Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
How Important Is Art In Your Campaign?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Teflon Billy" data-source="post: 3695458" data-attributes="member: 264"><p>There are lots of Artists in my campaign world, but they are more "artisan" than artist really (since most of the art they create is commissioned by Religious Orders or the wealthy).</p><p></p><p>Statues, Bas-Reliefs, Mosaics, Gargoyles (I've never really managed to explain to my own satisfaction why Artisans are permitted to create camouflage for <em>actual</em> Gargoyles like this<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />)...emplacement stuff.</p><p></p><p>Portraiture is mostly practiced by painters at the behest of the rich and the powerful, Religious Scenes at the behest of the Churches.</p><p></p><p>There is no real "Art Scene" outside of the patronage salons of the rich.</p><p></p><p>Lots of the idle rich will pretty much wage war over their access to their favorite artists though.</p><p></p><p>I've given some thought in the past to having an angry artist begin releasing paintings that were either Blasphemous or Anarchic, but I never went anywhere with it.</p><p></p><p>Fashion plays a huge role in my games though. PC's who think they can move around in civilization in their plate mail find that not only are they looked down upon as brutes and thugs, but that they are simply not taken seriously by folks who matter.</p><p></p><p>At one point in the campaign when the group were basically just secret mercenaries of a crown prince, his father discovered them and was impressed by their competence in comparison to most of his own people. </p><p></p><p>He granted them peerages (Knightly Dubbings without lands), insisted that their Company become a Knightly Order (So <strong>Kogusar's Black Legion</strong> became <strong>The Order of the Black Shield</strong>) and <em>had a tailor properly garb them</em>...(inexplicably, they chose Cavalry Dress uniforms despite the highest ride score amongst them being 2).</p><p></p><p>If they had refused any of those changes, they'd probably have been killed as "rogue elements" by the Duke.</p><p></p><p>As it worked out, they were welcomed into court society, and were something of a "celebrity Group"...rough edges and all...because they were dressed properly.</p><p></p><p>They started loving magic items other than arms and armor at this point in their careers...jewelery being their favorite format as they didn't have to ditch it when they got back to town.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teflon Billy, post: 3695458, member: 264"] There are lots of Artists in my campaign world, but they are more "artisan" than artist really (since most of the art they create is commissioned by Religious Orders or the wealthy). Statues, Bas-Reliefs, Mosaics, Gargoyles (I've never really managed to explain to my own satisfaction why Artisans are permitted to create camouflage for [i]actual[/i] Gargoyles like this:))...emplacement stuff. Portraiture is mostly practiced by painters at the behest of the rich and the powerful, Religious Scenes at the behest of the Churches. There is no real "Art Scene" outside of the patronage salons of the rich. Lots of the idle rich will pretty much wage war over their access to their favorite artists though. I've given some thought in the past to having an angry artist begin releasing paintings that were either Blasphemous or Anarchic, but I never went anywhere with it. Fashion plays a huge role in my games though. PC's who think they can move around in civilization in their plate mail find that not only are they looked down upon as brutes and thugs, but that they are simply not taken seriously by folks who matter. At one point in the campaign when the group were basically just secret mercenaries of a crown prince, his father discovered them and was impressed by their competence in comparison to most of his own people. He granted them peerages (Knightly Dubbings without lands), insisted that their Company become a Knightly Order (So [b]Kogusar's Black Legion[/b] became [b]The Order of the Black Shield[/b]) and [i]had a tailor properly garb them[/i]...(inexplicably, they chose Cavalry Dress uniforms despite the highest ride score amongst them being 2). If they had refused any of those changes, they'd probably have been killed as "rogue elements" by the Duke. As it worked out, they were welcomed into court society, and were something of a "celebrity Group"...rough edges and all...because they were dressed properly. They started loving magic items other than arms and armor at this point in their careers...jewelery being their favorite format as they didn't have to ditch it when they got back to town. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
How Important Is Art In Your Campaign?
Top