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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kai Lord" data-source="post: 418923" data-attributes="member: 3570">As a counterpoint to the almost universal complaints I've seen about some of the artwork in the BoVD, I for the most part was quite pleased.  I flipped through the book for the first time in a store today, and thought the renderings of the various Demon/Devil lords were particularly well done.I don't get the complaints against Asmodeus[sp?].  I'm not so sure that was his hair all horned shaped, I just think he has two sets of horns.  Whether I'm correct or not is beside the point, his portrayal in the book gave a definite Darkness from "Legend" vibe.  Tres cool.And Demogorgon looked heavily influenced by John Carpenter's "The Thing."  A huge tentacle-laden humanoid with two protruding canine heads.  I dug it.The gnoll-lord was quite impressive as well, and Orcus looked flat out wicked.  Why some people are so closed to anything looking the slightest bit different from the charicatures in the 1E MM is beyond me, that simply isn't baggage I have to deal with.The Demon/Devil lords have had ZERO history in any of my campaigns, but now I'm actually giving their inclusion some thought (and not just because of the nice art, the write-ups looked interesting as well.)The one Demon Lord who everyone seemed to like but I actually didn't like was Graz'zt.  I thought he was the only Demon Lord from 1E that actually looked cool, and here he just looks like a malevolent satyr with a giant McFarblade.  Wasn't too impressed.And for anyone who's heard that there's nudity in the book, don't get excited.  The two examples I saw were a fat drider-looking chick and a succubus type creature who only had one breast.  Definitely not a book you'll be taking into the bathroom at the sperm donating clinic.There is, however, a pretty cool rendition of a father/daughter pair of Devil lords and the daughter is quite sexy.  That is, until you read the descriptive text that hints at their incestuous relationship.As for the gore, if you've seen any action scene in a comic book like Spawn then you know what to expect from the BoVD.  All in all I found the quality to be on par with what you'd expect from WoTC's A-list art department.  A pity we won't be seeing such collected efforts much longer.</blockquote>

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