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<blockquote data-quote="evilbob" data-source="post: 6355490" data-attributes="member: 9789"><p>Just wanted to say - like so many others - that the art is really, really good. There are a few flubs here and there, but taken as a whole the art is mostly very good. The dwarf racial page - already spoiled - is probably one of the best illustrations in the book. Absolutely nailed it. Prismatic spray looks <em>awesome</em>. There are tons of great "little moment" pieces, where characters are just sort of living their lives - love 'em. There's a great one where they are dividing up loot and the caster has a new trinket he's trying to figure out - such a great moment. Gender parity is totally there; exactly 0 chainmail bikinis (unless I missed one). The druid woman in an open leather top (also spoiled) is probably the raciest image.</p><p></p><p>The only thing I consistently don't like are the halflings. It's probably just a stylistic thing, but they look horrible to me, and the halfling racial page is the worst illustration in the book in my opinion. There are only a few of them in the whole book, though. Gnomes, by contrast, look WAY better than in any previous edition, in my opinion. Love the gnome racial image, too.</p><p></p><p>The cover art also looks 50x better in person. Still <em>wildly </em>inappropriate (not a party, notable lack of dungeons<em> or</em> dragons, giant monster what?, still not a party), but the jpgs we have seen just can't do it justice. I wish they had used the "intro to part 1" picture - a party on a cliff overlooking a red dragon - but it's a bit busy for a cover. (That picture is good, too.) But the FEEL of the book is GREAT. Hard to describe, but you'll get it. And "red" as a core color - DMG is purple, for example - just feels right.</p><p></p><p>Great job!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="evilbob, post: 6355490, member: 9789"] Just wanted to say - like so many others - that the art is really, really good. There are a few flubs here and there, but taken as a whole the art is mostly very good. The dwarf racial page - already spoiled - is probably one of the best illustrations in the book. Absolutely nailed it. Prismatic spray looks [I]awesome[/I]. There are tons of great "little moment" pieces, where characters are just sort of living their lives - love 'em. There's a great one where they are dividing up loot and the caster has a new trinket he's trying to figure out - such a great moment. Gender parity is totally there; exactly 0 chainmail bikinis (unless I missed one). The druid woman in an open leather top (also spoiled) is probably the raciest image. The only thing I consistently don't like are the halflings. It's probably just a stylistic thing, but they look horrible to me, and the halfling racial page is the worst illustration in the book in my opinion. There are only a few of them in the whole book, though. Gnomes, by contrast, look WAY better than in any previous edition, in my opinion. Love the gnome racial image, too. The cover art also looks 50x better in person. Still [I]wildly [/I]inappropriate (not a party, notable lack of dungeons[I] or[/I] dragons, giant monster what?, still not a party), but the jpgs we have seen just can't do it justice. I wish they had used the "intro to part 1" picture - a party on a cliff overlooking a red dragon - but it's a bit busy for a cover. (That picture is good, too.) But the FEEL of the book is GREAT. Hard to describe, but you'll get it. And "red" as a core color - DMG is purple, for example - just feels right. Great job! [/QUOTE]
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