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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Foundry of Decay" data-source="post: 4152512" data-attributes="member: 846">Ah, art.  As tumultuous as politics, but more pretty to look at <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />I have to admit that I really do like all three covers, though my favorite has to be the Dragon.  I know things like 'horn piercing' isn't everyone's favorite, but to me it evokes a sense of sentience or 'self' that the dragon displays.  Yes, there are tons of dragons that are basically big powerful lizards, but with sentience wouldn't there be culture?  Perhaps the horn-rings mark a rite of passage with the dragon becoming more powerful, or perhaps its just that its hard to wear rings on big stubby fingers.  Either way I really do like it.I do like the PHB cover as well.  I know that some folks prefer a more traditional looking wizard sorcerer however I've always liked an evolution in the look.  Yes, they could have slapped a plain robed dainty waif with a staff on the cover again without a solitary mark or earring on her, or more than a belt around her waist akin to the great art of the bygone 70's and 80's, but my personal preferences lean more towards the new look.  I'm a junkie for all those little details and do-dads that adorn this sorceress (?) The dragonborn does look a bit off though.  I think its a combination of the head ridges not continuing down its neck (making the neck looks scrawny in comparison) and -dammit- not having a tail.  I think critter races look utterly miserable without the tail.  They look 'off' when so many of their features are bestial but the tail would have been 'too much' for some peculiar reason.I do, however, really like the weapon and armor on that guy.  Its got a sense of culture to it.  Different looking than the armor and weapons that a human or dwarf would use for instance.And lastly.. I may be unpopular for saying so, but I'm glad Orcus finally looks fierce.  He's no longer the tubby git with a skull stick in the few past pictures I've seen of him.  I will fully admit that I've only seen perhaps 2 images of him that I can remember though.  One was the 1e Monster Manual image of him, and the other was a stand alone image on.. A cover, I think.  I don't quite recall.That's my toss of the copper anyway.</blockquote>

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