PHB, MM, DMG covers

[Nebulous]

OK, to expand on my comments from the other cover art thread...


Question answered. The PHB, at least, could have been better. (^_^)

Dude, that's awesome. YES, that should be the cover of the player's handbook!

 

[tomBitonti]

So what does everyone think of the new logo? QUOTE]

I don't like it too much.

It is too big and there is way too much white, this clashes with the rest of the cover.

otherwise, it looks OK.

That's my reaction too.

I'm finding the art + layout + banner color selection all to be a bit off for a boot cover. I don't care for the art on the PHB, but the white banner looks simply awful.

 

[Superj3nius]

i still think they look like my old high school text books

subject
sub-subject

catchy picture of people "having fun/ being busy" ​

in all i dont like it

 

[Mouseferatu]

I like the new logo and the DMG and MM covers, but not a big fan of the PH cover.

This is about where I stand.

I always felt the 3E logo was too cluttered and busy. I never liked the sword going through it. This logo looks, to me, a lot sharper and cleaner.

 

[RFisher]

Dude, that's awesome. YES, that should be the cover of the player's handbook!

Just to make sure their is no confusion due to the way the quote of a quote of a quote works: The PHB remix was JVisgaitis' genius. I merely quoted it.

 

[Baby Samurai]

... at least until a 4e Psionics Handbook comes out.

I think psionics will be introduced in the PHB II to be released in 2009, along with the Eberron campaign book.

 

[JVisgaitis]

Just to make sure their is no confusion due to the way the quote of a quote of a quote works: The PHB remix was JVisgaitis' genius. I merely quoted it.

Someone else said that the promo piece was better so I hobbled together the cover. That's what I love about the EN World community!

 

[frankthedm]

<shrug> I think full-bleed art makes for a much more compelling RPG cover. Framing it makes feel contained (even when the artwork "breaks the frame", IMHO); full-bleed makes it feel more like it's jumping off the book at you.

Full Bleed? That gives me an image of Ron Spencer's Guro work for the 5th edition covers.

PHB: PC splattering mooks
MM: Monsters splattering PCs
DMG: Party Vs BBEG with both sides being cut apart.

 

[Jer]

I don think anyone else has noticed that under "PLayer Handbook" on the PHB cover, it says, "Arcane, Divine and Martial Heroes"

Actually, I wanted to bring that up...

Why is the Player's Handbook the only book with a "subtitle" - neither the DMG nor the MM have any kind of subtitle under their names, so why does the Player's Handbook get one? Could this tie into the idea that we're going to be seeing multiple Player's Handbooks over the coming years with 4e?

 

[Reaper Steve]

I love the MM Orcus pic, the DMG pic is fine, but I don't care for the PHB cover art.

I'm in the camp that likes the WAR 'party in a dungeon fighting a green dragon pic.'
That pic is superb, with two small corrections needed:
1)The dragon's nose horn needs to go. Just paint over it with the empty door colors.
2) Hey, fighter-dude! Jozan of Pelor called...he wants his armor back.