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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 7563034" data-attributes="member: 6796661">Interesting. One of the huge draws to 5e for me was the art and production values of their books. Even now that I have DnD Beyond, I still buy the books.&nbsp; I like seeing them on the shelf. I like the feel of them as I page through them. I love browsing through them.&nbsp; I especially like the art in this edition. I bought the Art &amp; Arcana book and other than some of the icon OD&amp;D and 1e art from artists like Otus, I have to say that 5e has my favorite art and has really captured the feel of D&amp;D for me. When I was looking at getting into gaming again, before 5e came out, a friend recommended Pathfinder. Two things turned me off as I flipped through the books at my FLGS: (1) the complexity of the rules and (2) the art.&nbsp; I know it is ridiculous to judge a system on its art, but I remember just HATING every depiction of goblins in Pathfinder. Nothing about those books interested me and I just went another year without thinking about TTRPGs.When the PHB was released, I remember paging through it and I was instantly rehooked. Certainly the rules and writing are where the fun it, but the art played a huge role in rekindling the flame. The only other TTRPG rule book that has come close is the Dungeon Crawl Classics book. But that is pure nostalgia as they commissioned black &amp; white art from a number of the OD&amp;D and 1e artists.&nbsp; 5e's art feels fresh while at the same time creating nostalgia.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 7563034, member: 6796661"] Interesting. One of the huge draws to 5e for me was the art and production values of their books. Even now that I have DnD Beyond, I still buy the books. I like seeing them on the shelf. I like the feel of them as I page through them. I love browsing through them. I especially like the art in this edition. I bought the Art & Arcana book and other than some of the icon OD&D and 1e art from artists like Otus, I have to say that 5e has my favorite art and has really captured the feel of D&D for me. When I was looking at getting into gaming again, before 5e came out, a friend recommended Pathfinder. Two things turned me off as I flipped through the books at my FLGS: (1) the complexity of the rules and (2) the art. I know it is ridiculous to judge a system on its art, but I remember just HATING every depiction of goblins in Pathfinder. Nothing about those books interested me and I just went another year without thinking about TTRPGs. When the PHB was released, I remember paging through it and I was instantly rehooked. Certainly the rules and writing are where the fun it, but the art played a huge role in rekindling the flame. The only other TTRPG rule book that has come close is the Dungeon Crawl Classics book. But that is pure nostalgia as they commissioned black & white art from a number of the OD&D and 1e artists. 5e's art feels fresh while at the same time creating nostalgia. [/QUOTE]

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