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<blockquote data-quote="Philodendron" data-source="post: 4016478" data-attributes="member: 59399">A thought on writing quality...First, I'm not taking issue with Fifth Element's comment quoted above, it's just a convenient jumping off point.To my point...&nbsp; One of the things about DnD is that it captures the imagination.&nbsp; Some times, its a picture or an image - the cover of the original PH, the Balrog in the LOTR movies, different visuals for different people, no doubt.&nbsp; Some times it's the vocabulary - not only does the vorpal sword have a cool effect, it's a great word!&nbsp; And sometimes, it's the language - some of the evocative descriptions in Ravenloft and Bilbo's riddling with Smaug the Magnificent, just to name two very different.If I see DnD artwork that, to me, seems amaturish and clumsy, I think it's an opportunity lost to tap into the imaginitive well of inspiration.&nbsp; So surely it's just as valid, if someone spots a use of language that is clunky and uninspiring, to hope for something better and more professional in that realm, too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Philodendron, post: 4016478, member: 59399"] [b]A thought on writing quality...[/b] First, I'm not taking issue with Fifth Element's comment quoted above, it's just a convenient jumping off point. To my point... One of the things about DnD is that it captures the imagination. Some times, its a picture or an image - the cover of the original PH, the Balrog in the LOTR movies, different visuals for different people, no doubt. Some times it's the vocabulary - not only does the vorpal sword have a cool effect, it's a great word! And sometimes, it's the language - some of the evocative descriptions in Ravenloft and Bilbo's riddling with Smaug the Magnificent, just to name two very different. If I see DnD artwork that, to me, seems amaturish and clumsy, I think it's an opportunity lost to tap into the imaginitive well of inspiration. So surely it's just as valid, if someone spots a use of language that is clunky and uninspiring, to hope for something better and more professional in that realm, too. [/QUOTE]

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