbsp; It's got a good style to it.&nbsp; It's evocative in all kinds of ways that a lot of the art isn't - it makes me think of the lost notes of some traveller who's been all over the world having adventures and seeing all sorts of unusual sights - which is a big part of what D&amp;D is all about in my mind.J</blockquote>

[QUOTE="drnuncheon, post: 319288, member: 96"] OK, when I think 'epic assassin' I think Vlad Taltos. I think ninja master. I think James Bond. Heck, when I think epic, I think 'cool' not 'goofy looking'. The epic blackguard says 'planar travel' or rather 'planar conquering' to me. The epic wizard, while she seems to have the half-horse template, says cosmic power and planar travel. The assassin looks like he's going to try out for the part of Doctor Octopus in the next Spiderman movie. It's the glasses, or goggles, or whatever they are. I just can't get over them. I could ignore the fact that the hilt of his sword appears to be bent at a 45 degree angle from the line of the blade. I could ignore the fact that he seems to be wearing a burlap sack over his spiked leather armor, or that he's showing a little leg. But all that and the goggles...no way. Maybe if his wardrobe looked bizarre and funky on some other way the goggles would work - they look pretty darn cool on the gnome on the cover of Dragon 291 - but the assassin just looks plan goofy. Now about Arnie Swekel... Hey, I don't care if he sketched it off or it took him hours, I just love the style.If he can draw the really cool detailed pictures and then he wants to go back and make it look like a sketch, that's fine - I'm not saying I like it because I think it's dark good for a sketch, I'm saying I like it because it's darn good artwork. It's got a good style to it. It's evocative in all kinds of ways that a lot of the art isn't - it makes me think of the lost notes of some traveller who's been all over the world having adventures and seeing all sorts of unusual sights - which is a big part of what D&D is all about in my mind. J [/QUOTE]

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