Out with the Old, In with the New, the Art of 3.5

Remathilis

Legend
While much has been made about the new and improved (?) art in the core books, I am sorrowed to see some classic art go by the wayside.

A quick review of the art no longer in the Core Books, as well as a few changes.

Players Handbook
* The Sample Character Sheet is gone from the Intro.
* Regdar has higher billing, as he has been added to the fighter section of the PH along with Tordek (I guess starring in Scourge of Worlds did something!)
*Devis is pictured with the Alignments, Naull now is moved to Customizing your character. Eberk and Kerwyn got moved farther back into Adventuring.
* The Pictures of the Carts and Mounts are Gone (as is the chart of carry capacity)
* Lidda's Sneak Attack of the Troll is moved to the index.
* Tordek vs. the Dragon is gone.
* Illustration of types of cover is gone.
* Jozan vs the undead is gone.
* Jozan's Rasing the Dead is now in the Index
* Animate Dead Skeleton and Horse gone.
* Bigby's Grasping Beholder gone.
* Ethereal Wizard is gone
* Gating Sorcerer is gone
* Leomund's Floorplans is gone
* Sorcerer Magic Missile Speedball is gone.
* Mirror Imaged Wizards are gone. (all of em)
* Frozen Roses are gone.
* Shadow Conjured Pegaus gone.
* Webbed Humanoids gone.

Dungeon Master's Guide
* No more Castle Building Pic
* Subraces of Elves gone.
* Fighter Troll Gone
* Epic Mialee is in Chapter 2.
* NPC Classes pic is gone
* Wraiths vs. Jozan in Chapter 2
* Ranger/Griffon Pic gone
* Mialee falls on Backguard/Dwarf pic gone (Thank goodness)
* Mind Flayer in and out of Darkvision gone.
* Mialee vs. the Maralith is gone.
* Dragon Hunting Iconics Gone.
* Ogre Ambush gone.
* Ugh! A Spider! Gone.
* Nebin-B-Que gone.
* Alahandra in the Water gone.
* Fried Tordek gone.
* A Sample Dungeon Map gone. (The one from 1e :( )
* Iconics Drinking gone.
* NO Spellcasting gone.
* Boats and ballistas are gone
* War in D&D is gone.
* Tordek Packing Heat is gone.
* Ember vs. the Umber Hulk is gone.
* Drow Wizard is gone.
* Demon Armor and Lion's Shield is gone.
* Brillant Energy Axe is gone
* Dagger of Venom and Life-Drinker is gone.
* Ring of Feather Falling is gone.
* Rod of Lordly Might is gone
* Rod of the Viper and Fried Mialee is gone
* Staff of Swarming Insects is gone.
* Wand of Lighting and the Mecha-Crab is gone
* Belt od Giant Str, Winged Boot, and Bracers of Armor gone.
* Censer of Summoning gone
* Instant Fortress and Ebony Fly gone
* Hand of Glory and Horn of Vahalla gone
* Lyre of Building and Skull Mask Gone
* Portible Hole and Tome of Understanding gone.
* Bag of Devouring Devoured
* Hammer, Sphere, Staff and Talisman of Munchkinhood all gone.
* Mace, Hand, Eye, Staff, Sword and Shield of Uber-Munchkinhood gone.
* Hennet/Wolverine in the Lab is gone.

Monster Manual
* Celestials gone, replaced by appropriate Art for each section
* Gith Races from Psionics Handbook
* Inevitable from the Manual of the Planes
 
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I personally really enjoy the new art in the MM.

The Celestials are particularly cool:
Angels
1. Solar -- this is one bad ass MF, the glowing golden eyes are sweet as is arrow being drawn
2. Planetar -- eh . . . it's okay. And are those wings yellow? I like the 3.0 MM Planetar pic.
3. Deva -- not bad, but he kind of looks like a midget next to his larger angelic companions

Archons
1. Trumpet -- Sweet
2. Hound -- SUPER SWEET. It's what Ahnuld would look like if he were half-dog.
3. Lantern -- okay

Eladrin
1. Ghaele -- Very nice. I've always wondered what these bad boys looked like. Possibly the best new pic in the book
2. Belari (sp?) -- also cool looking. An elf with a bad attitude

Avorals
1. Guardinals -- aggressive looking, i like it!
2. Leonal -- much better than the MotP 3.0 pic

Also great are the Demons!

1. Nalfeshnee -- this rivals the Ghaele for #1 pic in the book. Very nice!
2. Succubus -- I'm tempted! I'm tempted!
3. Balor/Marilith -- we've seen these already. Marilith kinda looks screwy
4. Hezrou -- awesome -- the've come a long way since the 1st ed MM pic!

Devils are so so,
1. Barbed -- looks a little too much like the Grinch
2. Ice -- nice pic, very insectoid looking
3. Eryines -- they changed the whole concept of this one, incl. the pic. They are more like special ops now than psy ops.

Others...

1. Nymph -- [WOLF WHISTLE]
2. Illithid -- sweet, much better than the 3.0 pic which is also included
3. Giants -- Fire giants look pretty funny, but the Storm Giants are nice.
4. Lich -- superb
 

Those pictures are only gone if you throw away (or give away or otherwise dispose of) your old books. I likely won't.

Then again, I likely won't be picking up any of those books except the MM for a few more months at least. And, I tend to agree with gfunk on almost every line item about the new MM art. ;)
 

I didn't bother to handle the Monster Manual Art, since there has already been discussion on that in the past.

The net loss of some of those pics (some are really no loss, IMHO) is that there is a thicker amount of text per page, esp in spells and magic items. The result is more useful info, less pretty pics and some examples.

I also didn't bother to mention the removal of diagrams, since we knew those were going to be redone.
 


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