D&D 4E In terms of theme, tone, and spirit, I hope 4e . . .

[Mouseferatu]

Personally, I enjoyed the historically-accurate Persian mutants and the 8' tall Xerxes.

You mean the historical Xerxes wasn't a goa'uld?! Say it ain't so!!

 

[Xyxox]

Personally, I enjoyed the historically-accurate Persian mutants and the 8' tall Xerxes.

Yes, the events are generally accurate, but clearly the comment was referring to the style and presentation of the film, which was not what anyone could call "accurate".

Watch the movie again some time when you get the chance. If you notice, the narration the entire time is from the viewpoint of Dilios who was the only survivor of the battle, and he's giving the narration to an army of Spartans prior to a battle.

Long story short, it's a propaganda tale.

Of course the enemies were a million strong run by an 8 foot god with monsters etc.

I'm just surprised Xerxes didn't shoot lightning bolts out of his eyes and fireballs out his arse.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Do you know a game called Dungeons & Dragons?

Do you know the Ignore button? I do. One smilie doesn't offset a pattern of condescension. See ya.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

5th level PCs vs 1st level Warriors? Yeah, it's pretty much mooks at that point.

Too much rolling.

If the goal is to have your enemies fall before you like wheat before the scythe, there are better ways to model it, which can then be mugged and have said systems stolen and grafted onto D&D.

If the goal is to mow through them like a turbo-powered lawnmower, every character in baseline D&D needs Greater Cleave and even then, it's fiddly.

 

[Lanefan]

Hi, this post is all about wizards, REAL WIZARDS. This post is awesome. My name is Nifft and I can't stop thinking about Emirkol the Chaotic. That guy is cool; and by cool, I mean totally sweet.

Emirkol: the shark with a frickin' laser beam, only sharks hadn't been invented yet.

Lanefan

 

[Testament]

On the other hand, I'm pretty sure I've heard more than once that Mialee is one of the more popular iconics to draw...maybe because she comes across as almost a parody of an elf wizard chick. On the other, other, hand, evil apparently makes Mialee hotter:

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ph2_gallery/97152.jpg

Nah, that's just Ron Spencer. Of course, given that he's similar to WAR in his over-the-top comic book stylings and use of colour, I don't think he could draw an unnatractive female.

 

[Hussar]

Now, taking the other side for a moment, there's some 3e artists that I really, really don't like. Peter Bergting for example. There's an artist I find extremely "comic bookish" and not in a good way. Chuck Lucacs is another one.

Mark Sasso, OTOH, is a god. I love his stuff and have for years.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

Cohen, wasn't it?

That's the american spelling

 

[Kesh]

Too much rolling.

If the goal is to have your enemies fall before you like wheat before the scythe, there are better ways to model it, which can then be mugged and have said systems stolen and grafted onto D&D.

If the goal is to mow through them like a turbo-powered lawnmower, every character in baseline D&D needs Greater Cleave and even then, it's fiddly.

That's what the mob rules are for. I just wish they'd made those rules OGL instead of putting them into a locked-down product.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

That's what the mob rules are for. I just wish they'd made those rules OGL instead of putting them into a locked-down product.

I wish they'd stuck them into a Monster Manual instead of DMG2. Swarms aren't hidden in a non-monster book.