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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Jezter" data-source="post: 1742462" data-attributes="member: 1015"><p>Krusk: Holding an axe, and that's it.</p><p>Gimble: Holding a crossbow in one hand and tossing a dagger with the other, but both can be used one-handed.</p><p>Jozan: Holding a mace. That is all.</p><p>Vedania: Has a scimitar and shield. Wrong again.</p><p>Tordek: Shield and axe. Sorry.</p><p>Regdar: Longbow and a greatsword, so you're actually right about one.</p><p>Ember: Staff and a sling, there's two you got right.</p><p>Alhandra: Holding a longsword.</p><p>Soveiless: Dual-weilding a short sword and longsword.</p><p>Lidda: Has a dagger and what appears to be a lockpick.</p><p>Hennet: Has a spear.</p><p>Mialee: Has a shortbow and a staff.</p><p>Nebin: Has a club.</p><p>Devis: Holding a rapier.</p><p>Naull: Has a staff.</p><p>Kerwyn: Dual-wielding what looks like a rapier and a longsword.</p><p></p><p>So out of 16 character portraits in the PHB, exactly three of them are as you described: Regdar, Ember, and Mialee. To me, that hardly qualifies as "more often than not."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I disagree that art needs to have action happening in it to be interesting. For example, Keith Parkinson's <a href="http://www.fierydragon.com/Pix/DBPix/05.jpg" target="_blank">Horseman Near Lake</a> picture that appeared on the cover of the original Forgotten Realms Box Set is one of the most memorable pieces of D&D artwork of all time. Conversely, there are a lot of "action pics" in the old books that really suck.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>To each his own. I find the characters in the 3e Core Rulebooks to be more imaginative than previous edition characters who looked like generic medieval knights or Gandalf-ripoff wizards with long beards and robes.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>They weren't trying to get away from a fantasy look. They were trying to get away from the medieval European look which had been done to death in previous editions.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I respectfully disagree. A while after 3e came out, I went back and looked through a bunch of older edition books, and I was surprised at just how wretched most of the artwork was, including pieces by Erol Otus. It was then that I realized that nostalgia was the reason I had been so forgiving towards much of the old artwork.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dark Jezter, post: 1742462, member: 1015"] Krusk: Holding an axe, and that's it. Gimble: Holding a crossbow in one hand and tossing a dagger with the other, but both can be used one-handed. Jozan: Holding a mace. That is all. Vedania: Has a scimitar and shield. Wrong again. Tordek: Shield and axe. Sorry. Regdar: Longbow and a greatsword, so you're actually right about one. Ember: Staff and a sling, there's two you got right. Alhandra: Holding a longsword. Soveiless: Dual-weilding a short sword and longsword. Lidda: Has a dagger and what appears to be a lockpick. Hennet: Has a spear. Mialee: Has a shortbow and a staff. Nebin: Has a club. Devis: Holding a rapier. Naull: Has a staff. Kerwyn: Dual-wielding what looks like a rapier and a longsword. So out of 16 character portraits in the PHB, exactly three of them are as you described: Regdar, Ember, and Mialee. To me, that hardly qualifies as "more often than not." I disagree that art needs to have action happening in it to be interesting. For example, Keith Parkinson's [url=http://www.fierydragon.com/Pix/DBPix/05.jpg]Horseman Near Lake[/url] picture that appeared on the cover of the original Forgotten Realms Box Set is one of the most memorable pieces of D&D artwork of all time. Conversely, there are a lot of "action pics" in the old books that really suck. To each his own. I find the characters in the 3e Core Rulebooks to be more imaginative than previous edition characters who looked like generic medieval knights or Gandalf-ripoff wizards with long beards and robes. They weren't trying to get away from a fantasy look. They were trying to get away from the medieval European look which had been done to death in previous editions. I respectfully disagree. A while after 3e came out, I went back and looked through a bunch of older edition books, and I was surprised at just how wretched most of the artwork was, including pieces by Erol Otus. It was then that I realized that nostalgia was the reason I had been so forgiving towards much of the old artwork. [/QUOTE]
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